So, I was there last weekend when this video was being filmed. I flew out from Charlotte, NC area for the weekend to do private/intensive lessons with Chester. I have spent the last three months going through all his videos on youtube, the first 3 mastery courses and the six roads form. In 8 hours, over the course of 3 days, we reviewed and drilled down on all of the individual  processes of the 5 mastery courses. I am a 63 year martial artist with 50+ years of experience in a variety of arts. About he last 35 has been focused on Wing Chun. So, touching hands and contact reflexes are really a part of my wheelhouse. This training is the icing on the cake for me.

What I understand about typical Tai Chi training is that the usual way to do this is to learn the form, learn various push hands, learn applications, learn weapons (if it is actually taught) and then after many years of practice you (if you are lucky) you get to have a big "uh huh" (enlightenment) experience and can really do the internal part of the art. And, through all of that you have a teacher who has a huge investment in milking the process for all its worth.

This is not my experience of Chester. Instead, he is teaching the "secret sauce" that makes this all work right from the beginning of your training. Which in turn speeds up your learning curve exponentially. (No milking and less frustration with the process) How he is able to do this is through very quick paradigm shifts. Fascia mastery is the the content and each subsequent course creates a contextual shift and builds on that by expanding your awareness through the various energetic distinctions (energies: Song, Qi, Neijin and Yi respectively).

As far as I'm concerned this is the way to learn Tai Chi. Think about it... Now I have mastery that I can put into my practice and grow my practice through mastery rather than have an empty practice over 10-20 years that probably won't yield any result beyond the superficial.

Thank you, Chester for this video recap and all your diligence in producing this methodology. I look forward to your next course and my next visit to Cali!

The attitude is maybe half the battle of the realization. The spirit comes through in your teaching. Open heart, open mind. Open spirit of self discovery. Most attractive teaching.

There is no end!

Level is unlimited!

Thank you

Best thing to do is to not think about anything! Because the mind is the one that stops and limits everything including energy!

That was a very thorough explanation. In fact, it was so good, that I realize that the only way to truly understand it is to learn Tai Chi under a competent Master. Tai Chi appears to be an unrivaled form of Moving Meditation and Energy Manipulation. Thanks. Great video.

I know because i have been through alot! 😊

You may be wondering, okay so humans and primates can extend their awareness into tools, such as a branch they are swinging on, and even beyond that into the environment to know the forest they are swinging through. But how do you direct our intention?

Consider how you swing a baseball bat or tennis racquet at a ball. You know how when you first pick it up, you swing it in the air  a few times? You're getting to know your bat or racquet, and as you do that you are extending your awareness into it, are you not? And then when you swing at the ball, do you just blindly swing with all your strength? Or do you have an intention of where you want to hit the ball to? You do already have that intention, do you not?

Because the act of extending your awareness connects you with the tool. And once connected, your intention of getting the ball to go here or there, naturally includes the tool that is a part of you now. Your intention for an outcome, that is to say, your Yi to commit to the manifestation of a particular outcome, is the intentional action of your Yi. And it is only possible when you have extended your awareness and connected to the thing, and it is immediately available and automatic, once you have truly connected with the thing. Does that make sense?

I did not verbally state all of this in the video but the subtitles would've been too long so I've added it here. Hope this is helpful to help you understand something that initially seems mysterious and esoteric, but as you read and get to know this, you begin to realize that it is something quite natural, and already within your grasp. Because it is a natural process for you to be able to do this, all you need is a bit of guidance as to where to look, do you not?

We will continue to explore the topic of awareness in upcoming videos! Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for reading and following our content!  
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This is amazing! Would you say this is a type of Xiu Dao?

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Thank you for the breakdown 🙏❤️🙏

Superb explaination as always.

I find this video to be quite educational and for some people (me haha) inspiring, but I have to say that the last part (Tao) is a really deep concept for me. My QiGong master mentioned that it’s the last part of my training (from his point of view) and it’s something that needs to be experienced, it can’t truly be explained in words (like for example QI could).

What is your opinion on the concept of Tao?

Good morning sifu.
Thank you so much for all the explanation. I can apply the relaxation and be with my own center. Also I can move Person with much more weight and physical strengt by just pushing them back - on the fascia.

Could you explain how to move my energy/qi without any movement of myself or pushing my partner. It was only said to focus but I prefer to have your explanation to this as your way/ language is best suitable to my understanding.

Hello How to use our Yi correctly?

Can you please explain the phrase -If you don’t count me you’re still 2nd! 😃🙌




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@phoenixmountaintaichi So at the highest level of taichi practice, do we utilize the Yi by becoming aware of all five stages simultaneously while performing an action? Or is the idea that controlling all the other stages/energies become unified/second nature, that simply follows a singular Yi in action?

So is it better to use zhou  or just make there energy go to your feet like you did in your video?

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