Huangdi Neijing has recognized people's health from the perspective of the unity of form and spirit: "Ancient people, knowing it, learning Yin and Yang, have a trick to make peace with it, eat moderately, live a regular life, and don't move rashly, so they can live in harmony with God and live to be a hundred years old." That is to say, according to the law of yin and yang balance, coordinated control in different ways and methods can achieve the unity of form and spirit, thus prolonging life. The idea of health preservation in TCM stresses "keeping physical and mental health" and advocates "keeping the whole body" and "keeping the body and concentrating on the whole body". Nourishing spirit and shaping are the unity of opposites. Nowadays, some physical exercises practice muscle strength, some speed endurance and some balance jumping, which are basically aimed at the weakness and needs of a certain part in order to improve some ability and quality. Wushu emphasizes people's comprehensive exercise. Some people understand Wushu fitness as: "People are regarded as a complex of yin and yang, with boxing as a symbol, and in the practice of combining offensive and defensive consciousness, they show the unity of form and spirit, the unity of heart and qi, and the understanding and agreement of the inner world with nature." ..... to achieve the dual smelting of spirit and body, and comprehensively improve physical and psychological functions. " This is also the key point that Wushu fitness is different from general physical exercise. Wushu fitness embodies the understanding of life structure and its movement form in the East. The so-called "internal and external integration" and "unity of form and spirit". The so-called "inside and outside", as far as the human body is concerned, refers to the heart organs inside and the limbs outside; As far as its behavior is concerned, it refers to intangible substances such as essence, qi and mind, as well as external manifestations such as qi, strength and work. Inside and outside are interrelated and unified.

Yin is inside and Yang is outside. "The theoretical research on both internal and external training of Wushu fitness is also a question of the relationship between yin and yang. Both internal and external considerations are a balance of yin and yang." . The so-called "unity" is a whole that forms an organic connection between the inside and the outside, so as to have both form and spirit. The so-called "shape" means that one or a series of martial arts actions are always completed by the limbs and trunk of the human body in different ways, forming an external "shape"; And through this "form" to express the spiritual essence of action, that is, the so-called internal "spirit", "unity of form and spirit" and "unity of inside and outside" refer to the close combination of form and spirit (mind and consciousness). Xingyiquan takes meaning from pictographic characters, and its shape and inner meaning (spirit) are highly centralized and unified, requiring the combination of inside and outside, body movements should be shoulder to shoulder, elbows and knees, hands and feet, and mental consciousness should be heart-to-heart, meaning and gas, so as to achieve harmony between shape and meaning, inside and outside, and the whole body, forming shape and meaning. Taiji biography "Physical and Mental Practice". It is believed that "heart is the command, qi is the banner, and God is the commander and driver". To practice martial arts, we should "transport our bodies with heart and spirit". "Its roots are in the foot, originated from the leg, and the main waist finger must be complete from the foot to the leg." It is advocated that "God is the body of the body, for the use of the mind, and strength is the use of the body", while Shaolin Boxing emphasizes "practicing a breath inside and training the bones and muscles outside", and it is clearly pointed out in Shaolin Boxing that "the training of external skills is all in the bones and muscles of the whole body; Internal cultivation is based on the spirit of life; Separation from others is the last skill in the Jianghu; Combined, it is the ultimate in magic. " The same is true of other sects, which show the characteristics of "both form and spirit" and "both internal and external cultivation" in different ways. Through exercise, you can benefit your joints, strengthen your bones and muscles, strengthen your body, manage your internal organs, dredge your meridians, and adjust your spirit, so that your body and mind can be fully exercised. Wushu routines also require the close combination of internal spirit and external body movements, so as to achieve "free will", "broken will" and "broken spirit".

Wushu practice always requires athletes' attention, hand-eye contact, up-and-down coordination, conscious breathing and movement coordination. It is the common principle of all schools of Wushu to practice the spirit inside and the bones and muscles outside, and to integrate the inside and the outside with both form and spirit. Wushu equipment training pays attention to the coordination of hands, eyes, body, heart, steps and equipment. For example, in fencing, the boxing proverb says, "Look at the hand with one knife and look at the position with two knives." In practice, we must pay special attention to the close cooperation between the action of the knife and the left hand, so as to make the swordsmanship harmonious, balanced and powerful. The requirements for gun drill: "The gun can be used with both wrists, and the arm can help the wrist and the body can help the arm, which is enough to help one." Fencing skills, what you care about is the situation, and the three-body work is the same as the body and machinery. Therefore, martial arts all embody the martial arts movement of "internal and external integration, both form and spirit"

The combination of "spirit" and "form" in sports has developed to a superb level.

The imitation, integration, shaping and exercise of Wushu athletes all reflect the use of "God". In sports, learning from nature and martial arts fitness theory studies the characteristics of animals or characters, with vivid images. After reaching the stage of similarity in practice, we should grasp the personality characteristics of a boxing, show distinct expressions and situations, convey charm, try our best to establish an image, and embody its essence and connotation in action. Therefore, "the unity of form and spirit" is also the theoretical basis for the formation of bionic system. Most kinds of martial arts have added bionic content to their routines, such as "White Crane with Bright Wings" and "Wild Horse Mane" in Tai Ji Chuan. There are "dragons come out of the water" and "white snakes spit letters" in the eight diagrams palm; There is a "black heart of Hu Tao" in Shaolin boxing; There are "Dapeng spreads its wings" and so on in red boxing. There are also bionic pictographic boxing, such as locust boxing, eagle claw boxing, monkey boxing, snake boxing and so on. There are also imitations of nature in the routines, such as "moving like waves", "quiet like mountains", "standing like pines and cypresses", "flying like the wind" and "coping with Mount Tai" and so on. There are also imitations of characters, such as "The Jade Girl Flying Shuttle" and "Waving the Pipa". This kind of imitation is not purely mechanical imitation, but realizes the state of "taking things near and taking things far away", which is the state of "seeking only God's will, not looking at skeletons". It is mentioned in Neijing: "Breathe the essence and keep the spirit independent. If muscles can cover the world for a long time, there will be no end." Therefore, some people regard Wushu as "the essence of China Wushu to realize human health care". In a word, the important fitness theory of Wushu, which is "internal and external integration" and "both form and spirit", comes from the theory of Yin and Yang in traditional Chinese medicine. The thought of "balance of yin and yang" in traditional Chinese medicine has a far-reaching influence on Wushu fitness theory. Wushu pays attention to external physical exercise and emphasizes the role of spiritual consciousness. Through the close combination of external physical exercise and internal spiritual consciousness activities, it achieves "both form and spirit" and "internal and external integration", which embodies the balance of Yin and Yang.

Teacher Zheng Zhiwei wrote it.