The origin of Chen Taiji's biography can be traced back to Chen's ancestor Chen Bu. Chen Bu was originally from Zezhou County, Shanxi Province (now Jincheng), and later moved from Zezhou to Hongtong County, Shanxi Province. In the fifth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (AD 1374), he moved to Huaiqing House (now Qinyang) in Henan Province.
At that time, Chen Bu was honest, proficient in boxing and respected by neighboring villagers, so the locals called his place Chen Buzhuang (after liberation, Chen Buzhuang was placed in Wenxian County, and it is still called Chen Buzhuang).
Later, because Chen Buzhuang was low-lying and often suffered from floods, Chen Buzhuang's family moved to Changyang Village, ten miles east of Wenxian County. Because there is a north-south deep ditch in the village (there is still a deep ditch), Changyang Village was renamed Chenjiagou with the multiplication of Chen people and the continuous growth of the family.
After Chen Bu settled in Chenjiagou, he began to reclaim land and started a family business. With the continuous growth of the family, it began to split in the seventh century. For the sake of family safety and local peace, the village established a martial arts club to teach martial arts. During this period, there were few written records of Chen Jiashi, most of which were oral. It was not until 17 1 1 Chen Geng, the tenth ancestor of Chen, erected a monument for Chen Bu that he began to briefly describe the historical facts of Chen Bu.
However, the interval has been more than 300 years, during which there are many omissions in characters, deeds and related boxing methods. Therefore, the written record of boxing, characters and deeds only begins with Chen, the ninth ancestor of Chen. Chen, also known as Zou Ting, was born in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. He is both civil and military, proficient in boxing and martial arts, and is very famous in Henan and Shandong.
During his seclusion in his later years, according to his ancestral boxing, he absorbed the essence of each family, combined with the theory of Tai Chi Yin and Yang, and referred to the theory of meridians in traditional Chinese medicine and the Taoist way of guiding breathing, and created a set of internal boxing, which was called Tai Ji Chuan.
Because the founder's surname is Chen, people call him Chen Taiji Chuan. Chen Chuanshi's Taiji Biography 1-5, Cannonball 1, Changquan 108, double pusher, knife, gun, sword, stick, mallet and double gun.
Many of Chen's works have been separated because of the age, and there are still words such as "Song of Boxing Classics" and "Long and Short Sentences". The first half of the poem reads: "Alas, I was indomitable and swept away the atmosphere, and I was not afraid of danger several times!" Blessed in vain, I am still breathing when I am old.
In the end, only one volume, Huang Ting, was published. In my spare time, I practiced boxing, plowed the fields when I was busy, and taught several disciples and grandchildren in my spare time to make it easier for a dragon to become a tiger ... "Since Chen, villagers in Chenjiagou have been practicing Tai Ji Chuan, which has been passed down from generation to generation for a long time. There are also local rumors that "drinking Chen Gou water will make your legs become warped" and "will it?" "Proverbs.
When it was spread to 14th Chen Changxing, Tai Ji Chuan had great reform and development. On the basis of five sets of routines handed down from generation to generation, he refined and summarized Tai Ji Chuan's routines, and creatively developed them into two well-known routines: One-way (big rack) and Two-way (cannon hammer). The first movement is generous, with softness as the mainstay and rigidity as the supplement.
Give priority to the use of the four positive strengths of "shed flat pressure", supplemented by the use of the four corners of "elbow leaning". Hard and soft, strenuous exercise, mainly silk winding, supplemented by strength. Inside and outside the whole body, the movement is harmonious, and both movement and movement are moving, which embodies the characteristics of rigidity in softness and stability in slowness; The second way (gun hammer) is complex, fast and compact, with rigidity as the main, softness as the auxiliary, "elbow leaning" as the main, and "crowded shed" as the auxiliary; Give priority to with hard work, jumping, prancing, flashing and shaking your feet.
There is softness in rigidity, and rigidity, quickness and crispness in softness. Later generations called these two fists the old boxing of Taiji Chuan. Chen Changxing, a bodyguard, enjoys a high reputation in the martial arts field. At that time, he was called "the king of memorial tablets", and he wrote Ten Essentials of Taiji Biography, Important Words of Taiji Biography and the Battle of Taiji Biography. He also taught famous disciples, such as Chen Huamei, Chen Gengyun and Yang Luchan.
14 Chen Youben made some changes on the basis of the original routine, and gradually abandoned some difficult and vigorous movements. The frame is as wide as the old frame, and later people call it the new frame (small frame).
