浅谈太乙五行拳的练功原理与特点

A Superficial Discussion on Practicing Principles and Characteristics of Taiyiwuxingquan

太乙五行拳产生于道门。它以道家的阴阳、五行、八卦、九宫学说思想为指导,注重内练修为,在追求长生久视的长期修炼活动当中,逐步形成了"柔韧圆活,动如蛇行,以胯带腰,两手环抱,脚走括弧,指穴擒拿"的神功玄技。太乙五行拳的手、眼、身法、步、精神、气、力、功的全部内容,要求动静结合,内外合一,神形兼修,溶技击的身体训练与意念活动为一体。通过有步骤的练形、练意、练气、练劲,达到"化刚成柔,积柔成刚,以意领气,引气归元,意气劲形,内外双修,强进功力,旨在筑基"的目的。

Taiyiwuxingquan(taiyi five-element boxing) emerges from Taoist school.It emphasizes intrinsic practice and cultivation under the guidance from Taoist theories and thoughts of yin-yang(in Chinese philosophy,yin means feminine and negagive,and yang means masculine and positive),wuxing(Five Elements,referring to metal,wood,water,fire and earth,which compose the physical universe),bagua(Eight Diagrams,eight combinations of three whole or broken lines formerly used in divination) and jiugong(Nine Palaces,nine equally-divided palaces of the heavenly palace to know direction,season and other information by star observation).During the long-term practicing activities that seek for living a long life with good eyesight and hearing,magic and mysterious skills have been gradually formed,including 'being flexible,moving like a snake,driving the waist with hips,surrounding with both hands,going in parentheses with feet,and capturing with digital acupoint attacks'.The entire contents of hands,eyes,body position,footwork,spirit,qi(vital energy),strength and skills in taiyiwuxingquan require a combination of the static and the dynamic,integration of the internal and the external,cultivation in mind and body,and a mergence between body training of martial techniques and idea activities into one organic whole.Through step-by-step basic and standard movement practice,idea practice,qi practice and vigorousness practice,it is aimed to reach the purposes of 'turning hardness into softness,accumulating softness into hardness,pushing the running of qi with ideas,leading qi back to vigor,well coordinating ideas,qi,vigorousness and movements,cultivating both physically and mentally,improving skills at full stretch,and targeting at laying a solid foundation'.