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Grandmaster Zhu Tian Cai

Grandmaster Zhu Tian Cai is the 19th generation disciple of the Chen Style Taijiquan, and the 11th generation direct line inheritor of Chen Style Tai Chi. He was born in the Taiji birth place, Chenjiagou village, China, and he started learning Taiji from his very early age at the direction of both Grandmaster Chen Zhaopi and Grandmaster Chen Zhaokui. After more than 14 years training and practising, he has perfectly mastered Chen Taijiquan theories, principles, form routines, push-hand, taiji weapons etc. He once won many Chinese national taiji competition titles such as Chinese Taijiquan golden medals, and he has trained thousands thousands of students from both China and abroad. He has also published many taiji books, DVDs, and videos, and he is one of the top taiji grandmasters in the world.

DW166-04 Old Frame Routine One
Chen-Style Old Frame Routine One is developed by Chen Changxing, the 14th ancestral master of chen clan in Chenjiagou. Based on the Taijiquan Routine V, Cannon Fist Routine I, 108 Stance Long Fist Routine I created by Chen Wangting, he condensed them into popular Old Frame Routine I, Routine II. Routine I Fist is mostly soft and little vigorous, its stances graceful, steps flexible and stable, body erect and natural. Its inner energy dominates the whole body, majoring in Ward off, Deflect, Squeeze and Press, accompanied by Pull downward, Bend backward, Elbow Stroke, and Shoulder Stroke. It moves like running water continuously, and sends off energy loosely and vividly. Demands: the body leading the hands, the waist as axis, twisting and turning round, clearly visible and invisible, the thread-twisting energy as core, arc-form walking, spiraling inner energy.
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Duration: 4 DVDs 240 mins
Publisher: Chinese Sport Council Publishing House
Price:£44.99


DW166-07 New Frame Routine Two
New Frame Routine Two of Chen-Style Taijiquan, is a set routine of 71 stances, handed down from Chen Fa'ke, a 17th Taiji master of Chen clan to Chen Zhaokui, a 18th master. Its feature is the same with Old Frame Routine Two, mainly forceful and some soft. This routine tells a detailed explanation of Old Frame and the practice of added energy. In practice, it must be moving slow, soft, fast, leading first and sending off later, so that it is both forceful and soft flexibly.
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Duration: 3 DVDs 159 mins
Publisher: Chinese Sport Council Publishing House
Price:£34.99


DW166-08 Small Frame
Small Frame, also called as New Frame in the book of Chen Ziming, is a routine which was passed down by the master Chen Youben, a representative of Chenjiagou several hundreds of years ago. Small Frame is a practice of Yi, Qi movement and spirit preservation. 'Small isn't small, large frame isn't large.' It can be practiced small and large both, a practice of small frame is the immanent of fist practice, not only its outside frame, the small frame must move in proper sequence, rather than accomplish in an action.
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Duration: 3 DVDs 148 mins
Publisher: Chinese Sport Council Publishing House
Price:£34.99


DW166-10 Taiji Pushing Hands
Pushing Hands is a two-person practice for techniques, under the principle of sticking, upward and downward combination and not separation not collision, it is integrity of grabbing, catching, wrestling, kicking, beating, and so on. The ways of Ward off, Deflect, Squeeze, Press, Pull Downward, Bend Backward, Elbow Stroke, and Shoulder Stroke methods can practice the whole body touch and inner sensibility to make an effect of pre-consciousness. It is a method of practicing super techniques aimed at vigor coming from stance and overwhelming opponent.
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Duration: Double DVDs 93 mins
Publisher: Chinese Sport Council Publishing House
Price:£24.99


DW166-11 Single Broadsword in Taiji Routines
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.
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Duration: 53 mins
Publisher: Chinese Sport Council Publishing House
Price:£14.99


