Two Cool Videos of Chen Xiaowang

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Some of my favorite martial arts memories are the times I spent training with Chen Xiaowang.

His workshops are physically demanding, but just watching him and having him correct you is a great opportunity to make little steps forward in your skill.

Here are links to two great videos of Chen Tai Chi Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang.

In this one, he demonstrates a form and adds explosive fajin (issuing energy) at the end.

Here is another video showing Chen Xiaowang demonstrating ground strength and peng jin -- a good "root." I first put it on my blog in 2006. I have some new comments after the video:

In my original 2006 post, I said these are fun demonstrations to watch, and that's true. But in the 19 years since I put up the post on my old blog, I have a wiser perspective.

2025 Perspective: You cannot stand on one leg and prevent someone from pushing you off-balance. Neither can Chen Xiaowang. Sometimes, these demos are simply show business. At least the student pushing on him isn't flying back or jumping back. But it's pretty clear, considering they are wearing the same clothing, it is his own student pushing on him, so there has to be some fakery involved. The student is not going to be with Master Chen very long if he pushed him off-balance in a demo. Know what I mean?

The line of people pushing on Master Chen is a trick I have done back when I occasionally gave demos at junior high schools. I would have students line up and push on each other as they tried to push me off my ground. I would ground it well and use the structure to hold them off. They would laugh and it demonstrated the value of the ground path, peng jin and solid structure.

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