Taoist methods of practicing internal strength
Taoist internal strength is the supreme magical skill for strengthening the body, and Wudang is one of the important schools of Taoism. The techniques he taught are even more magical and mysterious.
Wudang has Taoist Five Elements Secret Kung Fu, Secret Five Shape Kung Fu, Tiangang Qigong, Twelve Duan Jin, Wudang Patriarch Kung Fu, etc.
This time, "Chinese Taoist Secret Health and Strengthening Technique - Wudang Patriarch Gong" is provided for 123RMB.
Wudang Patriarch Kungfu:
1. Introduction?
Wudang Patriarch Gong is a Taoist secret health-preserving and physical strengthening technique. It is a kind of internal and external training that integrates movement and stillness. Internal skills. This ancient set of exercises is rarely spread across the country, and its origin cannot be examined in detail. It is said that more than a hundred years ago, there was a small town called Zhuxiaopu to the west of Fancheng near Wudang Mountain in Jun County, Hubei Province (today's Danjiangkou City). There was a pharmacy in the town, and there was a servant named Xiong Chu in the pharmacy. He is taciturn and possesses unique martial arts skills, and the world does not know his life experience. People suffering from tuberculosis often come to the store to seek medical treatment. The doctor cannot cure Xiong Chu, so he treats them on his behalf. Xiong Chu also taught the patient a set of exercises. After practicing, the patient's body not only became stronger and stronger, but also became able to withstand external beatings over time. Many people were surprised and asked him what kind of kung fu it was. He said: "This kung fu was passed down from the Zhenwu Patriarch of Wudang Mountain. I don't know which generation it was passed down to me. Anyway, my master said this when he taught me the kung fu. It’s called Wudang Patriarch Gong.” Xiong Chu later passed this complete set of kung fu to a boxer named Sun Hongbin from Sunjiaying near Zhuxiaopu. ?
In 1917, Mr. Zhang Ziye was studying at Lumen Middle School in Xiangyang. He was unable to go to school due to tuberculosis. In order to cure his illness, he learned the Wudang Patriarch's Kung Fu from Mr. Sun Hongbin, a famous martial arts master. After exercise, not only the disease is cured but also the body becomes strong. Mr. Zhang Ziye rarely suffers from serious illness because he has been practicing consistently. His entire abdominal muscles and inner abdominal wall are solid and can withstand external blows. His abdomen was not damaged even by the heavy punches and kicks of several strong young men. Mr. Zhang Ziye died of illness in 1988 at the age of 89. ? This set of exercises was compiled based on Mr. Zhang Ziye's records in 1987 when Mr. Zhang Ziye was rated as a National Healthy Elder by the National Sports Commission. More than ten years have passed, and there are no writers with this skill in various periodicals in the martial arts world, so I compiled and took pictures of the exercises and dedicated them to the readers of "Chinese Martial Arts". This exercise has received great guidance from Mr. Yang Guoyou, and my friend Zhu Chaobin cooperated with the movement demonstration. I would like to express my thanks!?
2. Effect?
(1) Those who have passed this exercise Practice can cure diseases and strengthen the body, and prevent and treat many chronic diseases. ?
(2) Anti-aging and longevity: Most people who practice Wudang Zushi Kung Fu can enjoy a long life. Mr. Sun Hongbin himself lived to be 92 years old, and Zhang Ziye lived to be 89 years old. ?
(3) The lower back and abdomen can withstand greater impact from external forces, and the Kung Fu upper body will never disappear. ?
3. Essentials of practicing?
(1) Step by step. There are twenty-one moves in the Wudang Patriarch's Kung Fu (Qigong terminology refers to movement postures, also called positions and styles), and a new move is added after practicing each move for two days. Pay attention to starting from easy to difficult. Pai Chui (that is, beating with fists) is also performed from light to heavy, from bottom to top; the bottom is heavier and the top is light, from less to most; Pai Chui is heavy on the abdomen and light on both ribs. Before rowing the beat, use your fingers to detect the depth of the kung fu and where it reaches. You can only row below the kung fu but not above it. If the kung fu beat sound is solid and crisp, it will be heavier. If it is empty and sounds like a drum, it will be light. This step-by-step method of gradually increasing the intensity enables practitioners to unknowingly increase the intensity of exercise, improve the body's ability to resist blows, and the kung fu is deepened day by day. ?
(2) Overall exercise. The range of Wudang Patriarch Kung Fu training is comprehensive. From the top to the bottom of the body, from left to right, and from the inside out, the muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, bones, internal organs and nervous system of the whole body are exercised. ?
