? The Origin and Development of Taiji

Tai Ji Chuan was called "long fist", "cotton circle", "thirteen potential" and "soft hand" in his early days. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Wang Zongyue, a native of Shanxi Province, wrote ""before the name of Taiji Chuan was determined. The word "Tai Chi" comes from Zhouyi. Cohesion: "It is easy to have Tai Chi, which is to give birth to two instruments." It contains supreme, extreme, absolute and unique meanings.

Maximum/maximum limit diagram

There are always different opinions about the origin and founder of Tai Ji Chuan, including Xu Xuanping in Tang Dynasty, Zhang Sanfeng in Song Dynasty, Zhang Sanfeng in Ming Dynasty, Chen in Qing Dynasty and Wang Zongyue. Although both Zhang Sanfeng and Wang Zongyue have their own works, now most boxers are preaching Tai Ji Chuan's various handsome sources and holding Chen Chuang's boxing theory. Generally speaking, it absorbed the famous boxing methods of Ming Dynasty, especially Qi Jiguang's 32-potential long fist, and combined the ancient techniques of guiding breathing qigong with the meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine and the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements of ancient simple dialectical materialism, taking Taoism, Taiji Bagua and other theories as the philosophical basis of Tai Ji Chuan, which made Tai Ji Chuan rich in China traditional culture and traditional philosophical thoughts. First of all, Taiji Chuan is always in the middle, the movements are interlocking, the strength is constantly broken, the potential is connected with the will, and the fist is spinning like a silkworm, like the water of the Yangtze River. At the same time, Tai Ji Chuan is also a contradiction of unity of opposites. There are contradictions in Tai Ji Chuan, such as rigidity, reality, movement, speed, opening and closing, bending and stretching, which are both unity of opposites and mutual transformation.

Tai Ji Chuan takes "giving up, rowing, squeezing, pressing, picking, pressing, elbowing, leaning, advancing, retreating, supporting, looking and deciding" as the basic methods. When exercising, meditation is required, and actions are guided by consciousness. Actions and breathing are closely coordinated, breathing is stable, deep and natural, and actions are moderate, comfortable, soft and slow, keeping the body loose and natural, impartial, continuous, gentle and natural, and the actions are arc-shaped, living into a garden, and at the same time, following up and down with the waist as the axis to form a whole. The movements are coherent and coordinated, and the actual situation is clear. The movements are connected smoothly, and the virtual reality and center of gravity are distinguished everywhere. Lightweight and calm, combining rigidity with softness. The movement is not floating or stiff, soft outside and rigid inside, full of strength. In pushing hands, we demand static braking, avoiding reality and attacking emptiness, going all out, and advocating that everything should proceed from objectivity, live with others, and be dull. I pay special attention to "listening", judging the strength, direction and position of the other party through physical contact, and responding in time. If the opponent hits hard, I will soften up. "If you are anxious, you will be anxious, and if you are slow, you will be slow." I will move with the crowd and improvise.

A traditional China Tai Ji Chuan (Tai Ji Chuan)

After a long period of spreading, Tai Ji Chuan has evolved into many schools, including Tai Ji Chuan and Tai Ji Chuan, and is called "Five-style Tai Ji Chuan". Chen-style Tai Ji Chuan-style Tai Ji Chuan was founded by Chen, a famous boxer in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, creating five sets of old-fashioned. Chen style has been passed down from generation to generation, constantly evolving and adding two new styles. After careful arrangement, the speed and strength of movements and the strength of body methods are also different. The first movement is simple, more flexible and less rigid, mainly based on the four positive forces of "shed sliding and pressing", supplemented by the use of "elbow leaning". There is rigidity in softness, and there is movement in movement, with silk winding strength as the main factor, supplemented by strength. Inside and outside the whole body, the movement is harmonious, and both movement and movement are moving, which embodies the characteristics of rigidity in softness and stability in slowness; The second way (gun hammer) is complex, fast, compact, more rigid and less flexible. The main force is "leaning on the elbow", supplemented by "squeezing the shed"; Give priority to with hard work, jumping, prancing, flashing and shaking your feet. There is softness in rigidity, and rigidity, quickness and crispness in softness. Chen Tai Ji Chuan's principles and training methods also require the close coordination of heart, qi and body, practicing qi with ideas, and moving the waist, waist and spine from the source. In the process of pushing the hand, it is mainly wrapped and stuck, and the law of "giving up, rowing, squeezing and pressing" is used in the process of sticking and sticking, so as to help brake, give up oneself and follow others, listen clearly and control the enemy with strength.

