Mar 1, 2022
What is the Aiping Tai Chi approach to using Tai Chi in martial applications? Grandmaster Aiping Cheng gave a workshop where she explains the principles of Tai Chi applications and push hands. Grandmaster Cheng is 5’2” and under 100 lbs. She explains how because of her size, she must utilize the Tai Chi principles of yin yang changes in order to control the movement of much bigger and stronger opponents. Workshop translation provided by Cindy Chen.
Let us know in the comments below if you can find the changes of yin and yang in your Tai Chi movements
Grandmaster Aiping Cheng's entire Philosophy and Fundamentals of Tai Chi workshop is available for purchase on our website. It's a 3-part video download: https://www.aiping-taichi.com/store/c14/videodownloads
Watch trailer: https://youtu.be/p8tqQ2qUCeo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W41pe64oXg
Excerpt from "GRANDMASTER AIPING CHENG:"
Tai Chi Specialist
In wushu competition, each team is required to have athletes compete in long fist (changquan), southern fist (nanquan) and tai chi (taijichuan) categories. While training on the Zhejiang Wushu Team, Grandmaster Cheng demonstrated exceptional abilities in tai chi. She was sent to train intensively with traditional tai chi masters to deepen her tai chi knowledge and abilities. She has studied extensively with Li Tianji, Li Yulin and Sun Jianyun in Sun style tai chi, with Fu Zhongwen in Yang style tai chi, and with Chen Xiaowang and Chen Zhenglei in Chen style tai chi. Grandmaster Cheng is one of the only Chinese martial artists trained at an elite level in both contemporary wushu and traditional tai chi. She is a three-time winner of the All-China National Taijichuan Championships.