On Tai Ji Chuan's Aesthetic Feeling
1, symmetrical beauty
Symmetrical beauty is an important part of China's traditional aesthetics. Ancient buildings, calligraphy and couplets all embody the beauty of symmetry and order. Taiji diagram is a symmetrical and harmonious structural diagram, which is the epitome of China's traditional wisdom.
Tai Ji Chuan is a vivid embodiment of this philosophy in sports. Chen Taiji's biography, in particular, takes a series of symmetrical, balanced and harmonious movements, such as rigidity, opening and closing, lightness and heaviness, and takes the form of winding silk thread in both positive and negative directions and spiral movement. It is not only rigid and flexible, open and closed, virtual and real, fast and slow, but also emphasizes rigid and flexible, flexible and rigid, open and closed, integrated and open.
When applied to Wushu, it has the characteristics of development, introduction and progress. Development means development, introduction means progress, and the combination of development and fighting, introduction and other characteristics constitute the extraordinary style of this boxing. The action emphasizes the balance of yin and yang, with ups and downs, and everything must be down; Front hair collapses again, left hair collapses right, right hair collapses left; Every left must be right, and every right must be left; Internal and external repair, internal and external repair; In terms of posture, we should draw long pictures, attract each other, emphasize symmetrical strength, support strength on all sides, and maintain balance at any time and place.
2. Beautiful rhythm
Wang Zongyue's On the Biography of Taiji says: If you are anxious, you must be anxious, and if you are slow, you must be slow. ? It is recorded in the essence of martial arts:? If you make rapid progress, you should be quick; if you lose an opportunity, you should be quick to retreat. ? Zhang Zhijun said? Tai Ji Chuan is slow and fast. ? Teacher Ma Hong has also said it many times? Practice Tai Ji Chuan slowly and alternately, fast but not chaotic, slow but not sluggish? . Tai Ji Chuan practices fast, and the details of the action cannot be lost; Practice slowly, and you won't be bored.
In the attack in Tai Ji Chuan? Fast when attacking? It means to achieve the purpose of attack (or defense) with the fastest action through full preparation. The decisive action of attack (or defense) should be fast, not blindly fast, but conditionally and purposefully controlled, and the opponent should be mobilized through the change of attack and defense rhythm to find an effective opportunity to win quickly.
Qi Jiguang said in Ji Xiao's new book:? As the saying goes, I don't know how to punch, but it's as fast as lightning. The so-called "don't recruit, don't fight" is just a blow, and there are ten blows when parrying. ? I don't know how to punch, but how fast? As fast as lightning? The equal boxing proverb is an important description of the fast speed of Wushu.
As Sun Tzu said in the Art of War:? Love soldiers is the main speed, people are not as good as it? . Attack quickly, take advantage of your opponent's surprise, move like a mountain, move like thunder.
However, the speed of attack and defense is relative. Compared with opponents of different levels, different attack and defense actions, different attack and defense opportunities and actions, the speed is ever-changing. The rhythm of meeting and hating each other is one of Tai Ji Chuan's unique characteristics, and it is also an important reason why he ranks first in family boxing.
3. Open and close beauty
Chen Xin said: Learn from Tai Ji Chuan and learn from the opening and closing of Yin and Yang. ? The way to spread Tai Chi is to open and close the words. ? Generally speaking, the so-called opening refers to the outward expansion of limbs and internal strength; The so-called combination refers to the inward convergence and contraction of limbs and internal strength. Specifically, not only the whole body should be opened and closed, but also one arm and one leg, each hand and one foot should be opened and closed.
The study of Tai Ji Chuan's various sports forms sometimes focuses on the flexion and extension of limbs, sometimes on the retraction of internal strength (internal qi), sometimes on the ups and downs of silk winding strength, sometimes on the whole, and sometimes on a certain part.
? Everything opens and closes, everything opens and closes? Open and close, merge and close? There is always a place that opens and closes everywhere, full of momentum when opening, and introverted when closing. Is Tai Ji Chuan particular? Inner triad, outer triad? . ? Inner triad? That is, heart and meaning, meaning and gas, gas and strength; External triad refers to the joints of shoulder and hip, elbow and knee, hand and foot. Breathing drives the abdomen to rotate internally, and with external movements, the integration of inside and outside can reflect the overall strength and make the force form a perfect transmission. Internal and external opening and closing changes? Broken in shape, broken in meaning. .
Characteristics of Tai Ji Chuan
(A) relaxed and soft
Tai Chi Chuan's posture is smooth and stretched, and its movements are not rigid and casual, which conforms to the physiological habits of the human body, without obvious ups and downs and intense jumping movements.
Therefore, if you practice Tai Ji Chuan once or twice, you will feel a little sweaty, but there will be no asthma and other phenomena, giving people a relaxed and happy feeling. Because Tai Ji Chuan has this feature, people of different ages, sexes and constitutions can practice Tai Ji Chuan.
(2) Consistency and consistency
Tai Ji Chuan's whole routine, from? Rise? Arrive? Get motivated? No matter the change of reality or the change of attitude, they are closely linked and consistent, with no obvious pause. The rehearsal speed of the whole set of movements is even and coherent, and it seems to be flowing and continuous.
(3) Round and lively nature
(4) Complete coordination
Tai Ji Chuan, whether it is the whole routine or the posture of a single movement, requires that the upper and lower parts go hand in hand, the inner part (mind, breathing) and the outer part (trunk, limbs movements) are integrated, and all parts of the body should cooperate closely.
In the process of practice, we should take the waist as the axis and use the trunk to drive the movements of the upper and lower limbs, echoing each other. Don't be out of touch or motionless, dull and motionless.
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