Although Tai Ji Chuan belongs to the category of China Wushu, it can also be said to be one of the components of China medicine. By practicing Tai Ji Chuan, we can get rid of diseases, preserve health and prolong life.
Wushu can be divided into two categories: internal boxing and external boxing. Waijia Boxing focuses on strengthening tendons, bones and skin, while Tai Ji Chuan-based Neijia Boxing focuses on invigorating qi and dredging collaterals. It can also be said that it focuses on relaxing and adjusting the whole body qi and blood, which belongs to the attack of Qigong. Therefore, in order to recuperate the body, adjust the circulation of qi and blood, and restore the normal circulation in the body, it is most appropriate to practice Tai Ji Chuan.
Practicing Tai Ji Chuan is more than just learning boxing. You must know a lot of basic skills. You must "relax" and "keep the respiratory tract open". The lung governs the qi of the whole body, and the qi of the lung regulates the qi of the whole body. Therefore, when practicing, you should make the gas unobstructed, and the airway should not be stagnant. Therefore, in practicing boxing, don't hold your breath, but always relax and calm down. When practicing boxing, you should cooperate with breathing, opening and closing. Because of the above requirements, people who practice Tai Ji Chuan pay attention to relax and adjust their breathing during boxing, and feel comfortable and energetic every time they practice boxing. The body perspires slightly, which increases the metabolism in the body, thus achieving the fitness effect of getting rid of diseases and strengthening the body. Exercise physiology tells us that any exercise must have a certain intensity and a long duration, which may have a great impact on improving human health, especially on the circulatory system and respiratory system. The reasonable combination of exercise intensity and duration is very important to improve the function of circulatory system and respiratory system. Because Tai Ji Chuan is full of the essence of Chinese excellent traditional culture, which is both martial arts and culture; Not only fitness, but also martial arts. It not only exercises the inner (spirit) but also the outer (body), and it has both vitality and spirit, and has both health preservation value and artistic appreciation value.
Paying attention to increasing the amount of exercise in the lower body of the human body is of great benefit to avoid the "disease of the times" of rising and falling. Since the 20th century, one of the obvious changes in human life style is to attach importance to health and get a healthy body through exercise. And people's fitness methods will pay more attention to lower limb movements, just like walking.
People who practice Tai Ji Chuan all the year round generally report that their thighs are thick. Sports experts believe that the high-functional exercise of calf muscles makes the human body help the heart work like adding many small pumps, which not only reduces the burden on the heart, but also benefits the health of the cardiovascular system. Because Tai Ji Chuan attaches great importance to human footwall skill training, it is beneficial to the descending of qi and blood, regulating the ups and downs of human body, preventing and treating diseases such as hypertension and falls, and has anti-aging function. As the saying goes, "people start from their legs when they are old", and people often have various ups and downs in middle age. The American medical community has listed the death of the elderly due to falls as the third biggest enemy leading to death. Their government is willing to allocate funds to support Tai Ji Chuan's anti-fall research projects. The rapid development of Tai Ji Chuan in the United States in recent two or three years is also an important reason.
From the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, "flourishing in the upper part and declining in the lower part" is a term of traditional Chinese medicine, which refers to the syndrome of middle-aged people's liver and kidney deficiency, yin deficiency and yang floating, which leads to high blood pressure, insomnia with guilty conscience, chills, chills in limbs, food stagnation and constipation. Patients usually look flushed and have no symptoms. However, due to the shortage of the next yuan, even the feet are weak, the movement is inconvenient, the heel hurts after walking for a long time, the knee joint is stiff, the waist is sore and the back hurts, and the whole body is weak. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that when people are over 40, their liver and kidneys are prone to losses, just like the roots of trees are withered and the pages of books are yellow. Watering and fertilizing should start from the roots, nourishing the liver and tonifying the kidney, which is the secret of health preservation. In addition to taking some nourishing food and medicine, it is important to strengthen the exercise of abdomen and lower limbs. Because between the abdomen and the Ming Gate (that is, the lower abdomen) of the human body, it is the most critical and fundamental part where various nutrients absorbed by the human body are transformed into Jingxue (and endocrine). Therefore, strengthening the movement of the lower abdomen, waist, crotch and lower limbs is the most basic link to promote digestion, absorption and blood circulation. Strong waist and legs, smooth natural blood flow, vigorous spirit and long duration, thus eliminating or avoiding the symptoms of "upper prosperity and lower decline". Tai Ji Chuan not only emphasizes physical relaxation, but also requires mental relaxation in the whole process of practicing boxing. Combining brain inhibition with excitement is also beneficial to psychological balance. Therefore, according to the present lifestyle, it is a very reliable and healthy way to practice one or more instruments from Tai Ji Chuan and Tai Ji Chuan. As long as you keep practicing boxing every day, you can keep your physical and mental balance and dynamic balance lasting.