1. "The crotch should be opened, the crotch should be empty, and then the heart will be activated." The crotch and crotch are easily confused, with a horse step opening a horizontal crotch and a lunge opening a straight crotch. The open crotch makes the lower plate stable.
2. The crotch part. Refers to the junction of the lumbar vertebrae and the hip bone, and opening the crotch can open up and down the strength, but it is difficult to open the crotch.
3. Use bone without (muscle) meat - boxing and plate frame should be practiced slowly. Only by slowing down can you experience the inner breath and the urging of the joints. The coil is so slow, it is necessary to experience the urging of bones that "use bone without flesh";
4. Similarly, the back and the spine are also easy to confuse, and the force is made from the spine, which is often made into back hair. Don't get me wrong, after the fork is split, it does not mean that the crotch is opened, the crotch is the secret of traditional martial arts, and the biggest role of the split is to loosen the tendons and spread the crotch. If you want to practice splitting yourself, you can do it, I don't know what dancing is like, the splitting in martial arts is mainly practiced by supporting the lower fork leg press in situ and the flat leg press, slipping the leg, first pressing the leg, then slipping the leg, and then the lower fork.
There are two explanations for open crotch:
(1) Martial arts practice terms. That is, open the two hips, exercise the flexibility and flexibility of the hip joint, and cooperate with the leg movement and flexibly turn. The main methods are pressing, moving, swinging, turning, etc. The one who can sit on the ground with a horizontal fork is "open".
(2) One of the shortcomings of the step type. When doing lunges, kick the hip of one leg outward and backwards, or "let the crotch go". Sitting on the crotch is one of the wrong steps. When doing the horse walk, sit down with your hips and hips and shift your weight back, forcing your upper body forward to maintain balance.
(2) Horse step pile gong training essentials. That is, the force sits (note) on the two hips and the shape remains unchanged, in order to stabilize the step.
(3) Don't move your hips. Praying mantis boxing has the saying of "walking the waist without walking the crotch".
The crotch and the crotch are two things, the "crotch" is the angle between the two legs, and the "crotch" is actually a piece of the pelvis.
Zheng Manqing hugged his knees and walked awkwardly
The crotch and crotch are easily confused, and in private areas, it is difficult to demonstrate. At that time, the teacher asked us to open our crotch, and we were desperately trying to open our crotch. The horse steps open the crotch, and the lunge steps open the crotch. The open crotch makes the lower plate stable. Opening the crotch can open up the strength up and down, but it is difficult to open the crotch. Similarly, the back and the spine are also easily confused, and the force is sent from the spine, often made into back hair.
There is a secret in Mr. Dai's article: "I suddenly understood the meaning of horse steps, and found the feeling, both round crotch and clamping, sinking and lifting." It can be said that the inner fist is the fist that finds the feeling, and if the feeling is right, it will advance by leaps and bounds, and the feeling cannot be found, but it can only be like.
For example, when doing Chen-style Taijiquan single whip posture, oblique aggravation stride, and breech aggravation stride in the plate shelf, the right (left) knee abducts and rotates, leading the hand with the body, and the dantian is running, and the two knees are slightly closed at the end of the potential, so that the crotch is open, and the top and bottom follow each other, and the shape is like the arch of the city wall, which meets the requirements of "crotch support crotch circle". - I read this post again, and I have a new experience.
Taijiquan's "crotch" source: Shaolin and Tai Chi Many Taijiquan theories, the problem of the crotch in Taijiquan has not been emphasized much, and the importance of the crotch is rarely mentioned, often referred to as "waist", "waist crotch", "waist gap" or "waist crotch". Even so, the role of the "waist" is emphasized, and the crotch is almost ignored. In fact, this is a major misunderstanding of Tai Chi practice. Here, we must first clarify a concept, the "waist" of the waist and hip refers to the middle part of the human body above the hips and under the cost, and the "hip" refers to a part of the human skeleton, that is, the hip bone, which is the large bone that makes up the pelvis, one on the left and one on the right, composed of the ilia, ischium, and pubic bone, collectively known as the hip bone.
Therefore, waist and hip are the names of two different parts of the human body, and their meanings are also different. The waist is visible on the outside, while the crotch is hidden on the inside. It is precisely because of the concealment of the crotch that the predecessors often did not explain it in detail or could not explain it clearly when explaining the requirements of Taijiquan. But the source of Tai Chi's real power is the hip bone. Therefore, there is a saying in the boxing world that "passing the fist does not pass the crotch", and the practice and usage of the crotch are regarded as precious housekeeping skills, and they are not easy to pass on.
The importance of the crotch is reflected in Wang Zongyue's "Song of the Thirteen Potentials". The "waist gap" in its first sentence "The thirteen general forces are not to be taken lightly, and the source of fate is in the waist gap" refers to the part of the crotch. For example, Mr. Shen Shou said, "lumbar gap, waist hole, here refers to the "life gate" between the second and third lumbar vertebrae in the back of the waist. Some people also think that the "waist gap" is the "dantian", for example, Mr. Feng Zhiqiang said: "The so-called source of destiny is in the waist gap, which means that the source of the will is in the dantian, and the waist gap is the dantian." The author disagrees with both the "life gate theory" and the "dantian theory". Dantian said that it does not match the structure of the human body, and there is some truth in the life gate theory, but it can't explain the "gap". "Gaps" are cracks, cracks, very thin and very small cracks.
In terms of human bone structure, the lumbar gap refers to the fit between the lumbar vertebrae and the hip bone, which the author calls the tenon, which is in line with the meaning of "gap". Based on my own experience in boxing, the author believes that the slight change here is not only a change or adjustment of the center of gravity, but also a change in the source of strength.
