Introduction: Because Yang’s Tai Chi movements are simple and simple, and its training methods are simple, it is deeply loved by the masses and is the most widely developed. The following are the essentials of Yang Style Tai Chi's starting movements. Let's learn them together:
First of all, rising as the first posture of Yang Style Tai Chi is the key to Wuji Sheng Tai Chi, which can make people relax physically and mentally. , helps the smooth flow of meridians, promotes the filling and movement of internal qi, reconciles qi and blood, balances yin and yang, thereby promoting human health. This posture is not only a static skill, but also an internal skill, a qigong, and a health-preserving skill. Furthermore, the relaxation and calmness gained from practicing boxing make the whole boxing more interesting and powerful. What is particularly important is that when pushing hands in Tai Chi, you want to immerse people in the body without knowing it, and send people into the body without being aware of it. This is because you are skilled in starting the posture and then backing up, and your hands are light and gentle. All in all, if you want to master your kung fu, you must first master the stance.
Preparatory pose: Stand with your heels together and a splayed figure, your arms drooping naturally, your middle finger close to the seam of your trousers, your head pulled up from your back, and your eyes looking straight ahead. Lift the heel of your right foot, touch the ground with your right toes, take a half step to the right, then touch the ground with your heels, buckle your left toes in, and keep your feet parallel and shoulder width apart. Then, under the guidance of your mind, slowly loosen the top of your head, loosen your face, loosen your neck, loosen your shoulders, loosen your chest, loosen your back, loosen your abdomen, loosen your hips, loosen your thighs, loosen your knees, loosen your calves, and loosen your legs from top to bottom. Release the ankle joint, the instep, the toes, and the Yongquan point on the sole of the foot. (When relaxing, the mind is like water. Wherever the water flows, there is relaxation. The body posture is stable, the top of the head is empty, and the tail is centered. Only when the whole body is relaxed and the mind is relaxed, can we achieve physical relaxation.) Wait for a while. Take a moment to calm down your body and mind before you start. It should be loose and soft when starting, but still keep calm. The starting position is completed by the following four consecutive movements:
1. Slowly lift both arms forward, as if there are strings pulling them up, slowly open the two back blades, and naturally straighten the two palms, forming a Use a comfortable and natural palm shape, with the palm facing down and the palm fingers facing forward. The distance between the two palms is slightly wider than the shoulder. As you rise and inhale, at the same time, your toes slightly grasp the ground, lift your anus, and retract your abdomen (lifting your arms, inhaling, gripping the floor with your feet, lifting your anus, and retracting your abdomen are simultaneous actions).
2. When the arms are raised to the same height as the shoulders, relax the shoulders, and retract the arms slightly inwards, that is, retract them in a circular shape until the distance between the two fingertips is the same width as the head (relax the shoulders, The two elbows are naturally slightly open to the left and right, and the arms are retracted in a circular shape; while retracting the circular shape, continue to grasp the ground with the two toes, lift the anus, and tighten the abdomen).
3. Then, forget about your hands and shoulders, and slowly drop your arms vertically (with the palms of your hands facing down, slowly falling like a parachute). At the same time, loosen your chest, loosen your back, loosen your abdomen, loosen your hips, loosen your thighs, and loosen your knees.
4. When the hands fall to the same height as the waist (at this time, the mind is relaxed to the knees), drop the elbows, open the two forearms and front blades naturally, put the fingertips of the two palms forward, and the palms are still facing Down. Until the arms hang down to the sides of the body, loosen the wrists, point the fingertips downward, and naturally stick the middle finger to the seam of the pants. At this time, it feels like the arms are hanging naturally like pendulums, and the fingers feel numb and swollen. During this process, loosen the knees, loosen the calves, loosen the ankle joints, loosen the insteps, loosen the toes, and loosen the Yongquan point on the soles of the feet.
At this point, a complete momentum is completed. Practitioners can follow the above action essentials, experience it carefully, practice repeatedly, and over time, they will receive miraculous results. Practicing this posture for half an hour every day is equivalent to playing Tai Chi, which makes the whole body comfortable and energetic. Only regular practitioners can understand the beauty of it.