Notes for TOMAR20-4 阴阳（英文）video

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2020年8月21日星期五上午8:00 (中国时间），何家伟教练带领我们来学习《TOMAR20-4 阴阳（英文）》这个视频。

陈老师作了一个完美的魔法。没有一个人看到他做的什么。说出来，原来是这样？你也要看看魔法吗？

Notes:

0:30 Which part is yin and which part is yang? Yin and Yang are two separate and opposite parts. As long as there are two, it is not really matter how we name them.

0:30 哪一部分是阴，哪一部分是阳？阴和阳是两个相对的部分。只要有两个，我们如何命名它们并不重要。

1:17 For a technical discussion, it is easier to always refer an object to be yin, and the action to be yang, so that we are always consistent. However to reach a high level, we will need to be able to switch them, and reverse the thinking.

1:17 对于技术讨论，总是将死物称为“阴”，将动作称为“阳”，以便我们始终保持一致。但是，要达到更高的水平，我们将需要能够对调它们并扭转思维。

2:17 The perfect hold of an object, e.g. the opponent's arm, is considered crisp. Master Chen worked with a line, and he does not really see as the opponent's arm. This is why it does not matter which body part or position it is. They all more or less look the same. To hold that line, we need to be on the opposite sides of the line.

2:17 完美的物体的操控，被认为是脆。陈老师实际控制一条线，他并不注视那是对方的哪个身体部位。这就是为什么无论是哪个身体部位或位置都不重要。要保持该线，我们需要控制该线的相反两侧。

5:08 Master Chen asked the audience what he did to have a hold on the opponent. No body in the audience was able to answer correctly. He put his right hand behind the opponent, and his left hand on the front side of the opponent's left arm.  The opponent now looked like a board, and he touch both sides of the board. After he gave out the answer at 5:43, I went back to 5:08 to see it again.  It was like he revealed a magic that nobody sees.

5:08 陈老师问观众学生如何控制对手。学生中没有人能够正确回答。他将右手放在对手的背后，而左手放在对手左臂的前侧。对手现在看起来像一块木板，他触摸了木板的两侧。他在5:43说出答案后，我回到5:08再看一次。就像他揭示了一个没人能看到的魔法。

6:01 If Master Chen's right hand was placed in front of the opponent's chest, he would only have access to the opponent's arm. If the opponent came in with the whole body, Master Chen wouldn't be able to do anything with the opponent's arm only because the arm was too small.

6:01 如果陈老师的右手只放在对手的胸前，他将只能控制对手的手臂。如果对手全身都进来，那么陈老师就只能因为手臂太小而无法做任何事情。

6:15 What we need to learn is how Master Chen thinks. We can't rely on our current way of thinking.

6:15 我们需要学习的是陈老师的想法。我们不能按照当前自己的思维方式进行。

7:32 Master Chen showed an application drill that required us to connect our front elbow with the rear heal to provide a line without nothing trapped in the middle (chest). When we kick the rear heel, the impact must be felt at the front elbow.

7:32 陈老师展示了一个用法练习，该练习要求我们将前肘与后脚跟连成一条线，力不会被困在中间（胸部）的线。当我们踩后脚跟时，必须在前肘的对拉（但前肘自己是没有动作的）。

写笔记的重要 The importance of note-taking

我们为什么要写笔记和分享到网站上？

1. 听老师：老师常常嘱咐我们要写笔记，这也是听老师的活的练习。愿不愿、想不想，都要写。
2. 助记忆：我们的记忆不大可靠。每一课讯息很多，不记下，很快就会忘记。写笔记能逼着自己复习上课内容，加深记忆。在将来知识增长后，笔记也可帮助比对，知道现在跟以前的理解有没有改变。
3. 知落差：我们听进的，跟老师或教练讲的可能有出入。分享到网站上，可以让老师或教练知道落差，加以纠正。
4. 补遗留：分享到网站上，让学员之间的笔记加以互补遗留或欠缺，也可作课后的讨论。
5. 活网站：使实用拳法网站保持是一个活跃的地方，增加大家回来学习的兴趣。

写笔记要有两个版本：

1. 老师讲的原话。这个用作将来理解的比对。
2. 自己现时的理解。

Why do we take notes and share them on the website?

