Traditional Taijiquan Learning

Mr. Wu Tunan said, "The secret of Taijiquan lies in loosening the eight sections and nine joints." When practicing taijiquan, the eight sections and nine joints are really loose before they can be called ripe, which is the key to learning taijiquan. Loosening, first of all, the whole body cannot be powerful. There are nine joints in the whole body that should be loosened. Three in the hands, three in the feet and three in the back. The three joints of the hand are the wrist, elbow and shoulder. The three joints of the feet are the hips, knees, and ankles. The three back joints are the coccyx, neck, and top of the head. The most important of the nine joints is the three joints of the hand, first of all, the three joints of the hand should be loosened, the first one is the wrist joint, then the elbow and the shoulder joint. The shoulder is the most difficult to loosen. "Loosen the shoulder" avoid shoulder pressure, to follow the sides of 45 degrees diagonally down the loose fall, the shoulder well point open, down in the Yongquan point. How can I loosen the joints? The first thing is to loosen the tendons between the joints, and then the bones, to keep loosening the tendons between the joints. Without loosening between the joints, Qi cannot flow smoothly. We are used to pulling tight and should be constantly loosening. When we first learn, the movements are tight. We learn to know that those movements are movements that move the qi with the mind, move the body with the qi, and transport and then move the body. When the shoulder joints can be loosened, everything else is easy. The ankle pass is the most difficult to loosen among the three passes of the feet. After the coccyx pass is loosened, the qi can pass to the upper back.

My teacher, Mr. Wang Peisheng, is a master of Taiji, not only in martial arts, but also to study the theory of martial arts, and to organize his knowledge of martial arts into a text, to teach students. In accordance with Mr. Wang's teaching that "you can't hide the secret books", I will make public the Taiji techniques taught by Mr. Wang for the benefit of the public.

1. The role of the hand: the way of fighting, a hundred ways of fighting, randomization, all lies in the hand. The role of the hand, not only in boxing occupies an important position, and the many variations of the sword also rely on the hand work. Manipulation of the many, can not be described, but not outside the high pick, balance, low cut, straight hacking, send with a horizontal welcome, virtual and real throughput. Good use of the hand, the erratic, unpredictable, so that the enemy's eyes confused, then I hand to success.

2. The role of the eye: the eye of a good fighter must be clear, or else constrained. Therefore, not before the fight, must first examine has been clear, take advantage of the weakness to enter, surprise, attack, it is twice the result with half the effort. At the same time, pay attention to the enemy's intention, wait for a gap and take advantage of the opportunity to rise, are the role of the eye. If you look at the enemy's left shoulder, you will know that he will send the right leg; right hand a raise, that is, to prevent him from sending the left fist. If he is strong, I have a partial door; if I am stronger than he is, I will go to the floodgate. Depending on his eyes, if he pays attention to my left, he will prevent his left attack; if he pays attention to my right, he will know his right strike. If he attacks with his mouth open, his strength will be loose; if he attacks with his mouth closed, his strength will be sufficient. If the right leg is in front of him, prevent his back foot from coming; if the back foot comes, prepare for another attack.

3. The role of the body: the body for the main limbs, without the skills of the enemy's charge, there is a diagonal bias within the function of the left back to the right, tilt the bottom of the angels, quite sucking and gulping, static and static grace; different hands and feet of labor, and the ability to command. The body left flash, appropriate to prepare for the right attack; the body right let, beware of the left attack. The attack of turning back, its force must be fierce; the foot of turning over, the more powerful. If the body is squatting, its gas must be stored, and the low attack should know its change; if the body is standing, its gas must be open, and the high attack will know the coming trend. The role of the body is quite important.

4. The role of the waist: shoulder width and waist must have practiced boxing, sucking the abdomen and soft waist since the body of fine skills. Hands and feet can be corresponding, are the role of the waist, meandering, soft turn oblique, contact up and down, the first and the last together, to come to the gas sinking in the dantian, lifting the gas when the power injected into the shoulders and arms. When practicing kung fu, one must be as soft as a sheep; when practicing the sword, one must be able to get up and down and gain momentum. When practicing the sword, one is able to get up and down and insert it freely, and one is able to adapt to the situation by moving around enthusiastically. Although there is no direct hit the enemy's ability, but there is an indirect complementary force, is the role of the waist.

