First, the meaning of intention is not difficult to understand.
The intention is easy to understand. ? Meaning? It can be understood as an ideal, an idea, not an empty meaning. In fact, all sports and everything in life need conscious command, but Tai Ji Chuan emphasized the point of intention. It needs every movement, every set of roads, from beginning to end? Meaning? Run under the command of. Like what? Rise? This simple action must also be guided gently by consciousness, with arms raised horizontally, shoulders sinking, relaxed sinking, knees bent, waist relaxed, and then squatted down, and elbows falling to drive hands to press down gently. It can be said that apart from physical activity, the most important thing in Tai Ji Chuan is the nervous system? Consciousness gymnastics? Take exercise. This is of greater significance to those who practice boxing only for fitness.
? Is it not difficult? Obviously, this is a relative statement. There is no action in the world that does not use force. It is impossible to complete the action without muscle contraction, and it is impossible to punch or even support the body without exertion. It means: first, you don't need to be clumsy, and second, you need to use less energy. Actions that can be completed with 10% force will never use 1 1% force. As far as pushing hands and Sanda are concerned, not using force means to minimize the force when touching each other.
Tai Ji Chuan comes from life. Non-use of force is the general principle of Tai Ji Chuan, and it is also the instinct of human beings. It cannot be mystified and pursued unilaterally? Meaning? 、? Gas? And exclusive? Force? . Otherwise, the ideological activities will be separated, making people unfathomable and at a loss, thus turning science into metaphysics of the Chinese nation, which is very unfavorable to the promotion and development of Tai Ji Chuan.
Second, the practice method of not hard intention.
I think intention is not hard, it is a means and method of practicing boxing, but it is by no means the purpose of practicing boxing. Just for the right way to practice boxing, relax physically and mentally, and send it out immediately when you need to exert your strength. Just like a spring, it is usually loose, but when it is tightened, it is very powerful. Another example is the whip, which is usually loose, but it is very powerful when thrown. In order to achieve this goal, we need to gradually achieve the intention of not using force. The method is as follows:
(1) Attention, calm down. When practicing boxing, no matter how simple or complicated the movements are, you should always keep quiet, concentrate, be serious and lively, and don't be absent-minded and unfocused, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve your goal without exertion.
(2) Relax and don't be clumsy. Beginners in Tai Ji Chuan often feel tense and stiff all over, so they should start with relaxation and softening. When the body is naturally active or stable, relax some muscles and joints that may be relaxed to the maximum extent, and avoid using clumsy and stiff strength during exercise. In addition to exerting force as required, relax muscles in other parts as much as possible, so that all joints of the body can be relaxed and strive for round work. Pine, which can be said to be a special term in Tai Ji Chuan, has no limit. Pine should be gradually connected with heart, mind, qi and god.
(3) skills. For Tai Ji Chuan, skill is very important. My teacher, Tai Chi master Mr. Hong, once said: Do you really need to learn boxing, especially Chen style boxing? Meaning? No clumsy efforts. But it doesn't mean that strength is not good, but that strength and ingenuity should be combined, not neglected? . ? To learn from Tai Ji Chuan, we should have thoughts that conform to Tai Ji Chuan's principles and laws, so that we can direct our limbs to learn and exercise according to Tai Ji Chuan's routine, without mastering and using it by our own strength. And through unremitting exercise, produce reasonable intelligence and strength. Is this the strength of silk winding or internal strength? . Usually learning boxing requires correct posture, that is, to make the form of learning boxing, practicing boxing and using boxing match the time and direction well. For example, picking, pulling, and smoothing are all ways to introduce yourself to each other with each other's enthusiasm. Only by practicing the skills well can we achieve both rigidity and softness, and then we will not exert ourselves.
Third, the intention is not to force the stage.
Like anything else, there are stages when the intention is not hard, and it is in terms of a certain stage and level.
Beginners should focus on what style to fight, whether the posture is correct, and how to take the route. They just want to fight well. Just like a beginner learning calligraphy. You can practice one horizontal and one vertical at first. There is no need to learn endlessly, and so is practicing boxing. Otherwise, haste makes waste. It should be said that most of the movements at this time are clumsy and stiff. If the intention is overemphasized without exertion, beginners will be at a loss. On the contrary, we should emphasize relaxation and nature.
