DW142-07 Chen Style Tai Chi Guan Dao (I and II) 2DVDs

DW142-07 Chen Style Tai Chi Guan Dao (I and II) 2DVDs
By Grandmaster Xiaowang Chen

Chen Style Tai Chi Guan Dao is integrates movements of chopping, hacking, lifting, hitching, cutting, smearing, intercepting, blocking, stirring, stabbing, shoving, dragging, and parrying, etc. To practice the Guan Dao, one must have a solid foundation of bare-handed exercise, especially that of waist, legs, and arm strength

Format: DVD 
Language: Chinese Mandarin with English Subtitle

Grandmaster Xiaowang Chen (born 20 October 1945)[1] is an Australian-Chinese taijiquan teacher, who was born and raised in Chen Family Village (Chenjiagou, 陳家溝), Wen County, Henan province, and is the 19th generation lineage holder of Chen-style taijiquan. His grandfather was the taijiquan grandmaster Chen Fake.

Chen Xiaowang began his study of Chen-style taijiquan at the age of seven under his father, Chen Zhaoxu, and later with his uncles Chen Zhaopi and Chen Zhaokui.[1] Recognised as one of four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants (Si Jingang)," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou,[2] Xiaowang was chairperson of the Henan Province Chen Push Hands Taijiquan Association, deputy head of the Wushu Academy of Henan Province, and technical advisor and official assessor for the standardized competition routines for the Chen, Yang, Wu, and Sun styles of taijiquan.[3]

Chen was awarded the Chinese National Wushu Tournament Taijiquan gold medal three consecutive years beginning in 1980. He was depicted in a March 1981 Japanese documentary on Taijiquan,[4] demonstrating the laojia form, fa jin, and escaping from various qinna holds. In 1985, he was crowned Taijiquan Champion at the First International Wushu Competition in Xi'an.[1]

Chen created two condensed forms of the laojia and xinjia forms; a 38-posture form and a 19-posture form (Shi Jiu Shi – 十九式). He told inside Kung-Fu Magazine in 1991, "I have tried to do away with all the repetitions and simplify the exceedingly difficult moves without destroying the characteristics of Chen Style Taijiquan, with special emphasis to attack/defense and the chansi technique."