Practicing Yang Style Taijiquan 's Mr. Li Yaxuan especially emphasized that Taijiquan should be loose and soft in his later years. Zhao Bao Zheng Wuqing The boxing frame taught by Mr. in his later years is very different from that when he was young. It is very compact and looks very relaxed. But is it necessary to emphasize the great looseness and softness from the beginning when practicing Tai Chi? Is it suitable for young people to learn Tai Chi from the beginning?
Personally, in my humble opinion, I should say that the teaching of Dasong Daruan is very correct after practicing Tai Chi to reach the level of strength. But when we practiced Taijiquan in the early stage, we couldn't do a lot of looseness and softness.
In the initial stage of Tai Chi practice, relaxation is basically impossible, but it is easy to say soft. How is it called soft? As long as we don't use force, subjectively do not use force, and our muscles do not use force at all, we will be soft. But although we are soft, are we loose? We need to consider this issue. Although we are soft, in fact, we are not necessarily loose. What Mr. Li Yaxuan said is "softness". It is not soft like mud in general. It emphasizes the important role of softness. You should not overly explain the words in terms of words, and you must not completely follow the principles and methods. Taijiquan has steel in the softness, and the softness grows to the steel. It can also be seen from Mr. Li Yaxuan's boxing frame. Although it is loose and unremitting, it has a shed in the loose. It is as soft as water, and can be invincible.
To talk about relaxation, one must not know the origin and original meaning of pine. The original meaning of pine is the name of the tree, pine. Acting has the meaning of untie; let go; relax. The meaning of adjectives is loose; relaxed; weak and useless, as well as symbolic meaning of steadfastness. Loose also means a verb, which means "cong", follow, follow.
To loosen Tai Chi, first is the verb,Where is it loose? If the joints are muscles, the joints will be loosened, and the joints will be flexible after loosening. Muscle relaxation means relaxation and inability to contract. Muscle contraction is tense, while tendons are stretched and tense. Tendon exercises must be stretched, and then the tendons can be loosened.
There must be a process of opening for slack, and when it is opened, it is really loose. From action to result, from a verb to an adjective, loose; not firm; not tight. Just like our screw, the screw is screwed on the bolt. We call it tightening if we can't move it, and loosening it if we can move it. There is a process of separating screws and nuts. After we loosen it, we can be more flexible, just like when the screw is loosened, we can start to move. And our body is the same. If we just relax mentally, but our body does not really loosen, then our body muscles can use no force. If the muscles don’t use force, the bones and muscles will have no support, and there will be no peng-jin as the foundation. , It is called soft. Mao Zedong's poem said: Look at Jinsong in the dark dusk, and still calmly fly across the chaotic clouds. Loose but bone is unremitting, and there is no way to be weak but really loose.
Most people don’t know the meaning of pine being straight. Chen Yi has a poem: The snow is pressing the green pine, and the green pine is straight and straight. (Song) Wu Fu has a poem: The ancients have long embraced the hearts of the people, and the road has been planted with pine trees until today. Bai Juyi There are poems: Love your gentleman holding the evening festival, and Lianjun contains straight writing. If you know you are dead, you are dead, and if you don't die, you will rise above the clouds. Here is not only the description of the pine tree's integrity, but also the description of the pine tree shape. Without the main trunk, there is no pine with the tops. This backbone is the spine of our body. Standing upright, joint support and balance are the prerequisites for relaxation. Hanging treasures from Yushu is also a description of this kind of skeletal support. Only after the skeleton support is formed can we talk about the big softness, otherwise the big softness will become really soft, and people will be able to squeeze the radius at will. Without Peng Jin as the foundation, you can't get loose and soft.
To relax is first to relax the hands, but the waist and hips must be strong, the root joints must be urged, relax the limbs, and use the power of the waist and hip spine.
The loosening of joints cannot be done overnight.Shoulder joints, spine joints, and sacral joints all have a process of loosening, depending on our method and continuous practice, it is not entirely subjective to loosen it. The loosening of the joints, whether our tendons can be stretched and stretched, this is an objective existence, it is not that I want to loosen it, it can be opened, it has a physiological structure here. Therefore, in order to loosen, we must be able to loosen it through continuous practice in a correct practice method. It takes time, and certain methods and procedures are needed to open up our joints. There is also a way to lift the arm without any force. It is not just a simple sentence of relaxing the arm. The key method can be loosened in a sentence. This is scientific knowledge, not confidential but not everyone knows. I don't know that it takes a long time to practice this sentence, so you must know the method, and it will naturally travel thousands of miles day by day.
