How to practice taijiquan basic skills

How to practice Taijiquan

Introduction: Taijiquan is a kind of Chinese martial arts, originated in Chenjiagou, Wenxian County, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, China, which is rich in traditional Chinese national characteristics of the elements of the cultural form. The practice of taijiquan has an important impact on the human body and mind, not only can strengthen the body, but also cultivate sentiment, by the modern people's favorite. So how to practice taijiquan, I think the basic skills is the key, without a good basic skills and talk about how deep the essence of taijiquan. Should the majority of Tai Chi enthusiasts, I have organized for you to learn the basic skills of Tai Chi learning methods.

Taijiquan basic skills: First, the action is coherent, soft winding, complete strength.

Tai Chi requires hands, feet, head, eyes with a gas, keep up and down with each other, section through, continuous round, easy and natural to do every action.

In the conversion process of each action can not have a pause and intermittent feeling. It seems to stop, but not stop, in the moment of seeming to stop, the movement is very slow, but still to keep all the movements can be entangled constantly.

The movements of Tai Chi Chuan are characterized by a rhythmic continuity, which requires us to be skilled in each of the basic movements.

The strength of the whole set of Taijiquan is also very well coordinated, and we try our best to be even from the beginning to the end. The speed of the movements must be kept roughly equal, not to move the clumsy force, to be fast and fast, slow and slow. Especially for beginners, the speed should be slow at the beginning, and then gradually accelerate after repeated practice.

Second, breathing with the idea of focusing on the intention to guide the movement

Tai Chi in preparation for the beginning, first of all, to adjust the breathing, the first practice with natural breathing, and gradually progress with abdominal breathing. Breathing should be practiced in conjunction with the action.

General exhale time is a little short, this time the action are in the push, exhibition and other parts of the end; inhale time is a little long, this time the action is in the collection, lift the beginning of the action.

Therefore, the role of breathing in the study of taijiquan can not be ignored, when breathing and movement are harmonized, naturally reach the realm of flowing water.

Third, maintain the position, the body with the arm, comfortable stretch

After the start, the height of the frame according to the physical conditions of the practitioner and the degree of mastery to decide. Beginners can be slightly higher, skilled after the body can be gradually lowered, the lower the greater the amount of movement. Action to waist as the axis, drive the limbs. Waist force properly, can strengthen the force, improve the speed of force. The waist must be vertical, in order to be strong.

Fourth, the movement coordination, rigid and flexible, soft in just

Generally speaking, the end of the action, the fixed position for? real?

Generally speaking, the end of the action, the fixed position for the solid, the transformation process of the action for the? The process of transforming the movement is called "virtual". Real action and do action parts, force requirements calm, full, the action reflects the loose sinking, stable, powerful; virtual action and do action parts, require light, subtle.

Taijiquan exercise points embodied in? By the pine into soft, accumulation of soft into just, just return to soft, soft and rigid together? Soft and just always throughout the various types of taijiquan movement, but also the foundation of good taijiquan.

Taijiquan basic training methods 1, pay attention to the exercise of the frame

The frame is the foundation of taijiquan kung fu, taijiquan this. Therefore, it is emphasized that the fist first play low frame, that is, the fist go low frame, crotch go down arc. Because there is a rich connotation in the frame.

It includes a variety of elements of the overall quality of training of the human body, such as strength, endurance, sensitivity, speed, relaxation, Dan Gong, conceptual power, intelligence, courage, spirit, skills and other aspects of training. These aspects of the training connotation of other exercise programs (such as push hands, equipment) can not be replaced.

That is why we need to exercise our own comprehensive quality while learning the boxing frame.

Practicing the frame is the process of long kung fu, is practicing ? Know yourself? Kung Fu process, is not able to exert in the push hands, and in the boxing frame drenched in the exercise, equipment exercise, a variety of take the law as well as a variety of techniques is difficult to get exercise, so every day, Anzhao requirements as much as possible to fight a few times.

2, single-style training

In essence, it is the exercise of power. If the practice of boxing focuses on body protection, hand-to-hand, must carry out single-type exercises. Mainly from the boxing frame to break out some of the most practical, the most skillful moves. This will be very bitter, very tired, but the power will improve very quickly.

3, practice push hands

The two sides to cut, practice push hands is actually listening to the force, feed the force, the force, the force, the force of the practice of all the techniques, to cut a variety of Taiji force with each other, so as to exercise the knowledge of their kung fu.

In Taiji Push Hands, ? Know yourself and know your enemy. is the key to victory.

Improve the sensitivity of touch, try to expand the space for oneself to divert and transform the incoming force, and lead the incoming force to the end of the force as far as possible. The last of the force?
4, equipment training

mainly to exercise arm strength, wrist strength, leg strength, waist strength to enhance their own power, it is a complementary boxing frame power.

5, internal training (that is: intention, gas, power training)

(1) intention: first of all, the idea, each style, each action is added to the idea, full attention, each action in the run in front of the idea of all kinds of resistance, called the enemy concept, also known as the work of the defense consciousness. (It is also my master often talk about a person to play two people).

(2) gas: in the process of playing taijiquan, to fully play the respiratory function of the human body, in the lungs breathing at the same time, we should pay attention to the dantian breathing (that is: abdominal breathing), in order to facilitate the regulation and play the potential of the human body's many functions.

(3) force: Dantian force is actually the waist force, the rotation and rolling of the Dantian, driving the limbs, driving the overall movement. Dantian movement when the body's adjustment has a special effect.

These three aspects of exercise, is the three important parts of taijiquan internal exercise. The key parts, throughout the above various external, internal exercise, should not be taken lightly.

How to practice taijiquan basic skills?

In the practice of taijiquan, the legs and feet exercise is the core of the basic skills, only the legs and feet have the power, the whole body can keep the center, the movement can be generous.

First, to practice good legs and feet. Legs and feet are an important part of the human body, as the saying goes: "The legs are old first. People old legs first old. The reason why taijiquan can prolong life and make people healthy, an important reason is the practice of legs. Taijiquan fitness focuses on achieving strong legs, which slows down aging, and at the same time, deep and long breathing increases lung capacity, increases circulation of qi and blood, and is beneficial to health. And good legs and feet are also related to respiratory function. Elderly people who have practiced taijiquan for a long time seldom fall, this is due to their lower body is particularly stable. In boxing, it is said that this is ? Landing on the ground? So how to do this? First of all, you have to practice good staking. Beginner taijiquan do not pursue high-level meaning, should practice more taijiquan basic skills, keep standing pile an hour a day.