1. Listen to the teacher
   Master Chen Zhonghua often reminds us to take notes. This is also an exercise of listening to the teacher. Write regardless of whether we want to or not, and then post the notes to the website.
2. Reinforce our memory
   Our memory is not very reliable. There are so many messages in each lesson, if we don’t write them down, we will soon forget them. Taking notes can force ourselves to review the content of the class and strengthen the memory of the material. After the knowledge increases in the future, the notes can also be used for comparison and know whether the latest understanding has changed from the previous understanding.
3. Know the gap
   What we heard may be different from what was meant by the teacher/instructor. Sharing on the website can let the teacher/instructor know any gap in our understanding and correct it.
4. Identify any missing pieces
   Sharing the notes on the website allows students to identify any missing pieces among themselves. They can also be used for discussion after class.
5. Generate traffic for the website
   Keep the Practical Method website active and current. This increases everyone's interest in coming back to this central hub of learning.

We should take two forms of notes:

1. The original exact words/terms that the teacher/instructor used. This serves as the concrete basis for development of understanding.
2. Our understanding at the time of taking the notes.

Dixian 底线

 Dixian 底线 (Bottom line) - Master Chen Zhonghua Zoom Lesson 2 on Augest 14, 2020

- We use the term dixian instead of "bottom line," so that we can learn the meaning of Master Chen means for dixian. This is re-calibration.

- Don't question a dixian

- Whenever he says not to ask that question, that's a dixian.

- 3 types of dixian

  - Principle

  - Concept, e.g. Suspended Head

  - Action

   - 13 basic moves in Taiji is the dixian  (8 techniques (upper body) + 5 directions (bottom body))

- 9 steps in Circle. The 9th step is to settle. He only teaches 3 steps because otherwise we can't do the form.

- Knowledge has no order. We sequence it to give it meaning.

Notes for TOMAR20-3 阴阳（英文）video

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2020年8月15日星期六上午8:00 (中国时间），何家伟教练带领我们来学习《TOMAR20-3 阴阳（英文）》这个视频。

动作是阴性，而结构是阳性。陈中华老师给了实在的例子说明。这个视频中还有更深奥的理论，需要不断练习理解。

Movement is yin, and structure is yang. Master Chen demonstrated what that meant in this video. There were also other discussions on yin-yang theory, which requires constant practice and understanding.

Note:

0:07 Our movement must be divided into yin and yang. We must lock up our body, and the movement must not be part of that body, and yet it is not phyaically outside.

0:07 我们的动作必须分为阴和阳。我们必须定住我们的身体，动作一定不能成为该身体的一部分，但也它不在该身体外部。

1:29 Here comes Joseph Chen vs Chen Zhonghua. Joseph Chen pushes the kua, Chen Zhonghua'body is affected. When Joseph Chen stops pushing, Chen Zhonghua goes back to the original position.

1:29 约瑟夫对陈中华。约瑟夫是陈老师的英文名字Joseph的译音。约瑟夫推陈中华的胯，陈中华的身体受到影响。当约瑟夫不推时，陈中华回到原来的位置。

2:58 Within the same physical body, the action is a movement, the structure has no movement.

2:58 在同一身体内，动作是动，结构是不动。

Master Chen gave two examples about same but not the same.

陈老师给了两个例子关于一样但不同。

3:50 1st example of a hand holding a screw driver: The hand is holding a screw driver. The hand and the screw driver handle become one.  The hand is not considered outside of the handle, and yet it is not part of the screw driver.

