Saturday February 11th: 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Silk Reeling (Chan Si Jin) Workshop

Chen Huixian will be teaching the Chen family method of Silk Reeling Exercises. Silk Reeling Exercises are a foundational part of Chen style Taiji (Tai Chi), but they can be done as an independent conditioning drill..

In Taiji, Silk Reeling is a series of easily learned, repetitive movements that integrate all three planes of motion into smooth, continuous, and controlled weight shifts, core rotations, and spiral movements through the legs, torso, arms, and hands. These exercises help you maximize your body’s efficiency of motion by promoting correct body alignment and energy flow.

This class will also cover how to maintain the proper body requirements of Chen Taijiquan allowing you to more effectively train your body and develop a higher level of skill not just in Taijiquan, but in other sports and activities as well.

Saturday February 11th: 5:00pm - 6:30pm

Laojia Yilu (Old Frame Routine One) Corrections - Chen Village style!

LaoJia YiLu (Old Frame First Routine) is the first of two sets of Taijiquan put together by Chen Changxing, of the 14th Generation of Chen family (Huixian's Great-great-great-great-great-grandfather). He put together these two sets of all-inclusive movements using all the various postures from the seven sets of boxing routines created by his ancestor, Chen Wangting (9th Generation Chen family). Chen Changxing reworked the order of postures to fit smoothly into one long boxing routine (LaoJia YiLu) and one set of cannon fist (LaoJia ErLu).

In this workshop, Chen Huixian will be doing Laojia Yilu form corrections, posture by posture, movement by movement.

This is the traditional method of training Tai Chi in Chenjiagou (the Chen Village). It is a very slow and intense process that helps students to refine the individual details of each posture.

It is recommended that you have a working knowledge of the first section of Laojia Yilu to attend this workshop.