Chapter 2956 2958【Tai Chi】


    ?After Zhang Songxi came back, Zhang Sanfeng taught Tai Chi and Tai Chi sword to his disciples.


    “My Tai Chi and Tai Chi swords are completely different from the traditional martial arts. They emphasize stopping with stillness and attacking later.” He explained while demonstrating.


    He drooped his hands, with the backs of his hands facing outward, his fingers slightly stretched, and his feet spread parallel to each other. Then he slowly raised his arms to his chest, half-circling his left arm, with his palms facing his face forming a yin palm, and turning his right palm over to form a yang palm, and said: " This is the starting position of Tai Chi.”


    As he performed the moves one by one, he called out the names of the moves: holding the bird''s tail, single whip, hand gesture, white crane spreading wings, hugging the knees and hooking step, waving the pipa, advancing to move the hammer, like sealing and closing. , cross hands, carrying the tiger back to the mountain...


    ?All the disciples watched intently, but except for Xiang Nan, the Six Wudang Heroes all had a little difficulty understanding this boxing technique.


    ??I feel that this boxing technique is slow and grinding, why can I fight with others? Isn''t this a joke? !


    ??But knowing that the master has been developing this Tai Chi skill for more than ten years, I expected it to be something extraordinary. The reason why I couldn''t understand it was not Master''s fault, but that I was stupid and didn''t understand it, so I still looked at it seriously.


    About a meal time, Zhang Sanfeng stepped up to explore the horse, stepped up to hold the sparrow''s tail, whipped his whip in Tai Chi, and stood there calmly and calmly.


    He held his hands in a Tai Chi circle and said: "The secret of this set of boxing skills is ''the spirit is strong, the chest is straight, the back is straight, the waist is loose and the hips are low, the shoulders are low and the elbows are low''." The most important thing to avoid is using force. The unity of form and spirit is the essence of this style of boxing.”


    I explained it in detail now.


    ?Everyone listened attentively and carefully.


    ??I just feel that this boxing method is extremely mysterious, difficult to fathom, and it is really impossible to understand. Therefore, I just keep Master''s teachings in mind and think about them more in detail in the future.


    ?Only Xiang Nan has learned Tai Chi for a long time, so when he listened to it, it reflected and compared with his own understanding, and he immediately gained a lot.


    Compared with Zhang Sanfeng’s Tai Chi, Xiang Nan’s understanding of Tai Chi can be said to have the same goal but different approaches.


    ?Although the moves and changes are slightly different, the core is the same. They all use slow to fight fast, use stillness to stop, wait for work with ease, and use the weak to defeat the strong.


    ?However, Zhang Sanfeng’s Tai Chi is more focused on “defense”, while Xiang Nan’s Tai Chi is more focused on “offense”.


    This is a difference in personal style, and there is no distinction between high or low, strong or weak.


    …


    "Do you all understand?" After Zhang Sanfeng finished teaching, he looked at the disciples and asked.


    All the disciples answered one after another.


    ?Those like Yu Lianzhou and Zhang Songxi have the most understanding, and can understand about 50%. However, Song Yuanqiao, Yu Daiyan, Yin Liting, and Mo Shenggu all only understood 30% to 40%.


    "That''s it. This martial arts has never been done before. It will be difficult for you to learn, so you should slowly understand it." Zhang Sanfeng nodded and said, not surprised.


    ?This martial art emphasizes "stopping with stillness, and then striking later", which is contrary to the mainstream martial arts philosophy of "strike first, then strike later to control others", so it is naturally more difficult to accept it.


    The martial arts that the Seven Heroes of Wudang have learned before also imply the martial arts principle of "attacking later and stopping with stillness", so when you first see them, you can still understand 30% to 40% of them.


    If it were other sects, even the smartest disciples would be considered good if they could understand Tai Chi for the first time.


    “Master, the children have understood it,” Xiang Nan said.


    “Oh, okay, okay, in that case, let’s join hands.” Upon hearing this, Zhang Sanfeng smiled with satisfaction.


