Dear all, I apologize for little updates on my blog. ​ I have been on DaQingShan for many days, the broadband in my room is faulty, I am a computer idiot, thinking it was because of my connection fault, stopping me from accessing internet. Master Chen gave me a new cable so I can successfully connect to the net. But I was busy and was unable to concentrate to write an article. Now back at BeiJing, I can again chat with you. ​ We have talked about before, during push hand, “lo

陈发科的背景：陈发科的家庭是真正的太极拳世家。他的曾祖父陈长兴(一七七一～一八五三)，是杨式太极拳创始人杨露禅(一七九九片十八七三)的老师。杨露禅在陈长兴那里学了许多年，才学到太极拳的真功夫。陈长兴的父亲陈秉旺也是非常出名的太极拳家。陈长兴以保镖(护送货物的保镖)为业，经常来往河南、山东一带，山东的强盗对他非常害怕。晚年的时候，陈长兴在村里办武馆教学生。陈发科的祖父陈耕耘(享寿七十九岁)自幼跟陈长兴学拳，也以保镖为业，曾参加战斗立战功。有一次他保镖至山东莱州府，降服了当地的大盗田尔旺，莱州的百姓出钱立碑纪念他。 一九００年左右，当时在山东省任官的袁世凯(后来任中国第一任总统)看到这碑，请了陈耕耘的儿子陈延熙(享年八十一岁)去教他的儿子们练拳，共教了六年。陈延熙就是陈发科的父亲，陈延熙的太极拳功夫也非常好。陈发科曾讲给他的学生洪均生老师(一九O七～一九九六)听，当陈延熙去教袁世凯的儿子几年后回家，看到陈发科的太极拳功夫大有进步，非常高兴，走到院子中间，身穿皮袍马褂两手插在袖子里，叫他的子侄数人围攻他。众人一接触他的身，他略一转动，众人都纷纷跌地。当

各位，久违了！博克上老没动静，十分抱歉！ 在大青山多日，住房的宽带导线有毛病，愚下的电脑智商近乎弱智，以为是没插好接触不良，怎么插也上不了网，才知道是导线的事。还是陈中华大师给我拿来一根新线，才能上网。可是又赶上事多，没法踏踏实实地写点儿东西，直到回到北京才能跟各位聊天。 以前，咱们提过推手的时候有“长胜短”一说，今天就往开了多聊几句。 在这儿，“长、短”指的是双方各自的发力点到作用点的距离。“长胜短”说的是，在不用其它技术而且双方用力大小相同的情况下，距离长一方的会把距离短的一方发出。 举例说，我后脚跟发力，前手推在对方前胸，这脚手之间的距离是一米五；对方也是后脚发力，前手推我，但后脚到前手的距离是一米；两者相较，对方出。 于是，为了取胜，就可以在不加大劲力的情况下，加长自己的距离。比如；对方推挤我，我一觉得抵不住，赶紧把后脚往后再撤半步，对方挤不动，就能合住人家了。 长短是相对而言的。上面说的是加长自家的距离的方法，这个方法连不练太极的人都知道，缩短对方的距离也能取得同样的效果。对方推挤我，我不撤步而是前脚再向前上半步，不但加长了自己，而且缩

I have been practicing TaiJi Quan for more than 30 years. I have seen many famous “Grand Masters” from different places and schools. I believe that Chen Style TaiJi Quan Grand Master Hong JunSheng’s Quan and theory is the most systematic and scientific. Today, since GM Hong has passed away, among his disciples, Chen Zhong Hua has gotten the true transmission. Many people said “You can find Hong JunSheng’s real skill in Chen ZhongHua’s body”, “The feeling is just like pushing

Chen Style TaiJi systematic training is broken down to 6 stages. They are learning the form, correcting the form, fine-tuning the form, Shun the form, analyse the form and fixing the form. Through these 6 stages of training, you can systematically master the authentic Chen Style TaiJi Quan. During practice, you must clearly understand at which stage you must master what content, what problems to correct, know yourself at which stage what are your objectives. Through this step