Chenjiagou (Chen Village) is in central China about 60 miles west of Zhengzhou in Henan province. You can fly direct or take an overnight train from Beijing to the main city of Zhengzhou and then you need a taxi cab to take you to Chen Village or Wexian, the nearest main town. The taxi will cost about $60 one way. Avoid December through to March as it can get very cold and lots of snow. The Autumn and Spring are very nice. Empty Mind Films
An authentic and inspiring documentation straight from the origins of Chen Taijiquan. Thanks for this great view of Chenjagou at the beginning of the new millennium 🙏
Beautiful. I'd love to take my family and spend at least a year there. I've wante to study and practice Chen style Tai Chi for many years now. Unfortunately here in the part of Mohave Desert where I live we don't have any form of Tai Chi nearby. Like I said beautiful.
Overall a decent movie. I find the interviews sometimes a little drawn out, but the shots of training by the masters and the students help making up for those. Colors are vivid and the cinematography is good. Maybe I missed it, but they don't even mention where ChenJiaGou is in China; It's in Henan province. China is a huge country. Also, I find the choice of background music downright bizarre and distracting. There are so many ancient Chinese guzheng or guqin music pieces that could have been selected to provide a proper background music instead of Indian music. But if you can get over that, if your focus is on the taiji, then it's fine. Also, for those of us who understand Chinese, it would be nice to have the Chinese characters as an option for subtitles during the Chinese portions, to help follow along. So, despite the fact too many parts of this movie feel like a painful rambling and babbling infomercial, the training parts are interesting and so is the story of Chen village. Also there should have been much more focus on Chinese students and cut out those babbling and rambling testimonial to size. Also some learned exposition of different taiji styles contrasting Chen would have been in order... 太极好！
plse tell me which province in China is Chen Village located? and the best possible way to get there? and also which month is most suitable in terms of weather etc., thanks!
How long have you practiced Taiji Chuan? Have you been taught applications from both systems? Just curious, studied Yang for about 3.5 years but my teacher had to stop classes. Have a great day.
I really appreciate the work you are doing, but IMHO with this one you need to make it free. Sell the other ones but don't miser the Chen Village doc- this story needs to be told, if it's going to get told it needs exposure. Please make the Chen Village documentary publicly available. I'm sure I'm not the only taiji enthusiast who is hungry to get access to this story but doesn't have 20 bucks to spend on a file. Again, I really appreciate what you are doing and don't mean to insult you as a professional artist, but I think there is something bigger going on and if you were motivated to tell the story in the first place, hopefully you agree. Thank you!
I thought "Flagging" meant the opposite of what it evidently does!...sorry!!!...I wish UA-cam gave one a way to cancel an action...???...this video is not only great but worth sharing w/ all!!!...
@syphen888 and the way I learned - kata is total kumite. It contains all the techniques, concepts and principles that make up the art as a whole. Kihon is taken from kata. And Kata is Kumite/Kumite is Kata. This is Koryu Karate... Karatejutsu - as opposed to karatedo. In Koryu Arts, the Applications are practiced as Kumite. re-respectfully! :)
@danshaw1967 True, but it's the mindset. You essentially emulate everything the teacher wants you to do whether it's washing clothes, being Taoist or whatnot until you mastered it. Otherwise, you'd start questioning everything and pretty soon you'll stray. After you've mastered their interpretation/lifestyle, they even encourage you to have your own interpretation to the style. That's the beauty of traditional arts.
@w0sXs0w Yeah! I've been there in august. Enjoyed it a lot. I was in 陈照森 功夫 School. Very good Teacher and he's really there, not like Chenxiaowang and some others.
I dont think that Yang Luchan learned Chen style. Chen Changxing teached him what he learned from Jiang Fa maybe he also learned direktly from him. Yang Luchan was a slave of the Chen family and outsiders werent allowed to learn the family boxing.
@gespilk said as someone with no understanding of what martial arts means would say. You may consider actually reading into the thinking behind the arts and leave your jaded misconceptions behind. I train in Shaolin Kung Fu and I have myself spent three years training Yang Tai Chi Chuan, My martial arts training taught me more about respect for life than anything else I've experienced. I hope you find the truth you arent seeing. Live well.
