The old frame 13 style taijiquan mnemonic

Laojia Thirteen-Style Taijiquan Mnemonic is as follows:

The long fist is like the Yangtze River and the sea. The arrow-quiver, strokes, squeezes, presses, picks, pushes, elbows, leans, this eight trigrams also. Progress, retreat, left, right, right, in the set, the five lines, arrow-quiver squeeze press, that is, Qian Kun Kan Li four square. Caijian elbow leaning, that is, the four oblique angles of the Xun Zhen Tui Burgundy also. In and out of the Gu Pan set, that is, gold, wood, water, fire and earth. Combined, it is thirteen potential also.

The heart of the line gas, to make sure that the calm, can be converged into the bone. The body of the gas transportation, to make sure that the smooth, can be facilitated from the heart. The spirit can be lifted up, there is no danger of delayed weight, the so-called top of the head hanging also. If you can change your mind and energy, you will be able to realize the fun of roundness and vitality, which is also called "changing reality". The strength of the body must be calm and loose, specializing in one side; the body must be neutral and comfortable, supporting the eight sides.

Walking qi is like the nine curved beads, which are invincible; running strength is like a hundred refined steel, which is indestructible. The shape is like a migratory bird that fights rabbits, and the spirit is like a cat that catches mice. It is as static as a mountain and as dynamic as a river. Storing energy is like opening a bow and releasing energy is like releasing an arrow. Seek the straightness in the curvature, store it and then send it out. The force is sent from the spine, and the steps are changed with the body. To withdraw is to release, to break and then to connect. Reciprocation must be folded, advance and retreat must be transformed. It is very soft, and then very firm.

Origin of Taijiquan:

Taijiquan was still practiced only in the villages of Chenjiagou and Zhaobao in Wenxian County, Henan Province, during the Qing Dynasty's Qianlong and Jiaqing Dynasties. Since Yang Luchan named Fukui, in the Daoguang, Xianfeng years will be Taijiquan Fang for the spread of Taijiquan, Taijiquan began to gain popularity. The development of taijiquan from the naming to the present should be counted with the beginning from the founding, only the stage is different, we can't simply say that taijiquan has only 200 years of history.

Before there is no proposed name of taijiquan, taijiquan historian Xu Zhen "taijiquan kaoxinlu" said: is considered to be in the Wang Zongyue boxing theory before the creation of taijiquan "in the received boxing, although change their routines, do not change their old names such as long fist short fights, and these names are common and straight, and the meaning of its also similar. " "Long fist from very ancient, the beginning of the name of Taijiquan."

Gu Liuxin, the founder of Chen Wangting's Taijiquan, also said in his book "Taijiquan Technique" that "Chen Wangting's "General Song of Boxing Scriptures" and his legacy words, "Idle to create boxing" did not explicitly state that the boxing he created was called 'Taijiquan'. '", now the name of Taijiquan used in Chen-style Taijiquan also need to continue to prove.