After practicing boxing skillfully, he gradually turned to the use of strength and related imagination. If you are struggling, you must have the imagination to grasp a certain part of the human body; Push hard and push forward with imagination. Conceptual activity has changed from mechanical action to guiding action with ideas. With what? Recruit? Gradually? Know the strength? Tai Ji Chuan's technology is becoming more and more skilled. At this time, the clumsy power has been removed, and the light changes, and the circle turns to itself, which is in line with the boxing method, so the small force wins the strong force. This stage can be called intentional failure to work hard.
At a higher level, it should be? No intention, no effort? . Imagine that the Taiji Chuan family, who are very inspirational in their gestures, immediately started to move, so it doesn't matter. ? Boxing without boxing means unintentional, and unintentional is true? . Is this what boxing practitioners dream of? Gods Stage.
First,? All by heart, not by force?
Calligraphy pays attention to brushwork and boxing pays attention to strength. However, does calligraphy emphasize? The power of the pen, not the power? And Tai Ji Chuan's study happens to be very stressful? Intention is not hard? Yes
Tai Ji Chuan famous Mr. Yang Chengfu (1883~ 1936) once put? Intention is not hard? Listed as? Ten points? First, and made a detailed explanation. He said:? Taiji legend: it's all about heart, not force. Practice Tai Chi to spread the whole body to relax, don't have the slightest weakness, stay between the bones and muscles and bind yourself, then gently change and turn around. ? Some people think? Intention is not hard? This is what Yang Chengfu created and said, and it is limited to health preservation. Actually, it is not. Yang Chengfu cited? This is all about heart, not force? , out of the Qing dynasty Li Yishe (1832~ 1892) "five-character formula"? Mood? First, be calm: if you are not calm, you are not an expert. There is no front and back direction when raising your hand. Be calm. At first, I couldn't help myself. We should rest our hearts and realize that we should bend and stretch as people move, instead of losing our minds or stretching ourselves. He is strong, I am strong, and I am ahead; He is powerless, I am powerless, and I am still unfinished. Always pay attention to where you are, where your heart is, and never lose your head for advice. Do it now, and it will be done in a year or so. It's all heart, not force. For a long time, others did it for me and I didn't do it for others. ? Now, if we study the ten essentials and five-character tactics together, we can understand: Intention is not hard? It is Tai Ji Chuan's inherent theory, not created by Yang Chengfu, and it is by no means limited to the way of keeping in good health. The five-character formula quoted above is explained from the perspective of the application of Tai Chi pushing hands and Sanshou techniques. So-called? Rest and realize? ,? Pay attention? , is to emphasize the intention, and in ancient and modern Tai Ji Chuan's theory, are special attention to the intention.
Of course, Yang Chengfu's Ten Essentials is explaining? Intention is not hard? At that time, it was developed on the basis of inheritance, especially using the meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine, such as? Or how to increase strength without exertion? The human body has meridians. For example, if there is a ditch on the ground, water will flow without blocking, and if the meridians are not closed, qi will flow. If the whole body is stiff, the meridians are blocked, the qi and blood are stagnant, and the rotation is ineffective, then the whole body will make a move. Don't use force, get what you want, get what you want. If qi and blood flow, instill day by day, and circulate all over the body, all the time, and practice for a long time, it is the real inner strength, that is, as "On Taiji Biography" said: extremely soft, and then extremely hard? Yes This analysis was undoubtedly quite innovative at that time. At the same time, it also shows suspicion? Is it not difficult? At that time, it was very common. There was no strength and no victory. What did he say? Efforts without intention are the easiest to provoke, so it's not enough? And so on, even more people disagree.
Second, it is not difficult. Have to pretend to be forced.
