Tag: Laojia

Brazil Tai Chi Competition

Master Wang would like to congratulate Shifu Niall O’Floinn’s students who competed – online – at the recent Festival Do Dragao tournament.

The tournament was held in Brazil with the online entries shown on a big screen after the in person competitors were complete.

Niall’s students performed well winning a total of twenty medals between them!

The competition was divided into Mens/Womens competitors, then by age and by the form.

Here is a list of the competitors and scores

 

13 Step

Place    Name                       Club            Points
1º            Diana Jablonska      Irlanda         8,38

18 Step

Place    Name                       Club            Points
1º           Jablonska                   Irlanda         8,33
2º          Kat Lee                        Irlanda         8,31
3º          Natalia Krause           Irlanda         8,25

Laojia Yi Lu

Place    Name                       Club            Points
1º            Natalia Krause          Irlanda        8,17

18 Step

Place    Name                            Club                  Points
1º            Alex Bogomoletz           Irlanda               8,25
2º           Júlio Cesar Menegon   Campo Mourão 8,21

Laojia Yi Lu

Place    Name                           Club            Points
1º            Ollie Walsh                   Irlanda         8,30


2º           Gergely Kasa           Irlanda        8,29
3º           Hergen Reising      Irlanda         8,12

4º           Alex Bogomoletz      Irlanda    8,11

Laojia Er Lu
1º         Augustine Tolster       Irlanda  8,42

Xin jia yi lu
1º       Adam Cwik                    Irlanda  8,42

Adam

Taijijian

Place    Name                       Club                  Points

1º            Anderson Rosa         Campo Mourão 8,36

2º            Ollie Walsh               Irlanda                8,31

Taijijian
1º            Mirko Costella          Irlanda         8,24

Taiji Dan Dao
1º             Kat Lee                      Irlanda          8,35

Taiji Dan Dao

Place    Name                       Club            Points
1º            Augustine Tolster   Irlanda          8,31
2º           Ollie Walsh               Irlanda          8,19

Guan Dao
1º Anderson Rosa Campo Mourão 8,31

Old Frame (Laojia) – First Form (Yi Lu)

A listing of the Postures of Chen Family Taiji Boxing (Chen Jia Taiji Quan)

Once you have read this blog, you can click here to access Master Wang’s online Laojia Yi Lu lesson

Laojia Yi Lu is the oldest surviving of the Chen style forms. It was created from a synthesis of five of Chen Wangting’s early routines. It is used to develop the basic principles of movement, a format for teaching a student how to move correctly. It is a complex training tool and forms a framework for developing the martial skills of Chen Style Taiji. The Laojia Yi Lu is the form from which all other Taiji styles developed.

It is considered to be the foundation form for all other Taiji forms. The great Grandmasters of Chen style are said to have practised this form upwards of twenty times daily.

The 74 movement listing below was corrected by Grandmaster Wang Haijun with the invaluable assistance of Aarvo Tucker translating and making Pin Yin spelling corrections.

1. Preparing Form (Yu Bei Shi)
2. Buddha’s Warrior Attendant Pounds Mortar (Jin Gang Dao Zhui)
3. Lazily Tying Coat (Lan Zha Yi)
4. Six Sealing and Four Closing (Liu Feng Si Bi)
5. Single Whip (Dan Bian)
6. Buddha’s Warrior Attendant Pounds Mortar (Jin Gang Dao Zhui)
7. White Crane Spreads Wings (Bai He Liang Chi)
8. Walking Obliquely (Xie Xing)
9. Brushing Knees (Lou Xi)
10. Stepping Lightly (Ao Bu)
11. Walking Obliquely (Xie Xing)
12. Brushing Knees (Lou Xi)
13. Stepping Lightly (Ao Bu)
14. Hidden Thrust Punch and Whirling Upper Arms (Yan Shou Hong Quan)
15. Buddha’s Warrior Attendant Pounds Mortar (Jin Gang Dao Zhui)
16. Flinging Body (Pie Shen Quan)
17. Green Dragon Comes Out of Water (Qing Long Chu Shui)
18. Double Pushing Hands (Shuang Tui Shou)
19. Fist Under Elbow (Zhou Di Kan Quan)
20. Whirling Upper Arms (Dao Juan Hong)
21. White Crane Spreads Wings (Bai He Liang Chi)
22. Walking Obliquely (Xie Xing)
23. Flashing the Arm (Shan Tong Bei)
24. Hidden Thrust Punch and Whirling Upper Arms (Yan Shou Hong Quan)
25. Six Sealing and Four Closing (Liu Feng Si Bi)
26. Single Whip (Dan Bian)
27. Cloud Hands (Yun Shou)
28. High Pat on Horse (Gao Tan Ma)
29. Brushing the Right Foot (You Cha Jiao)
30. Brushing the Left Foot (Zuo Cha Jiao)
31. Kicking With the Left Heel and Following (Zuo Deng Yi Gen)
32. Forward Twist Step (Qian Tang Ao Bu)
33. Punch the Ground (Ji Di Chui)
34. Kicking with Two Heels (Ti Erh Qi)
35. Protecting the Heart (Hu Xin Quan)
36. Whirlwind Foot (Xuan Feng Jiao)
37. Kicking with the Right Heel and Following (You Deng Yi Gen)
38. Hidden Thrust Punch and Whirling Upper Arms (Yan Shou Hong Quan)
39. Small Capturing (Xiao Qin Da)
40. Embracing Head and Pushing Mountain (Bao Tou Tui Shan)
41. Six Sealing and Four Closing (Liu Feng Si Bi)
42. Single Whip (Dan Bian)
43. Forward Trick and Backward Trick (Qian Zhao Hou Zhao)
44. Parting the Wild Horse’s Mane (Ye Ma Fen Zong)
45. Six Sealing and Four Closing (Liu Feng Si Bi)
46. Single Whip (Dan Bian)
47. Jade Maid Works Shuttles (Yu Nu Chuan Suo)
48. Lazily Tying Coat (Lan Zha Yi)
49. Six Sealing and Four Closing (Liu Feng Si Bi)
50. Single Whip (Dan Bian)
51. Cloud Hands (Yun Shou)
52. Waving Double Lotus Shake Foot and Stretch Down (Bai Jiao Die Cha)
53. Golden Rooster Stands on One Leg (Jin Ji Du Li)
54. Whirling Upper Arms (Dao Juan Hong)
55. White Crane Spreads Wings ( Bai He Liang Chi)
56. Walking Obliquely (Xie Xing)
57. Flashing the Arm (Shan Tong Bei)
58. Hidden Thrust Punch and Whirling Upper Arm (Yan Shou Hong Quan)
59. Six Sealing and Four Closing (Liu Feng Si Bi)
60. Single Whip (Dan Bian)
61. Cloud Hands (Yun Shou)
62. High Pat on Horse (Gao Tan Ma)
63. Crossed Feet (Shi Zi Jiao)
64. Punch the Groin (Zi Dang Chui)
65. Ape Touches Fruit (Bai Yuan Xian Guo)
66. Six Sealing and Four Closing (Liu Feng Si Bi)
67. Single Whip (Dan Bian)
68. Nimble Dragon Descends (Que Di Long)
69. Stepping Forward to Form the Seven Star (Shang Bu Qi Xing)
70. Stepping Back to Ride the Tiger (Tui Bu Kua Hu)
71. Turn Back and Wave Double Lotus (Zhuan Shen Shuang Bai Lian)
72. Head On Blow (Dang Tou Pao)
73. Buddha’s Warrior Attendant Pounds Mortar (Jin Gang Dao Zhui)
74. Closing Form (Shou Si)