fitness
If you want to be healthy, you should pay attention to the regularity of your daily life and diet. In addition to strengthening nutrition, you should also insist on physical activity. According to the requirements of practicing Tai Ji Chuan, we should exercise according to people's natural structure. We know that "if you want to keep fit, you must first keep fit (referring to the brain)", because all human behaviors are directed by the brain, so human nature is the main thing. People have three treasures, that is, spirit, and people's spirit is vigorous, so they can stay young forever. Usually, we should pay attention to whether the changes of "interior" and "exterior" on ourselves are normal. Because the balance of qi and blood in the human body is the most important, and the balance of qi and blood means that there is no disease; It is a theorem that the imbalance between qi and blood is to produce diseases. The reason of qi-blood imbalance is nothing more than the interference of "secular desire" In order to eliminate interference, the "seven stars" and the changes of yin and yang are applied, and the five elements generate grams to ensure safety. The so-called seven stars can be divided into dynamic and static methods. Practice static kung fu (referring to the seven orifices of eyes, ears, mouth and nose); Exercise (fingers, shoulders, elbows, hands, hips, knees, feet). Yin and yang (inside the finger, that is, the five internal organs); External image (limbs and bones). In other words, the true qi in the human body runs entirely by feeling-invisibility. There are also five elements, "earth, gold, water, wood and fire"; The five elements are compatible with each other, "gold, wood, earth, water and fire". These five elements correspond to the five internal organs of the human body, namely lung gold, liver wood, spleen soil, kidney water and heart fire.
In the human body, the five internal organs, such as heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney, restrict and regulate each other, so as to adapt to the balance of qi and blood, promote the functions of various parts in the body, enhance resistance, improve the body and avoid diseases. The above are some interior changes. The external image changes are mainly dynamic, that is, the contraction and relaxation of the living joints of the limbs and the whole body have a pulling effect on the large muscles and muscle groups of the whole body, affecting all the activities of the striated and smooth muscles and making the heart safe. The so-called movable joint refers to the "head", which actually exercises the flexibility of cervical joint operation and enhances the response rate of cervical nerve roots and nerve plexus; Shoulder exercises the toughness of periosteum and tendon between scapula and humeral head, which can prevent scapulohumeral periarthritis. "elbow" is the flexibility to exercise the bones of radius, ulna and humerus; "hand" is the flexibility of eight bones to exercise the wrist; "Hip" is to exercise the flexibility of hip joint, that is, greater trochanter. Hips also require "crotch line", which can enhance the stability of trunk operation. "Knee" is to exercise the periosteal relationship among femur, tibia, fibula and patella. "Foot" is a function to exercise the flexibility of ankle and wrist joints and make various footwork changes agile and stable. If you carefully exercise according to the "seven-star external image", you can make the whole body qi and blood smooth, strengthen the periosteum connection, change the imbalance between calcium and colloid, or patients with hyperosteogeny and arthritis will recover unconsciously, which can really play a therapeutic role.
Sympathetic nerve belongs to Yang, while vagus nerve belongs to Yin, so the balance between Yin and Yang Can keeps the heart beating frequency constant. Breathing from it follows Yan's central nervous system, that is, the sympathetic nervous system exhales and the parasympathetic nervous system inhales. Therefore, to practice Tai Ji Chuan's requirements, "the meaning is not hard" and the emphasis is on regulating qi. Chinese medicine says: "Yin and Yang are the secrets, and God is the rule", which shows that the harmony of Yin and Yang, that is, the balance of Yin and Yang, can maintain a normal physiological state and the body is in a healthy state.
