How to practice taijiquan, how to practice taijiquan for zero basic students

Taijiquan has Chen, Yang, Wu, Sun and Wu styles, each with its own characteristics, each with its own length, beginners can choose one of the learning and practicing. If you want to fitness beginners, first learn Yang style is appropriate. Yang style Taijiquan is easy to learn and very suitable for fitness. Chen-Style Taijiquan is more difficult to learn as it has movements of power and strength, which are not easy for beginners to master. If you want to learn Taijiquan according to the principle of first easy and then difficult, you can start practicing from the twenty-four postures of Yang-Style Taijiquan. Twenty-four postures is the foundation of learning Taijiquan, which contains the most important iconic movements of Taijiquan. After practicing the 24th form of taijiquan, you can gradually transition to the 42nd form.

The essentials of taijiquan for beginners can be summarized as follows: one should be quiet, two should be loose, three should be soft, four should be correct, five should be continuous, six should be round, and seven should be flat. I called the Taiji "seven laws".

One should be quiet

That is, the mind is free of distractions, still as water. To the outside world, to do unheard of, see but not see, concentrate on quiet, no waves. When the body and mind to be completely calm before moving on to the next step.

Two should be loose

Thought, spirit and the muscles of the body to relax, so that the body and mind to maintain a relaxed, loose state, the mind can not be tense, the mood can not be restless, the muscles can not be stiff.

Stillness and looseness are complementary to each other, there is looseness in stillness, and there is stillness in looseness. Quietness and relaxation are the basic requirements of Taijiquan and also the most crucial step. To achieve the requirements of static and pine, we need to constantly adjust the body, mind, and gas, to be "three adjustments" completed, to achieve the static and pine, we can enter the Taiji of the "momentum".

Three should be soft

The movement should not be stiff, but light and soft. Each posture and each move should be as slow as swimming in the water, and should not be used with clumsy force. Softness is the inherent image characteristic of Taijiquan.

Four should be positive

Positive is neutral, meaning that the torso should be positive but not curved, to keep the form neutral. Specifically, the upper virtual collar top strength, the lower collapse waist and loose hips. Boxing proverb: "low head and waist, learning art is not high." It is very important to do the body in the right shape.

Five to even

The action should be continuous, there can be no pause, like running water, non-stop flow, and the speed of the flow of the fast and slow to always maintain a calm rhythm, can not be fast and slow, to achieve the potential potential to be connected, interlocking.

Six should be round

Round is round, requires each momentum to have a certain arc, ethereal round, not straight. Only in this way will you feel comfortable and the beauty of Tai Chi.

Seven should be flat

When playing boxing, you can't rise and fall, sometimes high and sometimes low (in addition to the movement itself), Taijiquan's fist frame of the starting position is high and low, it determines the height of the whole set of boxing frame, and the next movements should be based on it, and keep the same body shape to go on smoothly.

The phenomenon of shrugging the shoulders, bending the waist and arching the buttocks often occurs when one learns taijiquan for the first time, which is the result of not grasping the above essentials. Taijiquan is the most important thing to pay attention to the shape of the body momentum of the neutral and comfortable, beginners should remember.

Practicing Taijiquan, every action should be "hand with waist, waist with hand". For example, in the palm, it is by turning around and using the waist to send the palm out, rather than simply using the hand to push out. This is the overall coordination of Taijiquan, and is the key to practicing "strength".

The best way to learn is to breathe naturally, and then change to the abdominal breathing of "breathing out and breathing in" after you master the movements.

Learning and practicing Taijiquan, we must remember that we should not be smart and practice according to the subjective idea of "taking it for granted", and we should not be in a hurry to achieve success. Otherwise, not only slow progress, and can not achieve the purpose of fitness. We only step by step, in accordance with the scientific principles and methods of learning, understanding, consulting and communication, in order to learn taijiquan, taijiquan, and then have a healthy body.