Chen-style Tai Ji Chuan is an important branch and school in Tai Ji Chuan, which has rich cultural connotations. What I want to share with you is the basic skills of Chen Taiji. I hope you will like it!
Brief introduction of Chen Tai Ji Chuan
First of all, before practicing Chen-style Tai Ji Chuan, we should understand the characteristics of Chen-style Tai Ji Chuan, that is, combining rigidity with flexibility and being practical, so that there will be no deviation in the general direction of practice.
In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Chen created five sets of old boxing methods, which were handed down from generation to generation and evolved into two sets of boxing methods. Each set has been carefully arranged, and the speed and strength of the action and the strength of the posture are different.
All the way to the "stroke, hit, squeeze, press" the use of four positive forces, supplemented by the use of four-cornered hands "pick, stroke, elbow, lean". Combining rigidity with softness, the strength training of silk winding is the main one, supplemented by strength training. The whole body combines static and dynamic movements inside and outside, and all movements are full, reflecting the characteristics of softness in softness, slowness and stability.
The second road, also called the cannon hammer, is quick and compact, with less rigidity and more rigidity. Give priority to "pick, pull, elbow and lean", supplemented by "push, slide, squeeze and press". Give priority to with hard work, skipping, prancing and flashing. Combining rigidity with softness embodies the characteristics of rigidity, quickness and crispness in softness.
The principle and method of exercise need the close cooperation of heart, qi and body, so that the heart is angry, the waist and spine move from source to source, and the waist and spine keep rotating.
In the process of pushing hands, we use the principle of "winding, smoothing, squeezing and pressing" and try our best to defeat the enemy with the help of braking, giving up, listening and learning.
Characteristics of Chen-style Tai Ji Chuan
1. Physical and mental exercises
The main purpose of external work is the development of the body. Gai firmly believes that the spirit of health lies in a healthy body.
Sit-in exercises focus on spiritual cultivation, which means that spiritual enrichment is enough to transform the body. In short, solids have their own advantages; In short, it is also biased.
A long time ago, many people practiced China's traditional martial arts.
In the past, Master Dharma preached the Yijin Sutra and the pulp washing Sutra, and the master of Neijia Boxing put his mind behind him first, proving that the way of health preservation lies in both physical and mental cultivation! From the beginning of Chen Shi and Tai Ji Chuan, he started both physically and mentally, so it is called physical and mental cultivation.
Step 2: Relax your movements.
Although strenuous exercise is effective quickly, it also has many disadvantages. Chen taiji's movements are mainly gentle and easy-going, with lightness enough to stretch bones and muscles and darkness enough to reconcile qi and blood, which conforms to the spirit of cultivation and sports principles.
Three elements of practicing Chen Tai Ji Chuan well
Tai Ji Chuan's exercises emphasize peace of mind and relaxation. Learning from Tai Ji Chuan can cultivate sentiment and improve our ideological realm, which is suitable for all ages.
First of all, be quiet
Quiet means quiet and calm. To learn from Tai Ji Chuan, the first thing is to be quiet ideologically. Practitioners should get rid of delusions and distractions and achieve "nothing in their hearts and nothing in their thoughts". Only in this way can we concentrate our thoughts, unify our thoughts and do whatever it takes. Secondly, we need a quiet place.
When exercising, you should insist on one morning and one night, and choose a quiet place in advance. The place is clean and sanitary, which can avoid the infection of diseases; The environment is quiet and can get rid of all noise. Only in this way can we clear our hearts and get rid of frivolity and arrogance.
To sum up, Tai Ji Chuan should be practiced with quiet words. When you calm down, you can concentrate on thinking and think carefully. Practice every move, distinguish between reality and reality, opening and closing and other basic essentials.
To gradually understand, posture tends to be correct, and quickly enter the track of Tai Ji Chuan. After a long time, I will achieve the goal of "focusing on what I want".
Second, Italy.
Tai Ji Chuan is a kind of internal boxing, which "breathes meaningful air" and practices meaning instead of strength. In other words, every movement of Tai Ji Chuan is guided by his will. What is meaning? It means mind, it means thought. Where the heart thinks, the hand runs, and where the heart thinks, the limbs do it instead of drumming their hands and feet with strength.
The intention is light and flexible, and the force is stiff and slow. All actions are always meaningful. The theory of boxing says, "The heart is dominant, while the five senses and bones are obedient." This is "the whole body's attention is focused on God, not on Qi, but on Qi, leading to stagnation" and "focus on what you want".
Simply put, it refers to the brain, which is the nerve of the brain. The brain is the nerve center of the whole body. The command department of the horn commander, the skin, joints and internal organs of the whole body should obey the brain and dominate the movement of the nervous consciousness.
Third, slow down.
Slow is slow. Generally, people who learn boxing are often eager to achieve success under the guidance of the idea of urgent learning, but they don't know the advantages and disadvantages of fast and slow and the dialectical relationship between them. As the saying goes, "haste makes waste", "haste makes waste" and "slow work makes fine work". It does make sense.
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