Today, most people who like China Wushu are the older generation. Compared with their parents who grew up watching Jin Yong's novels, our generation is influenced by western culture. Compared with those masters who express mysterious language, we are more willing to trust the coaches in the gym and the scientific figures beating on the wrists.
There are many jokes mocking Chinese medicine and Qigong on the Internet. The only traditional Chinese medicine, Tai Chi and Qigong in China that we come into contact with are the flashes of red and yellow in parents' circle of friends, which are in sharp contrast with the handsome male gods in the gym in Weibo. Taekwondo has been processed by Koreans who cherish their traditional culture very much. Taekwondo hall has attracted wide attention in China because of its integration with Korean dramas, but the prosperity of traditional martial arts schools in China is rare.
In fact, compared with fitness and yoga, Tai Ji Chuan can shape and achieve women from the inside out. My master is a woman and I grew up with her. She is such a woman:
Be gentle and kind to others. No matter what happens, I always grin. Whether sitting, lying or walking, my back is always straight. My long hair hangs down to my waist or is tied up high. My brow is different when I fight. She is a woman who has practiced Tai Ji Chuan all her life. She has Tai Ji Chuan's external combination of rigidity and softness, and also carries Tai Ji Chuan's internal perseverance.
I like standing under a big tree with pink and purple petals everywhere in the silent night. My eyes are drooping, my breath is sinking, and I am rising. The body stretches slowly with the opening and closing of the movement, and the eyes look forward along the place where the gesture can reach. The irritability during the day is resolved with one stroke and one type of action until it slowly disappears and reconciles with your heart.
When the chores of the day are gone, there is a chance to talk to your body. I can feel the tired and stiff spine stretching upward naturally, feel the blood on my shoulders flowing gradually, feel the sore lumbar spine stretching forward along my left leg, and feel that my chest after a stuffy day has happily inhaled a big mouthful of air with a wisp of flowers. ......
Tai Ji Chuan is different from aerobics, dancing and yoga. Compared with other sports, it is like a piece of jade, warm and amiable. It welcomes whatever physical qualities you bring, and it will be easy to get started in a short time. But if you are willing to study deeply, it bears the weight of 5 thousand years of culture, waiting for you to understand it slowly.
Zhang Sanfeng, the great master, once said when Tai Ji Chuan was founded in Wudang Mountain, Tai Ji Chuan "wanted the heroes of the world to live a long life, not just as his stunt". Although it is a fist, it is not used for self-defense and wounding.
Tai Ji Chuan's spiritual pulse comes from Taoism. "Tao Te Ching" says: "People practice the earth, practice the sky slowly, practice the Tao in the sky, and practice the Tao naturally." Taoism emphasizes the idea of harmony between man and nature, and so does Tai Ji Chuan.
"Take its life far, take its things near, resemble its shape, take its meaning, learn its strengths, and benefit its use." Tai Ji Chuan's imitation of creatures, such as "White Crane with Bright Wings", "Wild Horse's mane" and "Golden Rooster's Independence", is a tribute to all things, and Tai Ji Chuan has thus reached the realm of integration with nature.
"Good as water, water conservancy is indisputable." Should be the most appropriate metaphor for Tai Ji Chuan. Among them, Wutai Jichuan is the most like the water of goodness. There is no fancy shock, no intense rhythm, the pace is consistent, calm and simple. It does not bring a burden to the body, but also makes every joint stretch freely.
Thoreau said in Walden: "If people can live a simple life stipulated by the laws of the universe, they will not disturb their inner peace so anxiously." Tai Ji Chuan also brought us back to our hearts. I'm thinking that if Thoreau had had access to Tai Ji Chuan in China, he would have learned.
"Boxing is a trail and Taiji Avenue is a mystery." Boxing is a sport, and Taiji culture comes down in one continuous line with China traditional culture. Young people learn from Tai Ji Chuan, not to become a beautiful person, but to learn upbringing, character, patience and composure in this skill that has been handed down for thousands of years. Most importantly, they learned to live in harmony with their own bodies and experienced a rare method of indifference and tranquility in this utilitarian world.