: ) Some folks are designed for destruction. Your able to gather resources only because there are those willing to do violence against those that would rip your life and resources away.
@gespilk In short, if you ever plan to learn anything martial, you have much to learn. I hop you do, because that attitude....it doesnt speak well for you, and I get the feeling you are more simply uneducated in combat than you are ill mannered. Live well. As a final note, using MMA tactics in combat is not a hard thing, there isnt much true technique in typical MMA, its instictive fighting, little more. Martial art is about letting go of that and learning more efficent ways of combat.
@gespilk then your understanding is that of the supremely uneducated. Martial art is about many things including respect for life. Anyone who fights without respect for the harm they may need to cause to others to defend themselves is nothing but a brute, a fool and a dog unworthy of learning anything. That comes from my first instructor, a former Army Ranger quite used to 'true combat'. MMA is a sport with many illegal striking zones etc, and any good MMA fighter knows the difference. Sad.
"In essence martial arts are for destruction" To me that seems quite wrong. Or to be more precise: If you mean destruction of destrucion maybe you're right. Look at Aikido. Even Muay-Thai can be used for protective and creative purposes as well. "It is all about money." ...?!
Chenjiagou (Chen Village) is in central China about 60 miles west of Zhengzhou in Henan province. You can fly direct or take an overnight train from Beijing to the main city of Zhengzhou and then you need a taxi cab to take you to Chen Village or Wexian, the nearest main town. The taxi will cost about $60 one way.
Avoid December through to March as it can get very cold and lots of snow. The Autumn and Spring are very nice. Empty Mind Films
An authentic and inspiring documentation straight from the origins of Chen Taijiquan. Thanks for this great view of Chenjagou at the beginning of the new millennium 🙏
Beautiful. I'd love to take my family and spend at least a year there. I've wante to study and practice Chen style Tai Chi for many years now. Unfortunately here in the part of Mohave Desert where I live we don't have any form of Tai Chi nearby. Like I said beautiful.
i really want to learn tai chi.. looks very relaxing and soft but at the same time powerful.. looks exelent to clear your mind.. awsome video thanks!
I'll be there in 3 Weeks! Can't wait :)
@syphen888 - Karate IS its Kata! That's what makes it so wonderful. Chen Style is its Forms... they are awesome arts.
Wonder how to get there. Would be really interesting to spend some time there!
Overall a decent movie. I find the interviews sometimes a little drawn out, but the shots of training by the masters and the students help making up for those. Colors are vivid and the cinematography is good. Maybe I missed it, but they don't even mention where ChenJiaGou is in China; It's in Henan province. China is a huge country. Also, I find the choice of background music downright bizarre and distracting. There are so many ancient Chinese guzheng or guqin music pieces that could have been selected to provide a proper background music instead of Indian music. But if you can get over that, if your focus is on the taiji, then it's fine. Also, for those of us who understand Chinese, it would be nice to have the Chinese characters as an option for subtitles during the Chinese portions, to help follow along. So, despite the fact too many parts of this movie feel like a painful rambling and babbling infomercial, the training parts are interesting and so is the story of Chen village. Also there should have been much more focus on Chinese students and cut out those babbling and rambling testimonial to size. Also some learned exposition of different taiji styles contrasting Chen would have been in order... 太极好！
your videos are great. u cant stop....
Very interesting clip! Really good!
Best wishes from Berlin
Mario
plse tell me which province in China is Chen Village located? and the best possible way to get there? and also which month is most suitable in terms of weather etc., thanks!
A beautiful Practise, a beautiful Path
How long have you practiced Taiji Chuan? Have you been taught applications from both systems? Just curious, studied Yang for about 3.5 years but my teacher had to stop classes. Have a great day.
You can buy this download at emptymindfilms website
I really appreciate the work you are doing, but IMHO with this one you need to make it free. Sell the other ones but don't miser the Chen Village doc- this story needs to be told, if it's going to get told it needs exposure. Please make the Chen Village documentary publicly available. I'm sure I'm not the only taiji enthusiast who is hungry to get access to this story but doesn't have 20 bucks to spend on a file. Again, I really appreciate what you are doing and don't mean to insult you as a professional artist, but I think there is something bigger going on and if you were motivated to tell the story in the first place, hopefully you agree. Thank you!
