Tai Ji Chuan's Five Basic Ideas

Tai Ji Chuan is a profound knowledge. To practice Tai Ji Chuan, you should be familiar with Tai Ji Chuan Theory. Mastering the movement law of Tai Ji Chuan is helpful to improve the realm of Taiji. Here's what I've compiled for you: Five Basic Ideas of Tai Ji Chuan. Welcome to read!

Tai Ji Chuan's Five Basic Ideas

The essence of Tai Ji Chuan is martial arts. To practice Tai Ji Chuan, you should be familiar with boxing, so as to practice Tai Ji Chuan well and avoid the misunderstanding of going to Tai Ji Chuan.

First of all, we should establish the basic idea that Tai Ji Chuan is "Wushu"

To learn to practice Tai Ji Chuan, we must first know the basic attributes of Tai Ji Chuan and Tai Ji Chuan. Tai Ji Chuan is "fist", which means martial arts. Wushu pays attention to attack and defense. In layman's terms, it means "fighting", which means attacking and preventing. The basic purpose of practicing boxing is to defend oneself against the enemy, defeat or even destroy the enemy. Every movement is summed up from fighting, and finally it is for fighting.

Although Tai Ji Chuan has something in common with other sports art forms, we can't turn Tai Ji Chuan into gymnastics and dance, but we should fully embody the characteristics of Wushu, give play to the sense of attack and defense, and give play to the momentum and spirit of Wushu. This is most obvious in Changquan.

Tai Ji Chuan belongs to the family-run boxing in traditional martial arts. The difference between Tai Ji Chuan and other martial arts is internal strength. Tai Ji Chuan practices internal skills and uses them.

Pay attention not to lose the top, not to lead, to stick to it, to be soft and rigid, to be solitary around painting, to be soft and slow, to take the lead, to focus on leading, and not to take the initiative to attack.

It's easy for people to have the illusion that Tai Ji Chuan can't fight and can't fight, while ignoring or even forgetting Tai Ji Chuan's original intention of attack and defense. Therefore, when practicing Tai Ji Chuan, we should pay special attention to this point and distinguish Tai Ji Chuan from other sports and art forms. We must make Tai Ji Chuan a "fist" to give full play to the flavor and vitality of Wushu. Finally, through pushing hands to practice, master certain offensive and defensive techniques, and play the role of self-defense against the enemy when necessary.

Second, establish the basic idea that practicing boxing is mainly for fitness.

Tai Ji Chuan's essential attribute is martial arts, but any martial arts can not be separated from body movements, so it objectively plays a role in fitness. It can be said that fitness is a by-product of Wushu. The fitness function of Wushu has long been recognized by people, so many people practice Wushu as a means of fitness in history.

Tai Ji Chuan's theory can teach us how to treat people, establish a correct concept, and guide us to practice Tai Ji Chuan correctly, so that Tai Ji Chuan can keep fit correctly.

Zhang Sanfeng, the founder of the school, said, "What's the intention of being detailed, so as to prolong life and never return to spring", taking fitness as the ultimate goal of practicing boxing, but taking martial arts as the "last skill". Especially in the era of hot weapons, the fighting function of Wushu has gradually decreased, and boxing fitness has become the mainstream, which is also the understanding of most boxing practitioners at present. Then why emphasize the concept of fitness?

Fitness can have different levels, such as doing radio exercises, aerobics, skipping rope, kicking shuttlecock, dancing, doing housework, etc., all of which have certain fitness functions, but they can't be called real exercise, they can only be called "activities", and they can't really exercise and can only reach sub-health level. Now most of Tai Ji Chuan's exercises are similar to this one, just imitating Tai Ji Chuan's movements and doing some body exercises, commonly known as "painting Tao".

Some will play some Tai Ji Chuan flavor, which looks good, but they can only cope with exhibition competitions, but they can't practice real kung fu. It basically belongs to the level of "activity". I have asked some people whether their physical condition has improved significantly after practicing for several years and whether the original illness has been eliminated. Most of them say "average", and the fitness effect is not obvious.

The old diseases have not been removed, and even new diseases have been added, such as knee pain. I simply tested several people who have won many awards over the years and asked them to jump the steps. As a result, jumping two levels is very laborious, even only one level, which is still very heavy.

Explain that their legs are weak, how can they talk about fitness? I don't think this is a good way to practice. First, you don't practice boxing, especially the basic skills. Second, the boxing quality is not high, only seeking softness, lack of "internal strength", insufficient strength, beautiful appearance and insufficient internal strength are not real fitness. Emphasizing the concept of fitness is to practice kung fu with high quality and intensity, to truly eliminate diseases and prevent diseases, and to achieve the effect of significantly strengthening the body.

Third, establish the important concept of practicing boxing.

China Wushu is famous for its Kung Fu, and the most important thing in practicing boxing is "Kung Fu". Whether there is kung fu or not, the level of kung fu has always been an important standard to measure the level of boxing. But now many people focus on learning and practicing routine movements, but ignore or even forget this fundamental. "If you don't practice boxing, you will eventually become empty." If you don't practice kung fu, you won't really practice boxing.

