Theoretical Discussion on Wu's Open Door Bajiquan

Bajiquan has a history of nearly three hundred years since its first ancestor Wu Zhong started it. During its long process of formation and development, it has been y loved by the martial arts circles for its unique style of rehearsal and technical effect. In order to better inherit this excellent traditional culture, the author according to their own years of study, in order to improve and enhance. According to "Hebei Province, Mengcun Town, Wu's eight-pole boxing secrets of the spectrum": "I have a set of eight-pole boxing. What is Eight Extremes Fist? Wen have Taiji peace in the world, martial arts have eight pole to set the world. Taiji changes as eight eight sixty-four hexagrams, can know the future; eight pole into eight eighty-sixty-four hands, have to help the weak enemy strong can". And the text said "Taiji", "eight", are ancient Chinese philosophical terms, not only Taijiquan can secure the world and eight can also set the world. So, the spectrum of the book and why this text as a guide to expound on all the theoretical basis of eight-pole boxing? There are many ways to say, but I believe that, regardless of the study of "Taiji" or "Eight Extremes", should be from the study of yin and yang, because yin and yang is the fundamental survival of all things. According to "Cihai": "Taiji, Chinese philosophical terms. Yi - Department of Rhetoric, "Yi Taiji, is born two meters, two meters four elephants, four elephants born gossip'. Here 'Taiji' is the origin of all things." Also said: "eight pole, the most remote place ......" traditional taijiquan theory focuses on highlighting a "winding" word, while the theory of eight pole boxing highlights a The word "open", in fact, these two forms of expression is a thing of two aspects, the ancients have "ten thousand laws to the original" said, the reason is in it.

It can be seen from this that the former "Eight Extremes" and "fist" organic combination, the formation of a force up to eight, fierce and violent, the pursuit of the actual, the attack on the defense of the technique, is not without reason, precisely reflecting the history of mankind in the creation of the process of studying the nature, conquering nature, resistance to the defense, the fight for the future of the world. It is not unreasonable that it precisely reflects the combination of wisdom and skill of human beings in the process of creating history, studying nature, conquering nature and struggling for survival. The small frame of Bajiquan is called the mother set in Bajiquan, that is to say, all technical sets of Bajiquan are derived from the small frame, and the small frame must be based on the theory of "six big openings". The so-called "six big openings" are: top, hold, single, lift, crotch, wrap six different forms of force, six forces in unity, landing into a move.

Top: It is the force that points to the forward attack, and this forward attack is reflected in eight different parts of the human body: head, hands, shoulders, elbows, hips, knees, feet, and tail. That is to say, in these eight parts, no matter which part of the direct parallel touch each other are top. Top in Bajiquan is also called "open", is one of the core techniques of Bajiquan.

Holding: it refers to all the internal force, which is manifested in the form of blocking, picking, intercepting and emptying, etc. It is a means of defense in Bajiquan.

Single: refers to the curve of the single palm or double palm splitting force, the operation of the single form of indeterminate, virtual for the introduction, real for the attack, unpredictable.

Ti: refers to the artificial upward gravitational force, in order to destroy the opponent's center of gravity for the purpose, but also has the meaning of technical attack, highlighted in the hands, elbows, knees, feet four parts of the attack process.

Hip: refers to the lateral changes in the movement of the arms and knees and hips, mostly used in wrestling.

Wrapping: it is the combination and variation of vertical spiral force and horizontal rotational force, which usually involves holding the opponent's counter-joints with both hands for the purpose of capturing or subduing the opponent.

The "six openings" with their distinctive offensive and defensive characteristics are reflected in the small frame of Bajiquan, and the process of practicing the small frame of Bajiquan is also the process of further experiencing the "six openings". The study and application of "Six Great Openings" should adopt a dialectical attitude, and should not be artificially covered with a mysterious coat. The "six major openings" can be divided and not divided, can be divided in order to give those who seek deeper study of Bajiquan in mechanics, kinesiology, anatomy and other perspectives to find some research topics; and not divided, is that it is an organic combination of products in the process of utilization. In this regard, it is necessary to dispel superstitions, emancipate the mind, and treat it with a scientific and realistic attitude.

