Chen-style Tai Chi 56 Form (陈氏56式太极拳)

This form is known as the 56 Chen Competition form because it is developed by the Chinese National Wushu Association from Xin Jia and Lao Jia routines. It is used for tai chi competitions in China and abroad.
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Chen Tai Chi 56 Form - Slow Motion series
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[@3066jc]

好功夫= Ho Gongfu = Good Skills! 剛柔並用、力從地起、很好! 多謝分亨!! Displaying both the soft and hard elements (i.e. hidden) of Tai Chi Fist 太極拳, well done! Thank you for sharing this with the general public. An unselfish act!

[@Mandara8]

This might look easy. In fact it requires an incredible amount of practise. Just look how smooth he use his body. Just stunning! 👌🏻

[@wespao7379]

But he does not use physical force. Only structure of the body. Once you understand it- it will be easy to learn )

[@benm5221]

My body is so sore after watching this amazing demonstration.

[@nerdsageentertainment9323]

As a beginner, it’s encouraging to see this, knowing that this is where I’ll eventually end up! Wow!

[@bjarnesmith640]

Enjoy your journey!

[@AliciaBrewerUS]

This is some of the sweetest Chen taiji ever! Fantastic! #taichi #taijiquan #chentaiji

[@saultwister]

How I wish I could learn chen style from a master! Its so beautiful and powerful!

[@alfredunderwoodjr.8356]

Wonderful,,,,,100%

[@davidkwong3465]

Chen is great but hard as you know what to find anyone who knows or even willing to teach, do to it's combat nature it's hard to teach commercially. You can find Chen Bing on KZbin great master to watch.

[@silafuyang8675]

开始学这个几次了。学了最多到一半。这个打得非常棒。再开始学，一定要学会！

[@simplica1]

Beautifully done. Thank you for showing.

[@jasonharris644]

How can anyone thumbs down this?.. Poetry in motion. ...

[@dapidminiAiki]

envy will do that

[@therealsocialgadfly]

You are a most elegant practitioner of Chen. Sifu. Beautiful, and captivating to watch. Thank you for sharing this. :-)

[@davidbaoyh]

Thank you for your kind comments

[@isavemobile2622]

Excellent. Very powerful demonstration.

[@georgesaunders5761]

Fantastic....look forward to learning this style myself.

[@LucidAchievement]

impressive performance

[@mysticandfansatvproseandpo3727]

对年亲人很好，发力不错，马步比较地，所以他肯定是有所有需要的：感觉，内容 和 订单强制转移。以后，如果他达到五十，六十岁一上他的套路肯定变：速度便慢和发力跟大。

[@minhngocnguyen7704]

Thank David Bao

[@fong1354]

🌷🥰 剛柔並重的美感~非常吸引的太極百看不厭👍

[@g-jihhorngluo5564]

剛柔並濟，開合相當，好拳。

[@davidbaoyh]

谢谢你的夸奖！

[@RobbDawson]

That was beautiful.

[@pkchan888]

Amazing! David, could you please teach us a step by step guide on doing the 56 form perfectly?

[@davidbaoyh]

Perhaps in the near future

[@Dubikum]

Flexibility of the Snake, Power of the Dragon. Magnifique!!

[@katrisserabago9388]

Well chen style is like the combination of household chores routine for every daily life in chinese before. Who else can do their own tai chi style? 😏🤔🙂🙃🙏🙌

[@saultwister]

This is powerful!

[@sacielo]

Simply great, that's what I'm aiming for. Question (for everyone): how do you not hurt your knees? You stay bent so much and move the knees in all direction (which *shuld be* a no-no, ask me how I know!). Any expert advice on that? Thanks

[@davidbaoyh]

The trick is to balance weight on the hip area, not on the knees. Knees are relaxed and not locked so knees can move around. Core and thigh muscles are engaged throughout so weight is not on the knees. Hope this helps. Practicing the horse stance - zhan zhuang can strengthen core, hip and thigh muscles.

[@sacielo]

@@davidbaoyh Thank you!! I will practice that

[@yeanlinglam1175]

Thumbs up. You are the best

[@minhngocnguyen7704]

themselves as learners through networking offline

[@kim-go5np]

great ! 잘보았습니다.

[@alsoulclear7684]

You are wonderful!

[@davidnaas2412]

Looks very nice.

[@mydognanailu]

很棒，我很喜歡!!

[@davidkwong3465]

Looks like a cross between laojia yi lu and laojia er lu.

[@vadoworkshop]

Beautiful

[@wkghrs]

Hello, what is the recommended way to learn the 56 step Chen Taijiquan form? Does your Patreon have the lessons?

[@davidbaoyh]

We have the Chen Tai Chi 18 Form course in our Patreon channel- www.patreon.com/davidbao You can learn the Chen Tai Chi 18 Form first as it will give you a good foundation in Chen Tai Chi. After that, you can proceed to learn the Chen 56 Form if you want. We have plans to teach Chen 56 Form on Patreon in the future. If you learn Chen 18 Form, it will be a LOT easier to learn the Chen 56 Form as 56 is a combi of Lao Jia and Xin Jia.

