Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing
Five elements boxing, Wudang Taiyi, is one of the main boxing types of Wudang Wushu. This boxing was made by Zhang Shouxing, the eighth generation master of Daoism Longmen in Wudang Mountain in Ming Dynasty, according to Zhang Sanfeng's "Thirteen Styles of Taiji", absorbing the famous doctor Hua Tuo's "Five Birds Play" at the end of Han Dynasty, and combining the breathing, guidance and martial arts of Daoism. In the process of exercise, the spirit is not valued, the value is not valued, the mind depends on it, the posture is balanced, the gait is curved, and the movements are smooth and free. It is of great positive significance to control people's movements and strength with overall flexibility.
The Origin of Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing
Five elements boxing, Wudang Taiyi, has a unique theory and effect of self-cultivation, fitness and self-defense, which is loved by the majority of martial arts lovers and goes to the world with its unique charm. This paper expounds the fitness effect, boxing characteristics and main practice methods of five elements boxing Wudang Taiyi, and fully shows that five elements boxing Wudang Taiyi is one of the main boxing types of Wudang Wushu.
The Efficacy of Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing
1. Fitness Effect of Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing
1. 1 five elements boxing's posture and theoretical analysis from Wudang Taiyi.
Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing (also known as Wudang Taiyi's 23-style five-element grapple) is one of the main boxing types of Wudang Wushu. This boxing is Ming Hongzhi (Zhu Youtang reign of Xiaozong (1488- 1504)), which was made by Zhang Shouxing, the eighth generation master of Longmen Taoism in Wudang Mountain, according to the thirteen forms of Tai Chi in wudang zhang sanfeng, and absorbed the famous doctor Hua Tuo's five-beast drama at the end of Han Dynasty, as well as the breathing, guidance and martial arts of Taoist schools. Taiyi five elements boxing pays more attention to the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements in theory, so his routine orientation and route pay attention to the pattern of dividing Yin-Yang and Five Elements, stepping on gossip and wearing nine palaces. In the process of exercise, strength is more important than resistance, which requires that the mind and mind are interdependent, round and soft everywhere, the waist turns with the hips, the posture is even and unbiased, the movement is like a snake, the body is as strong as a silkworm spinning silk, and the whole is flexible, controlling people's movements and overcoming people's rigidity, which fully shows that Taiyi five elements boxing has important and positive significance and role in health care and martial arts exercise.
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The Origin of Five Elements of Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing
Ancient philosophers in China abstracted water, fire, wood, gold and earth from the material world, and called them "five elements" as the elements of all things. Then the relationship between the five elements is used to illustrate the law of interdependence and mutual restriction between things. Mutual development means mutual development and mutual encouragement, namely: aquatic wood, wood makes a fire, fire produces soil, soil produces gold and gold produces water. Mutual restraint means mutual restraint and mutual inhibition, that is, water can overcome fire, fire can overcome gold, Jin Kemu, wood can overcome soil, and soil can overcome water. Too b, so is vitality. People's lives are gathered in the body by their own qi.