Tai Ji Chuan, as a fitness exercise, has several advantages: ① Comprehensive exercise: Tai Ji Chuan's movements have several extremely important characteristics, such as softness, slowness, coherence, arc walking (that is, circular movement) and immobility, which can never be ignored in exercise. Here, we can only prove its comprehensive exercise function with the characteristics of immobility. As we all know, swimming is a sport that requires the joint movement of hands, feet and body, and has been recognized as one of the sports with comprehensive exercise effects. When Tai Ji Chuan is exercising, all parts of his body that can move need to participate in activities, so he can't stop. Although its amount of exercise is smaller than swimming, it is even worse in the coordination and detail of whole body movements. It can be seen that Tai Ji Chuan has the advantage of comprehensive exercise. ② Internal and external training: When Tai Ji Chuan is exercising, he not only has all kinds of gentle movements in muscle activity, but also does well in breathing and diaphragm movement, which promotes the functional activities of internal organs such as heart, lung, intestine and stomach. In addition, because every movement is guided by consciousness, it makes people concentrate and can't accommodate other thoughts. Even the more they practice, the purer and quieter they are (that is, the mood is unusually quiet), which can also make the central nervous system better regulated. This exercise method, on the one hand, has the benefits of muscle activity in general exercise, on the other hand, it absorbs the benefits of meditation to regulate breath and regulate the body, so it can have the advantages of both internal and external considerations. ③ Interesting: Tai Ji Chuan's movements are all circular or arc-shaped. It is not easy to do circular movements when you first start practicing shelves, and of course it is even more boring. But after practice, the more you practice, the more familiar you become; With the increase of roundness, there will be a strong interest. Finally, if we can take advantage of the changes of reality and excess and exercise pranayama in circular exercise, its interest will be more endless. A strong interest can improve exercise mood and promote health, which is one of the advantages of Tai Ji Chuan. ④ Cultivation of temperament: Tai Ji Chuan's movements require softness, lightness and coherence, and the conscious function of "moving with quietness and moving with quietness" is required in the movements, which can enable impatient or slow-witted practitioners to accept the influence invisibly and correct their original habits. Because Tai Ji Chuan, on the one hand, pay attention to sensitivity, on the other hand, pay attention to calm, can restrain impetuous. ⑤ Everyone can practice: Tai Ji Chuan's movements are gentle and slow, and the boxing style is not difficult to learn. Moreover, the movement can be more or less adapted to the different requirements of patients according to their characteristics (except patients with hemoptysis or bleeding), so it can help patients achieve remarkable results in restoring and enhancing functional activities.
For the occurrence of diseases, we had a saying of "disharmony between qi and blood" a long time ago. This sentence, once thought incomprehensible, is actually an old term: replacing brain with heart and nerve fiber with qi, so it is difficult to communicate with modern theory. In fact, this sentence already contains the meaning that the regulation and domination of the nervous system on the cardiovascular system cannot be unified, so internal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine use drugs to promote patients' instinct to treat their own diseases; Acupuncture doctors and massage doctors also achieve medical effects by stimulating or compressing related nerves. Tai Ji Chuan used effective movements to move the muscles of his whole body (including the activities of nerve fibers, of course); On the one hand, deep breathing is used to regulate the functional activities of the heart and the operation of blood; At the same time, it is necessary to use consciousness to guide actions, so that people can eliminate distractions, concentrate on one thing, and exercise in an extremely quiet mood. All this is to promote the nerve center to play a good role in the whole nervous system, treat it with their own instincts, or improve health.
(2) Self-defense
Self-defense is to prevent foreign invasion, that is, to prevent external attacks on yourself. There must be a set of methods to subdue all kinds of attacks and avoid injuries. The essence of Tai Ji Chuan's self-defense lies in his "six-in-one and eight-in-one method", that is, the physiological response to the interdependence of heart, qi and form through information and control means, and the further understanding and understanding of the philosophy of Yin and Yang can promote the wit and flexibility of body and mind and tend to be perfect.
