Style Lineage
The Chen style has maintained a very evident martial spirit, and GM° Tang preserves this aspect.
BECAUSE true mastery of a traditional style can only be achieved through continuous learning with Grand Masters.
BECAUSE the TRUE knowledge cannot be improvised.
技精艺进,体悟人生
Jì jīng yì jìn, tǐwù rénshēng
Refining the technique and advancing in the art, bringing
one's life to fulfillment.
学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆
Xué ér bú sī zé wǎng, sī ér bú xué zé dài
Learning without thinking is labor lost; thinking without
learning is perilous.
Style Program
- Fundamentals
- 站桩功 Zhànzhuānggōng
- 缠丝功 Chán sī gōng
- 六环手 Six circuits of Hands
- 空手套路 Empty-hand forms
- 陈氏太极拳老架一路 Chen Taiji laojia yi lu
- 陈氏太极拳老架二路 Chen Taiji laojia er lu
- 陈氏太极拳新架一路 Chen Taiji xinjia yi lu
- 陈氏太极拳新架二路 Chen Taiji xinjia er lu
- 器械套路 Weapon forms
- 陈式太极刀 Chen Taiji Saber
- 陈式太极剑 Chen Taiji Sword
- 陈式太极十三杆 Chen Taiji 13 Mov. Staff
- 陈式太极梨花抢 Taiji Pear Blossom Spear
- 陈式太极大刀 Chen Taiji Big Knife
- 陈式太极双剑 Chen Taiji Double Swords
- 陈式太极双刀 Chen Taiji Double Sabers
- 陈式太极棒一路 Chén Tàijí Staff 1st Routine
- 陈式太极棒二路 Chén Tàijí Staff 2nd Routine
- Partner forms
- 太极推手 Taiji Tuī shǒu
- 劲劲 Hua jin
- Training methods
- 抖棍子 Shaking the Staff
- 练习对排 Practice of Mutual Pushing Hands
- 太极型功球 Tàijí Ball Exercise
- 太极型功棒 Taiji Ruler Exercise