第四届欧洲实用拳法小聚20200913. 后排二是本文作者达米安。

2017年6月24-25，格丁尼亚-我首次参加讲座，首次见到陈中华老师。有点可笑，一次见面竟能改变一个人的一生。 我们经常听到这样的说法，可是，对我来说，这是真的。

Gdynia, 24-25.06.2017 – My first workshop and first meeting with Master Chen Zhonghua. Funny how one meeting can change your whole life. We often hear it as a sentence but for me it’s true.

讲座后，老师给了我一根橡皮筋，一切由此开始。。。我记得第一个讲座我感觉多么不自然（可以在讲座视频里看到）那是什么都不懂。中间休息的时候，柏林的凯斯顿 （Kerstin 女士) 给我一些讲解和示范了一下十三式。

After the workshop, the Master gave me a rubber cord and then it started … I remember how much I felt uncomfortable in the first workshop (can be seen in the video), not knowing any movement. During the break Kerstin from Berlin help me understand what we are doing and what the first 13 moves look like.

学了实用拳法的外国学生看菜单都能发现【轴】

实用拳法社团很神奇，很有互助精神。我通过实用拳法结识了世界各地的人，有时由于时差我们废寝忘食的交流。不要气馁，可以试试。

The PM community is amazing and very helpful. I met a lot of people from all over the world, sometimes talking about Taiji instead of sleeping through the time differences. Don’t be discouraged, closed mind and try it.

如果已经练过别的拳法，实用拳法看上去很怪，丑。。。试试。 太极就像【黑客帝国】里描述的一样，尼欧要选择两个药片之一，吃下之后，世界或者说拳术动作会发生改变，过去将一去不返。:)

If you’ve practiced other martial arts, this one seems strange, ugly … try it. True Taiji is like the Matrix scene where Neo had a choice of two pills. After taking, the world or boxing mechanics will change and nothing will be as it used to be 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7AUs3CLOPg