The benefit of Tai Chi is to strengthen the body. Practicing Tai Chi can improve the body’s immunity. The characteristics of Tai Chi are the combination of hardness and softness. Let’s take a look with me!
Congwu Style Tai Chi
There are many Tai Chi schools, but their characteristics are the same, the core of Tai Chi It is also unchanged. Let’s start with martial arts Tai Chi and talk about the hardness and softness of each martial art.
There are words and phrases about "hardness and softness" in many Tai Chi books, and there are many explanations, such as "people are strong and softness is used to guide them", "those who nourish Qi are pure hardness", "softness is contained in it" "Hardness", "From looseness to softness, using softness to become hardness, hardness and softness complementing each other", "Softness over strength and hardness", etc., make the majority of Tai Chi enthusiasts overwhelmed and confused.
The author has been studying traditional Tai Chi for more than 20 years. His mentors Mr. Qiao and Mr. Li taught him oral instructions. Although he is dull and insensitive, he has gained a little bit. I dare not keep it secret, but I am willing to ***Mian with Tai Chi enthusiasts. Now, based on my experience of practicing traditional martial arts Tai Chi for many years, I will briefly talk about the strength and softness of Tai Chi. This is just for reference and verification by those who are interested in Tai Chi.
Wu-style Tai Chi has a history of many years. Practicing Wu-style Tai Chi should focus on hardness and softness, laying the foundation for push hands and martial arts.
Martial style Tai Chi was created by Mr. Wu Yuxiang in the Qing Dynasty. It is passed down to his nephews Li Jinglun***, also known as Yishe***, Li Chenglun***, also known as Qixuan***, and Li Yishe's descendant Li Baolian** *Shiquan***, Li Baorang*** Xunzhi***, Hao Weizhen, etc. Li Shiquan and Li Xunzhi each had their descendants Huaiyin, Tangyin, Chiyin, Jinfan, Guangfan, Yinfan , Xu Fan, etc.
Wudang Tai Chi learning is roughly divided into three stages
The first stage: learning the boxing frame
It can also be divided into tracing the frame, supporting the frame, and loosening the frame. three stages. When you first learn boxing, just like when you first learn calligraphy, you must draw every stroke in a regular manner.
It is necessary to focus on the correctness and accuracy of movement postures, master the movement postures of the entire set of racks, execute the route, direction, angle, etc., just like tracing red on a post, and strive to improve the proficiency on the basis of correctness of each movement posture. Strive to keep your body basically centered and lay a good foundation for walking.
Beginners to learn Tai Chi always start with the airs. Modern people are very impetuous when learning. They only put on airs but do not know the connotation of airs. To practice Tai Chi, you must practice both internal and external.
After you become proficient in the basic stance, you must understand the essentials of boxing. Practice "holding up" the frame for the first time, stretching out the strength in every move, and then move to the next move after reaching the full strength. Then practice loosening the frame. Every movement should be done from the scalp downward to the heels. If there is a blockage in the middle, adjust the blockage to make it smooth. After a long time, the path of strength will naturally be opened.
That is to say, you can experience a whole body of energy from the tracing frame, which can also be said to be the initial strengthening of the energy. Control the body with the mind, and then relax it step by step. After the relaxation is complete, you can then seek the body method.
The second stage: learning Shenfa
On the basis of mastering the boxing frame, you can practice Shenfa. What is the body method of Wu-style Tai Chi? The purpose is to perform opening and closing training, that is, a combination of body methods. Complete relaxation of the body is the basis for practicing body skills. Release each step and focus on it everywhere, that is, continuous.
You can combine the strength of the beater to strengthen the accuracy of the body technique, and then grasp the inner shape, practice it as a habit, practice step by step, and only by climbing up the steps can you make progress.
On the basis of completing the first stage, start practicing body movements. You should start from the middle position of the tail, including lifting the top, hanging the crotch, covering the chest, pulling the back, loosening the shoulders, sinking the elbows, and wrapping the crotch. The rules such as protecting gizzards, distinguishing reality from reality, etc. are gradually mastered one by one.
After the movement is mastered and the posture conforms to the rules of Tai Chi, the muscles and bones of the whole body can be flexible and coordinated, and then the ability to move Qi and Qi can be mastered.
The third stage: learning to move Qi
The exquisiteness of Tai Chi lies in the proper use of human body mechanics. Learn to master the changes and applications of mind and Qi, realize the movement of Qi with mind, the movement of body with Qi, use the inner shape to direct the outer shape, and integrate the inside and outside with each other.
Participate in the quick and slow energy transformation and use the kung fu, softly and effortlessly, touching the movement in the stillness and still being still, creating a mutual guidance effect, turning the full body of energy into qi through exercise, and mixing it into the blood. It is so muddy that it penetrates the whole body, making people feel that the whole body is full of Qi, and the inner body seems to melt. This state is the so-called "formless and imageless, the whole body is empty".
