basic concept
When discussing the concept of fitness qigong, we can't ignore a basic premise, that is, in February 2003, the State Sports General Administration established fitness qigong as the 97th sports event. This premise means that it is necessary to explore this concept within the scope of sports, that is, health qigong needs to embody the basic spirit and purpose of sports and to determine its own unique sports form. If we look at health qigong from the perspective of qigong outside the scope of sports and regard it as a category of qigong, then this premise means that health qigong is a kind of sports qigong combined with sports.
"Fitness Qigong" is a compound word composed of "fitness" and "Qigong". Based on the premise that fitness qigong is a sport, the exploration of the concept of "fitness qigong" can be divided into three steps, namely, exploring the meanings of "fitness" and "qigong" and their relationship with sports, and then exploring the meaning of this compound word.
The meaning of "fitness" is relatively clear, and this word consists of two words: "health" and "body". The relationship between "health" and "body" is the relationship of "causative usage" in ancient Chinese. The former dominates the latter, and the two words together mean "to make the body healthy". In daily life, this word is often associated with various sports, such as "aerobics" and "fitness ball", which is inevitable. Because "keeping healthy" is a goal, and to achieve this goal, we must implement some specific behaviors, and the behaviors related to this goal are first of all various physical activities. Sports can be said to be a general term for all kinds of physical activities. Therefore, it is not only inevitable but also natural that fitness and sports are linked together. Fitness embodies the basic spirit and main purpose of sports, and colorful sports can fully implement the purpose of fitness.
It is not comprehensive to describe sports as a general term for all kinds of physical activities, because modern sports also include some intellectual activities, such as chess. However, the main body of sports is indeed physical activities, and the basic categories of these physical activities include physical education courses, competitive sports, daily physical exercise and sports entertainment activities in school education. It should be noted that there are differences and connections between various physical activities, and the classification is not absolute. Although the basic purpose of these physical activities is fitness, physical education courses focus more on the development and training of physical functions, while competitive sports aim at achieving results and breaking records, not necessarily for fitness; In contrast, daily physical exercise and sports entertainment activities are closer to the purpose of fitness. Physical exercise here mainly refers to daily sports activities such as broadcasting gymnastics and playing Tai Ji Chuan, while sports entertainment refers to sports-related entertainment activities such as roller skating and bowling, excluding entertainment activities such as watching movies and listening to music. It can be seen that in terms of fitness purpose, physical exercise is more clear and direct than sports entertainment, which can be said to be a representative form of sports for fitness purpose. However, there is a difference between qigong and physical exercise in sports. Some qigong exercises mainly focus on body adjustment, aiming at fighting and attacking, with intense movements and antagonism, which are inconsistent with the purpose of fitness; However, broadcast gymnastics and Tai Ji Chuan, as sports, do not pay attention to the physical and mental state of tri-tone integration and lack the characteristics of Qigong practice. Therefore, the exercise form of health qigong needs to be re-selected between physical exercise activities and qigong techniques that pay attention to physical adjustment. Starting from the purpose of fitness, health qigong abandons the more intense and antagonistic part of qigong and replaces it with a more gentle and soothing part. Starting from keeping the characteristics of qigong practice, health qigong abandons the "three tones" of physical exercise in sports to separate the physical and mental state, and tends to integrate the three tones. Accordingly, the exercise form of health qigong is a relatively mild physical activity, tending to a state of three tones of body and mind. The reason why we tend to have three tones in one, rather than three tones in one, is that it takes a long time to practice to achieve three tones in one, and health qigong, as a mass sports project, should not put forward too high requirements, but should point out the direction.
To sum up, the basic concepts of fitness qigong put forward in this paper are as follows:
Fitness Qigong is a physical activity based on moderate physical activity, and the physical and mental state tends to adjust the body, qi and heart.