#chen weiming

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Guān cǐ bǐ jiàn zhuān zhōng wàn bì yǔ tàijí jiàn zhī yòng Hé gù qí fǎ jiē bù chuán shì zhī néng jiàn zhě dàdǐ jiē wǔ jiàn zhī lèi rú fēng juǎn rú diàn chí rú niǎo luò rú lóng xiáng róng guān suī měi wèibì shì yú yòng yě

《太極劍》陳微明

Demonstrations of sword matches that focus on (striking) the wrist and arm are used the same in taiji sword. (I’ve) noticed that this has not been passed down. Generally speaking, those practicing the sword dance today are like a rolling wind, very fast like a swooping bird, and with an appearance like a soaring dragon; it looks beautiful but is not necessarily of any use.

Quoted from the introduction to Taiji Sword by Chen Weiming (1929) trans: Scott M. Rodell

Tung Hu Ling (董虎嶺 Dǒng Hǔlǐng 1917–1992)  est l’un des maîtres les plus distingués du taiji quan. Sa mort est la plus grande perte pour le style de Yang Chengfu  (楊澄甫 Yáng Chéngfǔ 1883-1936). Né l’année du tigre, il a été nommé Montagne du tigre – 虎 hǔ dans son nom signifie tigre et 嶺 lǐng signifie montagne. Il est né au  xian de Ren (任县 Rén Xiàn) dans la province de Hebei, près de la ville…

Two more Hong Kong universities remove Tiananmen artwork – Times of India

HONG KONG: Two Hong Kong universities on Friday removed sculptures marking Beijing’s 1989 crackdown on Tiananmen Square democracy protesters, as authorities steadily remove all remaining traces of the deadly event from the southern Chinese territory. The removals come a day after Hong Kong’s oldest university took down a statue commemorating the bloody crackdown, sparking outcry by activists and…