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only under the state of relaxtion you can adjust and correct position effectively, so you should put
more emphasis on the relaxtion practise. In order to relax bone joints and vein, you can drill
yourself with the execises of hitting out with sudden force.,such as Buddha's Warrior Attendant
Pounds Mortar Covering hands and Strike with Arm kicking and Crossing legsetc.
remember not use clumsy force in the whole training. There is a saying in the Boxing Discuss
the more you learn it, the more you feel wonderful it is. Since youve already knowledge the
whole routine of the first phase, furthermore you should adjust every footstep,movement and
posture, so as to enter the state of complete relaxtion. The following are some mistakes and
requirements in the second phase: head and body are not very upright, natural, and elbows are not
proper lowered, thats because you cant understand the relaxation concept, and its rather
difficult to go and struggle for the relaxation destination,moreover there is still no sufficient
sustain strenth from your legs. Just as Disguss Taijiquan says, being upright and relaxation is the
basic and most important step, that is to say when practising you must hold the principle as the
basic point, so called upright have two kinds of explaination, one is proper position, not slant
in your head, body and limbs; the other refers to when under the case of your body rightly
inclined, keep relative gravity balance of mechanics, we can illustrate the point by the movement
of up-go and down-walk; so called relaxation means, under the support of your legs, coordinate
all parts of your body and keep them in natural and loosen state. This training method can help
you collect Qi into Dantian (the public region), you may be negligent of it or cant understand
well, so these mistakes can not be avoided in a short time, to overcome these mistakes not only
by refering to Chen-style taijiquans requirements to organs all over the body, but
conscienciously understanding internal sense for relaxation and body-uprighting, in training you
can add your own view and guess , and at the same time, based on individual physique,
accordingly increase times of training, some execrises like Single Leg, Legs and Stake are very
helpful, these drill can strenthen your legs, get relaxation in each posture, move down your
chest,back,rib and midriff muscles, so breath and movement will be cooperate more effectively,
breathe more naturally, enhance vital capacity, keep your head upright, stand proper, then crook
your knees, circle your hip under the state of hipbone relaxation, but must be careful about your
hands posture, let your hands start the ball roolling and dont be supple. It takes you about 3 or 4
months to adjust and correct your movement and posture. and inducing energy gradually with the
deepening of your Kongfu, this phase is called Inducing Energy by External Movement, in this
period someone may feel internal energy generated in your body, but not continue generating, just
like water without source,or a tree without roots.inside empty and outside hard, the manifestation
is that there is full of energy all over the body, but feel ability not equal to your embition and top
heavy in case of attacking.
3. Smoothing Jingluo,generating internal energy Jingluo(main and collateral channels) has the
meaning of route, path, network,etc. they tied each other in complexity all over the body from
internal organs to external skin, so through this network of passages, vital energy circulates
endlessly, and along it the accupuncture points are distributed.Qi means quintessence for
maintaining and preserving life, its too small to be seen, only through sense organs and various
changes taken place in your body ,can testify the exsistance of the magical material ------ Qi.
There are several sources to generate Qi, the first is inheritance from your parents,the second is
from digestion and absorption of food, and the third one is exsisted in nature, all above
comhensively generated Qi by the physiological function of spleen lungs and kidney. Qi is
original a term coming from traditional Chinese Medicine, , it gradually become a basic
conception when its used in Wushu field, which has specific Kongfu intension and refers to
internal energy. Stimulating and inducing internal energy must be baced on Qi which from
inheritance and an acquired one, in Discuss Taijiquan writen by Chen Xin, say that Qi is a kind of
inhetited material,which can be induced and stimulated only under the condition of Jingluo
unblocked, in addition it can play an very important role in disease preventing, attacking and
defence.As what I ve already writen in Ajusting posture and relaxtion all over the body, in this
period you may feel internal energy flowing in your body, and get more interested in this kind of
Kongfu execrise.but just because Jingluo being blocked, internal energy like wave upon wave,
gernerate or disapear now and then in this period. Qi in Wushu field have double meanings----material and spirit. When obtain perfection in Tai Chi Quan skill, gradually will generate a
mysterious and profound sense, which only can be sensed, not explained in words.
