Tai Ji Chuan is one of the martial arts boxing and a precious cultural heritage that the Chinese nation is proud of. As a treasure of oriental martial arts culture, Chen-style Tai Ji Chuan not only embodies the essence of China traditional martial arts and China ancient philosophy, medicine, art of war, aesthetics and kinematics, but also integrates martial arts, physical strength, medical health, intelligence, health preservation and fitness, and edifying sentiment. Through long-term study and research, it has reached the height of beauty and goodness. The following is what I sorted out: for you to read!

First, how to practice basic skills by standing piles

Hong doesn't advocate practicing piling. He said that Mr. Chen had never stood on a stake. Teacher Liu Chengde advocates standing piles, saying that standing piles can speed up internal cultivation. Other schools of Neijiaquan advocate standing piles. For example, Sun Lutang specifically introduced the method of piling in To Tell the Truth, and Dong Haichuan, Wang Xiangzhai and other domestic boxers also specifically discussed the method of piling. From my personal practice experience, standing stakes is very important, which will accelerate the growth of my own skills and play a multiplier role in Wushu. There are some sentences in The Theory of Boxing, such as "Qi is not harmful if it is straight", "Breathing in the abdomen is loose" and "The source of ambition lies in the waist gap", which shows the key of Chen Tai Ji Chuan's internal training. Among them, the word "destiny" is understood by the author as life, which refers to essence, qi and spirit; "Meaning" is the meaning of ideas and thinking; "Source" refers to Qi, and the source of life is Qi, including innate Qi and acquired Qi.

Tai chi pile's kungfu training is a long process. In the process of training, due to the difference of physical conditions, everyone's experience is different, but there is one thing in common, that is, Gong Zhuang's training process can not be completed overnight, and the next level of kung fu has a layer of gains, and the next level of kung fu has a layer of mystery, a deeper layer, and a new layer. This kind of understanding can only be achieved by being there. After I practiced Gong Zhuang for half a year, Dantian began to feel angry and full. Whenever my thoughts sink into my abdomen, I feel as if there is a dripping sound in my stomach, sometimes it will keep ringing, sometimes my stomach will suddenly feel hot, sometimes I will suddenly fart, sometimes I will suddenly feel a smell in my stomach, and sometimes a certain part of my body will hurt inexplicably.

After six or seven years, I felt as hard as a stone, but as long as I practiced, Dantian soon became angry and felt very puzzled. Until one morning, I suddenly felt that my abdomen was loose and my abdomen was as hard as a stone. The sense of qi returned to the same as when I first started practicing. My stomach was empty and my abdomen was always dissatisfied. At this time, I realized that when people are practicing internal skills, the gas in the abdomen is just like atmospheric pressure. People with profound internal skills have great "pressure" of internal qi in Dantian, so it is amazing to use it in martial arts. A person with profound internal skills will turn up all the soil on the ground with a push of his hand. Usually people often say that "his feet don't follow" may be the reason. Usually when I practice pushing hands with Teacher Liu, no matter how hard I try, the footprints of Teacher Liu's feet on the ground are very shallow, while the soil on my feet is turned up, which is probably the difference of internal strength. In boxing theory, there is a saying that "if you don't practice boxing, you will get nothing". People who practice martial arts will eventually achieve nothing if they have no internal strength. In the illustration of Chen Taiji Biography, the master said: "As for neutralization, the enemy can be afraid to advance and retreat, and the enemy is weak and in danger. If you stand on a boulder, you dare not move. You almost fell down. At this time, although you don't hit the enemy, the enemy is convinced. " This is a wonderful description of internal strength.

When standing piles, eyes should be slightly closed, head should be propped up, knees should be slightly bent, and the intention is to sink and spray out. Generally, practitioners should emphasize the meaning of protecting the abdomen, but it is not. Only when the spring is full will it speed up the opening of big and small Sundays. As the saying goes: take it right and use it right; Take one, take one. The intention of the spring is to start from the bottom, just the opposite.

It is not enough to practice boxing, but also a lot of hard basic training. Teacher Hong once said that he seldom practiced the whole set of boxing, but he practiced many formulas alone. At the same time, he also said that so many students who practice boxing with him can't practice forehand and backhand correctly, which shows that the requirements for practicing basic skills are strict. Through personal martial arts practice, Teacher Liu Chengde summed up a set of systematic and scientific training methods such as Chen Tai Ji Chuan's three-dimensional spiral, yin-yang symmetry and traction. In basic training, there are strict and specific requirements for the direction and angle of the foot, and the fingers must spread from the base of the finger to the fingertip like a trumpet spiral to form a resultant force.