[@katarinatomaszewska1552]

J adore , super !!!

[@shifumilazzo]

excelent!!!

[@akshaysherakungfu918]

You amazing

[@donjolee]

Amazing

[@sjwiz5991]

Can I get a breakdown of all 56 moves in time intervals?

[@dapidminiAiki]

i found this link here. maybe this is what you're looking for.. it's got the name of each of the movement set in english

[@kakashi2007]

NICE!!!

[@kenvng]

the background music goes well with the form. What does it call? Would love to purchase that song. Thank you

[@davidbaoyh]

Name of song is 太极张三丰

[@kenvng]

@@davidbaoyh Thank you, sir.

[@3066jc]

I disagreed. The power originates from the ground via the soles of the feet to knees to waist/hip to spine/body to shoulder to elbows to hands, all done in a second or so. The transmission of strength may not be that obvious with the music and could appear like a dance rather than a martial art. Imagine without the music, a good martial artist should be able to see the subtle changes in between movements. Imagine if the practitioner slow down one more tempo and increase 50% power into the form, then it is certainly NOT flowery. Yes, Tai Chi fist traditionally meant to have the martial elements as well as the health elements. Yes, the practitioner has to follow a national routine, but that doesn't mean the art is flowery: though the techniques are hidden or being suppressed not to show its full martial potential, so to please the masses in our modern times. It is none the less - Tai Chi Fist. Take the 'cloud' hands in a 'Say Ping Ma' (wide horse stand) for example; if grounded firmly: it is not much different to a Shaolin fundamental basic stand (Shaolin and Wu Dan regarded as one of the main school in the world of Chinese martial arts: similar to Cambridge and Oxford in the academic world). In my view, all martial arts are brothers and sisters and cousins. Gongfu means effort over time. Certainly this practitioner had invested huge amount of time and effort to achieve this form. Incidentally, a simple movement is very difficult to enhance, let alone making it beautiful! 'HO Gongfu' (good Gongfu (Cantonese pronunciation)!) I am sure that all humble martial artists will appreciate his dedication, after all we are on the same boat as it were! Wing Chun Sifu J.Cheung.

[@thickbrianq]

Thank You Sifu, what a refreshing post! You are correct on all accounts! I am almost 60 & have been playing Yang Family long form Tai Chi Chuan for 50 years.

[@ミュラートム-l9g]

左右搬攬肘的抖勁、好。 掩手肱拳的発勁、手、足、纏絲勁、好。 可是、折背kao的右拳、定位置太低。

[@minhngocnguyen7704]

56 great form all rights

[@jaimecolindres7473]

great!

[@adrianosoarespoeta]

Show!!!

[@楊根澤]

在台灣，想學陳式56式，要到那裹學?

[@misskiss4127]

Красиво

[@tigershuen568]

很多地方不标准，

[@KwangheeGusJin]

Mirror image..

[@실시간뿐]

3:36

[@ШколаКунг-фуВинЧунвКургане]

очень круто

[@elenabrandi7863]

bellissimo

[@djannihilatingrhythm2865]

1 A !

[@sdnlawrence5640]

I wanted to learn Chen family style but I couldn't find a gardener with a dog. 🐕

[@kwabena2770]

🙏🏾💪🏾

[@fliyamaria9140]

🙏❣️

[@mrgaomandarin8279]

比我强多了。但火气比较大，不够沉，年轻嘛。

[@bryanwong5250]

沉的话，有许多年轻人做不到，完全沉下去是需要几年的功夫的

[@thickbrianq]

People talk sbout him having no power because of joint disalignment but if that were the case there would be no power anywhere because of the "gaps" on the Earth. Chi is also much more than power.

[@jaforolkalamarkanemoslim6860]

Solam

[@jaforolkalamarkanemoslim6860]

🤲❤️❤️🌹🌹

[@tranminh3998]

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[@bwahaha9242]

dat fa doh...

[@EdwardShearerK260]

Very pretty, great flexibility and impressive movements but devoid of gongfu. All show, no jin. Developed for form competitions and demonstrations. Sadly, very far removed from traditional practical taijiquan. This is 'Wushu Taiji'. Excess flowery movements create detached alignment of the limbs from the body. Movements lose integration and power is impossible to transfer.

[@chenvillagetaijiquandenver3074]

Edward Shearer Exactly. I'm glad someone else out there has clear seeing.

[@ACEMFG1]

Edward Shearer Interesting, There is plenty of martial applications there.I prefer slower forms, but I like it, good qi!

[@surrected4526]

+Edward Shearer I love this “Wushu Taiji” as you call it, particularly the “excess flowery movements.” How do you know his movements are “devoid of gongfu?” And what is this traditional practical taijiquan you speak of?

