There is a difference between the big rack and the small rack in Chen Tai Ji Chuan. The big rack pays attention to the accumulation of energy, and then the development, which is often obvious to novices, such as diamond rammer and hand hammer.
The strength of the small frame is the heartbeat, and the strength is sent out. It is not obvious that deliberate energy is stored in the right small frame practitioner, which can be understood as more natural energy, but it is more difficult to send it out.
Therefore, it is rare to see energetic movements in beginners with small frames, and teachers will not let them be energetic at the beginning.
Some big schools will ask students to work hard at first, while small schools often regard efforts as a natural process and should let nature take its course.
Today, there are many deliberate actions in the big box circulating in the society, and the small box is relatively simple. I feel that the big box sometimes wants to create momentum, and the small box takes advantage of the trend.
Today, many champion pushers were born under the big framework. No matter what the kung fu is, we will see that many people's usual method in pushing hands is to give their opponents a boost first. As soon as the opponent took the bait, he fell down the strong path of the opponent.
Nowadays, the big frame circulating in society often emphasizes the practice of auxiliary skills, such as killing energy, standing piles and simple training.
There are also single training methods such as reverse string, but it feels that many small boxers do not emphasize single training. Taking this thing out alone is often to let scholars know the truth about the operation of Jindao, or to combine it with boxing.
There are many things wrapped outside the big shelf and inside the small shelf in the market. The feeling is not absolute, for beginners, it is, but the starting path is different.
I feel that I can get started quickly by practicing on a big rack, especially the so-called new rack. I feel overbearing. As long as I practice according to the correct requirements, I can obviously feel the changes in my body in a very short time, such as itching, peeling skin, singing in my stomach, ants walking in my skin and so on, and even feel my blood boiling in my body. I really want to find someone to fight at once.
Small hangers also have these feelings, but relatively speaking, they don't appear as fast as big hangers.
According to legend, of course, it is not very testable. Some training methods of the big rack are to pick out three or four things in the small rack and practice first, and the small rack is step by step.
Although you can get started quickly under the big framework, sometimes you will feel very tired and uncomfortable after practicing. Maybe I practiced it wrong myself. After practicing in a small box, I feel much more comfortable and sometimes feel full.
The theory of small fist is the pinnacle of Chen Tai Ji Chuan, which is systematic and profound. Today, many big boxers actually talk about boxing with words from Tai Chi books. Please don't jump when you see this sentence. Go back and ask your master or master.
Some boxers think that there is only one kind of Tai Ji Chuan, but there are big circles and small circles, and they practice in different ways at the beginning. People's qualities are different, and their starting is naturally different. Isn't Confucius talking about teaching students in accordance with their aptitude? In the advanced stage, the function and effect are the same. Kind of like Zhuangzi's homogeneity theory. The strength of the small frame is really practiced, and it is fast.
A teacher with a big rack once gave an example of beating his spine with a jack.
If someone directly punches the opponent to the door or middle of the road, he must push out his hands and then suddenly fight back. A boxer with a small hand may stick his hands to his opponent's arm and stick them at the same time. The early action is much smaller than him.
At present, there are differences in the appearance and internal requirements between the big rack and the small rack popular in society. The big rack has obvious storage and opening process through appearance winding, while the small rack may be supported by heart and can be opened at will.
The traditional small rack pays attention to the external and internal, and both the big rack and the small rack pay attention to softening and breaking out all the way.
However, we have seen a lot today. When Chen Taiji taught all the way in the society, he often involved three or four trips to the shelf, probably to show his skill. According to the traditional training method, he should practice as slowly as possible at one stage without exerting any effort at all. It is said that it is extremely ugly, just like a replica. I wonder how many people are trained like this now?
Please reflect on today's training methods, no matter how big or small, how far is it from the previous training methods?
With the promotion of Tai Ji Chuan in the society, especially the promotion of Chen Tai Ji Chuan in recent 20 years, Chen Tai Ji Chuan has evolved from a remote village in Henan into a national martial arts school, and more and more people have joined the ranks of training.