The 15th generation Chen Huamei, whose real name is He Qi (1796-1869), is the seventh generation descendant of Tai Ji Chuan. She is generous, charitable, noble in martial arts and pure in kung fu. I have been studying in Chen Changxing since I was a kindergarten teacher. I am smart, considerate, diligent and proficient in Tai Ji Chuan and machinery. He lives in Chenjiagou West, founded Northwest Boxing Club, and teaches Tai Ji Chuan.
Chen Huamei had many disciples all his life and made outstanding contributions to the development and promotion of Tai Ji Chuan. The 16th Chen Wuchang (18 17- 1866) is the eighth generation of Taiji Chuan. Born into a martial arts family, he studied Tai Ji Chuan with his father Chen Huamei since childhood, with a solid foundation.
Chen Wuchang is generous and upright. He helped the villagers many times and punished the bullies in the village, which was respected by the local people. He is in charge of the Northwest Boxing Club in the village, and often leaves his equipment on the street to facilitate the young and old in the village to practice boxing.
Boxers such as Chen Delu, Chen, Chen Kunlai, Chen Chunlai and Chen all quit their ranks. When Tang Hao visited Chenjiagou to investigate the origin of Tai Ji Chuan, he studied Tai Ji Chuan from his sons Chen Delu and Chen.
/kloc-in the winter of 0/866, a brick kiln suddenly collapsed, and he was crushed to death because he couldn't get away from saving his fellow villagers. His noble martial virtue of sacrificing himself to save others is still a story in the village.
The 16th Chen Wudian (182 1- 1889) is the eighth generation of Taiji Chuan. Born in a martial arts family. I have been practicing Tai Ji Chuan with my father Chen Huamei since I was a child. Its intelligence and insight are extraordinary, and it is known as "one-stop communication". Under the guidance of his brother Wuchang Gang, he often studies and practices with his elder sister Dayan. His skill is as famous as his brother's.
After his brother 1866 died, the villagers recommended him to take over from his brother and take charge of the Northwest Boxing Club in the village. On weekdays, besides practicing martial arts as a disciple, he also set up boxing gymnasiums in Xiwan, Qinyang and Zhangqiang, wen county, which contributed to the popularization of Chen-style Tai Ji Chuan.
Chen Xin, the16th generation, is called the third world. He feels that Chen's boxing is mainly oral, and there are few written works. In order to explain the ancestral Tai Ji Chuan theory, he made great efforts to write a book, and spent 65,438+02 years compiling four volumes of Illustration of Chen Tai Ji Chuan to explain Chen's boxing experience accumulated from generation to generation. Reading is based on the book of changes, and the meridian theory is cited; It is the most important article in the treasure house of Chen's Tai Ji Chuan theory, with the winding strength as the core and internal strength as the control.
In addition, he also wrote Chen Jiaqi, 336 Boxing Score and other works.
The 17th Chen Fake, whose real name is Chen Tai Ji Chuan, is a representative figure in modern times and has made outstanding contributions to the development and spread of Tai Ji Chuan. He has been teaching boxing in Beijing from 1929 to 1957. Combining rigidity and softness, it combines picking, pumping, elbow, leaning, taking, falling, falling and hitting. It is superb in martial arts. When you compete with others, you should be people-oriented, and you will turn your face with that invisible and superb hitting method. Because of its loyalty and noble martial arts, it is welcomed by people from all walks of life.
Make great contributions to the promotion of Chen style Tai Ji Chuan. The 18th Zhao Chen Pi has a good reputation. He is the author of Tai Ji Chuan and Hui Zong, An Introduction to Tai Ji Chuan, Illustrations of Tai Ji Chuan and Thirteen Articles of Tai Ji Chuan.
He is noble in character and tireless in teaching others. He has made great contributions to the promotion of Chen-style Tai Ji Chuan and is admired by people from all walks of life at home and abroad. He is the epitome of Chen Tai Ji Chuan.
At present, the boxing routines practiced by Chenjiagou are: Lao Yi Er (cannon hammer), Xin Yi Er (cannon hammer), Xiao Yi Er, Tai Chi tuishou, single knife, double knife, single sword, double sword, double mace, pear flower gun with white ape stick, spring and autumn broadsword, three shots, eight shots, thirteen shots and so on.
These routines, in terms of style and the use of martial arts, have basically maintained the original traditional style. After a long period of spreading, Chen Tai Ji Chuan has formed many schools, among which Yang, Sun, Wu and Si Wu are representative schools, each with its own unique style and characteristics.