目前分類：Tai Chi Chuan (71)
- Jun 22 Wed 2016 10:05
40. Conclusion
- Jun 22 Wed 2016 08:48
39. Bend bow and shoot tiger
- Jun 21 Tue 2016 15:06
38. Turn around and sweep the lotus with leg
- Jun 21 Tue 2016 11:38
37. Step back to ride tiger
- Jun 21 Tue 2016 09:35
36. Step forward to form Seven Stars
- Jul 10 Wed 2013 13:25
Push hand primary technique (pluck, rend, elbow, bump)
- Jul 02 Tue 2013 10:39
35. Fair lady works at shuttles
- Jul 02 Tue 2013 10:15
34. Step forward and ward off
- Jun 11 Tue 2013 16:09
ESSENTIALS IN PRACTICING THE SOLO SET & PLAYING HANDS
Someone long ago said: “If you can draw the opponent in to land on nothing, you can then use four ounces of force to move his of a thousand pounds. If you cannot draw the opponent in to land on nothing, you cannot use four ounces to move a thousand pounds.” These words are probably too vague for a beginner to understand. I will explain further so that those who want this skill are in a position to begin and then after much regular training get to possess it:
– If you want to [10] draw the opponent into emptiness and use four ounces to move a thousand pounds, you must first [9] know both yourself and the opponent.
– If you want to [10] draw the opponent into emptiness and use four ounces to move a thousand pounds, you must first [9] know both yourself and the opponent.
- Jun 11 Tue 2013 16:05
ESSENTIALS OF PLAYING HANDS – PART 4
In addition:
If he takes no action, I take no action, but once he takes even the slightest action, I have already acted. It seems relaxed but not relaxed, about to express but not yet expressing. Although the power finishes, the intent of it continues.
If he takes no action, I take no action, but once he takes even the slightest action, I have already acted. It seems relaxed but not relaxed, about to express but not yet expressing. Although the power finishes, the intent of it continues.
- Jun 11 Tue 2013 16:02
THE TRICK TO RELEASING
Raise, draw in, relax, and release.
I get the opponent’s body to rise up and I borrow his force. (This has to do with “lively”.)
I get the opponent’s body to rise up and I borrow his force. (This has to do with “lively”.)
- Jun 11 Tue 2013 16:00
5. The spirit is GATHERED.
With the four above prepared, finally spirit gathers. Once spirit is gathered, then energy is tempered, and this smelted energy then reinforces spirit. Energy is ready to move and spirit is concentrated. Expand and contract are decisive. Empty and full are distinct. When left is empty, right is full. When right is empty, left is full. Empty does not mean you are in that area completely weak, but that energy should there be ready to move. Full does not mean you are in that area completely stuck, but that spirit should there be concentrated. It is crucial that changes are within your chest and waist and are not external. Force is borrowed from the opponent. Energy is issued from your spine. How can energy issue from your spine? It sinks downward, going from your shoulders, gathering in your spine, and concentrates in your waist. This energy going from above to below is called “contracting”. Then it goes from your waist to your spine, spreading to your arms to be applied at your fingers. This energy going from below to above is called “expanding”. Contracting is gathering. Expanding is releasing. When you can understand expanding and contracting, then you will understand passive and active. When you reach this state, then daily work will yield daily refinement, and gradually you will reach the point that you can do whatever you want and everything will happen as you imagine.
- Jun 11 Tue 2013 15:58
4. The power is COMPLETE.
The power of your whole body is trained to become a single unit, distinguishing clearly between empty and full. To issue power, there should be a source of it. Power starts from your heel, it is directed at your waist, and expresses at your fingers, issuing from your spine. With it there should also be a rousing of all your spirit. When the opponent’s power is about to come out but has not yet issued, my power connects with and invades his instantly, neither late nor early, as if my skin is a burning fire or as if a spring is gushing forth. I advance and retreat without the slightest disorder, and seeking the straight within the curved, I store and then issue. Thus I am able to be effortlessly successful. This is called “borrowing his force to hit him with” or “using four ounces to move a thousand pounds”.
- Jun 11 Tue 2013 15:56
3. The energy is COLLECTED.
If your energy is scattered, then it will not be stored, and your body will easily fall into disorder. You must cause the energy to collect into your spine. Inhaling and exhaling penetrates and enlivens, influencing every part of your body. Inhaling is contracting and storing. Exhaling is expanding and releasing. Since with inhaling there is a natural rising, take the opponent up. Since with exhaling there is a natural sinking, send the opponent away. This is the use of intention to move energy, not the use of exertion to force energy.
