Abiding by the rules while being "slow" and understanding Tai Chi "familiarity"

There are stages in practicing Tai Chi. To gain a layer of secrets by practicing one level of Kung Fu, you must know where you are. What stage, what level. In the book "Chen Style Tai Chi" written by Gu Liuxin and Shen Jiazhen, when discussing the "alternating between fast and slow movements", they explain: "In the beginner stage of Tai Chi, you must not be fast. You must try your best to be as slow as possible. The slower the better." How to practice in the beginner stage. ? The old-timers pointed the way for us. Slow practice is the beginning, slow practice is the foundation. You must follow the rules while practicing slowly. otherwise. The foundation was not solid at the beginning, but I wanted to pursue higher levels of mysteries in the future. It's impossible. Practice slowly in silence, practice slowly in relaxation, practice slowly in softness, and achieve slowness without looseness, slowness without interruption, slowness without stiffness, slowness without dementia, and slow movement without slowness. Follow the rules and obey the rules. Practice every move to perfection.

In the process of learning, according to the requirements of Tai Chi, we must start with the basic skills. However, many enthusiasts start with routines without understanding and mastering boxing techniques and certain basic martial arts skills, and are eager to learn and master one or two routines in a short period of time. At the same time, it can achieve immediate results. For the purpose of fitness and health. As the saying goes: "You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." If you want to achieve success overnight without suffering, sweating, or working hard, there are many enthusiasts who have this understanding and idea.

"The foundation is not strong. The earth is shaking and the mountains are shaking." Just like learning calligraphy, you must start from the most basic eight characters of "Yong"; just like learning music, you must start from the most basic "syllables". The same is true for Tai Chi, which must start from the most basic hand shapes and techniques, step shapes and footwork, body shape and body skills, and eye skills. It starts with a series of basic exercises such as standing postures, single poses, and silk wrapping exercises. The process of learning martial arts is boring and tedious, especially practicing basic skills is even more boring. How to resolve and transfer this feeling? 7 One word is "quiet". When we calm down and practice slowly. Only then can you find and experience the fun.

As the saying goes: "It is easy to learn boxing, but difficult to change it." Practice in the "familiar" stage. Many problems often occur. For example, stiffness, looseness, shaking, skewing, shrugging shoulders and elbows, straightening chest and hips, bending over and protruding hips, not being in place, etc. Once bad habits and bad habits are formed. It is difficult to correct it. Some students learn a routine in one or two months, swallowing it wholeheartedly without knowing what to do, and are still overwhelmed with joy. Finally, they become popular in Tai Chi exercises and Tai Chi dance, and their fitness is acceptable. But keeping in good health is out of the question.

In the process of slow movement and practice. Carefully understand and figure out the starting and ending, continuation, opening and closing, and transition of movements. There are many requirements and characteristics such as orientation, angle, strength, wire winding, etc. You must abide by the rules to learn and practice, and you must not be opportunistic. You must be meticulous, down-to-earth, step by step, and learn and practice the shapes and movements of Tai Chi well. Be disciplined and understand the ins and outs of every movement carefully.

Two "Slow" Rules: Comprehend Tai Chi and "Understand Jin"

"Step by step, the skill will be long, and over time you will be able to smell its fragrance." Just like the process of boiling water. As the firepower continues to increase. A pot of water goes from cold water to warm water to hot water to boiling water. It can be completed after a certain amount of time and process. The same is true when we practice Tai Chi. As stated in the book "Chen Style Tai Chi" written by Gu Liuxin and Shen Jiazhen: "As the proficiency increases, the speed can be gradually accelerated. But the speed should not be disordered." It warns us from another level, If the speed is too fast. It fails to meet the requirements of Tai Chi, which means that the process and time of slow practice are very long, and even throughout the entire practice process of Tai Chi.

"I play Tai Chi carefully every day, opening and closing in my body." Learning things in small pieces requires us to have enough determination, patience and perseverance, so the progress will be slower. But you can learn solidly. It has a certain effect on the pursuit of fitness and health, and can lay a good foundation for the growth of kung fu.

In Xingquan Panji, if it complies with the "medium rules", it is necessary to further integrate one's own strength in slow movements and practice, so as to achieve looseness and softness through slow training. In looseness and softness, Move Qi and nourish Qi in the middle. Remove stiffness and seek softness, and integrate the scattered strength of the limbs and joints into a unified body. After practicing slowly. Make the shelf regular. Don't move rashly, don't move rashly. Use internal movement to lead external movement. Integrate the inner and outer parts, practice slowly, understand a pearl of Hunyuan in the Dantian, understand the process of generating strength and the inner winding strength formed by strength, and practice a kind of formation that connects each other and follows each other up and down at every move. , the unity of internal and external strength.

Slowness can change the inertia of action. Gain a solid understanding of your own internal and external changes. Go further and slowly understand, break down each move and style into several details. Calm down, relax, and slowly experience the feeling of mind, energy, and energy, as well as the changes inside and outside the body. Depending on the strength of your internal strength, your feeling may sometimes be there or not. Sometimes you may feel that your movements are very calm, but don't let your energy come out suddenly. It's also very obvious that the transition folds very well. But with practice of the routine. This feeling no longer exists. At this point, patience and practice are required. Do the boxing naturally and don't try hard to achieve it. As the saying goes: "The effort will come naturally."

