Friday, January 20, 2017

Spirit, Qi, Intention, Force, Coordinate to Become One (神氣意力,合一集中) from The Real Theory of Baguazhang (八卦掌真理篇) by Jiāng Róngqiáo (薑容樵)

神氣意力,合一集中

前面所說的精神、氣息、意識、力量等等各方面的鍛煉方法,它們並不是孤立的,而是合一集中的,不集中,動作就不能完整一氣,不合一,手腳就不能行動一致。所謂合一,就是手與腳合,肩與跨合,肘與膝合,神與意合,氣與力合,內與外合。所謂集中,就是這六合必須統一,和諧,協調,取得完整。

薑容樵
"All the preceding explanations on the spirit, energy intention and force are to be worked at the same time and should fuse with each other. They should not be practiced in isolation, they should rather be unified. If they are practiced in isolation, the movement cannot be unified, hands and feet cannot move as one. In the same way that and and feet need to coordinated, shoulders and hips need to be coordinated, elbows and knees are coordinated, the spirit and the intentioin are in harmony, the energy ant the force are in harmony, the internal and the external are coordinated. This called to focus, in other words these six coordinations unify in harmony and coordination, to obtain wholeness."

From the book Bāguàzhăng Practice Method (八卦掌練習法), by Jiāng Róngqiáo (薑容樵), based on the translation by Joseph Crandall

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