- Jun 11 Tue 2013 15:54
2. The body is LIVELY.
When your body is sluggish, advancing and retreating cannot be done smoothly. Therefore your body should be lively. When moving your hands, there must be nothing resembling hesitation. When the opponent’s force hinders even the hairs on my skin, my intention instantly enters his bones and my hands are bracing him, all as one event. If he puts pressure on my left side, I empty my left side and my right side goes forth, or if he puts pressure on my right side, I empty my right side and my left side goes forth, the energy like a wheel. Your whole body should be coordinated. If there is a lack of coordination anywhere, your body will then be disorganized, and you will then have no power. Seek for the problem in your hips. First use your mind to command your body, and follow the opponent rather than yourself. Later your body will be able to follow your mind, yet this moving from yourself will still depend on following the opponent. If you act from yourself, you will be sluggish. If you follow the opponent, you will be lively. If you can follow the opponent, your hands on him will detect in finer detail, weighing the size of his power and being accurate to the smallest measure, assessing the length of his attack and not being off by the slightest bit, and you will advance and retreat always at the right moment. The more you work at it, the more perfected your skill will be.
- Jun 11 Tue 2013 15:53
1. The mind is CALM.
If your mind is not calm, it will not be focused, and each movement of your hands, be it forward or back, left or right, will not be in any definite direction. Therefore your mind should be calm. At first your movement will not yet be able to come from yourself, and so you should clear your mind and let your body intuit, going along with the opponent’s movements. Bend and then extend, neither coming away nor crashing in, and do not expand and contract on your own. When the opponent has power, I also have power, but my power beats him to the punch. When he has no power, I also have no power, for it is my intention that beats him to the decision. You should constantly pay attention. Wherever the opponent nears you, your mind should go there. You must neither come away nor crash in, and then you will be able to analyze what is going on. After doing this for about a year or so, it will become a natural part of you. This is entirely a matter of using intention and is not a matter of using strength. Over time, you will reach the point in which you can say “he is under my control and I am not under his”.
- Jun 11 Tue 2013 15:51
THE FIVE-WORD FORMULA
- Jun 11 Tue 2013 15:45
TAIJI BOXING PREFACE
It is not known who Taiji Boxing came from. Its profound skill Wang Zongyue explains clearly and completely. Later its transmission reached the Chen family village in Henan. The Chens were very clever and understood it, but it was not passed down to many other people. A certain Yang, from our township of Nanguan, admired it and went to study it with a single-minded devotion for more than ten years, becoming extremely skillful. After returning home, he showed it to all those who would appreciate it.
My uncle on my mother’s side, Wu Yuxiang, saw it and adored it, and constantly tried his luck against it, but Yang was not willing to teach just anyone, and so uncle could only get its general idea. It was often heard that in the town of Zhaobao in the Huaiqing prefecture of Henan, there was one of the Chen family, named Qingping, who was proficient in the skill. For more than a year, uncle was away on business in Henan. Passing Zhaobao on his way, he paid a visit and studied with Qingping for over a month. He started to obtain its marvels and became excellent in the skill.
My uncle on my mother’s side, Wu Yuxiang, saw it and adored it, and constantly tried his luck against it, but Yang was not willing to teach just anyone, and so uncle could only get its general idea. It was often heard that in the town of Zhaobao in the Huaiqing prefecture of Henan, there was one of the Chen family, named Qingping, who was proficient in the skill. For more than a year, uncle was away on business in Henan. Passing Zhaobao on his way, he paid a visit and studied with Qingping for over a month. He started to obtain its marvels and became excellent in the skill.
- Jun 11 Tue 2013 15:43
PLAYING HANDS RELEASINGS
“Peng!” “Ye!” “Yi!” “Hai!” “Hu!” “Keng!” “He!” “Ha!”
[There is no indication that these eight shouts, grunts, or growls have specific functions or are aligned with particular techniques. It is possibly nothing more than a general catalogue of the sounds people make when issuing power, perhaps intended as a simple reminder not to hold your breath when doing so.]
[There is no indication that these eight shouts, grunts, or growls have specific functions or are aligned with particular techniques. It is possibly nothing more than a general catalogue of the sounds people make when issuing power, perhaps intended as a simple reminder not to hold your breath when doing so.]
- Jun 11 Tue 2013 15:42
PLAYING HANDS SONG
Ward-off, rollback, press, and push must be taken seriously.
With coordination between above and below, it is difficult for the opponent to find a way in.
With coordination between above and below, it is difficult for the opponent to find a way in.
