Tai Ji Chuan is practiced in stages. To practice a layer of kung fu, you have to know what stage and level you are. In the book "Chen Tai Ji Chuan" written by Gu Heshen, when discussing the "slow and slow alternate movement", he put forward: "In the early stage of Tai Ji Chuan, slow is absolutely necessary. The slower the better. " How to practice in the beginner stage? The old-timers pointed out the direction for us. Slow training is the beginning and slow training is the foundation. You must follow the rules when you practice slowly. Otherwise, you can't lay a solid foundation from the beginning, and you can't pursue a higher level of mystery in the future. Practice slowly in silence, be soft in looseness, be slow but not scattered, be slow and constant, be slow but not stiff, be slow but not demented. In the slow practice, follow the rules, obey the rules and practice every movement skillfully.
In the process of learning, according to Tai Ji Chuan's requirements, we must start with basic skills. However, many fans, without understanding and mastering the boxing skills and certain basic skills of Wushu, began to learn routines, eager to learn and master one or two routines in a short time, and at the same time, they can get immediate results and achieve the purpose of fitness and health preservation. As the saying goes, "You can't eat hot tofu if you are impatient." Don't want to suffer, don't want to sweat, don't want to work hard, just do it with one move. There are not a few fans who have this understanding and idea.
"The foundation is not strong. The earth shakes. " Just like learning calligraphy, we should start with the most basic eight-character method "forever"; Just like learning music, we must start with the most basic "syllables". The same is true for Tai Ji Chuan, who must start with a series of basic exercises, such as the most basic hand shape and technique, step shape and footwork, body shape and posture, eye method, standing pile, simplex and silk winding. The process of learning Wushu is boring, especially the practice of basic skills makes people lose interest. How to solve and transfer this feeling? 7 a word "static". Only by calming down and practicing slowly can we discover and appreciate the fun.
As the saying goes, "It is easy to learn boxing, but difficult to change it." In the "familiar" stage of practice, there are often many problems, such as rigidity, looseness, shaking, skew, shrugging elbows, stretching hips, bending hips, and being out of place. Once bad habits and habits are formed, it is difficult to correct them. Some students learned a routine in a month or two, but they didn't know how to do it, and they were still immersed in white happiness. Finally, they are popular in the form of Tai Chi exercises and Tai Chi dances, and their physical fitness is acceptable, but their health is out of the question.
In the process of slow walking and slow training, carefully understand and ponder the requirements and characteristics of starting, undertaking, opening and closing, conversion, orientation, angle, strength, winding and so on. We must study and practice according to the rules, and we must not be opportunistic. We should be meticulous, down-to-earth, and learn and practice Tai Ji Chuan's appearance step by step. We should obey the rules and carefully understand the ins and outs of every movement.
Second, the "slow" in the rules understands Tai Chi and "understands power"
"Step by step, it takes a long time, and you can smell it after a long time." Just like the process of boiling water, with the continuous strengthening of firepower, a pot of water can be burned from cold water to warm water and then to hot water. It takes some time and process to complete. The same is true when we practice Tai Ji Chuan, as Gu Heshen said in their book "Chen Tai Ji Chuan": "With the improvement of proficiency, we can gradually speed up the pace, but we should not be confused." From another aspect, it warns us that if the speed is too fast, it will not meet the requirements of Tai Ji Chuan, which shows that the process and time of slow training is very long, even running through the whole training process of Tai Ji Chuan.
Play Taiji seriously every day and open and close it in my body. We need to have enough determination, patience and perseverance to study, so the progress is slow, but we can learn solidly, which has a certain effect on the pursuit of fitness and health and can lay a good foundation for the growth of Kung Fu.
In the boxing ring, under the condition of conforming to the "middle way", we should further integrate our own strength in slow moving and slow training, achieve relaxation through slow training, promote qi and nourish qi in relaxation, remove rigidity and seek softness, and integrate the scattered local strength of limbs into a mixed element. After slow training, the shelf was kept in good order. Don't make a move, don't walk around. Move in and out. Integrate inside and outside, and walk slowly. Realize a mixed bead in dantian, understand the process of power generation and the inner winding force of power formation, and practice a continuous, up-and-down moving, internal and external combination of power.
Slowness can change the inertia of action. Have a solid understanding of internal and external changes. Slow down further and break each action down into several details. Calm down, relax, and slowly experience the feeling of being led, angry, energetic, and changes inside and outside the body. With the strength of internal force, your feelings sometimes come and go, sometimes you feel calm, and your strength suddenly comes out. It is also obvious that the conversion and folding are very good. But with the practice of routine. I don't feel like this anymore. At this time, you need to practice patiently. Do it naturally, don't ask for it. As the saying goes, "when you get there, you will naturally have it."
