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Feeling part of a group

02 Monday Nov 2015

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chen style, Sword

I  have recently met Giuseppe Paterniti, an Italian Tai Chi and Qi Gong master.
I came across one of his videos when I was surfing on internet, looking for Chen sword’s forms.
The thing that caught my attention the most was that he teaches in the County of Treviso (North Eastern Italy), the one I come from. Second, but not less important, was his mastery in Chen Style.
I could immediately understand that he learned directly from great Chinese teachers.
As soon as I saw his video I felt the urge to contact him and arrange a lesson, in order to resume the practice of a Chen sword form that I have been studying for almost two years with my Master Luo Liuqing, in Tokyo.
I got in touch with Giuseppe and went to Italy for a week during which I worked with him and achieved also a certification for teaching Tai Chi Chen and Qi Gong to kids (Chen Shin Kung Fu).

I found out that he stayed for long periods of time at the Chen Jiagou village in Henan province where Chen style is supposed to be born. Giuseppe taught me all the sets of exercises that kids, boys and girls learn when they first start practicing Kung Fu. He is a natural teacher, very generous and patient.
I am planning to teach this program at ISA (International School of Amsterdam), attended by my son Pietro.

Giuseppe invited me to join the alliance of TaiCh and Qi Gong schools he created, called AMHA ( Alliance for Martial and Healing Arts, http://www.amha.info).
I am currently curating the English version of the website.
The aims of the alliance sounded very inspiring to me and I can say that now I feel part of a group.

Please, enjoy the video of Master Giuseppe Paterniti.

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Tai Chi: The Ultimate Boxing

11 Friday Apr 2014

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applications, chen style, energy transfer, martial art

This long video shows the main applications of Chen style (the style Tai Chi is supposed to develop from). Apparently this Master passed away not long ago.
Even though there’s no translation, you can enjoy his exquisite and deep knowledge about energy transfer in martial arts.

My intention in posting this video is to remind that Tai Chi is a martial art, the most subtle among all others.

Enjoy!

Chen Style

20 Wednesday Feb 2013

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Yesterday I practiced Chen Style with my teacher, Lu Sensei, in Meguro. It’s a very ancient Tai Chi style, with a lot of jumping, kicking and a pace faster than you would expect from Tai Chi. Unlike Yang Style, it has a rhythm, determined by accelerations and fast releases of energy; it’s a continuous alternation of engaging and relaxing, of contracting and expanding, very hard to master. Yesterday we practiced “Cloud Hands”, and even if it has the same name, this walk is totally different from Yang Style; you cross your feet, moving diagonally instead of laterally, you step out putting down your heel instead of the toe, your knees are bent and your palms switch from “giyakukenshi” to “junkenshi” every step. There are so many things to keep in mind…I totally understand my students that are learning “Cloud Hands”, Yang Style. I am a student and a teacher at the same time, and this makes me see things from different perpectives: I am a better student to my teacher and I am a better teacher to my students.

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