Jiāng Lì 僵力

## Rigid Force

When there is no internal skill, there is no corresponding resistance force, and only the "rigid force" and "death force" of the human body are used. Moreover, people's breathing is rapid when using this force, and the internal qi is often lifted up in the chest, and after a long time, there is no problem.

Practitioners of Chen-style Taijiquan know that the more the original stiffness of the body is reduced, the faster the elasticity of Taijiquan will be generated. However, how to dissolve the original stiffness in the body is by no means an easy task. Often some boxing practitioners do not know what to do. After one, two, or three years have passed, the stiffness of the body still has not disappeared, and the body is stiff and not smooth when walking up the boxing frame. In view of the reasons for this, the author believes that the following four important links should be grasped:

　　First, the principle of drawing the big circle should be clearly drawn. Boxing practitioners must not only master the standard of boxing frame, but also figure out how to achieve the standard. To practice Chen-style Taijiquan, you must go through a process from drawing a big circle, to a middle circle, and then to a small circle, in order to reach the highest level of invisible circle. Therefore, circle practitioners must take the stage of drawing the big circle seriously, and it takes one to two years to draw the big circle seriously. Only when the big circle is drawn can the important bone rings and joints in the body be drawn open, and the body can be lengthened, and then the middle circle can be drawn. Whoever understands this fast and early will be able to avoid detours in the process of practicing boxing and be superior to others.

　　Second, we must clarify the principles of the three sections. The whole body of the human body is divided into three sections: root, middle, and tip sections. Namely: the arm is the tip section, the body is the middle section, and the leg is the root section. There are three more in each of the three quarters. The third section of the arm, namely: the hand is the tip section, the elbow is the middle section, and the shoulder is the root section; the body’s three sections, namely: the head is the tip section, the waist is the middle section, and the abdomen is the root section; the leg is the third section, namely: the foot is the root section. The top section, the knee is the middle section, and the hip is the root section. Practitioners must walk carefully and make good use of Sanjie Jin. For example, when drawing a circle with two arms, the shoulders, elbows, and hands are opened in turn, and the hands, elbows, and shoulders are in turn when closing. Through such long-term practice, you can achieve the goal of continuity, the whole family, all moving, smooth and smooth.

　　Third, it is necessary to clarify the principle of silk-wrapping movement. Spiral winding silk is a unique practice method of Chen-style Taijiquan, and it is also one of the important methods to reduce the stiffness of the body to produce the elasticity of Taijiquan. Therefore, in the walking fist and walking frame, the five pairs of winding wire must be in place: up and down winding, front and back winding, left and right winding, forward and backward winding, forward and oblique winding, one forward and one reverse, and double forward and double reverse. When opening and closing, it is necessary to entangle and entangle backwards, balanced, symmetrical, and coordinated, without any bias, without any disadvantages. Practice over time, you can achieve that the whole body is wrapped in silk loops, and there is no silk in the whole body up, down, left, and right, and the body is wrapped as the main body. The spiral movement of the waist and the chest and abdomen are used to drive the upper and lower limbs. Spiral winding silk, and then reaching the spiral winding silk of the whole body, communicating with the eight meridians, twelve meridians, and fifteen collaterals of the whole body, so that the blood flows into the whole body, and the whole body is guarded and guarded, mediating the triple focus, peace of yin and yang, and strengthening the five internal organs. Flexible joints, tendons, tendons and toughness, strong muscles and bones outside.

　　Fourth, it is necessary to make it clear that the intention is not to use force. The essentials of using the mind without effort, the movement of the qi with the mind, and the movement of the body and mind with the qi are the operating principles of Taijiquan. Only by using this method, after long-term softening, can the whole body's tendons, skin, flesh, bones, tendons, and ligaments be relaxed, loosened, stretched, elongated and stretched as much as possible. Inner qi flows through the meridians, and the flesh is separated from the bones to fill the skin with inner qi. The joints are opened to converge the inner qi in the bone marrow, and the whole body forms an elastic strain, and the qi is naturally strong.