007 - Master Chen Bing: What is "standing" (Zhan Zhuang) and why is it important?
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- Master Chen Bing gives some advices to beginners and interested people of Taijiquan and talks about the importance of "standing" in Taijiquan.
This is the 7th video of this series and was taken in 2019 in Vienna (Austria) and Master Chen is talking about the difference between Taijiquan and Qigong.
Thanks to Karin & Stefan for the shooting and editing of the video and thank you to Li for her translation from chinese into english (without her it probably wouldn't be so interessting to watch).I hope you like and enjoy it.
And if you live nearby and are interessted in the art of Chen Taijiquan, feel free to visit our website: www.shujian.at
Feel free to comment, like and share this video ;)
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Please notice, that a small mistake happened in the credits area in the end of this video. Master Chen Bing made clear by himself , that he is a master and not a grandmaster. It happend by the producer of the video and confussion by internet research.
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Most excellent summary of the benefits of Zhang Zhuan. He nailed it.
This is very good advice. It requires mental and physical discipline to achieve consistent practice.
For me the biggest challenge at the moment is releasing tension in the shoulders and back. But I have noticed that when I do Zhan Zhuang before Tai Chi practice then I feel connected to all parts of the body, the flow of movement feels more unified.
I used to do 10 minutes of standing, but it's not enough to really find out where tension is trapped in the body. When I practice for 30, 40 or 50 minutes (which is very little compared to serious Tai Chi practitioners) then I start discovering more about myself as Master Chen Bing says.
I agree completly with you
I find it easier to establish a consistent practice if I set a practice intention such as a 100 days in a row for a minimum of 30 minutes a day practice, for example. If I track my progress then I find myself more apt to do the practice.
I achieved this in 2021. I trained in Dublin from 2001 to 2004 but stopped for 15 years. Like Cheng Man Ching I became very sick in 2020 and after 6 months practice, following Chi Gong videos on TH-cam, I achieved the sinking of the Chi to my Dan Tien.
My body and breathing literally moved by themselves. I was finally feeling "Tai Chi legs" - I could stand for hours.
Then my life went very wrong, I lost my job and home and ultimately, the connection to my Dan Tien.
It's been two and a half years and although I tried to practice every day for the last year, I can't get it back.
Now to make matters worse I have a fractured ankle and can't practice for months.
Maybe it's possible to do "sitting" to help my ankle?
@@philip5314 Hi Philip, if you are still in Dublin, I can recommend a very good Tai Chi and Qigong teacher. He may be able to help you. His name is Liam Murray.
Интересный ролик, о стоянии в столбе "чжан чжуан". Интересна интерпретация высказывания Ян Чэнфу из "10 требований Тайцзицюань". Там говориться: В движении ищи покой 动中求静.
Здесь же Чэнь Бин говорит: 静中求动, 动中守静 jìng zhōng qiú dòng, dòng zhōng shǒu jìng (В покое стремись к движению, В движении удерживай покой). Хорошо сказал! (Ким Сергей)
Sorry, I don't speak or read russian.
Master Bing is one incredible human.
Thank You for all the Videos!
You are welcome :)
Zz was not part of tai chi until zz was popularized in the 1930s. It was xing yi that held San ti Shi, although zz practice goes back as far as we have records. And it’s great that tai chi wants to use posture holding. But the method of zz isn’t static.
Thank you.
Thanks a lot for this video.
How long does it take to develop and feel the multidirectional force and how do you know when you got it?
You will know, I guarantee you. In my case, I had three years training in Tai Chi with a master in Dublin from 2001 to 2004. Subsequently I dropped it for 15 - 17 years. Then, in 2021, after 6 months of dedicated practice, up to 8 hours a day, and then after I had a hernia, I concentrated exclusively on Zhan Zhuang aa I couldn't do any other movement.
"It" happened within a few weeks of intense (but surprisingly easy - I mean standing like that for up to an hour became almost addictive), I achieved the breath moving the body, as one way to describe it, because it was blissful, and it was literally like "breathing like a baby again," felt intensely powerful.
@@philip5314 WOW! Thank you so much Philip, I really appreciate.
A couple more questions, if you don't mind answering. You know, I have arthrosis in my knees and some in my lower back, plus otosclerosis (a ear condition which got me deaf, conductive deafness).
When you say you were practicing 8 hours a day, of overall Tai Chi or just standing? Did you get to a continuous 1 hour standing progressively? Is there a need to do dantien breathing and/or some sort of visualisation since the very beginning while standing in order to achieve "it"?
I've done sports all my life and some Tai Chi. But I honestly don't have 8 hours a day to dedicate to the practice. And because of my knees I couldn't do Tai Chi for too long, not even every day. Zhang Zhuang is feasible though. I had some kind of weird experience with it once, many years ago. Than nothing more, even when I got to lower position or harder stances.
Today I believe it's not about forcing, rather being gentle and relax, yet fully present.
I really wish to achieve the "breath".
Das ist eh wie Klavier spielen 😌Hab ich immer gewusst 😃Toll
Can this help with stagnant energy and opening the meridians
It is the main purpose from this kind of qi gong. It is about letting the energy and fluids flow naturally and freely by calming down, align the body and achieving balance in all meanings (mental, physical, energetical).
In Taiji as an internal martial art it also provides some fundamental physical qualities like intrinistic power, presence and balance in your main position.
ShuJianVerein thank you
@@904GorillaProductions You are welcome :)
wenn ich mich recht erinnere hab ich ihn mal in Chenjiagou getroffen ich glaub das war bei seiner schule mit quadratischem hof mit großem ying yang pflastersteinmotif am boden in der mitte des hofs. nicht so weit weg von "der" schule.
Das klingt ganz nach der alten Schule von Meister Chen Bing. Die Neue habe ich noch nicht gesehen.
He said a lot and said nothing. Thus sitting is as effective as ZZ, just to achieve calmness.
Not necessarily, I made a comment above that you might find interesting, it's about "grounding yourself" but the legs are super important in Zhan Zhuang. As I remember, and I was nearly "there" - first standing, then, and only then, "sitting".
Not knocking the yogis but I DID experience complete union, I know Tai Chi forms, I was already a qualified instructor, just didn't practice for 15 years.
That said, to those who don't "know" and there are a lot of commenter "experts" on youtube with no idea, it will always seem like "they say a lot and say nothing".
@@philip5314 well I'm just saying about what is possible to see in this video. I don't consider myself an expert, although I practice and study since 80s
@ChristianoSts me neither, I'm pointing out that you can reach "master's" level, i.e. becoming one with the form, filling the Dan Tien, forget the breathing because you become the breath, etc, without necessarily being able to fight. Don't know if that makes sense... I'm not interested in fighting but when I can afford it I would like to study acupuncture. I just discovered the power of Zhan Zhuang by "accident/luck" - I mean, I did practice maybe 8 hours a day but I achieved this "master" feeling in less than 6 months, I wasn't expecting it.
well yes you can sit if you are weak, but standing will gain strength as well, something you may not understand