What are the three basic skills of Tai Ji Chuan?

Learning Tai Ji Chuan is like studying at school before learning boxing, which is equivalent to entering primary school for the first time. In pa

What are the three basic skills of Tai Ji Chuan?

Learning Tai Ji Chuan is like studying at school before learning boxing, which is equivalent to entering primary school for the first time. In particular, we should do a good job in the study and practice of basic courses. Basic courses are basic skills, and there are three basic skills, namely "moving arms", "moving waist" and "sitting legs". Here are the three basic skills of Tai Ji Chuan that I specially arranged for you.

One of Tai Ji Chuan's three basic skills: the quality of moving arm Tai Ji Chuan, and the operation of upper arm and hand are very important. In addition to these usual habitual essentials, we should pay special attention to two points: 1 No exertion, flexibility and natural stretching. 2 must be driven by the waist, not blindly automatic transmission. Tai Chi masters often say that "arms and hands should not be used at all, but should be highly soft". Your arm should be as relaxed as a rope tied to your shoulder. Both arms should be loose, heavy and heavy. The upper limbs can't move, "... command the waist and spine slowly with your heart, and let it drive the limbs, arms and legs to move ... It shouldn't be automatic at all, it shouldn't be broken, it shouldn't move regionally, it shouldn't move too much, it shouldn't move too much. ..... limbs hyperactivity, blindness, recklessness, or immobile, or uneven movements, which are all wrong. It only has the name of Tai Ji Chuan but not the reality of Tai Ji Chuan, and scholars need to pay attention to this. ”。

The limbs move around, and it is impossible to make the whole body move together. The upper limbs are soft and sinking, which is the need of practicing sinking kung fu and sinking abdomen. Shrugging your shoulders and lifting your elbows will make your arms and hands stiff, make you floating, and lead to mental tension, which is contrary to the way of "deficiency in the upper body and deficiency in the lower body", so you can't enter the upper body with heavy work. This mechanism is easy to understand.

Upper limb arm hand has its special function in martial arts attack and defense. The first is the transmission of force, which says that "its root lies in the foot, originates from the leg, mainly lies in the waist, and is shaped in the fingers", that is, the root force rises and finally comes out through the arms and hands at the waist. Unless it is highly soft, the dynamic quality is not high.

Another function of the upper limbs is to transmit information, that is, to practice "listening" kung fu. Arms and hands, touching each other, can know each other's dynamics and strength. People don't know me, I only know people, I can't add a dime, and flies can't fall. This is the highest level of listening and transmitting information. If you don't work hard from a height, you will make mistakes in direction and route.

There is another function, that is, the so-called "moving the arm intentionally, penetrating the finger with vitality and dredging the internal strength" to exercise the upper limb strength, but these functions must first be practiced from the "moving arm".

The most common problem for beginners to practice their hands is fidgeting and stiff movements. Training the active arm is to change these unqualified activity habits, so it is called basic skills.

Tai Ji Chuan's three basic skills: moving the waist. When Taijiquan was first practiced, I often only saw my hands and feet moving, but I didn't see my body moving. The main problem is that he doesn't know how to "move his waist". Wushu circles generally emphasize the importance of waist. As the saying goes, "boxing does not practice waist, and there is no high skill for life." On the Biography of Taiji: "Rooted in the foot, originated in the legs, dominated by the waist, and shaped by the fingers. From feet to legs, the waist must always be intact, and advance and retreat can get opportunities. " The core of this theory is "waist-oriented". The completion of each boxing style depends on the strength of the waist to achieve the requirements of "up and down". Dominating the waist means how to move the waist. Simply put, dominating the waist is "moving the waist." It can also be clearly seen here that the whole body movement starts from the waist, and the waist is the locomotive, and its importance can be imagined.

In the song of the Thirteen Potential of Boxing Classics, it is said: "The source of fate lies in the waist gap, so we should pay attention to the waist at all times", and further explore the importance of moving the waist. Some teachers say that the waist is the locomotive, and all actions start from the waist, so thinking of boxing directly as the waist is boxing. This is also possible, completely in line with the statement that the source moves to the waist gap and pays attention to the waist. "Moving the waist" belongs to the essentials of body posture and is a basic skill, but there are other requirements for body posture. Why not treat it differently as a basic skill? The situation at different levels is different, so it is impossible to compare.