3:50 第一个例子是手握住螺丝刀：手中握有螺丝刀。手和螺丝刀手柄合二为一。手不是在手柄之外，但它也不是螺丝刀的一部分。

4:42 2nd example of a steel bar vs a steel cable: The steel cable are made of multiple steel threads twisted together, and it is not the same as a solid steel bar.

4:42 第二个例子是钢筋与钢缆：钢缆是由多根绞合在一起的钢丝制成的，与实心钢筋不同。

5:20 Back to the screw driver example, the hand turns the screw driver, the action is at the hand, but the result is on the screw driver.  Without the screw driver, the same action on the hand is not meaningful, and none of that action comes from the screw driver itself.

5:20 回到螺丝刀的例子，手转动螺丝刀，动作在手，但是结果在螺丝刀上。没有螺丝刀，手上的相同动作就没有意义，并且这些动作都不来自螺丝刀本身。

5:50 Our body needs to move 100%, but none of that comes from us. Currently, the problem is that we move the body ourselves.

5:50 我们的身体需要百分之百的动，但这都不是我们自己做的。当前，问题是我们自己动身体。

6:48 Exercise: Master Chen locked right shoulder, right kua, and middle of the torso. He used his left kua to cause movements of those three points, while those three points did not change relative to each other.

6:48 练习方法：陈老师定住右肩，右拳和躯干中间。他用他的左胯使这三点移动，而那三点并没有相对的改变。

8:13 Student 1 was trapped among the legs of a chair that is placed horizontally across his body. Master Chen and Student 2 pulled on the legs of the chair. The chair was moved, and so did Student 1. This happened because the chair absolutely did not move.

8:13 第一个学生被困在横放的椅子的脚之间。陈老师和第二个学生拉着椅子的腿。椅子被移动了，第一个学生也被移动了。之所以发生这种情况，是因为椅子绝对没有动。

9:30 The action is the yin part, while the structure is the yang part (the not moving part).

9:30 动作是阴性，而结构是阳性（不动）。

陈中华老师直播课20200817笔记

 学习

听老师的话。
例子：不要用自己的心思做拧毛巾，虽然当时不是老师以前说过一样。
拧毛巾：手不动，用跨顶手出去。
提水：专注练胯，用跨顶。趴下，用屁股顶。屁股是胯的后面。

动作要按比例。下面大，上面小。
如果胯是动作三，手的动作是一，力量到手上的有二。 （对）
如果胯是动作一，手的动作是三，力量到胯上的有二。 （不对）

对大自然的应知是通过自己大脑理解，但偏差很大，练拳就是把这偏差减低/拿掉。
Conversion theory is universal.
e.g.
1) Car converts gas into explosion, vertical shaft action, wheel pushing against the ground, car moving forward.
2) Water goes from sky, down as rain, into the ocean, back up to sky as vapour.
转换理论是存在我们周围的。
例如：
1）汽车将气油转化为爆炸，垂直轴作用，车轮推向地面，汽车向前行驶。
2）水从天上掉下来，像雨一样落到海洋中，再像蒸气一样回到天空。
吃饭就是能量转唤。

我们的拳把横力变竖力。
例子：肘往横，力往竖到指头

T-bar：横转竖走

Notes for TOMAR20-1 虎背熊腰（英文）video

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2020年8月14日星期五上午8:00 (中国时间），何家伟教练带领我们来学习《TOMAR20-1 虎背熊腰（英文）》这个视频。

In this video, Master Chen explained what it meant to have a tiger’s back and a bear’s waist, and how to practice it correctly. The close-up view allowed us to see his body movements, and how he corrected the students’ mistakes. It allows the body to be more structured, and the arms to move more freely, and not affect the body by mistake. 

