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Taijiquan is the perfect sport for women's health and fitness

Taijiquan: women's health and fitness of the perfect sport online contact to practice taijiquan women are very few, I always wonder why this is very suitable for women's sports do not attract women love it? They would rather spend a lot of money to find a bad coach to learn yoga, aikido, sweating in and out of overcrowded fitness centers, but not willing to accept our Chinese ancestors left behind tai chi mastery. In terms of both health and martial arts, elegant and friendly coexistence, Taijiquan is really unique! I feel sad for the taijiquan, but also for those young women feel sorry, really "only envy his jade beautiful quality, their own treasure do not know" ah!

Why should taijiquan be a woman's friend? Generally speaking, due to physiological reasons, women's qi and blood are easy to loss, not adjusted, which leads to anemia, kidney deficiency, endocrine disorders, directly leading to the premature aging. There is no woman who doesn't love beauty and want to stay young and healthy, and Taijiquan is the best program to satisfy their wishes. Chinese medicine theory and practice proves that high-intensity forms of exercise are not conducive to scientific fitness. Taijiquan movement is characterized by: light movement, long and even breathing, static movement, although the movement is still, static so the brain power, moving so the living blood, both internal and external, physical and mental cross-cultivation. In the process of boxing, the natural flow of internal qi and the harmony and unity of movement can harmonize the yin and yang of the human body, dredge the meridians and smooth the qi and blood, so as to make the kidneys strong and the eyes clear. In short, Taijiquan is to enhance the vitality of the human body by nourishing the essence, qi and spirit, so that it will become more and more vigorous. Taijiquan movements start from relaxation and softness, practicing energy and raising qi, which can be slow or fast, containing rigidity in softness and flexibility in rigidity. Inside is the intention to guide the gas, the gas to run the body, and the internal force is in charge of the whole body's intention movement; outside is the waist as the axis, the body leading the hand, and the internal force is connected to the spiral winding movement of the finger tips and fur; it forms the characteristics of the movement of internal and external communication, rigidity and flexibility, and speed and slowness. In the practice of boxing when the sweat but not shortness of breath, thus greatly reducing the load on the heart; especially for modern urban civilization diseases, such as obesity, hypertension, heart disease, fatty liver, diabetes, gastrointestinal dyspepsia, constipation, neurasthenia, insomnia, cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis, and other office syndromes, tai chi treatment and rehabilitation is recognized by Chinese and Western medicine.

And from the physiological point of view, women learn Tai Chi is a certain advantage. For example, the body is loose, flexible, so plasticity is better, easy to surrender, throw away bad habits, correct the wrong action. When a woman is snuggled in the arms of her mother or lover, she is always so relaxed, cozy and unattached, and this feeling is even more appropriate when applied to boxing, which makes it easy for the movements to be smooth and in place, such as the downward momentum of the end of a loose. Women are naturally closer to nature, and it is easy for them to lose themselves (this has nothing to do with feminism) and enter the selfless and unconscious state required by taijiquan, integrating themselves completely into it. In addition, women's introverted, delicate and sensitive psychological characteristics make them have a strong sense of qi and enlightenment. Thinking back, the excellent Zhao Bao taijiquan began to be passed down from women to women, and has been continued for more than 400 years, and still shows the feminine and gentle female characteristics, which is the best interpretation of the boxing in the Taoist way.

I think, with men to win, fighting character is different, women are generally less aggressive, learning and practicing taijiquan more from the purpose of cultivating the body, obscurity, self-congratulation, and thus very few powerful jianghu female warrior. But this does not mean that they do not learn taijiquan kung fu, "four two pushes a thousand pounds" of the peculiar technical function for women's self-defense or not a problem, by no means inferior to taekwondo and so on. So for them, taijiquan also has a strong practicality.

Taijiquan is a very deep connotation of martial arts, perhaps young girls because of vanity, chasing the fashionable, despise the exclusion of this art, it is a pity. However, I still think, with life experience and sense of woman, mature thinking and educated women, as long as the contact, should be able to feel the magic of it!

In winter, the weather is cold, the yin gas is prevalent in the yang gas micro, so in the winter all activities should be in accordance with nature. People who are used to practicing in the morning still get up early to exercise even in the cold winter, but it is important to note that winter is different from other seasons.

One is the timing of the exercise. Winter morning air cleanliness is relatively poor, so the best time to exercise is the sunrise light to the green leaves of plants for light and action, the best before practicing boxing to empty urine and feces, drink a little soybean milk, milk and other beverages, eat a few pieces of cookies or other small snacks, but do not eat enough. ［

The second place to work out is the place.

It is not advisable to exercise in the sooty, dirty air courtyard, you should choose to sunny, windy place to exercise (fog should not be in the outdoor exercise), if you choose to exercise indoors, pay attention to the ventilation, to keep the indoor air fresh. To maintain a good state of mind, do not talk to people while practicing boxing, so as to lose the efficacy of exercise.

The third is the intensity of the exercise.

They should flexibly adjust the amount of exercise according to their own condition, choose a certain driving force, and do it according to their own strength. The purpose of the training to consolidate the technology, improve skills, training content to the technology of the overall training, in the exercise of slow adaptation, do not rush, do not intentionally hard to breathe to achieve the so-called "gas sinking Dantian", so as to avoid dizziness, heartbeat shortness of breath and other phenomena, affecting the natural respiratory. Another thing to note is that before the exercise must do preparatory activities, such as stretching, bending, squatting, etc., otherwise it is easy to cause sprains, bruises, fractures and so on.

