7/26的練習: practice on 7/26

今天我們介紹了帶掌及領掌的基本組手，在多次的練習之後，廖師兄及陳師兄已經基本了解了推、托、帶、領四種掌法，下面是兩位師兄推掌的練習記錄。

Today I introduced Bring-forward Palm and Guide-Palm to Mr. Liao and Mr. Chen. After practicing, now they realize the basic concept and function of ZongYue Taichi 4 Palm skills.

Below is the video for their practice of Push-Palm.

電影-赤壁---Movie: Red Cliff

赤壁，是一場中國歷史上極為著名的戰爭，這一戰，造成了中國數十年的三分之勢，這部電影，只是其中的前傳，但已經十分精采。

片中，趙雲的表現不俗，雖然有很多時候他都是把槍當棍用，不過，仔細想來，在戰場上，敵人多不可數，若身邊已經被敵人攻入，槍尖只能守一方之敵，把槍當棍使，似乎是個不得已但必需的保命之道。另外，關羽在八卦陣中的表現也極為出色，用敵人的武器殺敵，當手上兵器刺入敵人身上後，逕行奪下被殺的敵人手中的兵器，這樣就不愁手中無兵器的困擾，只是電影中拍攝的手法是從關羽力大無比，雙手一握一收，對方兵器就被硬奪下來，雖然不是我們宗岳門所講鬆柔去拿人的兵器，但也是一個相當震憾人心且實用（如果力量強如關羽的話）的做法。

武將中，唯一令我失望的是張飛，片中完全是個莽夫，什麼都不懂，連和敵人動手都是赤手空拳硬打，和我心中差距太大了。其實，能名留千古之人，甚少有笨蛋的，只是張飛被三國演義這本書描述成一個什麼都不知道的老粗，正史中，張飛在長阪坡之戰，斷橋後設疑兵之計騙過曹純，在益州增援戰用計智擒嚴顏，在漢中之戰用計打敗張郃，三國志－張飛列傳中，張飛，涿鹿人士，善丹青草書；只是被羅貫中所醜化，現在電影又將其以一個大老粗的形象演出，看來張飛平反之日遙遙無期了。

Red Cliff is the most famous war in Chinese history. There were several years which China divided to three countries. This movie is very impressive for me even it is just the beginning of the Red Cliff War.

In the movie, Yun Zhao presents a pretty good martial art style, although he use the spear as a stick sometimes. But, if we consider the real situation in the war field, we use spear-head to kill or defense the enemy in front of us without considering other side of our body. We do need to use the spear as a stick to protect ourselves.

Yu Guan shows the fantastic skills to use enemy's weapon to kill enemy. He took off enemy's weapon when he cut or stabbed the enemy. He always give up his weapon when the weapon is "in" the enemy's body, and that is really useful skill to take a new& sharp weapon from the enemy. Although the movie shows Yu Guan is very powerful and nobody can hold the weapon if he grap to take off. In ZongYue Taiji (Taichi), we prefer to use no power skill to do this kind of actions.

Fei Zhang is the only general who I disappoint in this movie. Fei Zhang is a foolhardy perosn in the movie. Actually, in the ancient China, the general must not the foolish person, especially if a famous general who was using several tricks to fool the enemy in the real history. He also capture and induce to capitulate another famous general, Yan Yan. Actually, Fei Zhang is good at not only the martial art but also painting and penmanship. It looks like Fei Zhang will not have his original image for a long time.

行健館發展方向-Xing-Jian Class Next Step in Taipei

行健館未來的發展仍舊朝向國際化、年輕化及實用化發展，並且規劃往台北市發展，目前正積極尋找台北火車站及信義區附近的教學場地，年底前將依報名人數斟酌場地位置及開班時段。
ZongYue Taiji (Taichi) - Xing-Jian Class will keep globalize, and try to maintain the practicality of the fighting skill.
We are still survey the area around Taipei main station and Taipei-101. Xing-Jian Class will announce the related information (time, and location...etc) in the end of 2008 by how many applicant.

7/19的練習: practice on 7/19

今天主要講解托掌的組手及四掌點接手的基本練習，這可是十分重要且實用的應敵手法，細節在使用掌上的四個掌點，依序去接觸對手，進而達到控制對手的目的。重點就在點點位移要保持不跳空的狀況。

We focus on the "Hold Palm" and 4-palm-points practice. The 4-palm-points practice is a very useful & important skills to control our opponent when we touch our opponent sequentially.
The key point is we must keep the palm move point by point without any jump over.

宗岳門主要架構-Main Structure of ZongYue Taichi

宗岳門主要的架構其實相當簡單，易於了解：

1.由有力技術練到無力技術：在本門內，無力技術較有力技術高級（就本門而言，非關其他派別，無力技術又有分有內勁及無內勁技術，這待日後討論）

2.先練大纏再練小纏，追求大纏可隨時變小纏，小纏也可隨時變大纏

3.四種需練習的化解方法：中平肘、上翻肘、下壓肘及返身大纏

4.手法共有推、托、帶、領等四個掌法，及指天、插地兩種拳法。

The main structure of ZongYue Taiji (Taichi):
The first two are for the movement principle.
The final two are for the using & trainning skills.

1. The no-muscle-power (as less as we can) skill is our focus. (This rule is only for ZongYue Taiji, not for other kind of Taiji or martial art.)