(3) The technique is special. When practicing Qigong, the intention is not to guard the Dantian, nor to sink the Qi in the Dantian, but to focus on keeping the Qi not sinking but to sink oneself, and to keep oneself calm when the intention is not guarded, so as to naturally achieve the purpose of regulating the heart, regulating the breath, regulating the mind and regulating the spirit. Many techniques only focus on the contraction of abdominal muscles and internal organs to cause the qi to sink. In fact, it includes the sinking of thoughts, qi, blood, and strength. It has a greater effect than regulating the heart, has a wider range, and will not deviate. ?
(4) Cultivate both internally and externally. On the basis of overall exercise, internal practice and external rowing are used to enhance the body's ability to resist and repair, achieving both internal and external cultivation. ?
(5) Each handful is more forceful and vigorous, so as to increase the amount and effect of exercise. Such as tiger claw position, gold thread transport, sword carrying in the cloud, rooftop penetration, gun carrying in the cloud, thousand catty drop, etc. all use this method. ?
4. The name of the exercise?
The complete set of exercises has twenty-one handles and one hat. ?
The names of the exercises are listed below: ?
(1) Hat - gold thread movement. Before practicing each move, do a golden thread movement once, so it is called a hat. ?
(2) The handle is the action posture of each exercise.
1. Guanbang, 2. Locking throat, 3. Waist point, 4. Locking ribs, 5. Carrying sword in cloud, 6. Straight hand pulse, 7. Top of roof, 8. Carrying gun in cloud, 9. Flat step, 10 step, 11. Weaver Girl crossing the river, 12 tails, 13 backbones, 14 thousand gold pendants, 15 nine-step squatting, 16 lifting skills, 17 breathing skills, 18 holding beads, 19 immortal meditation, 20 sitting silently in the Dantian, 21 total skills. For each handful, first make the hat once, then make the handle seven times, and finally make the hat seven times and the handle forty-nine times. Practice each handle for two days, add a new handle once, practice in the order listed above, and complete the addition in forty-two days. Every time you add a new skill, practice the old and new together. ?
5. Analysis of the exercises?
(1) Hat - Golden Thread Dou?
1. Stand naturally, with the head on the top and the upper part of the body Make a straight line with the lower end, look straight with both eyes, mouth slightly closed, lick the tip of the tongue against the roof of the mouth, hold the chest in the chest and draw the arms, relax the shoulders and droop the elbows, and hang the hands into half-clenched fists by the side of the body. ?
2. With both hands like tiger claws, bend upwards, palms downward, with two tiger claws facing each other inwards. Stretch the two arms in front of the lower abdomen and press down to the instep. Turn the two claws and fingers to the front and the toes along the legs like pulling objects. Slowly pull up to the Dantian and turn it to the left and right apart. The fists of the two palms stop at the waist.
3. Turn the two fists into claws, flex your fingers facing each other, and straighten the two shoulders upward to Yintang; turn the two claws into palms and slap the outside of the thighs left and right downwards, and punch the chest (upper part of the breast) upwards. ?
4. Then put both hands into claws under the Dantian, with the two claws facing each other and the palms facing downwards; straighten both hands and raise them to Yintang, turn the two claws into palms downward and then turn the palms to become fists, with the center of the fist Upward, quickly throw it in front of the Dantian, and the two fists collide. At the same time, the upper body leans forward, and the abdominal muscles contract and the air sinks. ? Key points: Lean the upper body slightly, draw in and sink the abdominal muscles, rotate the two fists inward and throw them quickly to the Dantian. All movements must be coordinated and performed at the same time. ?
(2) Handles?
1. Guanbian: Stand naturally, with the two palms intersecting in front of the chest. The left hand changes into a fist and strikes straight to the left. The right hand changes into a fist and bends the elbow to the right like a bow, level with the shoulder. Same action on the right. ?
2. Lock the throat; stand naturally, step on the right foot and step with the left foot to the left; place the right hand into a claw on the upper side of the left shoulder, and place the left claw on the left back and right waist, with the palm of the hand facing backward; Turn your upper body 180 degrees to the right with your toes as the axis, and place your left arm right next to your right shoulder. The left and right rotations are the same, forming a lunge. ?
3. Waist point: Stand naturally, put the palm of your right hand on the upper right side, bend the palm of your left hand to the lower right side and press it rapidly. At the same time, lean your upper body forward, adduct the abdominal muscles, and adjust the diaphragm under the abdomen. The blood started to sink as the left hand pressed hard. The left hand raises the palm of the right hand and the right palm bends toward the lower left to press quickly and violently. It is the same as the left, but in the opposite direction. ?
4. Rib lock: The action is the same as the waist point, except that the palm becomes a fist. When moving to the left, the center of the left fist is downward and the eye of the right fist is upward. Moving to the right is done the same way, but with the opposite punch. 5. Carrying the Sword in Yunli: Shake your right foot, take a step to the left with your left foot, make two palms into tiger claws, palms facing down, about seven centimeters apart, move from the right waist to the left to the upper right side of the navel, and move the claws sharply downward to the left. Press down. After the two claws pass the navel, move back to the left 180 degrees to shoulder height, forming a left step. The right movement is the same as the left movement. ?
