Practice of the thirteen potentials of Taiji

To practice Tai Ji Chuan, we must abide by two rules: First, we must inherit the tradition and take writing as the basis, not self-creation. Especially the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan", which is the sum total of the Eighth Five-Year Plan and the general framework of Tai Ji Chuan. If you don't keep the big framework, you lose the rules. Second, we should pay attention to the laws of physiological movement in practice, so as to combine boxing theory with physiology, so as to achieve good exercise effect. On the premise of maintaining these two points, give full play to their respective skills.

Tai Ji Chuan's exercises are very important for a complete understanding of the thirteen potentials. Understanding the overall meaning of "Thirteen Potentials" can broaden the thinking for deepening Tai Ji Chuan's internal exploration and open up a new world for in-depth exploration. The five steps should correspond to the five elements. The five steps forward, backward, left and right should be combined with the positioning of Jin Mu. In practice, the five steps of the foot should be taken as far as possible, even once, which is also an important content of the "Thirteen Potential". According to Yang's Old Classic Biography in the Qing Dynasty, when the Eight Gates mentioned five elements and five steps, they said, "Enter (fire), retreat (water), left (wood) and right (gold), and set the right side in the ground." "Husband is a fire and water step, looking forward to Jin Mu step, taking China as the axis of the cardinal, hiding gossip and stepping on five elements; Step by step, count to thirteen, out of nature. " The above was handed down by the founder Chi, and later people followed this rule.

For the inheritance of traditional culture, we should look at it from the perspective of dialectical materialism: we can't simply copy it, nor can we completely deny it. We should get rid of its dross and take its essence. After hundreds of years of practice, the Taiji culture created by Tai Ji Chuan ancestors is scientific and the essence of traditional culture. Using the Eight Diagrams and Five Elements in ancient culture to determine the orientation of Tai Ji Chuan's walking frame can broaden the practitioners' thinking about ups and downs and changes of Yin and Yang. In order to improve the understanding level of boxing theory, boxing, physiology and experience, the connotation of boxing and walking strength and the relationship between attack and defense. Make the past serve the present and promote Taiji culture. When we combine the Eight Diagrams and Five Elements, we should avoid going astray ideologically and falling into the maze of divination, fortune telling, fortune telling and witchcraft divination.