Fitness angle analysis
1.2 From the health and fitness of Taiyi five elements boxing.
Taiyi five elements boxing has the health care function of regulating body and mind: breathing naturally and relaxing the whole body; Stay calm and focused; Hope and spirit; Internal and external combination, one after another; Regardless of yin and yang, the posture is positive; Spirit is free to move; Internal and external integration; The spirit and shape are unique; Eight pulse odd. People are divided into yin and yang and formed in the five elements. The five elements are in harmony and the five elements are in opposition. Those who are consistent are not sick, and those who are not are sick. Five elements boxing, on the other hand, adjusted the balance of Yin and Yang according to the number of five forms, emphasizing internal temperature regulation and nourishing, so as to turn Yin into Yang, drive away evil spirits, strengthen the body, let nature take its course, keep practicing and prolong life. This boxing also absorbs the pictographic movements in hua tuo wuqinxi: tiger-shaped lung-strengthening, ape-shaped kidney-strengthening, deer-shaped spleen-strengthening, bear-shaped liver-strengthening and crane-shaped heart-strengthening, which makes the exercise effect of preventing old age and getting rid of diseases better. Especially in boxing, the way to open and close, the way to move all parts of the body, the way to touch the upper jaw with the tongue, and the way to connect the two veins of Ren Du Run in the human body are of great benefit to health. In addition, Taiyi five elements boxing's exercises, in addition to all the muscle groups and joints of the whole body, should also cooperate with even deep breathing and diaphragm movement, and try to be calm and persistent, focused, integrated, and integrated inside and outside. This will have a good influence on the central nervous system, so as to balance the cardiovascular system function, respiratory function, skeletal system function, metabolic function and digestive function, and eliminate the threat of obesity in the elderly.
Mobilize the human body
1.3 Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing fully mobilized people's spiritual initiative.
Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing pays attention to relaxation, calmness and harmony, smooth qi and blood, balance of yin and yang, guiding meridians with meaning as the guide, running through the whole body, and integrating form and spirit; It grasps the movement regulation of human body state as a whole and has special effects on the regulation of nervous system and internal organs. Five elements boxing and Wudang Taiyi pay attention to both rigidity and softness, which is conducive to the adjustment of people's mentality and psychology, giving play to positive personality, reducing the influence of introverted personality and improving people's physical and mental health.
Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing has special effects on relieving mental state and improving psychological adaptability to the environment. Five elements boxing, Wudang Taiyi, pays attention to keeping a comfortable deep breath in the abdomen, promoting visceral peristalsis, adjusting viscera and improving functions. Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing can improve the mood, sleep, personality, memory and exercise stability of the elderly, promote the improvement of heart function and metabolic function, and has remarkable anti-aging effect. The results of microcirculation test show that Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing exercise can improve human microcirculation.
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2. Characteristics of Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing
2. 1 accords with the running law of man and nature.
The arrangement and creation of Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing not only conforms to the physiological laws of human body, but also conforms to the operational laws of nature, and has three unique characteristics. First, it emphasizes the unity of boxing and qi, inhaling intentionally, and the internal qi runs with the change of boxing potential, which is endless and beneficial to both body and mind; Second, it is required to combine rigidity with softness, to hide softness in rigidity, to show softness on the surface, to combine rigidity with softness, to combine rigidity with softness and to be coherent as a whole; Third, there is movement and static when the internal air is running, and there is movement and static when it is moving. With static braking, dynamic and static combination, mind and body depend on each other, which integrates health preservation and boxing.
2.2 Great potential for good health
With the development of society and the progress of life science and medicine, five elements boxing and Wudang Taiyi have displayed the characteristics and charm of oriental culture and shown great potential in fitness. Human body science is the cross of many disciplines, and the human body is a complex "giant system", which must be dealt with by the method of system engineering. To explore the fitness effect of Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing, it is necessary to study the correct teaching and the role of research and practice. Therefore, we must further scientifically inherit, understand and grasp the connotation of Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing.
Main measures of Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing
According to the practice of Taiyi five elements boxing, the practice of this boxing can't be completed overnight, so we must pay attention to methods and step by step. It is difficult to achieve the effect of fitness and illness without laying a solid basic skill, so the main measures are as follows.
3. 1 Ming Quan Qin Lian
To practice this boxing, we must first understand its theory, explore the laws of research and practice, and carry out scientific exercise. Modern science has proved that internal qi is a special material flow and a potential objective existence of human body. However, the appearance of internal qi must undergo special training and master the internal laws. Neijiayun: Boxing begins with Yi and ends with medicine. If you want to practice five elements boxing in Tai Yi, you must first learn the basic theoretical system of Tai Yi Wu Men and explore the law of cultivation from it. As we all know, the strange meridians, eight meridians and the twelve meridians of the human body are connected with the internal organs, so the three joints are loose and soft, and the nine orifices are connected, so that the true source of Taiyi can follow the five elements, and finally replenish qi and return to Dan, thus achieving the effects of nourishing the body internally, eliminating diseases externally, resisting aging and prolonging life.
