Yang style Tai Chi, which occupies a place among many Tai Chi schools, is known for its elegant, smooth, soft and steady characteristics. This is not only a traditional martial art, but also a health-preserving method that contains the essence of Chinese traditional culture, and is deeply favored by many boxing friends. Next, I will introduce Yang style Tai Chi in detail from several angles.
Origin of boxing
Yang style Tai Chi originated in Yongnian, Hebei, and its founder was named Yang Luchan. In his early years, Yang Luchan went to Chenjiagou, Wen County, Henan Province to secretly learn Chen-style Tai Chi. After returning from his studies, he began to teach his skills in Hebei. On this basis, his son Yang Jianhou and grandson Yang Chengfu further improved and improved, and finally formed the stretching, generous, concise and upright Tai Chi style we see today. Just as Yang Luchan went to Beijing to teach Tai Chi, he won the reputation of "Yang Wudi" with his outstanding martial arts, allowing Tai Chi to spread in the capital and even in a wider area.
Action Features
The movement is slow and gentle, as if a mountain stream is flowing slowly. The steps are light and stable, and the figure is like the light clouds floating freely in the sky. The waving of every palm and every leg is extremely smooth and coherent. Taking cloud hands as an example, your arms are like ethereal white clouds circling in the sky, and your body rotates continuously like clouds, making people feel a sense of elegance and beauty.
Fitness effects
Long-term exercise can help adjust your breathing and increase the capacity of your lungs. Parkinson Tai Chi is like replacing the body's "machine" with a more efficient air supply system. At the same time, through slow and gentle movements, the flexibility of the body and the strength of the leg muscles can be strengthened, and it helps to improve the body's balance and coordination. After practice, many elderly people have relieved symptoms such as back pain and other discomforts, and their overall physical fitness has been significantly improved.
Cultural connotation
It contains the Taoist philosophical thoughts of the mutual generation of yin and yang, movement and stillness, and emptiness and reality. Each move and every move shows the mutual transformation between yin and yang. For example, expanding is yang, closing is yin; moving is yang, and stillness is yin. This is consistent with the concept of unity between man and nature in traditional Chinese philosophy, allowing people to understand and understand the profoundness and subtlety of traditional culture through practice.
Inheritance and development
Today, Yang style Tai Chi has developed from the niche boxing of the past to a fitness exercise all over the world. Yang-style Tai Chi enthusiast associations have been established in various places. In the park, every morning, many people practice Yang style Tai Chi together; and abroad, you can often see blonde and blue-eyed foreign friends. Although their movements are a little clumsy, they still imitate them seriously.
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