The Internal Mind of Taijiquan

Taijiquan's internal work method : (Li Yaxuan Taijiquan Essentials) Taijiquan, when practiced for the first time, does not feel any flavor. But as long as there is patience, perseverance, careful experience, time, it will feel interesting and strong, so that people never tire of practicing, the more research, the more flavor, the more experience, the more interested and even the formation of a hobby, a lifetime away from it, its lifelong health will be unconsciously obtained. In order to improve kungfu, one should always keep thinking about the reasoning behind it. Every practice of kung fu into, how nothingness of the momentum, how to have a soft and stable situation, how to have the dantian of the sinking force, how to have a continuous flavor, how to use the intention not to force, how to keep the body posture often in the middle, how to have a body full of the meaning of the top of the head of the suspension of the light Lee, how to have a penetration into the internal strength, how to play the loose and clean of the force, how to the mind to go, how to move the nerves, how to be able to come to unaware of the go to unknowingly, to hit people in the unawareness, as in the case of a person who has no idea, go to the unknowing. Hit people unknowingly, such as this practice, there will be good progress in the future. Usually to be in the move, the heart should be how to think, how the form, how the spirit, how to strike if nothing to do but also have all-encompassing omnipotence of the momentum, which is also very important. If it is out to do something, the heart first have a subjective view, then I am afraid to lose sight of the other, hanging a million, flowing in the external power of the Ming Jin, into the case of more than one with more method of hard work boxing, this reason can not be unknown. When practicing, one should be stable, quiet and comfortable, with a calm mind and spirit, and listen to the internal view in order to examine the combination of body and mind, which is the attitude of practicing Taijiquan, otherwise, although the surface seems to be like Taijiquan, it is actually not Taijiquan. Taijiquan kung fu is nothing more than a static and dynamic opening and closing, but everything should be done on the basis of static stability, and there should be no panic and risk-taking phenomenon. It is static, but static in the hidden motives. Although it is moving, but the movement in the static intention, a movement and a static, each other as its root, this taijiquan reason also. In terms of fitness, it is all based on deep and long breathing, smooth flow of blood and qi, and the mind is at ease and steady. Its application, all depends on the virtual momentum, dip sticky follow, in a few with a few with, my body has long eaten into their body, all the opportunities from the hand, at this time, my spirit of movement, has long been like an electric shock will be hit out carry on.

When practicing kung fu, we should walk with God, gas, waist lead, to go, inside and outside of one, the heart and soul of one, the spirit of the string, up and down the same, over time, will raise a very spiritual sense to this spiritual sense to use in the push hands, experience each other's to the strength, is a hundred without a disease, have known each other's to the strength, will be able to follow the trend, with its direction, and follow the dip sticking action, the shortcomings in his body, he will naturally find out. The shortcomings of his body will be found out naturally, and I will take advantage of the situation to strike, then there is no reason not to hit. Practicing body to consolidate essence, practicing essence to transform qi, practicing qi to transform god, and practicing god to return emptiness are the four steps of Taijiquan. Scholars should experience this direction in detail in order to realize the wonderful point of practicing. The spirit of the human body is the most valuable. Everything depends on it, not only boxing and pushing hands. However, the spirit is out of the brain nerves, so the kung fu of Taijiquan is practiced on the basis of stability and quietness in order to nourish the central nervous system of the brain. However, the so-called stability and stillness is the true stability and stillness that comes out naturally after the mind and spirit are at peace, not the apparent stability and stillness that comes out by forcing the body not to move, which is apparently stability and stillness, but still not stillness in the nature of the mind. If so, it is not really quiet, not really quiet, can not raise the central nervous system of the brain, and will not be able to come out of the special inspiration, this reason and do not know.

When practicing taijiquan, one must keep the body and mind steady and quiet during the preparatory stance, and then move again after they are really steady and quiet. It is especially important to note that when you are moving, you have to keep it steady and quiet, and not to distract the steady and quiet situation, which is the most important thing. This is the most important thing.

When you move, you have to move your body with your mind, move your body with your qi, lead with your waist and spine, and move your limbs, softly and softly, loosely and y, as if you were flowing in the clouds and streams, drawing threads and hanging threads, unceasingly and unceasingly, as if you were the Yangtze River flowing in an unending stream. Describe a trip to Taijiquan, not a localized movement of the limbs, after practicing sweet liquid in the mouth, that is, the practice of the right place, the body and mind have felt the natural. So you can insist on practicing on time day after day without interruption, and then you will have significant progress. If there is no sweet liquid found in the mouth after practicing, this is not practicing, the mind is not quiet, in this case, there is no need to practice on time, when quickly ask the taijiquan masters to correct, otherwise the problem is dark, it is not easy to correct.