[@EdwardShearerK260]

+surrected4526, a trained eye. There is no 'heaviness' behind the movements, no power. See Chen Yu, Feng Ziqiang, Wang Haijun and co. It all depends what you are into and why you practice. Me personally I am into it for the martial art aspect as much as for my own health. I am interested in taiji gongfu cultivation methods, rather than recent competition/demonstration forms. Forms were not practiced for show, they were for specific developmental purposes. Competition wushu, in the wake of the disastrous impact of the Cultural Revolution is, arguably, the downfall of Chinese Kung Fu within mainland China. Even competition taiji tuishou is a dangerous pitfall when used as an absolute yardstick for one's gongfu development.

[@surrected4526]

Thank you for your thoughtful response and clarification. What I saw in the video above appeared beautiful and flawless. Yet I do not have “a trained eye" as you do. I want to learn more about this martial art for its health benefits. I will check out your recommendations. Merci bien.

[@ducduynguyen364]

Ko dep bang Ma Suong

[@k9hkk9]

我正學陳式56，是我見網上打得最好同我最欣賞最美既演繹者！David Bao ,You a Suppopppper ! I Like !

[@duladrop4252]

Damned probably the best video of tai chi that I have watched, totally in control on all the free flowing motion, I love how smooth you transitioned on every flow of motion you performed.

[@ksoh32]

ignore the negative comments. you are one of the best. keep it up!

[@mysticalcarter3987]

That was amazing thank you for sharing

[@krisztinadaranyinemolnar9149]

Thank David Bao! Tai chi 56 for is super!! My favorite form! Thank you!

[@ping2liu766]

Yeah me too

[@grasshopper01031967]

I have watched this video and most of the other published performances. You motivate and inspire many practitioners to improve and to learn. I very much enjoyed this performance as well all others. Thank you so much!

[@davidbaoyh]

Thank you for your kind comment!

[@davidmiller4078]

Nice work David ive mainly done Yang family style but have dabbled with Chen family style with the BCCMA here in Britain under the guidance of Prof Li De yin i know how many hours of dedication you have put into that routine although only 5 mi utes aprox its a long term project so great to see performed enthusiasticlly with attention to detail After all the Bat Flu chaos and other personal changes i am now inspired to resume study Bravo

[@seanhimebaugh8818]

That was amazing!!

[@chigong980]

I do this style myself, and I must say, you really Rock the Chen 56! Very natural looking. Just awesome!

[@SkimmerLover]

Damn i can only dream of my chen style looking that great.

[@mrenormouscroc]

Excellent form, .... some ego to overcome still

[@KCECC-ActiveHealthyAgeing]

Well done and so good, thanks

[@taichen414]

Excellent.

[@Keithphotorama]

Very nice 👍👍👍 and glad it was done on grass which is easier on the joints 👍👍👍

[@koayact]

Keith Mitchell , yeh. That kick at approx. 4:36 into the video places a lot of stress on the right-knee or to pivot on the ball of the right-foot.

[@joseluisdasilva6872]

Tai chi e chi Kung, são excelentes catalisadores de energia espiritual de cura e harmonia do ser.

[@katrisserabago9388]

Everytime I use my water fall technique, it felt like I've been passing everything I know and I have with my waterfall technique 🤭. And forget everything 😅🙂🙃🤪

[@EricForney-uz4iz]

Beautiful

[@armanhariady5753]

Ok

[@許志君-j9o]

所謂:長江後浪推前浪，非常精彩的陳氏太極。

[@Manuel82064]

❤

[@2ndchanceinlife]

Looks great. But to use it in a fight would be a little different way of movement and positioning

[@danielmoralesmorales]

Excelente. De los mejores que he visto. Saludos

[@anniethin5412]

動作是快，狠，但不是氣帶動全身的感覺。

[@KelGhu]

Your form is so dramatic. I can't tell if it's good or not. So many things that you do that I would consider wrong in my own practice. The only way to know if you form is good would be to cross hands with you and feel your jin.

[@gillesevrard7007]

Style Chen is the best 😍😍

True, but not everyone can handle its physical demands. I used to take Chen Style. It was overwhelming after a while because I have physical limitations from past automobile accidents. I now switched to Yang Style. It's fantastic, but not as martial in its applications as the Chen Style is. I wish I learned this twenty years ago.

[@markinhu21]

Great

[@FMRebs]

mesmerizing to watch

[@charwbt2000]

行云流水，刚柔并济，一宏老师，请受弟子一个赞 :D

[@accophoto]

Amazing

[@calvenchan7029]

未識放鬆

[@kfbooth0]

真是嘆為觀止, 拍手叫好👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@davidbaoyh]

Thank you！

[@bushwacker3292]

So awesome gracly done !

[@fong1354]

暴一宏老師！美感的太極百看不厭！感謝老師分享！💐🤗

[@fong1354]

暴一宏老師的太極， 好有藝術美感， 真是百看不厭😍🤩🤗

[@vallenhaven9841]

Thumbs up

[@jjcolindres07]

super!

[@yantiheryanti6394]

😍😍😍

[@gustolsterchentaichi5153]

I Bet The Bin Man Got A Black Eye Afterwards Ha Ha Ha,

[@buddhikasanath]

💚💚💚