Why do some people say that the biography of Wu Tai Chi is the biography of Tai Chi?
When Wu, a native of Daxing, Hebei Province, went to Beijing to give boxing, his father learned from Tai Ji Chuan, and then from Yang, the second son of Hou, and gradually revised it on the basis of Tai Ji Chuan at home, which was improved and polished by Wu, forming a school, namely "Wu Tai Ji Chuan". Wu-style Tai Ji Chuan is famous for its softness, inclined and upright, quiet and natural, and moderate size. When pushing the hand, keep quiet and don't move. Be good at it. Wu-style Tai Ji Chuan is divided into north and south factions. The Southern School was inherited by Wu, and the descendants mainly included Wu Gongzao, Wu Gongyi, Wu and Ma Yueliang. The Northern School was inherited by Wang Maozhai, and its descendants mainly included Zhao Tiean and Yang Yuting, followed by Zhao Anxiang, Li Jingwu and Wang Peisheng. Quan You (1834- 1902) is a husband, whose real name is Baoting and his old name is Wu Fushi. Manchu. Daxing people in Beijing. Yang Luchan's boxing in Beijing benefited most from Wan Chun, Lingshan and Quan You of the Firearms Battalion. After years of hard study and practice, they have their own strengths. Lingshan is vigorous, strong in spring, and all friendly and soft. After that, Quan You continued his studies from Yang Cizi Ban Hou. He is the most filial teacher and sincere in his studies. He is deeply loved by Yang Luchan and is known as the capital of Yang and his son. Mr. Quan You has a soft personality and a gentle appearance. Generous and helpful, I saw a soldier beating a vendor on the road, so I stepped forward to stop him. But the soldiers are so conceited that they can see that they are all gentle and good. They thought they could be bullied, but they didn't fight each other. But if a dragonfly shakes a tree, it can't get up. Quanyou warned him not to be arrogant and bully the people. One day, Quanyou was studying in the study when a guest came to visit. All friends greeted them from the living room and saw that the guests had entered the gate. The whole friend greeted the money, and the man hurried forward and said, "See you later." All friends reciprocate. Just then, there was a loud bang, and the visitor suddenly flew up and bumped into the living room door. People around you are surprised and puzzled. It turned out that the guest suddenly used a trick of "guiding the way by the gods" when giving gifts, and called the whole friend's abdomen. All are good at observing, even fighting and putting tourists in the air. Chuanzi studied under Wang Maozhai, Guo Songting, Chang, Xia Gongfu and Qi. He is the founder of Wu Tai Ji Chuan. Practicing Tai Ji Chuan's psychological (ideological) requirements can be summarized as a "five-character formula", including five aspects: static, light, slow, tangent and constant. Jing: Your thoughts should be highly concentrated and there should be no distractions. However, people's thinking is complex, and it is really not easy to make the central nervous system highly concentrated and in a single excited state. So, how can we concentrate? The easiest way is to focus on how to make your actions as correct as possible. In other words, it is easier to produce results if the movement is small and appropriate. Over time, you can gradually understand the strength from familiarity, from strength to the realm of God. Light: The "light" in Taiji is not simply explained without hard work. Light is relative to heavy. In the Taiji Classic, it is said that "the left weight is the left deficiency, and the right weight is the right deficiency". First, the "explosive power" cannot be light, and second, it is taboo. Lightness can also be interpreted as "softness". "Extremely soft and then extremely firm" means that light is flexible, and light is not slack. Relaxation and explosiveness are taboos in Tai Ji Chuan. Light is powerful, so it is Tai Chi to say that "it seems to be loose but not loose". Tai Ji Chuan's movements, hands, eyes, posture and footwork are all between strong and weak, showing a developing trend, and it is necessary to distinguish between reality and excess, thus forming "Tai Chi strength". Knowing this strength is the advanced stage of practicing Tai Ji Chuan. Only in long-term exercise can you learn from your heart. Slow: Practice Tai Ji Chuan slowly, but don't stop. Slow is relatively fast, and the principle of slow is to require "continuity" and cannot be broken. The Taiji classic says: "Urgent is urgent, and slow is slow." Therefore, when practicing Tai Ji Chuan, it is required to meet the street before and after the action. The so-called "there must be folding in reciprocating motion, and there must be conversion in advance and retreat", so that the whole set of actions is continuous and there can be no deliberate delay between actions. Generally speaking, a set of boxing should be controlled at around 25-; 50 minutes is good. Well-trained people play a complete set of boxing every time, and the time is basically the same, which is the concrete manifestation of deep kung fu. Cut: It means seriously. To practice Tai Ji Chuan, you need to work hard. Don't drive too fast. No matter which action you take, you must be accurate. Distinguish between reality and reality, avoid movements, and stand upright and comfortable. Walk like a cat and move like a silk scroll. Another meaning of cutting is learning, not learning when practicing boxing, but remembering what kind of boxing is wrong after practicing and correcting it when practicing later. This is the work of cutting, exploring, cutting and polishing, and efforts will make rapid progress. Constant: It means "timing" and "quantization". The first is perseverance, which can't be interrupted regardless of the cold and heat; Secondly, it is quantitative. According to each person's physique and time, the corresponding time and amount of exercise are formulated. Time, geography, action and quantity all need to be gradually strengthened in order to gradually improve the level. In short, the requirements of quietness, lightness, slowness, tangency and constancy are mutually restrictive and complementary. When practicing Tai Ji Chuan, we can only coexist, and we can't neglect it.