This loose method is the practice and mentality of different sects. Due to the differences in sects and the development of habits, many people are unwilling to learn the excellent methods of other sects. It is not like in ancient times. Many methods are now open. As long as you open your heart, you can learn more. Only by using the best method that suits you can you make faster progress. It is also the necessity of modern science. Relying on scientific research, Eliminating sectarian views and selecting the best method is more conducive to the cultivation of talents and the spread of Tai Chi.
When will we be nervous? For example, we are in a dangerous environment, when we are walking at night at night, we are in an unfamiliar place, and we meet very majestic elders. We will be tense, and the body will be tight. Another example is boxing. We usually fight very well. When we perform on stage, when there are hundreds or thousands of spectators below, will we be nervous? Is our boxing different than usual? It’s a state of our own fight. When we fight in front of the teacher, we become nervous. It may be different from our usual fights.
So tight means that we are unfamiliar or uncomfortable,When we have desires in our hearts, we first become psychologically restrained. If we are not familiar with this thing, we will become nervous. If we are particularly familiar with it, or when we are able to fully control ourselves, we will naturally not be nervous. Just like we go home every day, we are the most relaxing at home, why? Because that is my own territory, I am most familiar with it.
To relax, the most important thing is to be familiar. When we first started practicing Tai Chi, we couldn't relax at all. How to relax even if you don't know how to fight? What we have to do is to do the movements proficiently, practice to the bones, and raise hands and feet. We are all practicing boxing. When the boxing frame is familiar to a certain extent, we will punch again. We don't want to loosen but naturally we can relax.
So the first thing to relax is to be familiar. The fist theory talks about familiarity with the gods, and this familiarity is the first.
Second, there must be correct practice methods and correct posture. I have seen boxing for more than a decade, and then I am still asking if I do it like this, right? Can this move work like this, how can I play it, right? If people who understand Jin will never ask this sentence, after understanding Jin, they will never ask others if it is right, because you know it yourself. So speaking of the method and correctness of the movement, this is the key to whether we can let go, and it is also the key to whether we can understand the strength. If we move correctly, we will be able to relax after we practice it, and you won’t be able to relax if we practice incorrectly. Only when the movements are correct and the intentions are correct, you can understand the energy after practicing more. No matter how many incorrect movements are done, it is a waste of effort to sigh.
How can it be correct? In terms of movement, at the beginning of boxing practice, in the theory of boxing, it is necessary to seek development first, and then seek compactness. Development refers to the early stage, and the later stage is compactness. What to carry out? It is to stretch our muscles and bones apart, there is a process of opening, and there is a way of opening and closing, so at the beginning of practicing boxing, remember that the frame is too small, and the frame must be stretched out and hit big. The major joints of our body are arc-shaped articular surfaces. At this time, the best way to practice boxing is to open the joints as much as possible and do more arc-like movements.This conforms to the structure of our joints. In fact, there is no need to talk about the principles of Tai Chi at this time. It is enough to talk about the principles of human body structure completely. Movements that conform to the physiological structure of the joints are definitely beneficial to the joints.
The most important thing in body posture is to stand upright. Only Zhongzheng can relax the muscles, be as accurate as you are, and live like a wheel.
The importance of relaxation in the late stage of Tai Chi is far greater than the importance of relaxation in the early stage. Tai Chi is also called meditation on the move. Meditation cannot be separated from relaxation, but pure relaxation is not Tai Chi. Practice muscles and bones in the early stage, and focus on consciousness in the later stage.
We can't look at a certain kind of boxing theory locally. We must understand the theory of his back. After we understand it thoroughly, we can apply them more flexibly to guide boxing practice. Nowadays, many cheats are developed in information, and advanced training methods are presented to us. There are many insights and training methods that are aimed at after Kungfu has reached a certain level, and are not necessarily suitable for the initial stage of learning boxing. Each stage has its own characteristics. The characteristics are not necessarily the same from practice to mentality. It is definitely not appropriate to use university textbooks to instruct elementary students.
The practice methods of Tai Chi vary from person to person. Different ages, different stages, different physical conditions, and different purposes must have corresponding practice methods. They are not static. Any method has its scope of application. Many methods are not right or wrong. The key is whether it is suitable or not.
The overall acceptance of fist theory can not grasp a certain point of view, go to the full acceptance, we must see whether it is suitable for the current stage.
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