How can I play Taijiquan well?

To practice Taijiquan, you need to practice the basics, which include the palm, fist, and hook hand. The palm and fist of each school are generally the same, but the hook hand is different. The stance is also different from one school to another, and this is something you need to pay attention to. Then it's time to practice the routines, but all this is just the "outside", the important thing is the "inside". The first step in practicing "internal" is "loose", boxing theory says "one point loose, one point through". Basically, there should be "six pines", i.e.: I. Loosening The first stage of practicing taijiquan is to loosen up the ideological consciousness, so that the heart is loose, and the divine will is contained within the mind for static nourishment. The brain is loose and empty, so the spirit can grow. If you do not loose a little, a section is not loose, want to achieve through, spirit, empty is impossible. Not only the tendons, bones, flesh loose, the human organs should be loose. Loose refers to the body of the major joints loose, such as the upper limbs of the wrist joints, elbow joints, shoulder joints, lower limbs of the ankle joints, knee joints, crotch joints, as well as the back of the body of the spine 24 major joints, should be pulled loose. Relaxation is not weakness, it is lengthening of the bones and joints, only when the bones and joints are lengthened can the joints be penetrated, the qi and blood can flow smoothly, and the meridians and collaterals can be smooth. Therefore, for people who are new to taijiquan, the first thing to do is to loosen up, and then use the waist instead of the hand, and no matter what posture in the practice of taijiquan, it is necessary to grasp the source of force and send it out with the waist. Through the training of lengthening of bones and joints, "the tip of the joints can be led through, the middle joints can be followed and the root joints can be loosened and chased", and the upper and lower parts of the body can be united with one another, and the whole air can be completed. Loosening and sinking The second stage of practicing Taijiquan is also the stage of practicing qi. Loosening and sinking is not the action of smashing or squatting, but the sinking of the qi in the dantian. By breathing y through the lungs, the qi can enter the bones, the internal qi is in the air, and the quiver of energy that is practiced is full and pure. When practicing Quan Panjia, it is transported by the qi of the dantian. When practicing the state of kung fu, a strong qi field ring should be formed outside the body, laying a solid foundation for the next step of loosening and dispersing. At this point, you should forget about the waist generation in the early stage, think about the sinking of the dantian qi, and transport the body with the qi, so that the party appears to be flexible, and the whole body will be better soft and flexible. In fact, after the whole body is loosened up, the combination with nature is the stage of practicing qi, and the intention is to qi. For example, when practicing Taijiquan right cloud hand, the idea of using the back of the right hand against the wall of gas (assuming that there is a wall of gas in front of the body), with the back of the hand to wipe away the wall of gas, you will feel the back of the hand is very strong resistance, the palms of the hands have a numb and swollen sensation, but in fact, it is also the feeling of the real qi in the bloodstream, the deeper the feeling of the more kung fu is the more great. At this stage of breathing through the nose to the gas out, while the true qi downward sinking, so that the body has been loose to the center of the feet. When the real qi in the dantian is sufficient over time, it will spread to the whole body, naturally giving a good foundation for the next step of practicing kung fu, so that loose and sinking refers to the real qi sinking down. At the stage of practicing looseness and dispersion, one should practice Taiji equipments, such as Taiji knives, Taiji swords, etc. In addition to practicing swords, one should also follow each other up and down, so that the body and the equipments become one. It is more important to practice relaxation, such as the bow-step stabbing sword requires the force to reach the tip of the sword, which must be urged outward by the dantian true qi, and is actually the true qi dispersal, so the practice of boxing must be coordinated with the equipment. Fourth, relaxation to loose clean, to the slightest distraction is not, instantly to relax to the feet, loose through. From the thought to return to the innocence of the child, the limbs should be as soft as a baby, is the pursuit of quiet mind and quiet body. In the Thirteen Positions, there is a "stillness like a mountain, moving like a river"; if there is no loose and pure, we can not talk about the body is quiet, can not do the "God Shu body is quiet". Taijiquan practitioner blade Peisheng practiced the most infectious manner, so that the viewers dare not come out of the atmosphere, fearing that the sound of breathing disturbed his tranquility. It is difficult to achieve true relaxation and purity without the stillness of the divine will. Only by practicing boxing with a high degree of proficiency, will there be a natural presentation of the static realm. So that the pine net, body static, is our long-term pursuit, the feeling can only be understood, it is difficult to say. Fifth, loose through is kung fu and into a stage, this stage is at least through the small circumference (RenDu two chakra) stage, because there are loose open, loose sink, loose loose loose, loose net foundation, at this time the human body behind the spine is basically pulled open. Several years of training so that the body has an internal movement, through the spine of the spinal column pull, so that the spine is relatively soft and strong, the natural flow of bone marrow to accelerate the natural flow of the human body meridians and channels are naturally smooth, coupled with many years of training tongue on the top of the palate, the sweet water in the mouth (agaric) is also more and more through the agaric swallowing, RenDuTong two veins naturally more and more fluent. The feeling of practicing kung fu is naturally more and more comfortable, and there will be no feeling of tiredness or dry mouth, and it should be as comfortable as a good night's sleep after practicing kung fu. Through step-by-step practice, one's mental outlook will become better and better, and one's mind will be open, and one will truly realize that "the spirit is light, the breath is cool, and let nature take its course", and one will truly know what it means to "use one's mind but not one's strength" when one pushes hands with others. For example, I and the other side of the test, both sides of the same movement, the same weight and body, the same number of years of practice, depending on whose RenDu two chakra smooth quality is high, then who is listening to the strength of the sensitive, deep power and win. Those who have deep power can also mobilize the Ren and Dudu chakras to beat others. If they want to beat each other with the Dudu chakra, the other party will feel as if there is a big wheel pressing towards them; if they want to beat each other with the Ren chakra, the other party will feel as if there is a big forklift shoveling up their own heels together. Sixth, should be practicing the highest stage of taijiquan, but also really to the stage of formlessness, this stage without decades of dedication to the pursuit and master instructions, is simply can not be reached. Only when the human body's "great circumference" is smooth, the whole body will be extremely virtual and empty. Heaven and earth is a big universe, people are a small universe, people and the universe can exchange energy. Taijiquan requires the harmony between man and nature, that is, the harmony between man and man and the society, and the close coordination with the nature, then you can practice the spirit of emptiness. After achieving "loose", there will be a sense of softness in performing the fist, and the next step is to practice the waist. The next step is to practice the waist. When you perform the fist, you should use the waist to perform the fist, so that the waist moves while the rest of the body doesn't move, but it looks like it doesn't move, but the body is moving. To do this, we need to use the "loose" mentioned earlier. Only when you are loose can you realize that your waist is moving and the rest of your body is moving, and that your waist is not moving and the rest of your body is not moving. Practicing here, Taijiquan has reached a certain level. The following is to practice "gas" and "intention", which requires the master's oral transmission and their own understanding, not to say that can be said to understand, is not self-taught. Taijiquan is a national treasure, I personally think that do not think that this is only the old man's fitness, should be practiced from a young age, it will be handed down and carried forward.