What is Kung Fu? Kung fu is physical fitness, that is, physical quality, including strength, speed, endurance, stability, flexibility, flexibility, coordination and so on. The so-called kung fu is that these aspects have reached a higher level. For example, if you have kung fu on your legs, you can jump high, run fast, have strong legs, and even "fly over the eaves and walk over the wall." If you have kung fu, you can even break steel bars, which are all hard work.

It can be seen that kungfu and fitness are the same thing. Kung fu means good physical fitness, and when kung fu is improved, it means improved physical fitness. Of course, it is impossible to talk about kung fu when you are sick. So in the final analysis, we practice boxing to practice, that is, to keep fit.

First of all, practicing is to practice more basic skills, which is also called "laying basic skills", that is, laying basic kung fu. "The foundation is not strong, and the ground shakes." We must lay a good foundation before doing anything.

There are two basic skills.

One is Gong Zhuang, whose main function is to strengthen waist and leg strength and improve stability.

The second is soft work, which mainly exercises the joints and tendons of the whole body to enhance the flexibility and coordination of the body. Basic skills are a compulsory course for practicing boxing every day, and it takes one day to practice. Practicing routines is also practicing kung fu, especially slow and low. "Slow practice is a living stake", slow practice and low practice make kung fu. Pushing hands is also practice. In short, the concept of practicing kungfu should run through the whole process of practicing boxing and be "work-oriented" everywhere. The process of practicing martial arts is the real process of fitness.

Fourth, establish the concept of boxing practice quality first.

Everything has quantity and quality, and quality is the main thing. Of course, there is neither quantity nor quality, but under the premise of a certain quantity, the focus is on improving quality. The same is true of practicing boxing. Of course, practicing boxing should start with learning movements, but the more you learn, the better. If you blindly pursue quantity, you will become an empty shelf with only appearance, and you can't practice real kung fu, and you can't play Tai Ji Chuan's fitness role.

"Be greedy for more and be quick" is a big misunderstanding for many people to practice boxing at present. Practicing boxing is "quality is not quantity, but essence is not much". Therefore, after mastering a certain number of movements or routines, we should focus on improving quality, work hard on the word "fine" and strive to make high-quality movements.

What is "high quality" and how to measure it?

The first is whether there is "inner strength" and "inner strength"

Tai Ji Chuan is a "family heirloom", practicing "internal skills" and using "internal skills". "Inner strength" is an inner strength, which is guided by "inner meaning" and destroyed by "inner qi", combining rigidity with softness. Tai Ji Chuan called it "strength" or "inner strength". It is a soft but not soft, rigid but not stiff, elastic and resilient force, such as whip and baton, such as hurricane and tsunami. Soft outside and rigid inside.

As Master Yang Chengfu said, "Like cotton covered with iron" and "Hidden needles in cotton" are vigorous, dignified, textured and connotative, commonly known as "something" and "vigor", which means "inner strength" and high-quality Tai Ji Chuan movements. The stronger the "strength", the higher the quality of the action. On the contrary, just like doing radio exercises, just raising your arms and stretching your legs, lying flat and floating, empty, is a low-quality simple physical exercise.

Second, is it all efforts?

Tai Ji Chuan is a whole movement, which exerts its strength on the feet, mainly on the waist, with fingers reaching four ends and running through it in one breath. This is the "overall strength" of the whole body. On the other hand, all parts of the body are separated from the whole, and the movements are scattered, which is a low-quality local movement.

Third, is it circular motion?

Tai Ji Chuan's movements are either arcs or circles, not straight lines. The transformation is seamless and has no edges and corners. It is winding and rotating, endless, flexible and harmonious, and has the characteristics of stability, lightness, smoothness and liveliness. This is a high-quality sport. If it is straight in and out, turning into a dead corner, stiff and intermittent, it is a low-quality mechanical movement.

Fifth, establish the concept of cultivation, cultivation and double cultivation.

Fitness "three points of practice, seven points of repair", "practicing boxing without knowing how to repair it will not last long." Tai Ji Chuan doesn't hurt himself when he practices, because Tai Ji Chuan is a kind of boxing that he practices and remembers. You will get hurt if you only practice and don't practice, but you will keep fit if you only practice and don't practice. Training is positive, training is reasonable, training and training are complementary, and training and training are scientific fitness methods. Those who live long in the animal kingdom are educated, such as turtles.

"Fitness" is first of all to nourish the heart. "Fitness is endless, and nourishing the heart is the best". Nourishing the heart is to maintain the brain. Health is health preservation, that is, the maintenance of the human body. It is necessary to promote metabolism by burning calories through exercise, and it is not possible to cause losses due to excessive intake. Third, cultivate self-cultivation, cultivate personality, improve personality and form a good mental state. In this way, integrating fitness, health preservation and self-cultivation and practicing from both physical and psychological aspects is an all-round improvement of physical quality.