DW166-13 Chen-Style Taiji Double Broadswords
Chen-Style Taiji Double Broadswords is a double instrument in Chen-Style Taiji instrument routines, with thirty-five routines, featuring Chop, Hack, Upper Cut, Hang, Plunge, Intercept, Block, Press, Push, Slice, Crosscut, Defend and Shake etc. it incorporates the body skills of Chen-Style Taijiquan gracefulness and flexible and stable steps to make it harmoniously forceful and soft, alternatively fast and slow, and Demand: a bodily harmony and cooperation between broadsword and step.
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Duration: Double DVDs 108 mins
Publisher: Chinese Sport Council Publishing House
Price:£24.99


DW166-14 Chen-Style Chunqiu (Spring-Autumn) Big Broadsword
Chen-Style Chunqiu Big Broadsword, also called 'Green Dragon Lying Moon Broadsword', is a kind of long weapons of Chen-Style Taiji routines. Its routine layout is reasonably arranged, harmoniously upward and downward, giving a clear exhibition of the techniques Chop, Hack, Upper Cut, Hang, Cut, Slice, Intercept, Block, Pick, Prick, Push, Drag, Prop and Shake. Demand: a must solid foundation of fist in practice of big broadsword, more important especially to waist and leg forces, and arm force.
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Duration: Double DVDs 104 mins
Publisher: Chinese Sport Council Publishing House
Price:£24.99


DW166-15 Chen-Style Taiji Fan
Chen-Style Taiji Fan is based on the Chen-Style Taijiquan, led by Chen-Style Taiji broadsword and sword techniques, and accompanied by the Chen-Style Taiji fan routines adopted by the fan function. The whole routine consists of four sections, harmoniously forceful and soft, alternatively fast and slow, particularly simple and elegant. Its practice effect is the same to Chen-Style fist and instruments though they are different in approach. The fan is portable for practice everywhere, a best choice of the elderly practice.
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Duration: Double DVDs 105 mins
Publisher: Chinese Sport Council Publishing House
Price:£24.99


DW166-16 Chen-style Taiji Spear
Chen-style Taiji Spear, also named Pear Blossom Spear with Pale Ape Cudgel, is a long form of Chen-Style Taiji weapon routine. It incorporates the features of spear and cudgel, in combat practice it brings the effect of spear plunging and a wide-range cudgel beating. Its routines are concisely arranged and particularly style, featuring Plunge, Block, Wrap, Collapse, Sweep, Point, Prick, Chop, Wring, Twist, Prick, and various Shake, with the unique techniques it is uncountable and changeable in practice and application. Demand: a persistent and hardworking practice, a scrupulous study and combination of Taijiquan hands, eyes, body, skill and steps.
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Duration: Double DVDs 114 mins
Publisher: Chinese Sport Council Publishing House
Price:£24.99

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DW166-17 Weapon and Boxing Appreciation
Chen-Style Taijiquan originates from Chenjiagou of Wen county in Henan province, created by Chen Wangting, the 9th ancestral master of Chen clan, compiled by Chen Changxing, the 14th master of Chen clan and Chen Fa’ke, the 17th master, on the basis of ancestral fist techniques, therefore forms the mainly popular Chen-Style Taijiquan in the society. Programs Appreciation I: Four Basic Patterns Of Chen-Style, 13 Set Patterns of Old-Frame Movements, 13 Set Patterns of New-Frame Movements, Old Frame Routine One II: Old Frame Routine Two, New Frame Routine One, New Frame Routine Two III: Chen-Style Small Frame, Taiji Sanshou, Taiji Pushing Hands, Taiji Single Broadsword, Double Broadswords, Chunqiu Big Broadsword, Chen-Style Taiji Fan, Pear Blossom Spear with Pale Ape Cudgel.
Media:dvd
Soundtrack: selectable English / Chinese
Subtitles: selectable English / Chinese
Duration: 3 DVDs 159 mins
Publisher: Chinese Sport Council Publishing House
Price:£34.99




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