Tai Chi Master Huang Xingxian (1910 -1992) studied White Crane (White Crane) Lohanquan and Nei Gung (inner Taoist practice) with Master Xie Zhongxian. In 1947 he became a pupil of Zheng Manqing. He taught over 10,000 students throughout Southeast Asia and focused on a small group of his best students to convey the deep core of his teaching.
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Questions and Answers to GrandMaster Huang Xingxian
What is the true spirit of Tai Ji?
The good and famous Tai Ji masters teach the same things but the students will learn differently. This is because the students differ in their natural talents and physical conformation. The true acquisition of art does not consist only in the mastery of external forms but also in the mastery of principles and philosophy. The student will have to be a rational man who has learned, practiced and understood art successfully. He applies those principles and philosophy to everyday life. He does not derive any illegitimate benefits from it, nor is he selfish. He is dedicated with total commitment to Tai Ji. It shares the founder's spirit of striving for a physically and mentally healthy humanity. This is the true spirit of Tai Ji.
Important points of GM Huang Xingxian
1. Quiete
- Use the Deep Mind (Xin) to calm and balance energy.
2. Suspend your head
- Empty the neck, send the intention (Yi) to the top of the head.
3. The look is regular
- Use peripheral vision to be alert to both right and left.
4. Release and open the chest
- Ensure that the sternum and the upper part of the spine are vertical and aligned, supporting the empty space between them.
5. Sink your shoulders, let your elbows fall
- Shoulder blades slide down your back to sink your shoulders, shoulder muscles release to drop your elbows.
6.The central and vertical sacred
- Lift the perineum slightly, pull the coccyx down and forward and release the lower back.
7. Release the pelvic area and the inguinal regions (Kua)
- The pelvic area controls the upper part of the body, the inguinal regions are the base of the pelvic area.
8. To breath deeply
- Breathing, the rib cage expands, the diaphragm sinks, the abdomen retracts
- Exhaling, the rib cage is released, the diaphragm rises, the abdomen is out.
9. Three harmonies, internal and external
- Internal: Spirit (Shen) with Intention (Yi), Intention with subtle energy (Qi), subtle energy with the energy of the body (Jing) .
- External: shoulders and inguinal regions, elbows and knees, hands and feet.
10. Hands follow the body
- Use the trunk to yield and neutralize, hands to follow to protect the trunk and to prepare to attack.
11. The steps respond to body movements
- Change the steps to support body movement.
- Your hands are like revolving doors, if you win or lose it depends on your steps.
12. Differentiate between empty (Yin) and full (Yang)
- Meet the fullness with emptiness and emptiness with fullness.
13. Smoothness and continuity
- one thing moves, all things move.
- Coordinate the upper part of the body with the lower part of the body.
- The Deep Mind (Xin) and the Intention (Yi) determine the speed of the movements.
- Use the Intention (Yi) to naturally harmonize the breath with the movements.
14. Use the intention of the Deep Mind (Yi), not the insensitive force
- Relax the body, use the intention of the Deep Mind, then the senses and sensations will be very reactive.
