First, plum blossom boxing has no fixed boxing routine. Its basic boxing path is called "shelf". The structure of the shelf is very special. It has five basic boxing potentials, which are called "five potentials of pile step". They should stand still when practicing. The other is the "walking" with fast movements. The practice of "five positions" and "walking" is also called "all directions" in boxing. This series of boxing paths can be practiced repeatedly according to a certain route. Beginners can learn basic and simple changes first, and then constantly supplement and change various boxing postures and movements with the deepening of skills and different situations during practice. In addition to "all-round" practice, plum blossom boxing can also be practiced in all directions, and the grasping and wrestling movements and boxing potential can be supplemented by people at any time. Speaking of the more advanced methods of plum blossom boxing, it is even more "the hands are not fixed, the feet are not fixed, the situation is uncertain, the entry is unsuccessful, and the beans are pressed according to the situation." This kind of "shelf", "fist" and "fist-twisting" changes and indefinite forms make its content flexible and infinitely rich. The characteristics of this boxing structure reflect the basic characteristics of the universe. "plum blossom boxing in arts and sciences" says: "Boxing has no boxing, no skill, and no skill is true." It's not real martial arts that has boxing and skills and the routine remains unchanged. Just like the principle of "Tao is invisible", real martial arts are constant, non-existent and "invisible". Without understanding the dialectical thinking method in China traditional culture, we can't understand this special structure of Meihua Boxing.
Second, the basic boxing path "frame" of plum blossom boxing includes "five potential steps of piling" and "walking position". When practicing boxing, you should stand on the pile and stand well: "Walking" is a constantly changing movement, and the extreme situations of moving and static should appear alternately in a boxing track. This is really a strange training method.
Zhou Dunyi's Tai Chi Map says: "Infinity and Tai Chi. Tai Chi moves to generate yang, moves to be extremely quiet, and static generates yin, while static moves to be extremely quiet. Movement and quietness are based on each other, and yin and yang are separated, and the two instruments are established. Yin turns to Yang to make fire, water, wood, gold and earth. The five gases are distributed smoothly and the seasons are auspicious. Five acts of yin and yang, yin and yang are Tai Chi, Tai Chi is endless, and each has its own characteristics. Infinite truth, the exquisite combination of 25 and 25. The avenue becomes a man, Kun Dao becomes a woman, and the two gases generate everything, and everything is endless. " In the "frame" of plum blossom boxing, "moving is yang, static is yin", and the five fires of "big, smooth, clumsy, small and defeated" in the "five potential" correspond to the five elements of "golden water, wood, fire and earth". The change of the five potentials is based on the principle of yin and yang, which is the merit of Tai Chi and comes from the principle that the five elements coexist. Others such as "rigidity", "ups and downs" and "advance and retreat" can be described as yin and yang. The structure and change of plum blossom boxing "frame" is a scene of "Tai Chi Map". If you want to practice plum blossom boxing well, you must practice "shelf", and "movement" should be the root of each other; "combining rigidity with softness" should be combined with each other; "ups and downs" and "advances and retreats" should be sharp. This is also the reason why the "God of the Unexpected of Yin and Yang" makes boxing superb and unpredictable.
Third, whether it is the basic "frame" of plum blossom boxing or the "entry" of boxing, it must be practiced in all directions. What is "in all directions"? In other words, the Bagua Gankan earthquake deviated from Kundui in eight directions, which is also commonly known as the four positive angles. In addition, there should be a "change of nine palaces" in the palm method, fist method and leg method of plum blossom boxing, that is, eight directions, four corners and one point. The change of boxing is also a physical movement of human body. The gossip thinking in China traditional culture is an intuitive formal system with great acceptability. Plum blossom boxing takes into account the changes and applications of various boxing methods in the eight routes, or all of them should conform to the number of "nine palaces" to make its content more colorful, and the boxing methods can be changed infinitely according to the gossip.
Fourth, in the "shelf" of Meihua Boxing, due to the different training methods of "five postures of piling" and "walking", "five postures of piling" can practice the qi of the whole body. When practicing, you should concentrate, gather qi, adjust your breath, and understand the methods of gathering qi. This is obviously "practicing". And "walking" is the lightness of practicing footwork, mainly "practicing outside", so it is "practicing both inside and outside"
No matter when practicing "shelf" or "boxing", we should be consistent, consistent and integrated inside and outside. We should practice shape, spirit and spirit from beginning to end. First, "unity of form and spirit", and then "unity of form and spirit" to achieve "harmony without difference".
