DW166-11 Chen Style Taijiquan - Chen Style Tai Chi Single Broadsword by Zhu Tiancai MP4

Chen-Style Taiji Single Broadsword is a short instrument in Taiji routines; its single-broad broadsword is short and elegant, with every stance vivid. Thirteen ways of broadsword such as roll, shut, plunge, block, chop, hack, hold up, intercept, twist, shiver, defend, slice, prick show a true exhibition of Chen-Style Taijiquan, alternatively forceful and soft, slow and fast, leaping and springing, linked and continuous. 

Demand: attention to the change of hand and broadsword, as well as cooperation among hands, eyes, body and steps.
　

• Lecturer: Zhu TianCai 
• Format: MP4
• Language Speaking: Chinese
• Subtitle: Chinese/English
• Length of time: 51'47"

Grandmaster Zhu Tiancai


Grandmaster Zhu Tiancai's birthplace is in China, Henan, Chenjiagou. He is the 19th generation disciple of the Chen Family Taijiquan. He started learning from Grandmaster Chen Zhaopi and Grandmaster Chen Zhaokui from a very young age. Having great passion and love for the martial art and under strict guidance from the two Grandmasters, Grandmaster Zhu Tiancai has perfectly mastered Chen Taijiquan. His display of Chen Taijiquan is described as "smooth flowing" and "softness," giving people watching the routine a beautiful and relaxed feeling. 

With over fifty years of teaching experience, Grandmaster Zhu has compiled a set of teaching methodologies useful for both beginners and professionals. The art can be practiced as a form of basic exercise for health improvement and in the advanced stages can also be used as a defensive martial art. 

Grandmaster Zhu has been traveling around the world teaching and imparting the art of Chen Taijiquan. His teaching is well known and received by international Wushu and Taiji organizations. His students are numerous and Grandmaster Zhu was honored as one of the four "Arhats" of Chen Taijiquan. He is also an international Chen Taijiquan Instructor. 

Over the years, Grandmaster Zhu has written and published many books and video cds with detailed explanations and illustrations of Chen Taijiquan, including Swords, Push-hands, and many other aspects of the art.