At this time, once you practice boxing, you will be panting. Our faces don't change color, which is very comfortable. There is a feeling of "when you say nothing". Unconsciously, it may take 30 minutes or 40 minutes to practice a punch. It may take a little longer to ask questions, but I feel that time is short. Refer to "two standards from slow to fast": First, we should act calmly; The other is to be able to show strength. This is to guide us to correctly grasp the time and conditions from slow to fast. Under the constraints of the above principles, it is not appropriate to relax and practice slowly, nor should it be fast.
Now I gradually understand that only when it is static, loose and slow can we find and appreciate the softness and toughness of iron. With the increase of the looseness and softness of the body, and the phase change of energy accumulation and development, you will feel the rigidity from quantity to quality. At this time, in practice, sometimes the abdomen is hot and heavy, with heavy heels, strong legs, warm fingers and sweating, and I feel numb and bloated as soon as my thoughts arrive. Just like the chef's "kneading" process, kneading the dough slowly makes the dough stronger and more elastic. I think it's the same as practicing Tai Ji Chuan. Practice slowly and realize slowly. The more you practice, the more relaxed your body becomes. The more conscious you are, the fuller your inner spirit will be.
Break the rules and realize the "spirit" of Taiji in the "three slowness"
Book of Changes: "God is the only one." God is a great function. However, you can't achieve this unless you can easily change your muscles. Tai Ji Chuan is a kind of family boxing, and it is an excellent traditional boxing and exercise method integrating martial arts, culture, fitness and health preservation. Its cultural connotation is very rich. It can also be called "Cultural Boxing" based on China's traditional philosophy. In practice, we need to have a good cultural background as the basis to understand the connotation and essence of Taiji. Due to different educational levels, people have different understandings, and few people can achieve "God".
The realm of "God" cannot be described in words, but can only be led by God. People don't know me, I only know people. This is the advanced double-cultivation hall that practitioners in Tai Ji Chuan dream of. Some people spend their whole lives looking for it, but they don't know the result. Taiji Road goes slowly. You need a calm heart to think, practice, understand, follow the law and practice layer by layer.
On the basis of "knowledge", follow the principle of "slow training is good for health, while fast training is bad for health". We should practice slowly, softly, quietly, mentally, spiritually and spiritually.
Chen Xin's boxing theory says, "From the beginning to the end, you must run slowly. If you can slow down, you can be slow, that is, you can be energetic. However, if you are energetic and your enemies can't keep up with me, it would be strange to return to my skills. It is human nature, but I don't know that it is the first difficult effect. " Everywhere should be empty, extremely empty. Only in this way can we respond quickly and have rich ideas. Under the conditions of "emphasizing meaning over shape" and "moving qi with meaning and transporting body with qi", with reverse abdominal breathing, the internal force of Dantian is moved, and the internal qi is opened and closed finely, slowly, deeply, evenly and harmoniously, so as to achieve the unity of "meaning, qi and spirit".
In the process of practicing boxing, don't take qi as the guide. Guided by meaning. If it is not in harmony, it will stagnate. Intention, anger and strength. Always try to achieve softness, roundness and continuity.
"Ten years of practice, ten years of nourishment; Qi is harmless if it is cultivated directly. If you train for a long time, you will be noble and upright. " (Feng Zhiqiang) elaborated the whole process of practicing boxing. In fact, it is a process of cultivating self-cultivation. When practicing boxing, it is mainly to nourish qi, supplemented by boxing frame, mainly to soften, supplemented by initial hair, so that the internal qi is full and rushes to the four tips as soon as it is opened. When it is closed, the suppressed qi will return to the abdomen.
If you don't know the inner cultivation, there will be no harmony between Yin and Yang. If you don't know how to practice both inside and outside, how can you return to your innate nature, soften your inner strength, qi and blood, and smooth the continuity of meridians, qi and blood, bones and muscles, and skin, so as to achieve the "spiritual" realm of self-cultivation
Seek the opening and closing of yin and yang and the changes of internal and external movements in slow practice and slow understanding. Walking in the boxing frame, you gradually realize that the whole body is integrated inside and outside, and there is no fixed spiral winding circle. Static is static, moving is moving, combined with opening, combined with opening, loose and flexible, vivid and natural, realizing the overall mixing force of three-dimensional space inside and outside the body, up and down, left and right, front and back. Understand the family and seek the mystery of "self-denial, obedience, knowing yourself and knowing each other".
Chen Xin's boxing theory says, "I'm covered in fists. I don't know if the mystery is not mysterious. " This is a concrete manifestation of the "immortal" stage.
However, no matter for what purpose you study and practice Tai Ji Chuan, no matter what level and stage you reach, you should learn and understand slowly with a normal heart and find your own position, so that you can know the direction of your efforts.
The mountain man movement reminds you that Tai Chi can only be effective if you persist, and you can't be anxious. I wish you good health and worry-free exercise ~