The original Bajiquan small frame consists of sixteen movements. Boxing spectrum said: Wuji moving is born Taiji, Taiji born two meters; two meters born four elephants, four elephants gossip (within the approval of the four Lang broad fist set); rushing artillery, closed elbow, closed hand, six together (approved six big open fist set, six gun, six knife); kneeling, north and south of the two poles; stroking the hand, the day turn also; waist step before and after the Gu also; the eight poles, Wuji to return to the original also.

Analysis of the fist recipe, the sixteen movements are: 1, Wuji style; 2, two ceremonies; 3, open bow style; 4, punch the sky cannon; 5, closed elbow; 6, the hands of the crotch; 7, the gun style; 8, the gun lifting style; 9, Tanshan style; 10, kneeling; 11, stroking the hands; 12, the independent style; 13, around the step through the sleeve; 14 through the back style; 15, the hanging tower style; 16, the return to the original style.

The small frame of Bajiquan has been further enriched under the research of Mr. Wu Xiufeng, the sixth patriarch, forming the 24 small frames practiced in Mangcun at present, and its technique has added some new contents on the basis of maintaining the original style, and the original internal force is fully embodied in the ten major strengths, namely, "Shaking, Shrinking, Frozen, Containing, Surprising, Collapsing, Bracing, Sticking, Vertical and Horizontal". The ten major strengths are fully manifested, which makes the style of Bajiquan more prominent.

Bajiquan small frame, as the mother set of Bajiquan, is unique in terms of consciousness and physical expression. According to my understanding, the following points should be grasped:

One, from the understanding of the set should follow the principle of invisible - tangible, tangible - invisible changes

Small frame exercise is from the beginning of the Wuji style, the fist said: Chaos is no pole, the movement is born of the Taiji.... ...Wuji returns to the original. The fist repeated in the two Wuji, although the two Wuji text on the same, but the actual meaning is very different. The first Wuji refers to the self-acceptance and protection instinct in the passive existence of all things at the beginning of their development, which is natural and exists in all people. After entering the natural world, it is necessary to recognize nature, study nature, so as to obtain the ability to transform nature, to overcome nature, and this process is precisely from the intangible to the tangible process of understanding; the second wu ji is through the tangible further proof of sublimation of consciousness and skills to the use of self-confidence, and to achieve this intangible need to put in the hard work, the creation of the eight small frame is precisely to follow this principle.

Secondly, the structure of the set is also the process from not recognizing to recognizing, recognizing and then recognizing, and finally reaching the arbitrary mastery.

Small frame action is to hold the head and start from the Wuji style, this action reflects the natural protective instinct of human beings, and it is a pure yin style interpreted from the point of view of Bajiquan. From there, it transitions to the two rituals by pulling the bow and fixing the yang needle. These three movements reflect people's initial resistance. "The two rituals are also about balance, about achieving a kind of existence through violence and struggle, and about finding a kind of equilibrium. The "two rituals" also have the meaning of knowing the earth and the sky. Ancient people used to draw the bow and shoot arrows (fixed-pole) to show the image of the Eight Extreme Fist power to reach the eight directions of the meaning of far away, and the end of this desire is "Yi", which reveals the life to fight, but must know the sky and the earth, know the lightness of the weight, know the size of the last to find a balance of the reasoning. The second section consists of three movements: the lion's mouth, the cross fist and the crotch offering, which is the process of the two yi giving birth to the four elephants, and the four elephants giving birth to the eight trigrams. If we consider the "two yi" to be the balance between heaven and earth in the vertical direction, then the lion's mouth to the cross fist is the horizontal poles generated by the change of the qiankun, forming the four directions of the east, the west, the south and the north. Panning, double palm reversal of the formation of gossip changes. Eight small frame from the Wuji style began practicing to this point, will be their own "easy to say" form of expression all clear. The third stage is the five movements of Punching the Sky Cannon, Closing the Ground Elbow, Hopping Hands, Fixing the Yang Needle and the Two Ceremonies. If we consider the movements in the first and second stages as instinctive resistance, then these five movements are expressions of resistance to nature. The six harmonizing principles are also included in the "Punching Heavenly Cannon" which refers to fighting with Heaven, the "Closing Earthly Elbow" which refers to fighting with Earth, and the "Closing Zi Hands" which refers to the merging of Heaven and Earth. The new energy that erupts from the merging of heaven and earth forms the new "two yi". The fourth section is le elbow, crotch, anti-interception pounding, five Shu out of the hole, mention kicking the gun style, push the window sunrise hand, mentioning the fight Tanshan style seven movements. These seven movements are the image of the "six open" movements, but also the deepening of human resistance skills. The fifth paragraph is kneeling, stroking hands, around the step looking forward and backward several movements, reflecting the mastery of certain martial arts skills adopted after several coping strategies. Kneeling in the north and south of the two poles, is the top hit the bottom, Yang Bongyi; stroking the hands of the sky turn is also different from the direct attack of a situation, relying on the horizontal and vertical rotation changes to subdue the other side; around the step looking forward to Gu Hou, is in the frontal attack is not effective when the roundabout attack strategy. The sixth section is to turn around and push the palm to hang the tower, single-winged top, Wuji to return to the original. This paragraph reflects a trip to the end of the exercise, look back, understand a lot of things, but also reflects the level of understanding of Bajiquan small frame to improve.