    Xiang Nan nodded and came to Zhang Sanfeng, "Please give me some advice."


    Then he showed his hand gesture and attacked Zhang Sanfeng.


    ?Zhang Sanfeng rotates his hands in circles and moves his fists to block. Each move implies the changes of Tai Chi Yin and Yang, which is extremely mysterious. And Xiang Nan is not simple either. His attainments in Tai Chi have spanned two hundred years. The polishing and understanding of this boxing technique is no less than that of Zhang Sanfeng.


    Hence, the two of them can be said to have met their opponents in chess and met their talents.


    ?Countless exquisite moves and changes were displayed, which made the Six Heroes of Wudang dazzled and amazed.


    They didn’t quite understand how slow-moving boxing techniques like Tai Chi could defeat the enemy.


    ?Now after seeing the demonstrations of Xiang Nan and Zhang Sanfeng, I realize how powerful this boxing technique is.


    …


    After dismantling a thousand moves, Xiang Nan saw that there was still no winner, so he immediately turned softness into strength and changed to [left single whip], [right single whip], [body beat], [elbow bottom beat], [ Fight against the enemy with powerful moves such as "Hand-covering and Hammering", "Advanced Planting and Hammering", and "Advanced Moving and Blocking Hammering".


    He threw out his two long arms, like steel whips and sledgehammers, and attacked Zhang Sanfeng''s weak points.


    Xiang Nan has practiced the Sakyamuni Elephant Throwing Kung Fu, the Dragon and Elephant Prajna Kung Fu, and the Thirteen Taibao''s horizontal practice of the Golden Bell Jar. The power of one arm can reach a thousand tons, which is unparalleled in the world.


    In addition, he is proficient in the Dugu Nine Swords and has reached the highest level of [win with no moves but with all moves]. And as long as Zhang Sanfeng makes a move, he will be able to see the flaws.


    Hence his fierce attack, Zhang Sanfeng was at a disadvantage for a while.


    But Zhang Sanfeng was, after all, an unparalleled martial arts prodigy. He had traveled across the world and wiped out evil spirits, and he had extremely rich practical experience and adaptability.


    Under Xiang Nan’s heavy pressure, he was forced to come up with more Tai Chi moves, more changes, and more secrets. So the situation was quickly restored.


    ?As a result, Zhang Sanfeng shouted with joy. He had not played so much for a long time.


    When the Six Heroes of Wudang saw this, they basically couldn’t understand it.


    Because the moves used by the two of them before were still the seventy-four Tai Chi moves that Zhang Sanfeng had just taught.


    They can barely understand it.


    ??But by the end of the fight, the two of them no longer adhered to any moves, but used them freely and freely. The subtleties of the moves were beyond their understanding, and each move was enough for them to ponder for a long time.


    After fighting three thousand moves, Zhang Sanfeng took the initiative to stop and jumped out of the circle, looking up to the sky and laughing, "Hahahaha... Okay, okay, okay, Qingshu, you are really very enlightened and wise. No wonder you can get this gift from Emperor Zhenwu." There is a successor to my legacy.”


    Among his many disciples, Zhang Cuishan was originally the most enlightened. It was a pity that Zhang Cuishan died young, which made him heartbroken.


    ??Although other disciples have their own merits, their understanding is not as good as Zhang Cuishan''s. Therefore, he was very worried about whether the martial arts he created could be passed down a hundred years later.


    ?But now he is not worried.


    Xiang Nan learned Tai Chi after only listening to it once, and he can apply it freely and develop so many moves and changes.


    ??If he hadn''t just created this martial art, he would have suspected that Xiang Nan had already learned Tai Chi and had practiced it secretly for decades.


    With such an understanding, he is higher than Zhang Cuishan, so he is naturally better able to inherit his mantle.


    “Thank you, Master Tai, for your compliment.” Xiang Nan bowed.


    …


    (End of this chapter)