2. People need to learn Grand twist skill then samll twist skill and try to combin two skill into one. Grand twist should transfer to small twist skill in the movement (track).

3. Four different track for avert (eliminate) opponent's power.
a. Middle plane elbow
b. Up-turn elbow
c. Down-turn elbow
d. Turn-back Body Grand Twist Skill

4. Four palm track and two different fist-punch.
a. Push-Palm (Push-out)
b. Hold-Palm (Push-in, not pull-in)
c. Bring-forward Palm (from front to our body-shoulder)
d. Guide-Plam (From our body-shoulder out)
e. Punch-up to sky
f. Punch-down to ground

7/12的練習: practice on 7/12

今天進度為上翻肘行進練習，此為在學習裡扣外擺步、上翻肘及外三合片旋技術後的組合技巧。這是宗岳門獨特可使學員快速學會內家武學的教學法門。
The main topic today is to practice the up-turn elbow in moving. People have to learn the special walking way, "inside hook and outside throw(kick)", and up-turn elbow. And then people have to learn 3 outside combination.
This is the way we teach people to practice the Taichi (Taiji).

鍛鍊方法--Trainning method

最近和一個朋友聊天聊到，他認為練太極拳中，學習＂使用技巧＂遠比＂鍛鍊自己身上材質＂來得簡單，這裡其實他犯了一個天大的謬思而不自知。

這邊，友人自己設了幾個假設而不自知，首先，鍛鍊的方式一定是正確的，第二，老師一定會教使用技巧並且他一定學得會，而且之前鍛鍊出來的身體不會妨礙技巧的使用。


在真實的情況是，不確定如何使用太極拳時，去鍛鍊出來的身體，不一定能適合太極拳，當學習到使用法後，很相當大的可能性需要重新鍛鍊自己的身體。

我個人以為，比較優良的練習方式是，從學習＂使用技巧＂中去練習鍛鍊自己的身體，很多人一昧的半蹲去追求鍛鍊身體、練氣，在技擊上的功能實在是有限，這就如同頂尖的游泳選手也會去做重量訓練以增強局部肌力來增強實力，但主要訓練仍是游泳，但如果有人先從重量訓練鍛練身體再去學游泳，一個不小心就會練出不勻稱的肌肉，反而增加阻力，怎麼也到不了頂尖選手的水平。

一般練國術的朋友又何嚐不是如此呢！一昧不求甚解的半蹲，就想要成為高手，認為使用法是隨便就可以學會的，這不是和上面說的那先練重量訓練再學游泳的人一樣了嗎？更何況，太極拳那麼的困難，幾乎老師不講，學生自己是摸索不出來的，那面對一個能使用大鬆大柔戰技又願意指導的老師，學生能不虛心的受教嗎？

今日若不是和朋友聊，我還不知，原來，教使用法，居然會被人說，只能騙騙外行人，難怪柔道、空手道、跆拳道等，學習的人數遠比學習國術的人多。

I have a conversation with one of my friend about Taichi (Taiji). He believe that learning how to use Taichi fighting skill is much easier than building up body structure. Here he made a terrible mistake without knowing that.

He set 2 rules:
1st, his trainning method is already correct, so he doesn't need to learn how to build up body structure to suit the Taichi fighting skills.
2nd, the master wants to teach him all the skills and he can learn those skills very soon with the body structure which he built up with the method possible incorrect.

The real world is when people don't know how to use the fighting skills, they would trainning themselves with incorrect method due to they don't know how to judge which way is correct and which way is incorrect.

Once people learn how to use the fighting skills, they would need to re-build up their body to use those skills for more efficiency.

In my opinion, I believe people should learn how to use the skill, and the master should teach how to build up body structure for this skill when the master teach that skill. In this way, people can correct their movement and build up correct body for this kind of exercise.

Just like swimming athlete has trainning with weight trainning. But if people train themselves beginning with weight trainning to build up bodies. Their bodies will have a high possibility to increase the water resister. They would need to re-build up their bodies again for reduce the water resister if they would like to become an athlete.

I am really sad to see a lot of people who practice traditional Chinese Kung Fu doing half-squat and wish themselves can become masters by this way.
Please do that after you really do know what is half-squat for and how to do half-squat.

My friend also told me that he believe that a master teaches how to use the fighting skills can only play with people who don't know anything about the martial art.

However, a master who teach not only how to use the fighting skills but also how to use fighting skills to correct the trainning method. That should be a good master to learn from.

2008 July Practice Schedule

7/5, 7/12, 7/19, 7/26,上午10:00~12:00
特別報導: 7月仍將維持每週六提供12:00到12:30免費體驗課程一次, 欲參加者請於上課前2天以電話或email告知.

The practice schedule in May 2008 is as below: 7/5, 7/12, 7/19, 7/26 Saturday Morning 10:00~12:00
Special News! Xing-Jian Class will keep providing the free class for once per person on every Saturday morning from 12:00 to 12:30. We will introduce the basic movement of Taiji (Taichi) in that class. Please inform the master 2days before the class by phone or email if you want to have this class.

7/5的練習: practice on 7/5

今天主要練習的是推掌及上翻肘纏摔，推掌的基本的原理、卸化的軌跡和下壓肘相近。 下面是陳師兄、廖師兄的練習及我的示範。
We practice the Push-Palm and Up-turn elbow throwing today. The main track of Push-Palm movement is similiar to Down-turn elbow. Below is Mr. Chen's, Mr. Liao's practice, and also mine.