Most Taijiquan enthusiasts do not practice with Zhan Zhan. In fact, Zhan Zhan is an important part of Tai Chi Kung Fu, which is both health preservation and kung fu. There are many postures in Taijiquan. It can be said that the postures are all postures, but the basic postures are Wuji posture and Taiji posture.
In the Secret Book of Taijiquan in the Qing Dynasty, there is a section called "Treatment of using exercises to guard the middle-earth-common name standing stakes". "Stay in position", "There are roots in the right side." Tai Chi’s "Bagua Jiugong Pile" spectrum says: “Pile was originally used to practice static force, and movement must be incorporated in static. Static is the body of Tai Chi, and movement is used for Tai Chi.”
I have been practicing and teaching for many years. In the practice of boxing, I have deeply realized that Zhan Zhuang has a very important meaning for deepening the understanding of Taijiquan and improving Kung Fu. The following is a brief introduction to the basic postures of Tai Chi.
1. Promise pile
Tai Chi preparatory style is the Promise pile. Yang Chengfu preached in the "Taijiquan Body Use Book", "When standing up, the head should be upright, which means the strength, the eyes should be straight, the chest should be pulled out... Keep my calm and treat others, then the inside and outside are united. Use both." He also said: "Everyone is easy to ignore in this situation, but they don’t know how to practice, and they are all based on this." It just shows the importance of this style. It should be practiced alone, and carefully understand the virtual collar strength and sinking shoulders. The artistic conception of elbows, loose waist and hips, tannins, and the ability of self-control and adjustment. Breathe naturally, first exhale and then inhale. When you exhale, you want to loosen it, loosen from the neck, shoulders, back, waist, and hips to the soles of the feet. When inhaling, the mind is calm, with the chest and back pulled up, lifting up. One breath, one breath, one up, is to practice the up and down circle, mainly practicing loosening and sinking.
二. Taiji pile
From the start, hold the ball with both hands to the chest, palm height and chest level , Such as holding a balloon, loosen five fingers, thumb pointing to the sky, sinking shoulders and elbows, empty armpits. In this style, the main practice is to hold strength, three points to open the intention, and seven points to hug strength. The screaming is close and loose, as if the balloon is deflated and becomes smaller by itself. It sucks to open and squeeze, as if a balloon expands all around. In addition to practicing opening, closing and holding, add the stepless lifting exercises, that is, sinking when exhaling, and then loosening, as if sinking into the depths of the sea; when inhaling, you will hold your chest and pull your back, imagining I floated up from the bottom of the water, floated into the sky, and went straight to the sky. In this way, one formula of Taiji piles can include Wuji piles.
Stand loose, avoid pursuing deliberately, and never use force. It is necessary to have a free and easy mood of "the heart is like a white cloud and is always at ease, and the mind is like flowing water." It is ignorant, like a dream, and let your thoughts fly through space, so as to nourish the mind and nourish the qi. , I will feel a wonderful feeling of being endless and wanting to stop. At this time, I will understand the mystery of standing, and I will have the heroic feelings of "I want to embrace the universe like a long rainbow." Here are four sentences to summarize the essentials of Tai Chi post practice.
The pile is all in one hug (opening, closing, retracting, all in support),
Do not seek novelty to find Shu Song (deliberate pursuit, absolutely not).
The inner movement comes from the outside (seeking stillness in movement, and movement in stillness),
Unintentional work is achieved (intentionally practicing looseness, unintentionally becoming strong) .
Chen Yaoting, Professor of Beijing University of Chemical Technology, a well-known chemical material scientist in my country, enjoys special allowance from the State Council. In the early 1950s, I followed Niu Chunming to learn Yang style old frame. In the 1960s, I went to Beijing to follow Wu style Taijiquan master Liu Wancang, learning Wu style Taijiquan and pushing hands for more than ten years. From 1970s to 1980s I followed Gao Zhankui and Zhu Huaiyuan to learn Wang Yongquan. Chuan Yang style old frame. He has been instructed by the older masters Wu Tunan, Yang Yuting, Wang Peisheng, Sun Jianyun, Hao Shaoru and others. He is currently the Honorary Vice President of Beijing Wang Yongquan Taijiquan Research Association.