In terms of breathing, it is necessary to be deep and long, so that the breath can take advantage of the gentle movements, and the gentle movements can take advantage of the breath to open and close, and it is necessary to be natural and smooth, which is the correct way of practicing. Stability and tranquility can store the spirit, and deep and long breathing can nourish the qi. Over time, the spirit and qi can be enriched, and the health of the body can be naturally enhanced. The softness of Taijiquan refers to the uniformity of the body and the consistency of coordination. It is the softness needed in physiology, health and technique, not the special softness in which the feet are especially high and the waist is especially bent, which loses the inspiration and is unphysiological and localized. For these unphysiological softnesses are only pretty to look at, but they are of no benefit in terms of skill and fitness.

In Taijiquan, it is not enough to be soft and flexible, but it is necessary to be even in these soft and flexible movements to have calmness of mind and majestic momentum before it is flavorful enough. The above situation, is to be practiced for a long time in the days of boxing, kung fu has a foundation, and then by the teacher's detailed oral and face-to-face teaching, said some analogies, demonstrations, describing its momentum, slowly realize will only have, not a word or two can be done, and can not be depicted in ink and brush. This kind of majestic momentum and sinking fist's heart strength is contained within the body posture and vitality, but not exposed, not on the outside. These circumstances, to have a real taijiquan teaching and kung fu people, can only be identified, such as which hairy hands and feet of taijiquanists, can not be seen. If they see it, they think it is not good, or they say something against it, such as what they say is too slow, or they say that the frame is too big, or they say that it is too deified, too superstitious, and so on. Therefore, where there is a study of a particular knowledge, it will be inappropriate to speak.

The practice of rigidity and flexibility is not as good as the practice of flexibility, the practice of flexibility is not as good as the practice of softness, the practice of softness is not as good as the practice of lightness, the practice of lightness is not as good as nothingness. The power of nothingness is the highest level of Taijiquan. The main practice is to use the heart to exercise the qi, use the qi to move the body, and use the mind to pass through the fingers, so that the internal energy will pass through, and the fist will be able to get on the hand. The limbs are the outer tips, not automatic, the hips are the chassis, it is necessary to be neutral, with the idea of ordering the waist and spine, with the waist and spine leading the limbs, and still have to match with the spirit, up and down, complete a gas, or else it is not taijiquan kung fu. The situation of loose and soft and stable, such as a boat carrying heavy loads, swinging in the river in a heavy and steady manner, is both heavy and soft and elastic.

Whenever one moves, it is the intention that is the main motive, and it is the gas that pulls, no matter whether it is stretching and opening, or putting in and out, or swallowing and spitting, they are all pulled by the intention of the gas as the main motive, and the waist and the spine lead the movement, which is the difference between Taijiquan and other kinds of fists. If a potential open, not only the limbs open, and the mind chest and spine must be the first to open; such as a potential close, not only the limbs close, and the mind chest must be the first to close, all actions must be from the inside to the outside, so it is called the internal work.

Finding the up and down follows each other, is the initial practice. The first thing you need to do is to find a way to get to the top of the list, and then you'll be able to get to the bottom of the list. The last thing you need to do is to look for the "nothingness" of it all. Covering the light spirit is still something, such as to the nothingness is nothing, then everything from the heart, in order to reach the realm of the mysterious and marvelous. Taijiquan's emptiness momentum, in terms of technical combat, its role of change, its wonderful. Such as the encounter with the strong to offend, can make it catch the wind; encounter soft to offend, can be transformed into invisible, so that the other side can not find the field, can not feel the center of gravity, heroes have no use.

Taijiquan in the former Qing Dynasty Xianfeng era, some people call it a god fist. I thought that this name is very reasonable. Called Shen Quan, not the God of God and monsters, but the God of nerves, the God of divine energy. One is because in the practice of kung fu is not force, but with the intention, with the spirit of the gas; two is in the hands of the opponents, the movement is not exclusively rely on the muscle expansion and contraction of the main, but to the nerve of the movement of the main, and its changes in the use of ingenious and magical, and there are people who can not be measured, so it is called the Divine Fist. When practicing kung fu, one must carefully experience the subtleties and wonders of kung fu. This subtle mystery is inside the mind and not outside the gestures. Therefore, in Taijiquan, it is not enough to practice only, but it is necessary to realize it. The use of enlightenment must be slow, must be stable and quiet, if not slow, stable and quiet, will not be able to understand out, can not understand, can not find the flavor of taijiquan. Scholars must pay special attention.