Characteristics of Zhaobao Taijiquan Theory.
1. Cultivation is the foundation.
The supreme thing between heaven and earth is the Tao, the most noble is virtue, the rarest thing is people, and the rarest thing for people is to be able to integrate morality." The most basic and excellent aspect of the 5,000-year-old civilization of our Chinese nation is the education and inheritance of morality. Lao Tzu's (Tao Te Ching) from beginning to end, inseparable from a German character, (easy. Dry. Wenyan): "A gentleman enters morality and cultivates." "Time is everything: those who are virtuous gain it, and those who are not virtuous lose it.
Taijiquan is an ancient and excellent sports culture in China, and an indispensable and inseparable part of Chinese civilization. Therefore, the cultivation of Zhaobao Taijiquan should first start from the cultivation of virtue, that is, "respecting the teacher and respecting the way". In the inheritance, it is believed that learning Taijiquan is: the coarse person learns the coarse, the fine person learns the fine, and the literati learn the fine. The literati here refer to those who know how to be polite. Cultured. A person who is virtuous and cultivated. A rude person is a person who is not polite and rude. It can be seen that the practice of Zhaobao Taijiquan pays special attention to a German character. Cultivating virtue is not only to respect teachers and filial piety to relatives, but also to treat martial arts colleagues of all factions with each other and treat each other sincerely.
2. The unity of heaven and man (merit).
The practice of Tai Chi should be synchronized and consistent with the movement of nature and the universe, that is, the unity of heaven and man. When the universe is Hongmeng. When heaven and earth are not divided, heaven and earth are in unison, and in a trance, there are three straights. Four Shuns. Liuhe. The four major sections and eight subsections, although they are in a trance, they have not seen their qi stop.
The human body is like heaven and earth, and it is one and the same. Heaven and earth have three straights: upper, middle, and lower, and the human body also has three straights: head, body, and legsHeaven and earth have four shuns: cold, warm, heat, and cool, and the human body also has four shuns: hands, body, legs, and feet;Heaven and earth have six combinations: up, down, east, west, south, and north, and the human body also has six groups: hands, feet, elbows, knees, arms, and hipsThere are four major festivals in heaven and earth: spring, summer, autumn, and winter, and there are also four major festivals in the human body: two arms and two hips. The earth has eight sections: the beginning of spring, the beginning of summer, the beginning of autumn, the beginning of winter, the spring equinox, the autumn equinox, the summer solstice, and the winter solstice, and the human body also has eight sections: two hands, two elbows, two knees, and two feet. When the heavens and the earth rotate, there is no stopping, it is the number of qi: the body's qi and blood are guarded, and the cycle of reciprocating is also non-stop, and it is also the number of qi. Heaven and earth are dominated by reason, and not flowing water is moderation: the human body is dominated by the heart, and not flowing water is temperance. Heaven and earth are the big universe, and the human body is the same as the heaven and the earth are small universes.
Zhaobao Taijiquan, in the process of boxing and walking, always keeps in the middle. Correct. Flat round. Light. Spirit. Soft. Living body. Slow to soft, to live evenly. The style is all round. Circle. Walking arc, walking three-dimensional vertical circle, is the core and characteristics of this boxing, the whole boxing frame is from the first turn of the big circle and then the small circle, first to the shape of the inner rotation, and then to the internal movement to drive the external movement. It is like a spring silkworm pulling continuously, one ring after another, the cycle is endless, rolling in a circle, and it is round everywhere. There is a circle and a reverse circle in the composition, the hand is divided into yin and yang, the foot is divided into virtual and real, the hand should be in the middle when the fist is walking, hanging in the middle, seeking in the middle, falling in the middle, always in the style, all changes are not separated from it. In terms of body, there are: turning the hand into a circle, elbowing into a circle, turning the chest and abdomen into a circle, turning the arm into a circle and turning the crotch into a circle. The dantian rotates, and this is a rounded Taiji.
The drill of the boxing frame follows, a circle (three straight) (four shun) (six he) (three straight) that is, the head is straight, the body is straight, the calf is straight, (four shun) that is, the legs are straight, the feet are straight, the hands are smooth, the hands are smooth, the elbows and knees are together, and the inner three are the heart and mind, the qi and the strength, and the tendons and bones. The movements of Zhaobao Taijiquan can be big or small, fast or slow. Large, compact and small and stretched, during the exercise, the steps are round, interlocking, and there is no obvious force action. In the course of the exercise, practice to several times, once started, others watched, saw the circle, but could not find the beginning and the end, just like the Yangtze River and the sea surging endlessly.
The outer triad and the inner triad are the requirements for practicing Zhaobao Taijiquan. The practice requires that the hands and feet should cooperate with each other, and the whole body should be combined into one strength. The moves are clear, and the style is clear.
3: The principle of technical attack.
Zhaobao Taijiquan is unique in terms of technique, it requires static braking and softness to overcome rigidity. Avoid the real and the virtual, use the strength to exert force, advocate that everything should be based on objectivity, live with others, and stagnate from oneself. For this reason, Tai Chi pays special attention to "listening to strength", that is, to accurately feel and judge the opponent's incoming momentum in order to react. When the other party is not launched, do not rush forward, you can first induce the other party with tricks, try its virtual reality, the term is called "leading".