For example, draw forehand and backhand circles according to other teachers' methods, and you won't feel tired after a long time; If you draw forehand and backhand circles according to Mr. Liu's request, you can only draw three or five at first, and I feel that I can't hold it. The two big tendons in your thigh are swollen badly, and your legs are shaking. This is the contrast and feeling between right and wrong. Before his death, Mr. Hong often said that he must practice his movements correctly. He often takes the backhand circle as an example. He put his middle finger on the wall. When he draws a circle backhand, the middle finger does not leave the previous contact point, but turns the elbow back to the chest socket position. The key to practicing backhand circle is "take in and take out". However, quite a few people pull their hands backwards when they stroke backhand, and their middle fingertips can't be kept in place, which can't reflect the requirement of "retracting" the spiral force. No matter how hard you practice basic skills, you can't get anything. This is my personal experience. I once read a book that said that teachers must pass on word of mouth, but some of them only know and can't say it, thinking it's mystifying. By learning boxing from Mr. Liu Chengde, I have a deep understanding of the above two sentences. Some actions can only be learned under the repeated guidance of the teacher. Some actions must be repeatedly fed by the teacher to learn. The secret of China's Kung Fu is that some connotations can't be seen. Tai Ji Chuan's strength, for example, must be experienced in front of experts to realize its inner magical function.

Second, how to practice boxing

In the Illustration of Chen's Tai Ji Chuan, it is pointed out: "Today's scholars become early without studying hard, and get immediate results with a little effort. As Confucius said, it is easy before it is difficult. Ask how to use kung fu, and you will achieve something, Mencius said. Don't be right, don't forget, and don't encourage. Then you can visit a good friend without knowing why or how. If you don't know the road clearly, you won't be able to do it for a day, and then you won't stop. When did you ask? Small achievements take three years, and great achievements take nine years. You can see it after nine years. " This passage profoundly and clearly points out the stages that Chen Tai Ji Chuan must go through, and at the same time points out that it is impossible to get Tai Ji Chuan's real kung fu without hard training. People who have practiced in Tai Ji Chuan for a year and a half to participate in the Pushing Hands Competition can only be physically strong at best, with quick hands and slow hands, not to mention Taiji Kung Fu at all.

See some boxing friends who practice Chen-style Tai Ji Chuan. Some of them also worked hard and did sweat a lot, but the results were little and the kung fu was slow. Why? To put it bluntly, there is no law, and to put it bluntly, it is not yet at the gate of Tai Chi. So, how to practice and work hard correctly? In the Qing Dynasty, Wu Yuxiang said in the "Thirteen Potential Explanations": "Qi is like a nine-curved bead, and it is meticulous." In Chen Tai Ji Chuan's illustration, he said, "Hands don't lift, hands don't fall." Tells the secret of Tai Ji Chuan's boxing. In the process of boxing, the conversion between action and action should be completed through the waist and crotch. In the theory of boxing, there are some sayings, such as "the power of waist and hip is unknown" and "the surprise lies in the turn of Guan, and the turn of Guan lies in the waist and hip", all of which indicate the important position and role of the power of waist and hip in Tai Ji Chuan's Kung Fu. It's hard to understand literally, but it's actually very important. Whether it is reasonable to walk on the floor can be known by practicing boxing. Being able to understand or see problems from other people's boxing practice is progress in itself. Seeing Mr. Liu practicing boxing, the profound inner spirit, the profound artistic conception and the potential strength make people memorable.

In the process of practicing boxing, we should also pay attention to the orientation and angle. Chen style boxing has very specific requirements for lunge, standing posture, footwork and side step. One shoulder width is one shoulder width, and two shoulder widths are two shoulder widths. You can't change your footwork at will without rules.

There is a saying in China Wulin: "There are 10 million Qian Qian who practice boxing, and only one or two are authentic." It shows that few people can work hard, and few people can work hard all their lives. Those who can work hard all their lives will certainly achieve something. Tai Ji Chuan is a kind of boxing that needs to "think" with the body, not only with the brain, but also with the body. To listen and understand, we should use our bodies to feel, use our bodies to feel, and use our bodies to feel the realm, which is not far from "God". ?