Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1960 The Little Monk Practicing Martial Arts

Chapter 1960 The Little Monk Practicing Martial Arts

Leaving Mai Xiaomiao to burn incense and worship Buddha under the guidance of the old monk, Zhou Zhi took a broom and walked around the statue of Weituo to the courtyard. He found that the main hall here was quite interesting. Because of the terrain, the main hall was built on a red wall, a bit like Tiananmen Square, but there was no doorway at the bottom, and there were stone stairs on both sides going up.

The friends were walking around there, some of them were Buddhists, including Wu Renzhong, a party member, who was holding a bunch of long and short, red and green incense sticks in their hands.

Most of the pilgrims were leaving. They still had to walk a long way down the mountain to catch the bus back to the city, and they were in a hurry.

But outside the crowd, there was a young monk, boxing without caring about anything.

Zhou Zhi was happy again when he saw this. Not only could Wei Tuo take a break from work at Lingshan Temple, but the little monk was actually practicing Tai Chi.

After watching for a while with the broom handle, Zhou Zhi's habit of being a teacher came back: "Young Master, your way of doing things is not quite right. Tai Chi is an internal martial art that emphasizes the power from the core of the dantian. Therefore, any movement must have a sense of transmission from the waist and abdomen to the hands and feet."

"For example, when you performed the Right Swinging Bird's Tail just now, firstly, your center of gravity was not adjusted with your steps, and secondly, your hand moved ahead of your shoulder and elbow. Although the movements were correct, the core meaning was misunderstood."

"Come, come, let me adjust it for you." Zhou Zhi put down the broom and stepped forward to help enthusiastically: "Now start the movements. Move your center of gravity before you tap your feet. Moving the center of gravity actually means moving the Dantian. Remember, all the power of Tai Chi comes from here. The Dantian is different. In theory, a person should be still. Only when it starts to move can it be magnified and become a big movement in the hands and feet."

"So now you need to move your center of gravity backwards. Okay, naturally turn your feet. Eh, isn't it more natural? Now prepare for the hand movements. Remember, start from Dantian. Now imagine that there is a stream of air flowing from the lower abdomen to the shoulder. After it arrives, it drives the shoulder joint to lift a small half circle, and then drives the upper arm to the elbow joint, so as to bring the forearm over. It's the wrist-hand joint's turn. Stand up your palm, and you're done."

"Now do it again, remember to follow the same steps as before. Remember that the movements are 'transmitted' from the waist and abdomen to the joints of the limbs. There is a process in which the joints at the back are driven by the joints in front. At the beginning, you can focus on the shoulders and hips as the starting points of the movements. However, as you gradually improve in the future, you will need to use Dantian as the starting point, and include the waist, abdomen, chest and back in this transmission process."

"How's it going? Does it feel smoother now?"

The young monk was not opposed to being taught. After trying Zhou Zhi's method, he seemed to have opened up a new world. He nodded excitedly: "So this is how internal martial arts is played!"

This is the embodiment of the basic philosophical concept of "relaxation, emptiness and harmony" of internal martial arts. In fact, the root of Tai Chi's many force-generating techniques lies here.

Zhou Zhi's understanding of the philosophy of Tai Chi can be said to be far more profound than that of most martial artists, and therefore his understanding of how "internal strength" works is much stronger than that of ordinary "experts". The key is that many experts are unable to express it and can only watch their apprentices anxiously.

Zhou Zhi, on the other hand, is the opposite. He has a lot of theoretical knowledge but his movements can only amuse laymen. His waist is fragile due to long-term desk work. Not to mention compared with Liang Hong's boyfriend Yang Honghui, who is at the Wuying level, even Liang Hong can't compare with him.

However, there is no problem with this young monk, as his physical fitness is extremely strong. The only problem is that the methods of his internal martial arts may be completely different from the boxing he usually practices, and he cannot understand the boxing theories in books or those he learned in some training classes, which makes his movements always a little "stiff".

He also has a good understanding. Now that the window paper is broken, the little monk's movements immediately become natural.

"Well, Liaoran, you punched well today." Just as the two were teaching and practicing with great interest, the old monk and Mai Xiaomiao had already paid homage to Wei Tuo and were preparing to cross the square to the main hall when they saw this scene.

The young monk named Leran quickly stopped, bowed to the old monk, and said excitedly: "Master, it was all thanks to this donor's guidance! I understood the key points immediately." "Oh? I didn't expect that the donor was also a martial arts master?" The old monk looked Zhou Zhi up and down, did that mean he had made a mistake?
As a result, Mai Xiaomiao said, "Well, Elbow's Tai Chi and Tai Chi sword are both very powerful!"

Zhou Zhi almost vomited blood. The little monk understood everything after just being instructed. Such comprehension could not be innate, but the result of long-term training. He has accumulated enough experience in exerting force. In addition, his boyish skills are powerful, and his muscle strength and toughness are at professional level. Therefore, he can lift heavy objects with ease.

Since the young monk was like this, the old monk could certainly imagine that the master and disciple were the real masters. Mai Xiaomiao didn't understand anything at all and thought that Zhou Zhi was very powerful just because he could perform a few sword flowers and a routine.

He quickly waved his hands: "No, no, I am a layman in martial arts. I usually just practice some routines for training. But I know a successor of Yang Tai Chi, who taught me some boxing theory."

"We have heard the basic boxing theory, but it is difficult to understand it..." said the old monk.

"Master, the boxing theory taught by Master Elbow is different from that taught by the teachers in the state." The young monk was very excited about what he had just learned. He chattered on and on about what Zhou Zhi had just told him and repeated it again.

"Control the waist and abdomen, drive the shoulders and hips, and transmit the movements..." The old monk lifted his legs upwards, and the front of his robe flew up. The old monk tucked it into his waist, bent his waist, and casually made a few movements: "Be light and lively to understand the power, and the yin and yang will be balanced without stagnation. If you can move a thousand pounds with a little effort, the opening and closing will dominate the stability."

"so?"

Zhou Zhi himself was not very good at boxing, but he had good eyesight. He was immediately delighted and applauded: "Good!"

"Ran, go get my sword, I'll ask you for advice." The old monk's understanding was not worse than the young monk's, and he became proficient in it in a few seconds. He was very happy: "Do you usually use a hard sword or a soft one?"

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"I used a hard sword weighing two and a half kilograms, with a blade length of eighty-eight." Zhou Zhi said, "But I only know how to practice routines, and it's pretty ordinary."

"That's about the same as mine." The old monk nodded: "I use three catties, and the blade is seventy-five centimeters long."

Although Zhou Zhi's sword is lighter, it is longer and has a lever principle involved, so it feels pretty much the same as the old monk's sword.

Liaoran ran away quickly, and soon came back with the old monk's sword: "Master, give it to me!"

Although Tai Chi sword and Tai Chi boxing are similar in basic theory, the sword is an extension of the body. Zhou Zhi also has his own understanding of the sword principles. When practicing and feeling that the movements are a bit sluggish, just free up the index finger and make the sword finger, pointing the sword and index finger in the same direction, and regard the sword as an extension of the index finger. In this way, you can understand the movements.

Such movements are of course dangerous, and the force used to control the sword is also insufficient, but fortunately there is no need to do it big or fast. Instead, the slower the better. The main thing is to experience how to perform the movements in a standard way and how to convey the intention, and then switch back to the standard sword-holding movement to consolidate it.

Zhou Zhi and Gu Lao jokingly called it the "literary quick-learning method". It doesn't mean you have to go into battle to kill the enemy, but just want to understand the movements as soon as possible. There is nothing wrong with doing it this way.


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