Once the opponent launches, you must quickly seize the front, "the other moves slightly, you move first", "the last strikes first", bring the opponent in, make him weightless and miss, or disperse and transfer the opponent's strength, take advantage of the weakness, and fight back with all his might. This principle of Taijiquan is embodied in the training of pushing hands and the essentials of taolu movements, which can not only train people's physical qualities such as reaction ability, strength and speed, but also have great significance in offensive and defensive combat training. Wudang Zhaobao Taiji, in terms of walking skills, is good at taking, falling, throwing, hitting, relying on the arts, and there are a variety of grappling and counter-grappling movements, integrated into the routine, so that its technical characteristics are very prominent, in terms of massage, with two people standing step pushing, squeezing, squeezing, pressing the action, live step pushing, in order to practice picking, column, elbow, leaning on the method.
In terms of technique: there are complete forty-eight methods, that is, the upper, middle and lower three secret methods. On the plate, kung fu squeezed and pressed the elbow to grasp the buckle lock and pouted and frustrated;The ups and downs of the mid-plate kung fu are advancing and retreating, and the flash garden turns to contain the pull through the ring pipe throughput and puff;Kung Fu kneels and picks and picks up the split, the wall hangs and kicks, the hook breaks the cut-off point, and the toes are curled. Its superior kung fu requires the invisible bullet release of volley. Truly achieve static braking, so that the offender can pounce immediately.
The three pairs of King Kong are very characteristic moves of Zhaobao Taijiquan, saying: "Do a good job of the three pairs of King Kong, go all over the world without suffering, only one of them is enough for life." It can be seen that the importance of its moves. It is said that it is important, one is often encountered in actual combat, and the other is to beat and take the technique, which is fully possessed, and the eight methods of Tai Chi: squeezing and pressing, picking elbows and leaning;Five elements: forward, backward, left looking, right looking, neutral, the strength of the thirteen potentials are all in it.
4. Fitness efficacy.
a. Emphasizing the dual cultivation of body and mind, that is, the "dual cultivation of life" Taijiquan emphasizes the balanced development of the spirit and the body during exercise, and believes that the spirit and the body are dependent on each other, and finally come together. When practicing this boxing method, it is light and soft, and it can achieve the effect of cultivating the body and mind and cultivating the temperament.
b. There is a special effect on chronic stubborn diseases: this fist method requires, gently shake it to loosen its shoulders, soft to live its body, and Xu Xingzhi to steady its steps. Therefore, it can best exert the effect of hard work without extreme, shaking and valley qi elimination, smooth blood veins, and eliminating all kinds of diseases.
c, can clear the mind, regulate the nerves, more suitable for intellectuals engaged in mental work, this boxing action is soft, gentle and elegant, for mental workers, not only to adapt to their temperament, but also to prescribe the right medicine.
d. Helps to prolong life: The light and slow circular movement of this boxing method, which coincides with the movement of the circle between the universe can be endless, so it can make the internal organs of the human body be exercised and balanced development, and the light and flexible limb movement will accelerate the circulation of qi and blood in the nerve endings, thereby increasing the human body and spirit. The inner balance ability makes the body light and healthy, delays aging, and obtains the effect of prolonging life and longevity.
5. The characteristics of "playing boxing".
Zhaobao Taijiquan "boxing", is the characteristics of Taijiquan, the so-called "boxing", as the name suggests, is the meaning of play, take its natural, light, soft meaning, such as the wind and drizzle, such as children's play, free nature. There is no deliberate artificiality, no need to stare at the sun, gnash your teeth, and no need to be fierce and powerful. Zhaobao Taijiquan is slow and soft, and softness is used to survive;Gently shake it to loosen its shoulders, soft to live its body, Xu Xingzhi to steady its steps, soft to firm, soft into rigid. "Playing boxing" is very relaxed, without restraint and stagnancy. This kind of "boxing" spirit, is in line with Lao Tzu's Taoism nature, especially all, "boxing" than "boxing" seems to be more accurate, more unpretentious, extraordinary, from the natural small truth-seeking, the truth is simple and easy.
The grandmasters of Zhaobao Taiji, who attached so much importance to the title of "playing boxing", mainly pursued the natural Taoism of Taijiquan and made Taijiquan return to its simplicity. Bai Yuchan said in the "Theory of Cultivating Immortals": "But it can be calm and calm, with no thoughts, pure kung fu, mingle, silent all day long, like a chicken holding eggs, then the god is angry, naturally see the entrance of a trick, its big outside, its small inside, is to take the innate - qi, thought to be the mother of Jindan, diligent and diligent, just in the day can be with the Chunzhong." "Practicing Tai Chi is based on the spirit of natural non-action, as long as the spirit and qi are united, and the body and mind are united, which is the highest method of the simplest avenue.
Lao Tzu said: "Man is weak in life, and strong in death;The life of plants and trees is also brittle, and the dead are withered. Therefore the strong are the dead;The weak, the living. The strong place is down, and the weak place is up. Lao Tzu believes that softness is the beginning of life, and strength is the weakness of life. This boxing method, the pursuit of Xuan loose natural, soft and especial, requires extremely easy practice. Extremely soft, soft to strong. "Playing boxing" is carried out in this relaxed nature, the so-called "boxing without fist, unintentional, unintentional is true", this is the true meaning of boxing, is the magic method of returning to simplicity.
The simple and simple title of "Juju" expresses the original meaning of the simplicity of the avenue. The formula of Zhaobao Taijiquan "playing boxing" has its unique and incisive features: first, it aims to seek rigidity in softness;Second, the principle of lightness and nature;Third, take neutrality and peace as the method of hard work. These three sentences contain the essence of Tai Chi practice. "Playing boxing" is the perennial experience of the ancestors, and it is also the most vivid, natural and most reflective proof of kung fu.