The arrangement of the whole small frame routine is connected by the way of Wuji - knowing oneself - knowing heaven and earth - knowing each other - knowing the strategy - Wuji to the origin. Although the movements of Bajiquan small frame are simple and plain, it has a profound meaning, and it is necessary to realize it constantly in order to get the true meaning.

Thirdly, the profound technical and ideological connotations of Bajiquan Xiaofang are explored in terms of technical style and movement image.

Bajiquan is a kind of fist which is from rigid to soft, from soft to rigid, both rigid and soft, and its outward performance is mostly based on rigid and violent, close to the body, according to the explanation in the progressive mnemonics of Bajiquan, it should be as follows: a practice of clumsy force like madness; two practice of soft sheep sealing, avoiding and dialing; three practice of inch catching, inch taking, inch entering and exiting; four practice of free frame lazy lazy; five practice of five viscera and five qi; six practice of flesh, sinews, bones and bones together; seven to respect the teacher and heavy teaching; eight to The eighth is to respect the teacher and emphasize the teaching; and the eighth is to keep the virtue of fighting with others. These eight exercises are extremely rich in ideological connotations. The clumsy force refers to the instinctive primitive force of the human body, which requires that the instinctive primitive force be fully exerted at the beginning of the practice, and that the force should penetrate the eight directions and be extremely far away, so that the inner potential of the human being can be brought into full play to the maximum limit. Soft Mian refers to the process of change from hard to soft, because the premise of skillful must have enough strength, without enough strength it is difficult to talk about skillful. Inch to catch, inch to take, inch in and out, said with the first two layers of kung fu, you can study the instant power, to form in the outside, but the work in the inside, the integration. Walking the five qi, sinews and bones together is the way to maintain health, because the practice of kung fu itself is for the purpose of self-defense and fitness, through the adjustment of qi and practice of kung fu to achieve both internal and external cultivation, yin and yang are in harmony with each other. The last two exercises are through the labor of their muscles and bones, so that practitioners of martial arts understand that it is not easy to learn the skills, to respect the teacher, cherish themselves, respect others, and constantly improve their own martial arts moral cultivation.

The small frame of Bajiquan has dusting, saluting, kneeling and other technical movements in line with the ritual system of the Qing Dynasty, which indicates its historical origin; there are two ceremonies, closed elbow, single-winged top and other unique representative movements, which marks its uniqueness in creativity; the movement form is wide open and wide closed, static and static, and the fist breaks the intention to be connected, rigid but not hard, soft but not soft, which also shows the distinctive characteristics of Bajiquan. Therefore, when we learn and practice Bajiquan small frame, we must y understand its spiritual essence, master the change rule of movement and style characteristics, and achieve the purpose of obtaining its technical skills through repeated comprehension.