For example, when I pinch the opponent's left hand, my center of gravity cannot be in the right leg, but in the left leg, which requires the right crotch to walk in an arc to transform into the left crotch, which seems to be the center of gravity on the right, but in fact on the left;
Tai Chi boxing and pushers are everywhere in the transformation of the waist and hip gaps. Taijiquan achieves the effect of "four or two dialing a thousand catties", that is, constantly transforming or adjusting one's center of gravity, and dialing and controlling the opponent's center of gravity, converting, adjusting, and distributing all in the waist gap, mainly the hip bone, so that "the source of destiny is in the waist gap"!
In Wang Zongyue's time, there was no human anatomy in China, and people did not understand the structure of human bones, so Wang Zongyue could only explain the role of the crotch according to the understanding of traditional Chinese medicine, and used the term "lumbar gap", which should be said to be accurate. Imagine that if Wang Zongyue was referring to "life gate" or "dantian", he could have used these two words directly. Because "life" and "dantian" are not only two important acupuncture points of the human body in traditional Chinese medicine, but also the most common and important practice words in Chinese martial arts, Wang Zongyue will not make up the word "waist gap" in the "Thirteen Potentials Xinggong Song" that guides people to practice Taijiquan, and it is precisely because "lifegate" and "dantian" cannot correctly express the meaning of the crotch that Wang Zongyue thought of using "waist gap" to explain, which can be described as well-intentioned! The strength of Taijiquan comes from the hip bone, and then the hip bone drives the spine. And then drive the limbs and bones to strengthen, that is, the so-called "jointly" is also!
In this sense, Tai Chi is about "muscles and bones". Using muscles and bones to exert force is what distinguishes Tai Chi from other boxing techniques. Other boxing techniques are known for their muscles, so those who practice Western boxing have developed back muscles, and those who practice taekwondo have developed leg muscles. Those who practice Tai Chi are unlikely to develop any muscles, and those who can practice muscles are not Tai Chi. Therefore, generally speaking, Tai Chi masters are the least "looking" of bodybuilding.
When we practice and teach Tai Chi, we repeatedly ask for "no force". And this "intention is not forceful" is not very easy to understand, and it also causes controversy. If we put it another way, "use bones instead of flesh", would it be more understandable? Because Tai Chi requires us to control the bones in a way that is beyond normal training. As long as we can control every bone around our body, no matter what part of our body the other person touches, we can immediately defuse and counterattack at that part, and we can achieve "hands all over the body", and the so-called "whole body is hands and hands"!
Since the hip bone is so important, how to train the hip?
First of all, you must learn to open the crotch and open the crotch root to loosen the crotch joint. Chen Xin said, "The crotch should be opened, the crotch should be empty, and then the heart will be activated", and the crotch is "the root of the thighs should be opened". We know that the left and right rotation of the waist and the transformation of the legs are completed by the loosening of the hip joints.
The requirement of "opening the crotch" generally has two meanings:
The first is mechanical crotch opening. Every day, you should pull the hips, press the hips, have positive pressure, side pressure, etc., and then pull the big horse step, the two knees spirally abduct and rotate in the plane, so that the root of the thighs can produce tension. Practicing like this for a period of time can make the hip joints and muscles stretch and lengthen, and have a certain toughness.
The second is internal strength crotch opening. On the basis of mechanical crotch opening, through the mind, the knees are first abducted and then slightly closed, the crotch root is loosened, and the crotch bone is guided to be restricted, opened, rotated and integrated with the mind, so as to drive the whole body bone movement.
For example, when doing Chen-style Taijiquan single whip posture, oblique aggravation stride, and breech aggravation stride in the plate shelf, the right (left) knee abducts and rotates, leading the hand with the body, and the dantian is running, and the two knees are slightly closed at the end of the potential, so that the crotch is open, and the top and bottom follow each other, and the shape is like the arch of the city wall, which meets the requirements of "crotch support crotch circle".
There is also a problem to be noted here, the crotch opening is not the crotch fork, the crotch skimming, the bigger the leg split, the better, the requirement is the inward opening rather than the shape of the legs. We should remember Chen Xin's words: "The crotch is not in size, even a trace of it can be opened." As soon as the cover is opened, the crotch is opened. Although the legs are three feet wide, they are still not open, and they are carefully involved in those who are learning boxing. "Actually, you should practice slowly in boxing and panning.
Only by slowing down can you experience the inner breath and the urging of the joints. The author practiced Chen-style Taijiquan all the way up to 25 minutes at the slowest time, and now it takes 15~20 minutes to walk all the way. If you plate so slowly, you can't experience the breath and bone movement after 7~8 minutes of practice. Through this kind of cultivation, when you are quick and fast, you can be fast, fast, and fast.
The boxing, the pan frame, the push hand, and the scattered shape are all led by the dantian, dominated by the crotch root, which drives the movement of the bones around the body. Relying on the crotch movement to transmit the strength, the appearance seems to be the hand is exerting, but in fact, the crotch is urging the hand to exert force.
For example, in the Chen-style Taijiquan "Qinglong Out of the Water" potential, the right hand arcs from the chest from top to bottom to the right front, and the actual hip rotates from the left to the right to the right, so as to send out the strength of the right hand to shake the spring. For another example, the other party sealed my right hand and made a force on me, and although I was sealed my right hand, but my waist and crotch immediately converted to the left, the left weight is left empty, the right weight is right, if you don't enter, if you go in, it will inevitably make the other party fall short, because the movement of the crotch has changed my center of gravity, and my center of gravity changes, then the camera can make the other party lose the center of gravity and tilt out, which is the result of "loose crotch and live crotch". Over time, the mind is united, from the inside to the outside, and it is naturally integrated.
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