Plum blossom boxing also regards the human body as a small world, and it is based on the principle of "harmony between man and nature". You must know the principles of "four-season exercise plus and minus" and "Yijinjing". The purpose of practicing plum blossom boxing is to "consolidate the foundation first", that is, "the inner Dan is immortal, the outer Dan is martial, and there is no inner Dan without borrowing the outer Dan. Dynamic and static are the root of each other, there is a way of preheating, and there is a wonderful use of embryo reduction. Inner Dan's achievements are unpredictable, self-contained, and indestructible, then extraordinary people can climb. If the cloud is still small, it is. "
The above spirit is the holistic view in China's traditional culture, as Zhu said: "The reason of the universe is Tai Chi", "People have the spirit, and things have the spirit". In fact, if you look carefully, on the "shelf" of plum blossom boxing, the movements of both hands draw a picture of Artest in all directions in space.
From the four basic characteristics of Meihua Boxing discussed above, we can see that the guiding ideology of Meihua Boxing is the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, the theory of gossip change and the concept of harmony and wholeness in Chinese traditional culture. If we don't understand the traditional cultural thinking method of our nation, we can't understand the boxing theory of Meihua Boxing, and we can't practice Meihua Boxing well. As all disciples know, plum blossom boxing is a kind of boxing with great cultural accomplishment, and the guiding role of boxing theory is very important in the process of Wushu training. We often have to learn the theory of boxing while practicing, and we should constantly experience and understand the theory of boxing in practice. Therefore, the training process of Meihua Boxing Wushu is also a learning and training process of traditional cultural thinking methods.
When the martial arts of plum blossom bamboo is practiced to an advanced stage, it is necessary to know the methods of refining spirit and harmony, and to cultivate the mind and cultivate the nature. As mentioned earlier, in addition to martial arts, Neidan's cultivation should also use the method of warming up, that is, Wen Xiu Fa. So literary achievement is actually the advanced stage of martial arts. Arts and sciences is a more advanced theory than boxing theory in plum blossom boxing field. It is the theory and basis to guide all activities of Meihua Boxing School, especially the literary field activities. Arts and sciences are mainly handed down from generation to generation in the form of manuscripts and classics, and some other scattered words and maps have been copied. They are all regarded as more precious treasures than life, closely collected and never easily displayed. After repeated persuasion in the investigation, we saw and copied some of them. Although it is not detailed, we also see the main guiding ideology of Meihua Boxing and the main contents and methods of its literary activities.
Arts and sciences are mainly based on the theories of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Zhouyi, but their contents are mainly related to nourishing the heart, nourishing the spirit and refining the spirit. Although some religious words such as God, Buddha, Immortal, Taoism still exist, their meanings have changed and become terms used in the practice of refining God and Qi. Even Confucianism and the Book of Changes say the same thing. For example, when discussing the cultivation of mind, the essence of human beings is called the three cardinal guides, and the heart, liver, spleen, stomach and kidney are called the five cardinal guides. When discussing boxing and physical training, heaven and earth are called three classes; The five directions of east, west, north and south are the five permanent members. We attach great importance to the direction of any boxing method and achievement method of plum blossom boxing. For example, in the Book of Changes, "the roots can't get the body." . Go to the court, no one. "It refers to the realm where the two techniques in literary practice (Genbei) and (Xingting) can stop thinking and get carried away. There are also some stories of preaching by gods and buddhas in the classics of arts and sciences, but they all refer to the history of guiding the development and spread of Meihua Boxing, and some honorifics are given to the ancestors who have made outstanding contributions to the development and spread of Meihua Boxing as a memorial. When studying arts and sciences, the founder of Plum Blossom Boxing was afraid that his disciples couldn't read argot, so he borrowed words from the scriptures and explained them in a paragraph. " Preaching never leaves, while the iron is hot, the truth is clearly in people's bodies, and I don't even know how to look outside. Clay sculptures are fake, and iron and copper castings are not real. It is a waste of time to practice wholeheartedly without meeting a famous teacher. "The" Tao ","Avenue "and" practice "mentioned here are of course guided exercises, and it is clearly pointed out that the content of arts and sciences is not religious superstition, but the achievement method of nourishing the heart and nature. In addition, it can be like this: "Buddha is far from Lingshan, and Lingshan is in your heart." Everyone has Ling Mountain Tower, so it's good to study in Ling Mountain Tower. "The' Buddha' here refers to (the way to live