Formosa Neijia wrote:
To me, Du's clip is the way Chen should be done. To see how modern Chen became nothing but a performance art, I suggest comparing Du's clip with this clip above. Feng Zhi-qiang's performance is especially close to Du's IMO. Older Chen in general was simpler in expression and training and there was less emphasis on doing 4-5 frames of it.
Bhassler wrote:Here's a video of someone doing Chen taiji with a lineage to Chen Yanxi that does not include Chen Fake.
Comparing videos can be interesting, but probably shouldn't be given too much weight. Among students and even formal disciples, there are better and worse representations of what was meant to be taught. Sorting out which is which really requires inside knowledge to know who was good, who practiced hard, etc.
Hakkesho wrote: Also interesting to watch another line from the village.
Formosa Neijia wrote:
To me, Du's clip is the way Chen should be done. To see how modern Chen became nothing but a performance art, I suggest comparing Du's clip with this clip above. Feng Zhi-qiang's performance is especially close to Du's IMO. Older Chen in general was simpler in expression and training and there was less emphasis on doing 4-5 frames of it.
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