Do you have to work hard with your hands to write a sense of strength?

It is said that a boxer can weigh hundreds of kilograms with a heavy punch, which shows how powerful he is! However, their calligraphy is likely to be "fragile". On the contrary, the faltering old calligrapher can write vigorous and powerful words! And it doesn't look tired. Really can use the word "freely" to describe. Now you can often see some "calligraphy action art", shaking their heads, dancing and working hard, which makes people breathless. In fact, he either lied to the layman or hasn't started yet.

Where's the secret? The force on the nib. The boxer's arm strength may be one hundred times that of a calligrapher, but the actual force transmitted to the pen tip may be one hundred times that of a boxer. China's brush, though hard, is still soft. The beauty is here, "only soft and strange" (Cai Yong's "Nine Potential"); That's the difficulty. If you don't know the posture, technique and brushwork, it is difficult to grasp. For example, the whip in martial arts is a soft weapon, but it has always been regarded as a murder weapon, which is difficult to resist. "Those who use it well can win the sword." Let's look at the master. When he shakes hard, he will dance. By shaking his arms and turning the belts of all parts of his body, or whipping a certain part of the whip, or winding, swinging, sweeping, hanging, throwing, dancing, or walking on the ground, he will increase his strength, change his center and direction, and he can hit, smash, hook and tie, just like a dragon! However, this whip is as weak as a dead snake in the hands of ordinary people.

It comes down to calligraphy, of course, writing should be hard, but it should be energetic and not hard. The so-called "vitality" means that the strength of the body is transmitted to the pen tip through the arms, wrists and fingers. This is one of the criteria to test whether a person can write calligraphy.

Therefore, to learn calligraphy, we must first correctly master its techniques, posture and brushwork, so as to achieve accurate movements, harmonious posture, coherent strokes, focused pen end, eye awareness, heart awareness, hand awareness, coordination between consciousness and action, and constantly improve the ability to control strokes.

It's easier to learn boxing than to change it. Once a wrong or incorrect posture becomes a habit, it is difficult to correct it.