But, many people are? Is it not difficult? With what? Don't force it? Confused; Someone put it aside? Intention? Talk? Is it not difficult? Think that since it is emphasized? Is it not difficult? Then where is it? He is strong, I am strong, and I am in the lead. In their view, is it not difficult? Without force, it becomes? Soft? Yes Actually? Intention is not hard? , refers to the use of consciousness to dominate action, if it is to promote, what is it? Where to go, where to use your heart? Do it? Move with people, bend and stretch? Instead of pouring one-sided consciousness into efforts. Because the consciousness is poured in, the action is easy to stagnate. At this time, although the blunt force is large and the rotation is invalid, it is not only difficult to give full play to Tai Ji Chuan? Four or two thousand dollars? 、? Use small strength to fight big strength? Skills, even from the perspective of health care and medical effect, are not conducive to promoting qi and blood circulation. But what does it say? Is it not difficult? You are talking about conscious concern, not indifference to strength. The boxing proverb says: When you keep your word, you will be angry, and when you are angry, you will be full of energy. ? That's it, and then? Act with your heart? 、? Do you use gasoline? And don't pay attention to your own efforts. Because strength is born with unique skills. Of course, this must be the product of work.
Third, there is rigidity in softness, and the needle is hidden in cotton.
As for the strength of Taiji Chuan, it can be summarized in sixteen words, namely? Give priority to softness, be soft outside and rigid inside, combine rigidity with softness, and combine rigidity with softness? . Tai Ji Chuan scholars in the past dynasties have made many incisive expositions on the issue of strength, such as Yang Chengfu's "Tai Ji Chuan Practice Talk". Tai Ji Chuan is an art of combining rigidity with softness, hiding needles in cotton ... ; Another example is the Tai Chi Indications Act. It is wrong to use force, it is wrong to use force, but it is just right in cotton. . (See Yang Chengfu's Usage of Tai Ji Chuan, page 85, Wenguang Publishing House, 193 1 version) But what about here? Is it not difficult? , obviously refers to? Soft but not rigid? Generally speaking, so? No? Yes This should be analyzed comprehensively from the upper and lower sentences, and cannot be taken out of context. In other words, above? Intention is not hard? Is correct, and it is pointed out here that cotton is not rigid? It's wrong not to use force? That's right. The two are not contradictory. So the former refers to the intention of conscious concentration, and the latter refers to the combination of rigidity and softness, which is not the same thing.
Four, strong ten generals, skillfully break a thousand pounds.
Mr. Yang Chengfu is still in the book Tai Chi Biography and Usage? Miscellaneous talk Chapter one says:? It is said that it only makes sense to be strong, and I say it is good to break a thousand pounds! ?
In recent years, some people often have serious problems such as coping and confrontation due to lack of training in Taiji Pushing Hands Competition. In the case of balance between the two forces, it is naturally the strong who wins. Such a good player is in power for a while. Will one person win ten times? , and attracted the attention of many Tai Ji Chuan fans. It's not that we don't want this? Yi Li? But relative attention? Coincidence . At the same time, this force is vitality, an internal force, not? Niu Li? , clumsy. ? Miscellaneous talk Cloud:? Don't be afraid of Niu Li. If you can't beat your strength with skilled internal skills, why do you practice boxing? ! It's no use losing a thousand pounds! ? This is enough to show that Tai Ji Chuan still advocated it. Smart or not? Yes However, we can't think that Tai Ji Chuan didn't use force, otherwise the relative truth is absolute, and the truth immediately becomes a fallacy. As for the nature of strength, it is even more necessary to identify it, because what we want is the inner strength of Tai Chi, not the clumsy strength.
Verb (short for verb)? The power of the pen, not the power?
Finally, we can also find similar arguments from ancient theories. The ancients said:? Stones from other mountains can make jade. ? Although calligraphy and boxing belong to both literature and martial arts, there are similarities in some basic principles between ancient techniques. Calligraphy with a long history is especially enlightening to the late school of boxing. For example, Lin E said in Preface to stirrup: Zhao Lu said to Lin Yi: I learn from my book, but I beg for its strength. I don't know that the power of the pen is not power; Used for strength, the pen is dead! ? Are these words related to Tai Ji Chuan? Intention is not hard? Isn't it just right? !