The route or path for Qi is located between Jing luo and muscles, it nourish internal organs as
well as external completion and it will flow all over your body if the Jing luo is unblocked, just
like irrigation principle. There are also some unavoidable mistakes in this phase: stiffness and
slanting in hands and shoulder posture which difficult to make Qi get to the end of our body
(fingers and toes), so please make full use of your will and make it guide your movement. In
movement-gathering for example, hands lead elbow, elbow leads shoulder which leads your
waist; in spreading movement, waist leads shoulder, shoulder leads elbow, elbow leads hands. By
using twining force, let your turning wrist lead arm, your turning waist lead back, if feel not
natural or comfortable, you can adjust posture yourself by the standard of inducing energy
effectively. Practice slowly in the whole process, put full of energy in each movement, try to
mach your internal energy and the will with your external form, and not be clumsy in postures,
stimulate internal energy regularly according to the posture requirements without any interruption
or letup, remember practice makes perfect.
Its likely to arise the feeling of losing confidence and giving up half way in this period, just
because some mistakes can not be avoided, such as slanting in head and shoulder, internal energy
not flowing continously, action not match your will, and cant make your internal energy into full
use in Pushing hands , all these objective facts may lead you to misunderstand your coach for not
teaching the perfect part, so this may make you further upset. As a andient saying goes, There
are thousands of Wushu practitioners, but only few of them can be successful, because most of
them giving up half way in this phase. Grandmaster Chen Xin commented the situation said:
some people regard Tai Chi Quan as very mysterious Kung-fu exercise and not willing to tell the
secret. But as far as I know, its nothing miracle, just make determination to practice Tai Chi in
normal and correct method for long time. I believe you will get the true color of this romantic
shadow boxing finally. All above testify the famous saying: practice makes perfect.
4, body action matching internal energymake form match internal energy like circle without
ending, here form means external movement, internal energy not only comes from inheritance,
food you eat and the grant nature, but from Dan tian(the diaphragm), under the control of your
head ,these micro particle can flow all around your body, according to traditional Chinese
medicine, body and internal energy should act in unity, mutual aid and cooperation.
In Boxing Chart, heart means a kind of thinking activity dominated by cerebrum, so in every
action and movement, you must pay attention to direct your strength by concentration, and let
internal energy control your movement, practice attentively in this way for a long time, remember
any way constant effort yields sure success.Now you ve already got a good knowledge about the
combination of Qi and movement, in this phase , making your waist be axle, practice successively
and Qi control your action regularly, requires you act in unison, once move, all move; once stop,
all stop, all postures and movement should cooperate naturally, but in reality you may fail to
coordinate all your activities, so this can affect the internal energys smooth flow and cant make
hands and body act in harmony and graceful system. In Boxing Secret, said you must be
attacked or hit ,if your hands fail to follow your movement of body, on the contrary you may hit
your opponent easily just like cutting been curd with knife .the saying illustrates that the
cooperation between body and internal energy play an very important role in attacking and
defense. There are still other unavoidable mistakes in this phase, for example, shoulder move first
in hands-opening, do pay attention not have curve and crook movement, just straighten your
back, but not stick out your chest. Under the premise of knowing essentials for each movement,
gather the contradictions together, then crush one by one , dont attend to one thing and lose sight
of another, and naturally make your external movement match internal energy. In Ten Important
Essentials in practicing Tai Chi Quan grand master Chen Chang-xing said heart go with will, Qi
flow according with strength, the veins match with bones coordinating hands and feet, elbow go
with knee, harmonizing shoulders and hip; left hand go with right foot, left, left elbow go with
right knee, left shoulder go with right hip; head go with hands, hands go with body, body move
with footwork, liver go with veins, spleen go with muscles, lungs go with body, kidney go with
bone, in a word, once move, all move; once stop, all stop. In this phase, emphasis must be placed
on the combination of thought and posture, and make your idea, thought, internal energy and
external form in perfect harmony, thus your internal energy can reciprocate and repeat itself in
endless cycle. Another point you should understand is that some opening-closing is partial display
of the whole opening-closing, the general fault can be found through partial mistakes, so when
adjusting ,you must pay attention to the whole body in the state of all-around body relaxation.
Insist on practicing 15 times a day for three years, you will have the following uncommon
feeling: muscles expansion, having pins and needles in your figures, feeling heavy in feet and
Dan tian point, but still dont have enough power in combat , and ability not equal to your
ambition in attacking, thats because you dont know your opponent well, and dont understand
the theory of leading into and falling through, cant get the skill of sticky and adhesive Kung fu.
After this phase, you only reach the level of 20% Yin and 80% Yang, being new learner.