What are the characteristics of Li Zhanying's Taijiquan fighting style?

The technique is based on wrestling and grappling, with hitting as the second. Stronger fights are fewer and more often than not, fights and power are fused in the wrestling tackle to make use of the power. The strategy is to know the enemy and know yourself, think one step ahead of others and move one step behind them.

Often mentioned in Taijiquan's internal triad, referring to the "heart and intention", "intention and qi", "qi and power", but how to understand these three aspects of the But how should we understand these three aspects? Let's find out today, and then practice with the video of the traditional Yang's Taijiquan style 85 demonstrated by Jim Lee. Taijiquan's "Inner Three Harmonies" (1) Taijiquan's "Inner Three Harmonies" of "Heart and Mind" Comprehensively analyzing the classic ideas of Taijiquan, in terms of the literal meaning of the word, Taijiquan's "Inner Three Harmonies" is the most important of the three aspects of Taijiquan. There are two concepts of "heart" in the "heart and mind" of the "inner three harmonies" of Taijiquan.

One of them is the "heart" of the "internalization of God" mentioned in the ancient classic manuals, which is also known as "innate", "true intention" and "original intention" in the ancient times. The "God convergence" is the "heart" that must be followed from the beginning of learning Taijiquan, but it must be improved from the shallow to the deep, specifically, as Mr. Yang Chengfu said in "The Use of Taijiquan". "Clarify the heart and rest the mind, the heart has no thought, the mind has no feeling", and gradually reach "the heart does not know", that is to say, the action does not pretend to think, which is the same as the ancient Taoist and Buddhist qigong cultivation and so on, as well as modern advanced yoga, hypnosis and so on, the fitness method of the state of mind is required to coincide with, and it is also the same as the ancient Taoist and Buddhist qigong cultivation. This is the same as the ancient Taoism, Buddhism, qigong, and modern advanced yoga, hypnosis, and other fitness methods for the state of mind is not coincidental, but also Mr. Sun Lutang so-called "boxing is the Tao" important content.

To achieve "not knowing in the heart", "clearing the mind and resting the thoughts, having no thoughts and feeling in the heart", that is the ancient classic taijiquan recipe, which says, "The situation should be considered in the heart with the use of the intention". The concept of "using intention" is for people who have reached a high level of Taijiquan exercise. This kind of "intention" is what the ancients called "true intention", "innate" and "spirit". Another meaning of "mind" here is to maintain a focused and concentrated consciousness, which is especially important for beginners. This is especially important for beginners. If we explain it specifically, we should make sure that we can perform the movements consciously, and at the same time, we should also make sure that we can concentrate on memorizing, experiencing, checking, and correcting, etc. This is the explanation of "using intention" for beginners in "Sensei kui shin must use intention". This kind of "intention" is at a lower level, the same as the modern so-called "consciousness", but this kind of intention must also be at a certain level of "God's internalization", that is, "using true intention". The "use of intention" under the premise of "using true intention" can help scholars to establish conditioned reflexes as soon as possible, so that they can act without thinking, that is to say, they can facilitate "God's internalization" from shallow to deep to reach the level of "not knowing". The first is the "I don't know in my heart".

Taijiquan "inner three" of the "intention" expressed in modern language, should be considered to be neural activity, the ancients believe that "intention" for the "heart" of the "heart". The ancient people thought that "intention" was driven by "heart", and there was no such word as "nerve activity" in ancient times, but people since ancient times had the concept of "nerve activity", which was expressed by "intention". So, the so-called "heart and mind", that is, the initial stage of taijiquan must be in a certain emotional quiet, the heart is not distracted under the premise of concentrating on the conscious practice of boxing, and gradually reach the action without thinking, and ultimately reach the "clarification of the mind to rest, the heart does not think, the intention of not feeling

If Taijiquan learning and practicing violates such "heart and mind", it is bound to be wrong. Therefore, the "heart and mind" of Taijiquan's "Inner Three Harmonies" must be understood in this way. In fact, many types of high-level exercise is to follow the concept of "heart and mind". (2) Taijiquan "within the three" of the "intention and gas" Taijiquan "within the three" in the requirements of the "intention and gas "The meaning of the more complex, because there is" gas "has a more complex concept. However, the "qi" in taijiquan can be interpreted as the "qi" of breathing, or as a transmissible muscular response, compared to other martial arts.

The ancients had long recognized the importance of breathing for martial arts movement and strength, and due to the limitations of anatomical knowledge, the ancients assumed that the qi of respiration could be transmitted in the muscles of the body. Wushu in the so-called "qi sinking dantian" is so proposed; many martial arts row fight resistance kung fu success and breathing are significant close relationship, will feel some kind of flow in the body to fill the resistance to the limbs; taijiquan power transfer will also make people feel the flow of feeling occurs, this flow of feeling This flow of feeling is also called "qi", of course, this flow of feeling is not the breath of qi.

Today's understanding of the "qi" of "intention and qi" should also be these two concepts. Then, the so-called "intention and qi" is that the movements of taijiquan, including the movements of power generation, must be naturally coordinated with the breath, and must be caused by the transmission of the feeling of following up and down. If Taijiquan exercises are not like this, if they are not naturally coordinated with the breath, and the movements do not follow each other from bottom to top, then they are either unqualified or wrong. Therefore, taijiquan "inner three" of the "intention and gas" can only be understood in this way.