6. With flat and straight hand pulses: stand naturally, take a step forward with your left foot, and at the same time make tiger claws with both hands, flex your fingers facing each other, and push your palms forward; pull your claws hard to the sides of your chest. Side, while moving the left leg back and bringing the right leg closer. The right action is the same as the left. Key points: Push and pull with both hands and legs at the same time, and the hands and feet should be coordinated. The chest and abdomen are opened and closed, and relaxed, so that the chest and abdomen can be exercised. ?
7. Roof top: The toes of the two feet are close to each other to form an inverted figure, the legs are bent, and the knees are close together; the hands are crossed on the top of the head, and the upper body is bent to the left and right as much as possible but not forward or backward. It plays the role of strengthening the waist through practicing martial arts. ?
8. Carrying a gun in the clouds: The hands, legs and feet are the same as those on the rooftop, except that the waist is twisted to the left and right, looking behind. ?
9. Flat step: Take a step to the left with your left foot, bend your left leg into a left lunge, and cross your hands above the top of your head; bend your body to the left, but do not lean forward or backward. The action on the right side is the same as that on the left side. ?
10. Zhi step: The action is the same as the flat step, except that when moving left and right, the toes are turned up, the upper body is bent to the left and the left toe is bent, and the upper body is bent to the right and the right toe is bent. ? 11. The Weaver Girl crosses the river: The horse stride is slightly wider than the shoulder, the left hand is wrapped around the head three times (clockwise), and the right hand is circled inward three times on the right chest at the same time (counterclockwise); after completing the three circles, the two hands are like tiger claws facing each other. In a crab-claw shape, the body turns 180 degrees back to the left into a left lunge; the upper body turns right to return to its original position. The right side has the same action as the previous one but in the opposite direction. ?
12. Tail: Take a big step forward with your left foot, make a fist with your right hand and draw an arc from the right hip to the inside of the left foot, make a fist with your left hand and place it behind your left hip. The action on the right side is the same as that on the left side, but the momentum is opposite. ?
13. Backbone: Stand naturally, with the right foot one step ahead of the left foot, make fists with both hands, left front and right back connected, fist eyes forward, fist raised, both wrists bent upward into a With the center of the fist facing upwards; straighten both hands, press down with both fists to reach the toes of your right toes. The movements on the left side are the same, except that the left foot is placed in front of the right toe. ?
14. Qianjin Pendant: The action is the same as that of the spine, but practice from the front of the right foot to the middle of the left sole, that is, 1/2. The right side is the same as the left side.
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15. Squat in nine steps: take a big step forward with your left foot into a lunge: turn your hands into claws and raise them above your head, stretch your waist: bend your claws forward to the left with your body, and then pounce down Directly to both sides of the left toe, the same as the right and left. ?
16. Top work: Place a wooden board diagonally at the foot of the wall and put a cloth pad on it. On the board above your head, lean and straighten your whole body, put your hands on your back, lick the roof of your mouth with your tongue, and focus on the top of your head. When the body fluids in your mouth are full, swallow slowly and stand up for 1 to 2 minutes. Make the hat once and then tip it on top, seven times. The length of time depends on each person's physical strength. Gradually extend it and never force it (people with high blood pressure should not do this). ?
17. Resting Kung Fu: Make a fist with your left hand and place it on the ground. Lie on your side and straighten your whole body so that your body weight is on your left fist. Place your right hand on the right side and raise it up. Tilt your head and upper body downward toward the ground, with your lips close to your left fist. It is not easy for beginners to do this. You can put your right foot in front of your legs and tilt your head and upper body down just enough. Don't force it. Practice with your right fist instead. (Note: This movement is actually like a one-handed push-up). ?
18. Holding the beads: Take half a step forward with your left foot to make a false step, and raise your hands with sword fingers to the same height as the Yintang; withdraw your left foot into a horse stance with your knees bent, and press down with both hands. Hit the hold. Be gentle at first and gradually increase the intensity. The right side is the same, except the right foot moves forward into a horse stance.
19. Immortal meditation: Two wooden stakes are planted in front of a stick, about four fingers high and two feet wide. A bench is placed behind. The person sits on the bench and stretches his feet under the horizontal stick; he holds his lower abdomen with both hands. Go up, tilt the upper body back and head about two inches from the ground. ?
20. Sitting silently in Dantian: Sitting silently in Dantian, the equipment is the same as above, except that when you lean back, clap your hands behind your back, and when you sit up, clap your hands in front. ?
21. Total skill: stand naturally, make fists with both hands, left fist at the bottom and right fist at the top, both fist eyes are upward, straighten the two fists downward, at the same time bend the upper body backward, and the two fists move up and down towards each other. Transform. ?
Completion of work: Return to parallel steps and complete the work.
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