Some people are artists, have been exposed to other sects before, or engaged in professional sports training, so they may consciously or unconsciously add some personal training methods in training, so it is difficult for a person to completely betray the past.
Characteristics of Chen-style Tai Ji Chuan
(a) Tai Ji Chuan is a kind of boxing which is intended to practice.
Boxing is an emotional exercise. When doing boxing, it fully embodies the intention, meaning, spirit and strength. Every action idea must go first, with heart and soul. Think first, and action will be in place. If you want to expand your arms and body, you can expand your arms and body. If you want to hug, you can live together When boxing, don't think about where your anger is. If qi stagnates, stagnation is unreasonable and you will get sick. As long as you pay attention to your movements, you will naturally get angry.
(b) continuously variable speed.
The alternation of speed and speed is a major feature of Chen-style Tai Ji Chuan. When you are a beginner, you should be full of action, but don't stop stupidly. Because the action is slow, it is easy to remove the inherent stiffness of the body, make the action soft and natural, and also test the accuracy of the action. Speed up gradually after proficiency, but be calm, fast and not chaotic, and then slow down. This is slow, fast and slow.
In the process of boxing, turn slowly and turn quickly (gradually accelerate); Slow down when accumulating strength, and speed up when exerting strength. This alternating change of speed and speed should have a unified range of change and be "uniform and clear".
(3) spiral winding, relaxing tendons and activating collaterals
In Chen's "Illustration of Taiji", he pointed out: "The spread of Taiji is also the method of winding silk". In just four words, it is clear that the root of Chen Tai Ji Chuan is silk tie. He also said that he didn't know this, which is nameless boxing. It can be seen how important the filament winding force is. Tai Ji Chuan's winding methods include one-handed winding, left and right winding, up and down winding, inside and outside winding, large and small winding, positive and negative winding and so on, which are difficult for beginners to understand.
In the aspect of winding strength training, we should be more one-handed (left and right) and pacing hands, and strengthen the understanding and application of forward and backward winding methods. In the training of silk-winding strength, it is very important to pay attention to running through the fingertips, so that blood can flow smoothly and reach the ends of meridians, which is very important for health, fitness and martial arts.
(4) Practice rigidity with softness, and combine rigidity with softness.
Chen-style Tai Ji Chuan should be trained to be a boxing with both rigidity and softness, which is the goal pursued by boxing practitioners. In order to achieve this goal, we must first melt the inherent stiffness of the human body and make it supple. This is the softening period, and the length of this period varies from person to person. People who practice hard in Ming Boxing Theory are short, and some of them can't get rid of stiff strength after practicing boxing all their lives, so they practiced Chen Shi and Tai Ji Chuan into hard boxing and rigid boxing. You can't enter the room.
(5) save and send later, and play after dispersion.
Chen taiji's motive is to save first and then send. Accumulating strength is the necessary preparation for motivation, and winding up well is the foundation of motivation. Accumulating strength is like opening a bow, which will increase the elastic strength of strength. When accumulating power, you should tighten your body, relax your waist and hips, sink into your abdomen, grab the ground on your toes, be as steady as Mount Tai, and tighten your strength. If it's the first shot, go around and around again, and then let go. Enough to keep your hair.
(6) Peace of mind, relaxed and natural.
If you are calm, you will get it in boxing. Your heart should be as quiet as clear water, and you can't make waves. Do it gently, stop silently, move qi with your mind, and transport your body with qi. Only in this way can we regulate qi and blood and dredge meridians. This is the successful way to pursue health, fitness and longevity. Although it is sometimes vigorous, it is not vigorous before it is made, nor after it is made. It is only a strong moment, such as a steep spray on the water, and then disappears and returns to calm. Before practicing boxing, you should get rid of all distractions and wait calmly, so that practicing boxing is not a hand-foot movement but a whole-body movement under conscious control.