Tai Chi was learned by Yang Luchan, a native of Yongnian, Hebei, in Chen Changxing, Chenjiagou, wen county, Henan. His son Yang Jianhou and grandson Yang Chengfu created and developed "Yang Tai Tai Ji Chuan" on the basis of old Tai Ji Chuan. Its boxing path gradually deleted the original movements such as vertical jump, shaking feet and vigorous action in the old Chen-style frame, changed from middle frame to Yang-style frame, and gradually changed from Yang Chengfu to Yang-style frame, that is, the popular Yang-style Tai Ji Chuan. Yang-style Tai Ji Chuan boxing frame is simple in stretching, rigorous in structure, tall and straight in posture, smooth in movement, flexible in content, relaxed and natural, light and calm. Posture development, fairness and simplicity, simple training methods, from loose to soft, from soft to hard, both rigid and flexible. As Yang Chengfu said, "Tai Ji Chuan is the art of combining rigidity with softness, hiding needles in cotton". There are three postures: high, medium and low.

Wu Yuxiang, a native of Yongnian, Hebei Province in the late Qing Dynasty, loved skills after returning from Chenjiagou, Yangluchan. He studied under Old Taiji Biography, and later under Chen Qingping's Zhao Bao. After revision, he created "Wu-style Tai Ji Chuan". Tai Ji Chuan is a form of martial arts, which is different from both Chen's old frame and new frame, and Yang's big frame and small frame. This is an independent school. Its movements are simple and compact, its posture is small but not cramped, its movements are slow and steady, its hands don't exceed its toes, it doesn't cling to its body when it is closed, and its left and right hands each hold half of its body and don't cross each other. The forward and backward rotation of the chest and abdomen is always positive. Rigorous footwork, distinguishing between reality and reality, small and flexible. When stepping, the toes touch the ground first, then slowly put down the whole foot and step flat. When lunging, the knees of the front legs should not exceed the toes, and the rear legs should not be straight and high. Boxing pays attention to starting, bearing, opening and closing, and its movements are coherent and smooth. It dominates the body with the transformation of internal strength and the latent of internal qi, with "God should restrain", "Mind should restrain first, then", "God should carry it with heart, body should carry it with God, meaning should start from it, meaning should follow it, meaning should follow it, meaning should follow it, and meaning should not be divided".

Tai Chi Tu Wu Style Tai Ji Chuan Wu Style Tai Ji Chuan is famous for its softness. Its movements are relaxed and natural, continuous, well-behaved, relaxed and natural, with unique quiet beauty. Although the boxing frame is small, it has the foundation of a big frame and is developed and compact. It stretches itself in compactness and is unconstrained. Push the hand correctly and strictly, be delicate with iron bars, be quiet and not act rashly, and be good at being kind. Sun Lutang, a native of Wanxian County, Taiji Chuan, loved martial arts since childhood. I studied Xingyiquan from Li, then from Li's teacher Guo, and then from Cheng. After years of research and practice, I have profound kung fu. Later, he studied Tai Ji Chuan from Hao Weizhen, joined the essence of three boxing methods, namely, Bagua Palm, Xingyiquan and Taiji, and achieved mastery through a comprehensive study, thus creating a "Sun-style Tai Ji Chuan". The characteristics of Sun-style Tai Ji Chuan are: advance and retreat, step by step, and retreat. The movements are flexible, agile and natural, the footwork is clear when practicing, and the whole practice is like flowing water. Every turn is connected by "opening" and "closing", so it is also called "opening and closing Tai Chi Chuan".