Chen Taiji New Frame Cannon Fist(Part 1)

New Frame Cannon Hammer = New Frame 2rd routine. The movements in this routine are comparatively complicated than other routines, focusing on the applications of 4 corner hands including, pick, obstruct, elbow, & lean and applications of 4 assisting hands including, hold up, stroke, squeeze, & press. Hardness contains softness. strive for firm & hardness. stamp to exerting force. leap up, jump, spring, shake to train elasticity. In appearance, it shows fast & strong jump with slowness, softness, calm, & unrushed methods of exerting force requiring guiding the body by hand cooperating with flexiable footwork. Focusing on hardness to integrating hardness with softness to command internal forces. If internal body is motionless, external would not exert force. A part move, all parts move. Chen Xiao Wang was born in 1946 and became studying martial arts at the age of seven. He started with two great instructors: his grandfather, the famous Chen Fa Ke, and his father Chen Zhao Xu. Later he a