Physical exhaustion and listlessness are internal strengths. Master Yang Chengfu has long concluded that it belongs to a high-level, advanced course, which has been gradually developed for a long time under the condition of relaxed spirit. It's hard to learn. At the beginning, just pay attention to the whole body to relax, and you don't have to pursue it in advance. Pulling back with chest includes wide chest and wide back, which can't be learned at the beginning, so don't care too much. Erection can only be regarded as a condition of moving the waist. The requirements of body posture are put forward from all angles and aspects. In fact, the close cooperation with each other is a whole and cannot be understood separately, otherwise the understanding mechanism may go wrong, which is not conducive to learning boxing and should not be careless.

To sum up, "moving the waist" is to slowly twist and twist the legs, legs, arms and hands of the whole body on the premise of relaxing the whole body, with the upright posture as the condition and the spine as the axis. "Moving the waist" is mainly twisting the waist, taking the spine as the axis and rotating left and right in the plane parallel to the ground. Twist your waist, just like washing your face and twisting a towel. If you can't twist your waist, you can't, your feet and hands can't be connected well, and you can't meet the requirements of going up and down and completing body movements.

Tai Ji Chuan's three basic skills: Tai Ji Chuan's requirements for lower limbs and legs, the so-called chassis basic kung fu, are extremely important and indeed quite difficult to practice. One of the main reasons why many boxing practitioners have failed to work for many years is that they have not exercised their feet and legs well. "Sitting on your legs" is a way to practice chassis kung fu. It can also be called "one-leg knee bending and weight-bearing training", which is also difficult to master, so it should still be regarded as a basic skill. "On the Biography of Taiji" mentioned: "Its root lies in the foot, originates from the leg, and is dominated by the waist and shaped by the finger". This passage is about strength, which shows that the foot is the foundation, and the pedaling force is produced by the flexion and extension of the leg, and then sent to the waist, which clearly points out that the foot and leg chassis should have the ability to produce strength.

For the legs of the lower limbs, it is often emphasized: "When practicing boxing, the body is like the carriage of a train, and the legs are like the coil springs under the carriage. The carriage is supported on the coil spring, so that the carriage will not come down from the coil spring and will not touch the hard iron wheel. " This passage vividly expounds the function and importance of the chassis, and clearly points out that the legs should not only have the load-bearing ability, but also keep loose, soft, strong and elastic. With roots under your feet, stability is strong. Pushing hard, we often say uprooting first, is to destroy the other side's stable situation and the other side's ability to "root under the feet." When the root force is pulled out, the center of gravity is unstable and the posture is scattered, so it is in a passive position. People with a solid foundation in Tai Chi have a solid chassis, which is not easy for ordinary people to push.

To sum up, the functions of the chassis can be summarized as follows: ① generating root force and sending out upward force; (2) Resilient and able to bear load; (3) combine rigidity with flexibility to enhance stability. There are different ways to practice chassis kung fu, but the principle is the same. They all bend their legs to relax and increase the load, provided that they practice their leg and foot endurance. Static training method, accustomed to standing on the pile, adopts different postures when the whole body is relaxed and natural. One stop is half an hour, which is very difficult and difficult to practice. It is not very common at present. Exercise is more common, generally using "cat lead step", but also more difficult to learn.

When boxing, bend your knees, bend your knees. Under the guidance of big and soft meaning, your body and mind are constantly relaxed and heavy. The upper body seems to be sitting on a stool, which increases the load on your legs and prolongs the time of carrying loads on one leg. Forward and backward should be light and steady, and you can't hurry if you are treading on thin ice. Move your center of gravity slowly. At the same time, using the change of boxing step and footwork, the legs constantly exchange the posture of one leg to operate the boxing frame.

The method of "sitting legs" has a good teaching effect. Generally, the way of squatting under the knee is used, and dozens of squatting steps are played continuously until you are sweating and your legs are sore. As long as the pain is relieved and you feel less tired, you will make some efforts.

From the above analysis, the deep part of practicing chassis kung fu, whether static or dynamic, is actually "sitting on the leg".

Remember, Tai Chi skills are very important. It's easy to acquire skills by sitting on your lap. This is the right way. Clearly marked, focused and easy to learn.

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