A person who practices Tai Chi and has reached this level will feel comfortable all over, and feel a hundred times more energetic. The blood is circulating around the body, and the spirit is tense and relaxed. Stagnation is a feeling that only those who have experienced it will know.
That is to say, the nervous tissue, muscle tissue, visceral involuntary muscle tissue, blood vessels, respiratory organs and other parts of the human body have reached the most powerful and incredible state.
At this time, every move of the hand and foot seems to be soft and weak, but in fact it is indestructible. The strength seems to be absent, and the shape and shadow are unpredictable. You must first be able to separate the mind and qi, and then you can use your mind to move the qi.
Only when you can move Qi with your mind can you use Qi to move the energy throughout the whole body. Open when you want to open, close when you want to close, open again after opening, close during opening, and close again after closing. , there is an opening in the closing.
Looking back at the society, many Tai Chi practitioners mostly start learning from the "cursive stage". They lack the basic training of traditional Tai Chi and understand the kung fu stage, so it is difficult to master the art of Tai Chi. Peak!
After completing the first level of traditional martial arts Tai Chi, there will be some unique feelings inside the body, such as the feeling of "filling mercury", "hollow feeling", "tall feeling", and "resistance feeling" "Feelings and so on; the feeling of "filling mercury" is that the whole body is like a plastic bag filled with mercury, which feels heavy and is swinging around.
The feeling is throughout the body and limbs; the "hollow feeling" means that the body is like a very light and thin balloon, with an extremely sensitive outer skin and an empty inside, like a chime hanging from the west mountain; the "tall feeling" means that the whole body seems to It is a giant standing on the top of the mountain, standing majestic and extremely tall.
"The feeling of resistance" is that the whole body seems to be deep in the water, moving slightly, and the resistance increases. This feeling is not only felt in the limbs, but also in the entire body. This feeling is not only felt between the body and the air, but also between the body and the air. There is also heavy and sticky resistance inside the body. At this time, there was initial anger.
Qi is a self-generated feeling inside the human body when Tai Chi practice reaches a certain level. It seems like air flow or air mass. Ancient health experts call it the awe-inspiring Qi! In the boxing theory, "Qi sinks into the Dantian", "Use the mind to move Qi" and "Use Qi to move the body" both refer to this kind of "Qi".
It is not the air fluid breathed through the mouth and nose, and must not be confused with it! To a certain extent, "moving qi with the mind" will further strengthen the coordination ability of the body's internal body under the unified movement command, and the upper and lower parts will move together. , running through the whole body, you can only feel the elastic expansion and contraction of each part of the body in the roaring river and sea during the exercise.
Every movement and stillness are rooted in each other, and the opening and closing of reality and reality are all in it. It is as if the bones inside the body no longer exist, but the muscles and muscles are connected, the movements are supple and natural, and every move is smooth and smooth. At this time, The boxing will produce "softness", and if you continue to work hard, if you accumulate more softness over time, you will produce "rigidity", that is, a kind of elastic looseness, which changes from quantity to quality.
The strength at this time is obtained after many years of training in the basic Kung Fu stage of traditional martial arts Tai Chi. It is the "hundred-refined steel" refined in the rules of "winding the fingers and being gentle". ”, also known as “elastic strength” or “internal strength”.
This kind of strength is extremely soft and extremely solid. It embodies the power of tenacity and twists in the looseness and nature, and can also embody "loose but unremitting" and "soft but not soft" in the flexible elastic movement. , "tight but not stiff", "firm but not hard" characteristics.
This hardness and softness are not intentionally made postures, but a natural manifestation of Kung Fu reaching a certain level. It is neither an external posture nor a pretentious gesture, but an internal momentum controlled by the brain and consciousness. Tai Chi This is what the fist is not about style but momentum.
Wudang Tai Chi Wuji Gong
I have always heard that Tai Chi is born from Wuji, and Wuji is born from Tao. Wuji Gong is a Taoist static elixir method ***Neidan Gong*** that refines essence into Qi, refines Qi into spirit, and practices the three treasures of essence, energy, spirit, and human body. It can unleash people's potential and open up their wisdom. The highest level of boxing. In Tai Chi, practice the two rituals to strengthen your strength, and practice Wuji to cultivate your foundation. If you practice the three together, you can make your boxing like a dragon riding on the clouds and a tiger riding on the power of the wind. They rely on each other and complement each other. These three are the whole of Tai Chi and the authentic form of Wudang martial arts.
The Wuji Kung Fu methods include: Taoist Living Bone Qigong, Dantian Adjustment, Inhalation and Qi Gathering Pile, Tai Chi Qingjing Pile, Taoist Vivid and Quiet Qigong, *** ?