At this time, we can practice boxing without gasping for breath. No change in color, very comfortable. There is a feeling of "nothing is said". Unknowingly. A boxing session may take thirty or forty minutes. The time may be longer, but the self-feeling is very short.

Refer to the "two criteria for changing from slow to fast": first, the movements are calm; second, the ability to show strength. This is a guide for us to correctly grasp the time and conditions for changing from slow to fast. Under the constraints of the above-mentioned principles, practice slowly, quietly, not too fast, and not too fast.

I gradually understood. Only in silence, relaxation and slowness can we find and realize the length of softness and the toughness of iron. As the body's flexibility increases. As well as the accumulation of strength and phase change, the strength of looseness and vibrancy. There will be a feeling of moving from quantity to quality during practice. Sometimes the Dantian becomes hot and heavy, the heels feel heavy, the legs are weak, and the fingers are warm and soft due to sweating. As soon as the thought came to me, I immediately felt numb and swollen. Just like the process of "kneading dough" by a chef. Knead slowly. The more you knead, the more tendons and toughness you get. I think this is the same as practicing Tai Chi, practice slowly and understand slowly. The more you practice, the looser your body becomes. The more you realize, the more abundant your inner energy becomes.

Three "Slownesses" to break away from the rules and realize the "gods" of Tai Chi

"The Book of Changes·Xici 1" states: "The gods make things clear, and they exist in people." It can be seen that the gods are the greatest. The function. However, it is impossible to achieve this state without changing the tendons and turning the qi. Tai Chi is an internal martial art. It is an excellent traditional boxing and exercise method that integrates martial arts, culture, fitness and health care. It has very rich cultural connotations. Taking the traditional Chinese philosophy Yili as the theoretical guiding ideology. So it can also be called "cultural boxing". In practice. It requires a good cultural foundation as a foundation. Only then can you understand the connotation and essence of Tai Chi. Due to different cultural levels, everyone's understanding is also different, and those who can reach "gods" are rare.

The realm of "gods" cannot be described in words, but can only be led by gods. People don’t know me, but I only know people. It is a high-end palace where Tai Chi practitioners dream of cultivating both life and life. Some people spend their whole lives searching for it, but they don’t know the result. Take your time on the Tai Chi road. It requires a mind as still as still water to think, practice, and realize, follow the rules, and practice layer by layer to realize it.

On the basis of "understanding strength", follow the principle of "slow practice is for nourishment, fast practice is for injury". During the practice process, you should practice slowly, gently and quietly. You need to practice your mind, your energy, and your spirit.

Chen Xin Boxing Theory says: "From the beginning to the end, you must move slowly. If you can go slow, go as slow as possible. If you slow down to a very high level, you will be able to be very effective. Only if you can be very effective, the enemy will follow." If you don't know me, you will think that my skills are strange. This is the constant emotion of people, but you don't know that it is the result of difficulty. "Everything must be empty." Very imaginary and very spiritual. The response can be quick. Ideas can be abundant. In the case of "emphasis on meaning but not form". "Use the mind to move Qi, and use Qi to move the body." Combined with reverse abdominal breathing, it activates the movement of the internal force in the Dantian, allowing the internal Qi to open and close thinly, slowly, deeply, evenly and in a coordinated manner with movements to achieve the unity of "mind, Qi and spirit".

In the process of practicing boxing, do not use Qi as a guide. You should use your mind as your guide. If you don't have Qi, it will be stagnant. You are aware of it, you are angry about it, and you are energetic about it. Always use the intention to perform the exercises to achieve softness, flexibility, and continuity.

“Ten years of practice, ten years of cultivating Qi; Qi is cultivated directly without harm. Cultivated for a long time, it becomes Haoran Zhengqi.” (Feng Zhiqiang’s words) explains the entire process of practicing boxing. In fact, it is a process of cultivating one's moral character and cultivating one's nature. When practicing boxing, the main task is to nourish the Qi, supplemented by the movement of the boxing posture. Mainly softening, supplemented by hardening. The inner Qi can be filled, and when it is opened, the Qi can reach the four tips. When combined, the Qi will be restrained and return to Dantian.

If you don’t know how to cultivate internally and don’t know how to nourish externally, then Yin and Yang will not be in harmony. Different inside and outside. How can we reach the day after tomorrow and return to the day before? Soften your inherent strength and blood. Follow the continuous looseness, softness and spirituality of its meridians, qi and blood, muscles and bones, and skin, in order to achieve the "godly" state of self-cultivation and nourishment?

In slow practice and slow enlightenment. Find the opening and closing of Yin and Yang. Changes in internal and external movements. In the walking boxing and walking posture, slowly realize the inner and outer parts of the whole body, and the spiral silk circle that moves without moving. If it is still, both will be still; if it moves, both will move; if it is together, it will be open. Kaizhong Apartment. Soft, mellow and natural. Understand the overall Hunyuan force of the three-dimensional three-dimensional space inside and outside the body, up, down, left, and back. Understand the whole family around you and seek the mystery of "sacrifice yourself and serve others, know yourself and know the enemy".

Chen Xin's boxing theory goes: "There are punches all over the body. They hit where and where. I don't know what is mysterious or mysterious." This is the specific manifestation of the "god" stage.

However. No matter what the purpose is to learn and practice Tai Chi, no matter what level or stage you reach. All must be understood and understood slowly with a normal heart. Only by finding your position can you know the direction to work towards.

Shanren Sports reminds you that Tai Chi requires persistence to achieve results. Don’t be impatient. I wish you good health and happy exercise~