If Tai Chi doesn't teach strength, will your strength be reduced?

Now some people who have practiced Tai Ji Chuan for decades and think that they are better at boxing always try to comfort themselves by winning gold and silver medals in some exhibition games, or show off and exaggerate their skills in front of others. But in reality, most people are self-defeating. Compared with the real battle, the medal honor won is pale and useless, and only the embarrassing scene of defeat is shameful.

The author has a martial friend who has made outstanding achievements in some domestic performances and regular competitions. He has won many medals, but he lacks practical experience, and his achievements are even worse than those of people in the technical age. When communicating with the author, he said that if his situation can be improved, he would dissect himself and learn from those who study and practice Tai Ji Chuan.

You Wu has visited three famous teachers in Tai Ji Chuan. He has been practicing hard for more than 20 years since 198 1. He has a standard boxing frame, skillful routines and rich experience. He is the best among his fellow disciples and has great influence in the local area. He is a famous teacher. But when it comes to boxing actual combat, he is a little ashamed. The kung fu he knows can still play a role in pushing hands, but he feels that kicking, hitting, throwing and holding can't be used in Sanda. The skills of Tai Chi Chuan, such as taking advantage of the situation, leading to defeat, avoiding reality and attacking the virtual, shaking the bomb, bouncing up, hurting the muscles and bones, making the offender a servant, and winning by surprise attack, are even less impressive, and the skills taught by the master are even weaker. It is said that this phenomenon is not unique. Many Tai Ji Chuan fans or kungfu practitioners will encounter similar problems, so you need to ask yourself or your friends why.

Reflection-For many years, You Wu's learning method in Tai Ji Chuan is a routine-based training method, which is a typical posture teaching. From the single potential to the whole routine learning, it is basically the training of hand angle, height, eye direction, left leg component, right leg component and so on. This kind of training is strict and can't be bad at all, which makes learners feel that Tai Ji Chuan is difficult to learn and practice. I often practice the routines for decades for the masters, either with high hands and large angles or with many problems. It should be pointed out that some people in society practice boxing through study, practice and practice again, but it is a common phenomenon that they can never practice or do it correctly in front of the master. Therefore, students also cultivate all routine exercises, and the reality of "practicing boxing and practicing death" can be seen everywhere. Boxing learners focus on practicing routines and boxing techniques, but have no intention to discuss actual combat skills, which seriously ignores the actual combat essence of Tai Ji Chuan. Only by fighting with others and really fighting will they suffer.

Rote memorization has become a major obstacle to the development of Tai Ji Chuan sports. It is not advisable, because it takes too much time to learn boxing, fix boxing, practice boxing and change boxing. As the saying goes, "the rules are exhausted and the changes are born." The Taiji of Sun, Yang, Wu and Wu's equations originated from Chen's Taiji biography, but they all formed their own systems. Their tactical names are the same, but the situation changes greatly, and the actual combat effect is the same, and they can all send each other out. The author believes that as long as the boxing potential does not violate the boxing theory and the routine is skilled, it should not be entangled in the height of posture, the angle of hands, the size of steps and so on. Because the opponent is moving in actual combat, the hand or foot, the height of the figure and the size of the steps vary from person to person, and it is difficult to win just by using the same fixed movements to deal with the ever-changing situation. It is for this reason that when you are proficient in boxing, you should pay more attention to the inner cultivation. The boxing proverb says "not in posture, but in momentum".

Reflection on the lack of actual combat awareness of boxing practitioners. Although they work hard, are skilled in recruiting potential, and have mastered some laws of Tai Ji Chuan and knowledge of pushing hands, they can't apply what they have learned in actual combat. The main reasons are as follows: first, boxers teach their apprentices too mechanically, only talking about routines and pushing knowledge, but not teaching Sanda. Even if the master teaches the martial arts of boxing, he only "deliberately" selects a few moves to test the students, or designs some small "traps" for the students to drill. When some masters are teaching students to use unique skills, the master has already started to move. He is one step ahead of the students, so he can turn off his strength and send the students out, which makes Bai Ji's kung fu look amazing. When the students calmed down and looked back, they found themselves in the master's "trick". Although it has been melted and bounced out, it is the master's consciousness that guides students to distribute, not the master's arbitrary and varied skills, nor is it a sudden attack by students. This skill and attack are subjective, so this training method is essentially meaningless. Second, I believe in the phrase "boxing ten thousand times" too much. The gods appeared. " The master said that "everything is in the boxing frame", which is not wrong in itself, but if students don't understand the truth and just practice hard instead of delving into its essence, it will do endless harm. The practice of boxing frame must be practiced after understanding the relationship and function of recruiting one potential. The unknown function is blind boxing. As the saying goes, "dream for many years, talk for a lifetime, fight hard and be empty-handed." However, some students are smart and have the right path. It's just that they practice boxing, they can fish for three days, dry nets for two days, and even expose themselves to the cold. This approach is equally difficult to succeed. Third, some smug people will only pretend to practice routines and push hands to achieve the method, but they can't correctly understand the relationship between boxing, pushing hands and Sanda. When fighting with people, you struggle hard, deviate from the boxing theory, and it is difficult to work hard. The practice of routines requires learning and flexible application, and the situation is clear and the tricks are clear. It must meet the actual requirements of "don't treat people as people when practicing boxing" and "don't treat people as people when they are empty-handed". Only long-term practice can achieve satisfactory results.

Reflect on the proverbs of three famous scholars and know everything. If we don't study their essence deeply, it will be difficult to correctly understand the mystery of Tai Ji Chuan. If we only understand from the literal meaning of boxing theory and interpret it in words, we may even misinterpret the original meaning of boxing theory and boxing classics. Nowadays, it has become a fashion for boxers to write books. Some authors' theories are unconventional, boasting that the original simple truth is complicated and magical, and once thoroughly studied, it will be inconsistent; Some famous artists are too conservative, leaving half a complete theory, just like a running machine. The master only explains the parts of the machine to the apprentice, but not its working principle, which makes the listener puzzled and makes the learner at a loss. This is like a blind man touching an elephant. Touching the nose represents pregnancy, touching the legs represents circle, and it is difficult for learners to achieve mastery.

There are many theories about boxing in ancient and modern times Scholars who want to see the whole leopard must first bow their heads and be poor. However, because the essence and dross of boxing theory are mixed, it is easy to go astray without understanding its essence. Therefore, scholars must be good at removing dross in actual combat, discarding the false and retaining the true, constantly pondering and reflecting, summing up experience, learning to test what they have learned with new knowledge, and improving from it.

At present, some practitioners in Tai Ji Chuan practice boxing standard, flowing freely, having both yin and yang, opening and closing moderately, combining rigidity and softness, and are in good condition. When they push their hands, they can attack and defend, and even make people angry. But it is common that their boxing frames are just like decorations in Sanda, and it is useless to learn them. In order to make the boxers in Guangzhou University take fewer detours and avoid the practice effect of emphasizing routine but neglecting practicality, the author hopes that friends who are interested in promoting and developing Tai Ji Chuan will dare to put aside their prejudices and put forward their own opinions, and dedicate those "secret biographies" and "secrets" to the world, so as to truly learn from each other's strong points, learn from each other's strong points, achieve common progress and push the excellent traditional culture of the motherland to a higher level.