The six-in-one refers to the inner trinity, that is, "the combination of heart and mind, heart and qi, and qi and force." External triad "hand, foot, elbow and knee, shoulder and hip". The eight laws of Liuhe have the effect of defeating the enemy, which is the result of flexible application according to the philosophy of yin and yang. Because Yin and Yang belong to the category of China's classical philosophy theory, Yin and Yang are the laws of the change of everything and the basis of the movement of the universe. ) The key to this dialectical relationship between Yin and Yang lies in the application of the Yang Can law of Yin and Yang, which has achieved ideal results in practice. For example, if the enemy hits your left mouth with his right hand, you can stick your right shoulder to the enemy's right armpit and hold his right arm slightly with your left hand; Make the right ear close to the left back; Before the right arm is relaxed, the right foot takes a step to the left rear of the enemy's body in order to catch the enemy's hind legs; The right foot landed firmly, then the right knee bent forward and the left leg straightened to form a right lunge. At the same time, the right arm is lifted to the front right, and the left arm moves from the top right to the bottom left until the arm is straight. At the same time, look back to the left and look at the nails of the middle finger of the left hand. At this time, the enemy will be pushed out several steps, that is, Zhang Xu will go far or land. This is the usage of the "wild horse with mane" posture in Tai Ji Chuan.
Taiji Zhuan emphasizes the distinction between reality and falsehood, and should further pursue the principle of clear distinction between yin and yang. Just as the boxing proverb says, "Yin and Yang are clear and hands and feet are used properly, and the actual situation is determined and the work is kept properly." In other words, when dealing with the enemy, we should flexibly use the law of yin and yang changes, which will change endless tricks, and we should have the quality of improvisation, so that the opponent can't be prevented.
In a word, Taiji Chuan has the means to defeat the enemy, mainly relying on the change of Yin and Yang, which is actually a circle. This circle contains many scientific principles, such as psychology (intention is not difficult), physical mechanics (using rigid body, triangle, Hooke's law, etc. ), exercise physiology (ecological change, enhancing resistance, etc. ), that is, Tai Chi moves a circle, one is static, and the dynamic and static circle contains many scientific principles. The so-called "beyond its image, in its atlas" refers to this. This means that the "real thing" is inside, not outside. Because rigidity, excess, yin and yang, movement and so on change only in an instant. So the change of movement is mysterious! There is a cloud on the boxing spectrum: "fast is fast, slow is slow." Although it has changed a lot, it is consistent. " This means that the speed of the enemy and the enemy should be the same; The intensity of use should be equal. He is ever-changing, and I have certain rules. But in general, we must master the law of exercise. That is, "those who move in silence are still quiet" and "those who move in pole are still vivid". When practicing gloves, the requirements for the whole body movements are: internal strength and vitality, and external comfort. Seeing that stillness is still moving, wait for it; It's quiet when you see movement, and it's quiet when you move. There is movement in silence, but it is not quiet in movement. Moving is yang, moving pole is static, static is yin, static pole is moving, and moving and static are the roots of each other. There was no movement or silence.
(3) Appreciation
Tai Ji Chuan is not only popular for its obvious effects of getting rid of illness and strengthening the body and self-defense, but also has a unique posture, elegant and simple movements, flexibility and roundness, lightness and freedom, and generosity. Therefore, through serious exercise, scholars can not only keep fit, but also add an artistic enjoyment. Enjoy a kind of "natural beauty" and a kind of "harmonious beauty". In Tai Ji Chuan's exercise, the muscles and bones of the whole body, the internal qi and the appearance are just right (in line with the principle of Yin and Yang). Tai Ji Chuan's beauty lies in internal and external harmony, seeking "spiritual beauty" internally and "quiet posture" externally. The Legend of Taiji presents many unique styles and characteristics, such as: relaxed and calm-"a stork shaped like a rabbit, a cat-like god catching mice"; Relieve and strengthen the spirit, show ease ","walk like a cat and move like a silk scroll "; Continuous-"like the Yangtze River, endless"; Integrity-"indifferent", full of philosophy-"Yin does not leave Yang, Yang does not leave Yin, Yin and Yang help each other".
Tai Ji Chuan's harmonious, natural, slow, soft, relaxed and colorful movements, coupled with his unique gentle, relaxed and calm manner and charm, as well as his sense of body, rhythm, direction and coordination, make practitioners feel carefree like running water, comfortable like breeze, and get a kind of spiritual intoxication and satisfaction like spring breeze. This indescribable spiritual enjoyment will be of great help to eliminate excessive mental tension and alleviate people's adverse physical and mental reactions caused by stress, and it is a "good medicine" for treating psychological imbalance.