在这视频中，陈老师解析了何为虎背熊腰，含胸拔背，如可正确地练习。近镜头清楚看到老师身体的动作，和他如可纠正同学的错误。这使身体更有结构，双臂也更能自由活动，不会错误地牵动身体。

Notes:

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1:30 Master Chen showed that the chest should be indented and the back should be protuded. Indentation and protrusion always come in a pair. The common position is to have a big and protuded chest, an indentation (a valley) at the back. When that happens, the buttocks also protrude, that's really bad. Once we cave in the chest, the back will stick out, and we also need to create a top-bottom stretch at the back.

1:30 陈老师傅展示胸口应凹陷，背部部应凸出。凹陷和凸出总是成对出现。常见的姿势是挺起胸膛，而背部中间就变成凹陷。当这种情况发生时，臀部也会突出，变成弊端。当胸部往里，背部就会凸出，背部还需要上下伸展。

1:50 In Six Sealing Four Closing, our chest often protrudes. We need to cave it in, so that we create a separation between the chest and the elbow. The back also opens up.

1:50 在六封四闭中，我们的胸口经常突出。我们需要含胸，这样我们就能把胸和肘分开。背后也会打开。

2:34 The back is the governing body, and the front is the functioning body. The back is rounded and provides the structure. This kind of back is called the Tiger's Back. What does that mean? It means that a tiger does not have a back. A Bear's Waist means that a bear does not have a waist.

2:34 背部是管事之身，前面是行事之身。背部是圆的，并提供结构。这种背叫做虎背。那是什么意思？意思是指老虎没有背。同样，熊腰指熊没有腰。

3:55 Tiger's Back and Bear's Waist actually indicate that our upper body should be like a cylinder, and the hands/arms can still move without the pushing the chest forward.

3:55 虎背和熊腰实际上要救我们的上半身应该像一个圆柱体，手与臂仍然可以自由活动，而不会牵动着胸口。

4:30 We can either train by 1） lock the shoulders, and cave in the chest, or 2） don't move the chest, and move the shoulders forward. Shoulders and chest do not move together.

4:30 练习的方法：1）要定住肩膀，含胸 2）不动胸口，肩膀向前移。肩膀和胸口不能一起动。

4:55 The shoulders should be like the sleeves of a jack hanging on a coat hanger. They should be in front, and not on the side of the torso.

4:55 两肩要像挂在衣架上的大衣的袖子，。他们应该在前面，而不是在躯干的侧面。

5:54 The back should be stretching. We should not bend at down at the waist. When we stretch, we iron out the indentations and protrusions. When we bend, we create indentations and protusions.

5:54 背部应该要伸展。我们不应该向前弯腰。当我们伸展时，我们把凹陷和凸起部分都拉开抚平。当我们弯曲时，会产生凹陷和凸起。

7:22 Master Chen helped a couple of students in the video make the chest cave in and pull up the back.

7:22 陈老师在视频中帮助几个学生调整到胸口凹陷，并拔起背部。

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3:05 Tear the middle of the chest open horizontally. Master Chen demonstrated how to add this little bit when practicing single whip.

3:05 横着撕开胸口的中间。 陈老师演示了练习单鞭时如何添加这点。

Notes for 私课3-雅加达2015（英文）video

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2020年8月六8日星期上午8:00 (中国时间），何家伟教练带领我们来学习《私课3-雅加达2015（英文）》这个视频。

在这视频中，陈老师强调上身不动、手不动，他也指出了在正圈中一个非常普遍的错误。

Notes:

0:23 上身不动，下身往下。碰在对方的地方不动，在远离对方的地方动。

1:25 跟对方交手是一个勾，勾上后，用腰把对方牵倒。

3:07 手只能就在外面，它往里走就不对。转要的时候，肘腰领着手。

5:30  洪老师常常说收肘、收肘、收肘。收肘时，手在外面不动。肘拉对方进来，但手堵着对方，使对方别扭。陈老师自己常常说手不动。

7:55 只要肘在里面，动作就是长。只要肘在外面，动作就是短。

8:45 陈老师给凌教练的改正。正拳收肘后，转腰时，中指头跟肩有一条线不动。