Sun's taijiquan pile work practice method

Introduction: Sun style taijiquan is a traditional Han Chinese boxing, belongs to one of the taijiquan school, repair for Sun style taijiquan, the most basic pile work for two kinds of work. One is said to be "Wuji style", one is said to be "three body style". Here we explain the practice of pile work.

Pile work. Practice

"Wuji style" practice: Starting point facing the square (morning to face the east), body upright, two hands down, two shoulders can not be downward force, down to natural, two feet for the form of 9O degrees. The two tips of the feet also do not force to grab and buckle, the two heels also do not force to stir and twist, the two legs seem to be straight and curved, the body is like standing in the desert. The hands and feet also have no control over their movements, and the body and mind are not known to be flexible in opening and closing the top force, but they follow the nature of nature and are popular. The mind was empty, with no internal thoughts, no external vision, no signs of stretching, moving in and out, and no signs of movement. The scene inside and outside the body, like the rainy day under the eaves of the water, like straight and curved, like a bath.

The above is the practice of "Wuji Style". The exercise of this style is to restore the natural nature of the practitioner and to inspire the practitioner with the source of the innate Qi. Technique is just a form of stretching and playing with the personality. Therefore, "Wuji style" is the mother of all forms and the foundation of all methods.

The practice of "Three Body Style": Hold both hands together, head up, open step and advance the left leg. The two hands are separated, the left hand pushes forward, the right hand pulls back, the two hands are like tearing cotton. The left hand is straight out, not higher than the mouth, reaching to the extreme. The big finger should be flat with the mouth of the heart, the arm seems to be straight, seems to be curved and not curved, but the wrist to the elbow, always be four flat to the degree. The right hand is pulled to the abdomen under the navel, the big finger root pit, close to the abdomen. The left foot and the left hand should rise and fall together, and the rear foot remains motionless. The left and right fingers are open, not together, the left big finger should be horizontal flat, the index finger forward, the left and right big, two fingers tiger's mouth are semicircular. Both eyes look at the tip of the left index finger. Both shoulders should be loose and draw strength together, both hips should also draw strength together, the shoulders and hips should be combined. The two elbows are hanging down, not visible, and the back elbow is curved, not bent, but rounded like a half-moon. The two knees are buckled inward, not visible, the elbows and knees are in harmony. The heel of both feet are twisted outward, not to be revealed, and with the hands of the mutual pull corresponding to the hands and feet together. This is called the outer three together. Shoulder to destroy elbow, elbow to destroy hand, waist to destroy crotch, crotch to destroy knee, knee to destroy foot. The body is still upright, not skewed from side to side. If the heart and qi are stabilized, then the heart and the mind are in harmony. If the mind is concentrated, then the mind and the qi are in harmony. The qi should follow the form of the body's natural popularity, and should not have the intention to control the qi, then the qi and the force will be in harmony. In this way, the yin and yang are in harmony, up and down, inside and outside as one, this is called six harmony. Although the cloud is six in harmony, in fact, the internal and external harmony. This means that the yin and yang are in harmony, and the strength within the three bodies is therefore born.

The above "three-body style" practice method. The effect of this style is to make people inside and outside, cultivate internal strength, the so-called "three body weight birth everything Zhang", is the total organ of boxing. However, it should be noted that the first practice of "three body style", the back leg is extremely strenuous, at this time, especially need to adhere to, the more feel strenuous, the more calm the heart, the more relaxation of the body up and down the other parts of the body, the more the back leg to stirrups to stay in the force, can not move the center of gravity forward, so that the front leg to share. Maintaining a quiet mind, loose form and peaceful face during the exertion is the key to practicing this pile, and it is also the most difficult for practitioners to do.