forever), and' Lingshan' and' Ling Mountain Tower' refer to (the heart). Note that the "heart" in acrobatics is not the heart, but the nerve center and cerebral cortex where the guiding ideology is produced. Plum blossom boxing literary field is mainly the art of refining literature, that is, cultivating the mind and nourishing the spirit. In order to practice literary works, one must be quiet, abstinent, free from all other thoughts, and quiet. Arts and sciences have absorbed many theories and methods of Buddhism and Taoism in practice. For example, the "three conversions and five precepts" in Buddhism, that is, converting to Buddhism-Shen Yuan; Transformation method-vitality; Convert to a monk-jing yuan. Five commandments-killing, stealing, kiln, drinking and jumping. The "three treasures and five elements" in Taoism, namely the three treasures-spirit; Five elements-kindness-belonging to wood and benefiting the liver; Be loyal-gold is good for the lungs; Politeness-fire is good for the heart; Wisdom-belongs to water conservancy in kidney; Loyalty-belonging to the soil and benefiting the spleen, and so on. There are still many contents in arts and sciences that talk about achievement methods, such as: "Where are you born and where are you from?" , "What is life? What is life? What is life? " , "What is life? What is life? What is life? What is life? What is life? What is life? ".Few people run along a road, and you can start only when you find the porch. The spiritual platform has a master, and God is perfect. All of the above are ways to cultivate one's mind and nature. Another example is: "When practicing, whether you are sitting or lying down, the Tianmen is always open and closed, and you concentrate on your studies. Long-term exercise of your natural mind will make your mind empty and become empty. After a long time, you will achieve the achievements of natural elixir. Seeing the clarity of nature, I suddenly realized where meta-nature came from, where to go, and left life and death to return to the source. " It says "refining essence". "Spirit, spirit is empty. Note that what we are talking about here is not only the achievement method, but also some feelings during exercise. Another example is: "There is something else on the wall of my avenue, and my eyes are closed like Mount Tai. I missed it if I didn't want to chase it, and I was afraid I wouldn't open a word regardless of my fear. "There is no heaven and earth, no sun, no moon, no eucalyptus, no temples, no birds, no wild animals, no water, no mountains, no phase, no disputes, no chaos, no sentient beings, no fire, no smoke. After Zhi Zhi decided, his quiet light shone, so he lived in his turtle breath. His heart was so forgetful that he suddenly passed the customs. He saw the three lights of heaven and earth from all aspects, which is a manifestation of the inner Tao. " This is a method of meditation, which is not only a method but also a feeling and thinking activity of practitioners. People who pay attention to literary talent often trigger the special functions of the human body when their kung fu reaches a high level, so their thinking and feelings are difficult for ordinary people to understand. This is also one reason why the arts and sciences are so profound that it is difficult for ordinary people to understand. In terms of arts and sciences, people who practice martial arts are often called monks or Buddhist disciples, and the theory of seeking immortality or practicing martial arts is called wordless scriptures. For example, "Jin Ao, Jinliang, the Golden Temple and the Red Gate are all locked. You said you were a true Buddhist disciple, so why didn't you bring your key? Lotus is the key to the spring, and the truth has no words to hide. The truth opens the lock of three springs and leads to the way home. "The main points of plum blossom boxing mentioned here are as follows: First," lotus "-that is, the tongue touches the upper jaw, so that the internal force circulates around the sun; One is refining, refining into "truth", that is, "fate" double cultivation.
Plum blossom boxing takes root in Pingxiang and blooms everywhere. Since the early Qing Dynasty, plum blossom boxing has spread all over Hebei, Shandong, Henan and other places, radiating more than 10 provinces and cities across the country and more than 20 countries and regions on five continents. Up to now, there are 253 administrative villages in Pingxiang County that practice plum blossom boxing, and 70% of villages have plum blossom boxing classes (teams), including dozens of large classes, more than 100 people and dozens of small classes. In the 1980s, there were more than 60,000 people who often practiced plum blossom boxing, including more than 1 10,000 in class and 50,000 in casual practice. Guangzong, Weixian, Julu, Nanhe, Jize, Yongnian, Juye, Jiaxiang, Peixian and other counties and cities also have a large number of practitioners. Among them, 65% villages in Guangzong practiced plum blossom boxing with 4,500 disciples. Starting from 199 1, Pingxiang county held the 6th session of China * Pingxiang Meihua Boxing Association1. On the 16th day of the first month, disciples from all over the country and 20 foreign countries went to Zou Tomb in Houmazhuang to seek roots and worship their ancestors, to learn skills and exchange discussions. For more than ten years, Pingxiang County has organized Meihua Boxing Wushu Team to participate in provincial and city and Asia-Pacific Wushu exchanges for many times and won many awards.