3.2 First, practice basic skills.
The basic skill of Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing is the Nine Palace Rotating Twelve Piles Method. Relaxing hip joint is the key to getting started, and practicing basic dynamic skills in a down-to-earth manner. Pay attention to posture and hand shape, grasp the direction of each stroke and style, and don't change at will, make a wrong step and affect the route of the whole set of boxing. Only when the appearance is accurate and the internal strength is straightened out can the artistic conception of "perfection and naturalness" be achieved, and the purpose of "three customs and nine orifices" be achieved, which is conducive to the integration of the whole and the inside and outside, and the guidance of internal qi, the cultivation of mixed vitality and the formation of internal alchemy can be achieved.
3.3 cultivate the spirit of integrity, so as to cultivate both body and mind and suit others.
It is necessary to integrate the whole with the inside and outside, pay attention to step by step and persevere. For beginners, we must try our best to relax and slow down and eliminate clumsy exertion. It requires not only the correct posture, but also the combination of rigidity and softness, from looseness and softness, from rigidity to softness, from softness to rigidity, and finally to the training steps of just returning to softness. Keep the whole unity everywhere in the complex and coherent movement. Only by laying a solid foundation can we shape the boxing frame and improve the technology. Strive to be relaxed, flexible, endless, with both form and spirit, fit inside and outside, tall and straight, let go of yin and yang, and integrate inside and outside, but never aim too high and be eager for success. It is required not to be impatient, bored, calm, and follow the rules, and cultivate the spirit of integrity in exercise, so as to achieve both physical and mental cultivation and follow the course.
3.4 Seek truth from facts, be realistic and enterprising.
Although Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing is an important means to keep fit and prevent diseases, it can adjust and improve physiological functions, improve physical and mental health and delay aging, but it is not a panacea and cannot cure all diseases. Practitioners should still believe in science and get rid of superstitions. Patients should receive medical treatment under the guidance of doctors, and then practice boxing according to their own actual situation. Only by combining the two sides organically and exercising properly due to illness can we have better results.
An in-depth study of Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing
Give full play to the advantages of multi-disciplines, and conduct in-depth scientific tests on the practice crowd of Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing. Actively use modern natural science to systematically and pertinently test the physiological, biochemical, pathological and psychological indexes of population samples. Study its law and reveal its internal mechanism. In the research, we should pay attention to the test and analysis of brain function, EEG, endocrine (such as thymus), microcirculation, and the meridian, pulse condition and psychological parameters of five elements boxing in traditional Chinese medicine, regard the human body as a highly unified whole system of microcirculation regulation, explore the special functions of meridians, qi and blood and breathing methods from the perspective of exerting spiritual initiative, and strengthen its unique mechanism of strengthening the body and eliminating diseases.
To study the effect and mechanism of Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing on anti-aging and prevention and treatment of senile diseases. According to the characteristics of the elderly, the prevention and treatment effects and corresponding mechanisms of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and osteoporosis, prevention of falls and delay of brain degeneration were studied.
To study the role of Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing in relieving mental stress. According to the characteristics of adults, this paper studies its special efficacy and corresponding mechanism in relieving and relieving mental stress, improving health level, enhancing immune function and improving adaptability to the environment. Enhance immune function, balance endocrine, visceral function coordination, energy metabolism balance, brain function excitement balance, mental peace, psychological balance, sensitive response, action coordination and so on.
Overview of Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing
To sum up, by expounding the fitness efficacy, boxing characteristics and main practice methods of Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing, it is fully explained that Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing is one of the main boxing types of Wudang Wushu, and inheriting and carrying forward Wudang Taiyi five elements boxing should use modern science and technology to serve human health more systematically and scientifically.