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Master Huang's 20 Important Points
Translated by Wee Kee-JinFor the Taijiquan Form and Qi cultivation, Master HuangXingxiang Huang Xingxiang referred to 20 points:
- Every muscle in the body has to be relaxed and loosened.
- The body has to maintain an upright position without leaning or tilting.
- Empty the chest, relax the shoulders and drop the elbows.
- Tuck in the back and keep a light consciousness on the crown of the head.
- Contract the anus, but ensure the buttocks are relaxed and hanging.
- Bring the Spirit (mind awareness) within to cultivate the Qi. Avoid unnecessary movements in the three parts of the body: head, arms and torso.
- Maintain an awareness of the three centres (centre of palms, tantien and bubbling well).
- Use the mind, not brute force, to stay in your centre.
- Calm the mind, relax the body and maintain an awareness of the body.
- Initiate all the turning from the hips and waist.
- When stepping forward or backward, the substantial and insubstantial feet must be clearly differentiated and firmly grounded.
- The legs initiate the forward and backward movement.
- In calmness there is movement and in movement there is sinking.
- Upper and lower body must synchronise harmoniously, without dispersed movements.
- Relax the neck, sink the shoulders and drop the elbows.
- Three things that should never be locked straight in the form; the body; the arms; the legs.
- Maintain continuity without any breaks, internal and external in harmony.
- The hands move like reeling silk from a cocoon and the feet move like a cat in motion.
- Have faith, modesty and perseverance and success will prevail.
- Fully understand the Taiji Form and the applications will be natural.
TaiChi