Great video.
Is there a link to purchase the DVD?
I thought "Flagging" meant the opposite of what it evidently does!...sorry!!!...I wish UA-cam gave one a way to cancel an action...???...this video is not only great but worth sharing w/ all!!!...
@TheMartialartsJedi yeah u are right! i´ll look into it, thanks!
@syphen888
and the way I learned - kata is total kumite. It contains all the techniques, concepts and principles that make up the art as a whole. Kihon is taken from kata. And Kata is Kumite/Kumite is Kata. This is Koryu Karate... Karatejutsu - as opposed to karatedo. In Koryu Arts, the Applications are practiced as Kumite.
re-respectfully! :)
is wang shu chin included in this movie?
Beautiful
good job
inspiring : ) Thank s : )
click on the emptymindfilms website to the right of the video. you can order it there. i have it myself. it's great!
ali
Awesome
Fantastic , very good work
oh yeah
@9kiko90 his name is chen ziqiang son of chen xiaong and nephew of chen xiaowang
@danshaw1967 True, but it's the mindset. You essentially emulate everything the teacher wants you to do whether it's washing clothes, being Taoist or whatnot until you mastered it. Otherwise, you'd start questioning everything and pretty soon you'll stray. After you've mastered their interpretation/lifestyle, they even encourage you to have your own interpretation to the style. That's the beauty of traditional arts.
@w0sXs0w Yeah! I've been there in august. Enjoyed it a lot. I was in 陈照森 功夫 School. Very good Teacher and he's really there, not like Chenxiaowang and some others.
that guy on 1:57 came out on jet li's tai chi master
I second cheaptrades. I loved the video about the female Buddhist.
Chenjiagou needs more trees.
good
One of my personal meca places to be even though I am a Yang practitioner.
I dont think that Yang Luchan learned Chen style. Chen Changxing teached him what he learned from Jiang Fa maybe he also learned direktly from him. Yang Luchan was a slave of the Chen family and outsiders werent allowed to learn the family boxing.
@@Gieszkanne I think he learned by mimicking the forms and practiced in secret, if I am not mistaken. Anyways your comments is utterly tangential.
@@TheGrmany69 You can not learn Taiji by just observing. Also I dont think that you can observe about such a long time without ever getting exposed.
@@Gieszkanne You can learn by your own if you hear the indications... whatever man.
@gespilk said as someone with no understanding of what martial arts means would say. You may consider actually reading into the thinking behind the arts and leave your jaded misconceptions behind. I train in Shaolin Kung Fu and I have myself spent three years training Yang Tai Chi Chuan, My martial arts training taught me more about respect for life than anything else I've experienced.
I hope you find the truth you arent seeing. Live well.
that guy on 1:57 came out on tai chi master
@danshaw1967 its not worship only a sign of respect.
: ) Some folks are designed for destruction. Your able to gather resources only because there are those willing to do violence against those that would rip your life and resources away.
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thats a little village? O_O lol
@Kniitte By China's standards I'd bet.
@gespilk In short, if you ever plan to learn anything martial, you have much to learn. I hop you do, because that attitude....it doesnt speak well for you, and I get the feeling you are more simply uneducated in combat than you are ill mannered. Live well. As a final note, using MMA tactics in combat is not a hard thing, there isnt much true technique in typical MMA, its instictive fighting, little more. Martial art is about letting go of that and learning more efficent ways of combat.
TAIJI
@ihatefakersandposers its all that and more
@gespilk then your understanding is that of the supremely uneducated. Martial art is about many things including respect for life. Anyone who fights without respect for the harm they may need to cause to others to defend themselves is nothing but a brute, a fool and a dog unworthy of learning anything. That comes from my first instructor, a former Army Ranger quite used to 'true combat'. MMA is a sport with many illegal striking zones etc, and any good MMA fighter knows the difference. Sad.
"In essence martial arts are for destruction"
To me that seems quite wrong. Or to be more precise: If you mean destruction of destrucion maybe you're right. Look at Aikido. Even Muay-Thai can be used for protective and creative purposes as well.
"It is all about money."
...?!
haha