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Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Glossary

1. Action
   Movements that affect the opponent.
2. Rotation
   Movement without displacement of (in) space. When it is done correctly, rotation cannot be perceived by the naked eye. Only the effect of rotation can be seen.
3. Movement
   Any type of action that causes the positions to change, with effect or without.
4. Slack
   Space created by movement that does not cause result on the opponent.
5. Stepping
   The movement of the body forward by moving the foot forward.
6. Stretching (opposite is folding)
   Movement to make the size larger. The original position and center cannot be changed.
7. Sinking
   With the baihui point fixed, the movement downward of all or some other parts of the body.
8. Expansion
   The movement away from the center in all directions. The center must be maintained to be considered an expansion.
9. Extension
   Stretching of a part or point to make it longer. The original point/position must be maintained.
10. Spiraling
    Movement that causes a spiral action to occur. This does not make that the body part moves along the line of a spiral.
11. Tossing
    This term refers to the attempt to rotation but failure to maintain the center.
12. Double Heavy
    The case of having two or multiple points of contact on the opponent at the same time.
13. Synchronized (opposite: desynchronized)
    Movements of all body parts must happen at the same time. This does not mean that the movements are along the same directions. They must follow the directions set out for each body part.
14. Push
    Movement forward. Normally this refers to movement of the hands forward. This action has two parts. The first part is to move the hand forward as in slack to position it. The second part is to push/squeeze the rest of the body forward towards the hand. The condition is that the hand cannot move at all.
15. Shearing
    The action of tearing that keeps the untouched part unmoved.
16. Twisting
    The result of spirals on the opponent.
17. Aim
    The pointing of the energy to the correction position of the opponent.
18. Lock
    Once in position, no part of should move except the overall body forward, as in pushing a chair forward, in which case, the chair is considered in a locked position.
19. Metered Out
    Movement in all directions must be exactly the same size. This is a central skill to obtain in Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method.
20. Compress
    Movement towards the opponent’s center without losing the central focus.
21. Stiff
    Power that causes the issuer uncapable of further movement or rotation.
22. Loose
    When issuing power towards opponent, there is slack on one’s own body parts. This causes the movement to have little or no effect.
    When the opponent issues power towards you, you should make all body parts to contain slack so that the opponent’s power dissipates.
23. Collapse
    The loss of the original structure by any movement.
24. Proportional
    Same as to “meter out”. Every move must be conpensated or matched by movements of all other parts of the body.
25. Split
    The action of two parts of the body moving away from each other. The key is that there must be a fixed spot (does not mean a real physical spot) in this action.
26. Fight
    Means to move against. It is used as a negative word in the Practical Method system.
27. Separation
    Same as in “split”
28. Down
    Moving downwards with any part of the body without causing any other part of the body to move with it.
29. Open
    To move away from one another.
30. Align
    Usually this means three energy points (on your own or counted with the opponent’s body part together) moving on the same straight line.
31. Tension
    Tightness of movements.
32. Density
    Level of compression within a fixed spot or area.
33. Powering Up
    To increase size, length or compression within a fixed area.
34. Stagnant Tension
    The ability to compress but inability to move it and keep the same compression.
35. Popping
    One part of the body moving outside of the restricted area. Size and area restriction is a central key in Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method system.
36. Negative Space
    All space is considered negative space. When one makes contact with opponent, Except the parts that are directly involved, everything else and everywhere else is considered negative space. The utilization and manipulation of negative space is a central feature of the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method system.
37. Angle
    The diretion of one’s energy in relation to the opponent’s center.
38. Momentum
    inertia of force.
39. Timing
    The activity and force that is caused by the utilization of time or lack of time.
40. Distance
    The space between two points of action.
41. Direction
    Same as angle.
42. Dimention
    Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method employs 5 dimensions in it actions. In the view of this system, all other systems utilize only two dimensions.

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