Just like the combination of prescription, theory, prescription and medicine in traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Tai Ji Chuan boxing theory, boxing frame, health preservation and martial arts are combined together. We have a saying, "How to practice and how to use it; How to use it, how to fight it. "
Of course, the transformation from Tai Ji Chuan to Tai Ji Chuan requires a process. Lei Hu's Tai Ji Chuan Score sums this up well-from round to square, from slow to fast, from big to small, from complex to simple. Only through this series of conscious exercises and systematic fighting training can Tai Ji Chuan have a good practical foundation in the ring.
Two of them need to be mentioned, one is the gun hammer passed by Chen Taiji. On the surface, the hammer is powerful and seems to be attacking Tai Chi Chuan. In fact, this view is wrong. The hammer is an exercise aimed at power and attack on the basis of actual combat. It doesn't mean that you can fight with the hammer alone. The transformation of actual combat should follow the aforementioned sixteen characters of Lei Hu and Tai Ji Chuan. The second point is to simplify Tai Ji Chuan now. The performance used a simplified Tai Ji Chuan. I once worked as an artist under boxer D and studied simplified Tai Ji Chuan for a while. My experience is that simplifying Tai Ji Chuan, apart from performing well, is of little significance in both health preservation and martial arts.