Fourth, do not exercise with disease. is hemoptysis, bleeding patients more should not practice boxing, winter practice if angina should immediately stop exercise, do not be nervous, can sit down or semi-recumbent position to rest for a few moments, such as the pain is not relieved can be sublingual nitroglycerin 1 tablets to relieve pain, go to the hospital in a timely manner to check. Exercise just finished, it is best not to drink a lot of water immediately, after a little rest, in a small number of times to drink. Drink some salt water, help to maintain the body's water-salt balance, drink some sugar water, fruit juice, help to replenish the energy consumed as soon as possible, to promote the body's recovery.

Fifth, do not take a hot bath immediately after exercise. Due to the movement of muscle vascular expansion, blood flow increases, and visceral blood vessels accordingly contracted to maintain muscle blood, this time the hot bath will make the skin muscle blood flow continues to increase, and viscera, especially the brain of the reduction of blood, prone to cerebral ischemia and fainting.

Taijiquan as a kind of young and old, rich in connotations of health and fitness art, has gone from China to the world. However, the majority of taijiquan enthusiasts, especially beginners, for the definition and connotation of taijiquan, most of them are in a state of bewilderment. This article starts from "What is Taijiquan?" "Why should we practice Taijiquan?" "How to practice Taijiquan?" Three perspectives with the majority of taijiquan enthusiasts *** with the true meaning of taijiquan, seeking a shortcut to practice taijiquan.

What is Taijiquan?

"Boxing" is a term of universal significance in traditional Chinese martial arts, which denotes a form of human movement. "This form of movement has two functions: one is fitness, and the other is technical combat. Ancient Chinese people put the first priority on technical combat. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of traditional Chinese boxing styles. Their names are named after animal images, such as: Black Tiger Boxing, Snake Boxing, Duck Boxing, etc.; there are named after historical figures, such as: Taizu Boxing, Yanqing Boxing; there are named after the characteristics of the exercise, such as: Jabbing Boxing, Ground Trip Boxing, Drunken Boxing, etc. Only "Taijiquan" has the same function as the traditional Chinese boxing. Only "Taijiquan" is named after the word "Taiji", which is the essence of traditional Chinese Taoism. So what is "Taiji"? "Taiji is the mother of yin and yang. According to traditional Chinese Taoist philosophy, all substances in the world are composed of "Yin and Yang". And the two aspects of yin and yang must be harmonized. Everything in the world moves forward and develops in this constant search for harmonization and balance. The "boxing" named after "Taiji" is to practice boxing and study boxing theory through this principle of seeking coordination and balance. Through seeking coordination and balance of the human body itself, it achieves fitness and longevity; through disrupting the coordination and balance of the other party, it achieves victory over others; through seeking balance between human beings and nature and society, it achieves the "unity of heaven and mankind", and utilizes and transforms nature. Therefore, Taijiquan can be defined as "a form of exercise that seeks to harmonize the human body itself, man and nature, and the individual and society, in accordance with the theory of Yin-Yang doctrine of traditional Chinese Taoism, and to cultivate one's body and temperament through soft and slow physical movements".

Why Taijiquan?

Today's society is colorful, a variety of fitness methods, just a variety of boxing there are hundreds of kinds, why do we advocate the practice of taijiquan? The above mentioned "taijiquan is a traditional Chinese Taoist theory of yin and yang, through the soft and slow physical movements to cultivate the body, to seek the coordination of the human body itself, man and nature `coordination, the individual and the social coordination of the form of exercise". This definition distinguishes Taijiquan from other forms of fitness and boxing. Especially as a boxing art, taijiquan is fundamentally different from other boxing arts. This is because most of the other boxing arts are designed to train for technical effectiveness. However, how different are people from each other? Everyone has the same two hands and two feet, and if a person wants to defeat another person with absolute certainty, he or she must carry out extraordinary training and bear the pain that ordinary people do not want to bear, and therefore also cause a certain degree of damage to the body, and in some cases even leave incurable hidden problems. It creates an incoherence in the body itself. To obtain extraordinary function, but also must winter training three nine, summer training three volts, in the harsh natural environment to withstand the grind, the result violates the human conformity to the natural survival of the routine, the formation of man and nature's incoherence. When these extraordinary training to a certain extent will become the capital of the practitioner, to go around showing off the fight, the formation of individual and social disharmony. But the practice of taijiquan is not, because the practice of taijiquan is in constant pursuit of the human body itself, man and nature, individual and social coordination, in the pursuit of this process to continue to broaden their minds, balance their minds, to develop their own wisdom, improve their own cultivation, and to strengthen their own body. This is not comparable to any other kind of boxing or fitness art. Therefore, practicing Taijiquan is one of the best fitness exercises that modern people should master.

How to practice Taijiquan?

To practice taijiquan well, first of all, you need to have confidence, perseverance, and not give up halfway. Because taijiquan is indeed more difficult than other boxing, fitness arts, much more complex. Secondly, there is a good teacher. This teacher is not necessarily a famous teacher, but must be a clear teacher, to be able to show the boxing theory, clear boxing frame. Thirdly, we should study the theory. Taijiquan is a cultural boxing, unknown boxing theory, only seeking form is difficult to reach the peak.

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