Taiji - Chen Style Fan (48 form) 陳式太極扇48式

[whoelse2u]

The Chen family did not include a fan form in their training curriculum (this may be because of the ban they had on training women for many years due to an unfortunate incident many years ago). As a result, this form is not "approved" by the family. However, the form is based upon Chen style movements and is very difficult to do well as the fan is much more difficult to control than a sword or jo. As a result, if you have good judges, you will score high in competitions if you can do it well.

[Richytao]

GREAT MASTER MA CHUNXI!!! BEAUTIFUL

[pontepolentepontepi]

:-)))))

[XingYiQuanArgentina]

Hola!... I had the opportunity to ask the Grand Master Chen Xiaowang on tai chi fan and in me that: 'in Chen taiji There is no any set of fan...'

SIFU

[criptopus]

I was training with Leming Yue one of Chen Zheng Lei's Students on the 14th of Febuary 2009 at Telford and he taught us a Fan form based on the Chen 11 one of his own simplifications of the Chen 18 form taught by chen zheng lei. I don't suppose that the chen family have a fixed fan form but they don't not use fans. He explained that it helped to teach fa-jin as when the fan opens it must be due to the projection of chi/energy/momentum. Hope that helps some how.

[Kbou2327]

:>)

[springmelody123]

Very well done. I have watched several other fan performers. This is the best one so far.

[walt8988chan]

Very enjoyable to watch, thanks!

[aiengesha]

outstanding performance. Classical movements, no modern gimmicks added. Traditional taiji at its best.I am 46 female and i love to see elder ladies performing like this.

[valarmorr2]

beautiful and practical...

[sifu50]

All forms are "made up" by someone somewhere sometime- some become written in stone, others on the wind it does not mean that those written on the wind are not indeed beautiful or useful whilst only those written in stone are worthwhile (feeling VERY sifu like today) ;)

[joetaichi]

Although it's a made up form, and not a traditional set as tought in chen villiage, she performed it absolutly beautifly... Wonderfull execution.

[qewlkid9]

your a disgrace....the fan style is not made up....its been around since every other fighting style....you all just never give it respect. Search taiji fan in the search bar, it brings up a bunch..

[funfront]

Listen. Like other kingfu, there are different forms of taiji which are modified or even created by people. Of course they don't make it up from nothing but based on tradition.

[curtrod]

funfront probably wasn't referring to taiji fan forms but the chen style fan form, anyway it looks very authentic to me, I doubt she "made it up", beautiful chen movements, it's the first fan form I have appreciated, obviously she has skills of a master!, qewlkid9 (kid) please do speak disrespectfully to others, it is "a disgrace", peace!

[curtrod]

oops, please do NOT speak disrespectfully to others!

[funfront]

Don't be serious about the form. I suppose the performer made it up herself.

[detrolleur]

@funfront Explain that to the hundreds other that do exactly the same form (there are other videos of this form, It's simply unknown to most.

[sunlightpianist]

@funfront If this was made up, then why are we learning the exact same thing in our Taiji class? My coach has won medals for this so how in the world was this made up?

[rose8491]

I must comment on the statement,"chen style fan form". I have asked my Da Shi, Chen,Zheng Lei as well as other Chen style masters with who I've studied, if Chen's Taiji has a Fan Form/Routine. They've always replied in the negative. But, please correct me if I am wrong. And if you do, then qoute some of your sources; especially if they are from the direct line of descendancy in this style. Thank you.

[taijigongfu]

I understand that traditionally there isn't a fan form in the Chen style curriculum. On the website of Malisa Ng, a disciple of Zhu Tiancai, it is written that the fan appears to be a relatively late arrival to the Chen family weapons routines and probably came via Yang style taiji. There is also video of a Chen Style fan form on the website.

Anyway, this 48 fan forms is beautifully demonstrated by Ma Chunxi. Does anybody know who her teacher was?

[rose8491]

taijigongfu: Thanks for the information concerning the fan form. I appreciate your honesty

[wushuargentino]

Hi.

Pls, could u tellme how many steps this "fan" form is?

Is interesting!

thxs!

Jose

[taijigongfu]

It's the Chen Style 48 Fan Forms.