5. The role of the step: step for the root of the body, the basis of the movement, live and not live in the step, the spirit and the spirit also lies in the step. Jumping up and down, forward and backward sealing force; can swallow can spit, can defend can attack; tiger crouch ape leap, each has its own specialty; crane fall eagle, difficult to say its shape; lead with lead, can pull the foot soaring; kicking the tree, can run over people fatal; positive and negative forward and backward stirrups, but also forced to return to even the Shi; or left to steal the right into the right, can be opened and closed freely; to the main body of the agility, with the waist and shoulders for the steps; calm when such as the mountains, the pursuit of forced momentum such as a rabbit; changeable, tumbling and unpredictable. Although the knife art is arm and wrist work, but the power of the footwork. Instead of saying that boxing is better than others, it is better to say that footwork is better than others.

6. The role of knowledge; weak, I know it can force; strong, I know it is appropriate to prevent. The right and wrong lies in the intellectual discernment. Practicing in the fist and palm, their arms must be thicker than normal people; practicing in the legs and feet, their steps must be lighter than normal people solid; refined in the external strong, their physique must be QuiGuo; God in the internal work of the people, their tendons and more dry. Short people, to prevent their legs; high man, must be used to make the fist; see their posture, that is to know the way to break it. The use of equipment should also be boxing theory as a guideline, when the gap that is attacked, see the empty must fill. It can be seen, when the enemy should not panic, panic is disorganized, disorganized is disoriented, inappropriate attack and defense. Therefore, people who practice knife fighting, when the first treatment of the heart. The way to rule the heart of no other, calm only, not to the crisis and color, not for the strong enemy and fear. Fighting, between millimeters, victory or defeat can be determined, the key is in the wisdom of the high and low.

7. The role of the gall: see its gap to multiply, but do not dare to attack; know that it is free to enter, but do not dare to enter, this is the disease of timidity. The timid that is not the heart of victory, bold can learn to check the skills of others. Terror in the heart, cowering in the outside, the enemy multiplied by its cowardice, will attack its weakness. When I see their weakness, I will counterattack their cowardice and turn defeat into victory, and weakness into strength. However, I have always seen the skill of a small gall bladder to defeat the skill of a high timid person, indicating that if you talk about technical combat still need to be bold.

8. The role of gas: If we talk about the role of technical combat, gas sinking win, gas floating defeat. Receive the beginning of the move, inhale for good; send the move, exhale for good. The use of the run inserted in the body, the storage of the grave in one; hit can not hurt, push can not go; mention the come, put it is scattered; if away from if together, can gather can be divided. If there is no gas line between the tendons and muscles, then the place where the blow will not be strong. Although there is a gap to take advantage of, dare to send a hand attack, and the gas can not be stored, only to sit and lose their time, it is a pity. Therefore, the primary practice of gas, it can be received and sent, inexhaustible, by lasting, so as to avoid the disadvantages of gas on the float.

9. The role of strength: gas has the difference between sinking and floating, the strength of the points; knife away from the multiplication of strength, it is appropriate to stop, slip, fan, winding; knife away from the storage of strength, the application of rushing, chopping, Phi, chopping. Suck strength tighten, a tight that is sent, so that the enemy is not as strong as to guard, my knife has been forced into; spit strength hair move, a hair that is closed so that the enemy is not as good as to come, my knife has changed. Open and compound, spit and swallow again, set between the arms and wrists, thrown outside the fists and feet, but also have the ability to hurt people. A finger of micro, can save the whole body of the force; two parties compete, all rely on the opportunity to ride the force. The potential is like a dragonfly pointing at the water, and the force can penetrate into the lungs and bowels of the body; the shape is the same as an arrow feather off the string, and the sharpness can penetrate into the body. The role of strength, should be realized.

10, the role of God: God is clear that the skill will be fine, God is faint that the art will be shallow. The first thing you need to do is to face the enemy with your face, and you will be able to tell when he is going to make a move. If you look at your face, you will know what you are doing, and if you look at your attitude, you will know what you are doing, and you will know what you are doing, and you will know what you are doing, and you will know what you are doing, and you will know what you are doing. Masters can predict the future of the situation, it is practice makes perfect, but also lies in the learning and memorization, familiar with the extreme self-competent, the heart of God's understanding, and the order of God's understanding, non-talking can be appreciated.