How to "cultivate"? "Practice while moving, keep in silence". The first is "peace of mind", which excludes all kinds of selfish distractions and internal and external interference. Secondly, the body is quiet. "Infinity is static, Tai Chi is dynamic". General transition initiative, ongoing; Perfect silence, short pause. At the same time, "there is stillness in motion", and Xu walks slowly; "There is movement in silence" seems to stop here. There is movement and quietness, practice and supplement, practice and supplement, which is the real way to keep fit.

In addition to the above five points, beginners should also establish the concept of doing what they can, step by step, perseverance and practice more. Practicing boxing should proceed from your own actual situation, especially your physical condition, and gradually improve.

First of all, we must work hard on basic skills and lay a good foundation. Never covet quick results and be eager for success. Fitness is not a day's work, but the result of long-term persistence and accumulation. "Practice hard for one day, not ten days" and "Persistence is the most important thing", you must have perseverance.

Three moves to practice boxing, one learning, two understanding and three practicing, action depends on learning, boxing theory depends on understanding, and kung fu depends on practicing. First of all, of course, we should start with "learning", learn to "realize", use our brains, understand and comprehend, and finally put it into practice. Everything comes from practice. Only by practicing, working hard and practicing more can we practice kung fu, and there is no shortcut.

Tai Ji Chuan's thoughts.

First, practicing boxing must start from infinity.

When practicing Tai Ji Chuan, we must understand the combination of Yin and Yang in Tai Ji Chuan.

Tai Chi is born in chaos and infinity, with two lives, three lives and three lives, that is, through the change of yin and yang, everything in nature is born.

Therefore, when practicing internal skills and boxing, we must start from infinity, from infinity to Taiji, and then back to infinity. Two instruments, three talents, four images, five elements, six rivers, seven stars, eight diagrams and nine palaces are in one. Infinite as the beginning, infinite as the end. The first practice method is to practice pole-less piles for a period of time, or practice pole-less piles for about an hour every day.

Second, every time you practice boxing, you should start from infinity, from stillness to vividness, from scratch, then return to infinity for an instant, and then practice the next boxing.

Third, every style, every move and every lap has an infinite beginning, and then it is released back to infinity. This is the style, this is the circle. To cultivate the infinite is to cultivate static internal strength, and to cultivate the vitality of dantian in the process of seclusion, that is, to transform innate Tai Chi. Tai Chi can't be achieved without practicing infinity.

Second, practicing boxing is like practicing Gong Zhuang.

The process of practicing Tai Ji Chuan is the process of practicing internal strength and Gong Zhuang. Kung Fu comes from Gong Zhuang. It takes a long time to practice real skills, and living piles have miraculous effects. All kinds of boxing attach great importance to Gong Zhuang's practice.

Tai Ji Chuan is a kind of boxing within the family, paying special attention to Gong Zhuang's practice. There are not only special Gong Zhuang practice methods, such as rodless piles, mixed piles, gas-producing piles, open-close piles, dummy piles, eight-method piles and Jiugong piles. , but also the practice of Gong Zhuang into boxing practice, so practicing boxing is practicing Gong Zhuang, practicing Gong Zhuang is practicing boxing, that is, boxing and kung fu are integrated.

Gong Zhuang is divided into two categories: fixed-step piles and movable-step piles. Fixed-step piles are also called static Gong Zhuang and dynamic Gong Zhuang.

Pole-less pile is a fixed-step pile, boxing is a walking pile, and boxing routine is a combination of various walking piles, so Tai Ji Chuan can also be called tai chi pile Gong.

Therefore, we should use Gong Zhuang's thought and Gong Zhuang's method to practice boxing and walking, which should be slow rather than fast, and slow rather than urgent. Style is pile, pile is everywhere, static is fixed pile, moving is living pile, opening and closing is open and closing pile, conversion is virtual and real pile, advance, retreat, care, hope and setting are all piles. Then pushing hands is also a pile, waiting for action is a fixed pile, and taking advantage of the trend is a live pile. If we can do this, we will get twice the result with half the effort.

Third, practicing boxing is like drawing Tai Chi pictures.

The process of practicing Tai Ji Chuan is the process of depicting the Taiji diagram of Yin and Yang. Taiji is a circular mixture with spiral motion, and the change of yin and yang is realized by rotating opening and closing. Everything moves according to this principle, and so does Tai Ji Chuan.

All kinds of spiral winding and circular opening and closing movements run through the boxing routine, in fact, Artest moves in different directions. All the movements are in line with the law of Yin and Yang Taiji Diagram, and they are all intertwined. Sometimes I draw a flat circle Tai Chi diagram, sometimes I draw a vertical circle Tai Chi diagram, sometimes I draw a spiral opening and closing Tai Chi diagram, sometimes I draw a straight one, and sometimes I draw an oblique one. It seems that beautiful Tai Chi diagrams can be drawn everywhere.

When painting, it must be combined with emotion, so that Tai Chi images can be combined with emotional movements, so that as long as you think about Tai Chi images, the spirit and spirit will describe Tai Chi pictures as a whole. At the same time, with the feeling of body description, we can practice the spirit, and then combine the three closely, and gradually enter the realm of Tai Chi image without knowing there is me.

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