Ecological Farm Author: Farmer on the Fly

Chapter 39: Tai Chi

Guangping is about 600 kilometers away from the capital, drive along the highway to Handan, and walk for a while. Arrive in Quang Binh near noon, and go directly to the Quang Binh Hotel where the organizing committee of the conference is located to check in.

Wu Lao took Tian Chuan to visit some Tai Chi celebrities, and it seems that he is very popular in this circle, and he knows many people in the Chen, Yang, Sun, and Wu schools. Tian Chuan followed behind Wu Lao, acting like a junior. He was very curious about Wu Lao, who claimed that he only practiced boxing to exercise and maintain his health, and had never fought with anyone, but his pushing skills were very profound. He claims to have no formal apprenticeship, but he is a self-taught wild man, but he is familiar with many people in the Taijiquan world, and it seems that he has a lot of secrets.

At noon, the organizing committee prepared a buffet in the No. 1 Grand Ballroom of the hotel, and Tian Chuan was full with Wu Lao.

The opening ceremony of the conference was held at four o'clock in the afternoon, and from two o'clock, heavyweights such as the heads of various families arrived one after another.

Just after three o'clock, a group of more than a dozen descendants of the Chen family arrived. The contemporary head of the Chen family is a sturdy old man who walks with dragon and tiger steps, heavy shoulders and back, which shows that Tai Chi Kung Fu has been integrated into daily life, and his skills are very profound.

After a while, an old lady in her eighties came to the scene, and many Tai Chi seniors present came forward to greet her. Wu Lao told Tian Chuan: "This is Mr. Sun Zhenying, the head of Sun's boxing method, Sun Lao is the daughter of the founder of Sun's boxing, and is the master of Sun's boxing method, and at the same time has a deep attainment in Xingyi and Bagua Kung Fu." Sun Lao taught boxing all his life, and made great contributions to the development of Taijiquan. ”

Although Tian Chuan practiced Sun's boxing method, he didn't know about the situation inside Sun's family, and only then did he know who the head of Sun's family was, and he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

At four o'clock, the conference began. Mr. Sun gave a speech entitled "The Development Direction of Taijiquan in the New Era", which received warm applause. Although the old man is old, he has a clear mind and is full of energy. In his speech, Mr. Sun proposed that in the new era of peaceful development, Taijiquan should give full play to the expertise of fitness and health preservation and expand the mass base. At the same time, it is necessary to standardize and vigorously develop its competitive nature, and strive to make it enter competitive sports and promote it to the world. And you can't cling to the view of the door, or be brave and ruthless. Openness, inclusiveness, moderation and harmony are the ways of development of Taijiquan, and only then can Taijiquan be truly pushed to the position of national technology. We should learn from South Korea's experience in promoting taekwondo to the Olympics, strengthen the complementarity and integration with other schools of martial arts, and find a wider development space for taijiquan.

Tian Chuan deeply agreed with Sun Lao's ideas, especially the development concept of "openness, tolerance, moderation and harmony" she proposed, which made Tian Chuan never forget.

After the opening ceremony, Chen Yue, the head of the Chen family, and Sun Lao respectively performed the routines in their own sects.

Master Chen Yue's Chen's old frame routine has a solid foundation, and the chassis in Chen's boxing is stable and the characteristics of strength are fully displayed.

Sun Lao is old, and many movements are no longer won by strength, but the footwork is stable, the force is from the spine, and the hand is belted, and the artistic conception of the action is far-reaching.

Later, the representatives of each faction performed the instrument and the pusher respectively. Tagawa is not interested in equipment, he always feels that the equipment routine is a purely performative thing, and it is only a matter of time before it dies. The pusher performance lacks the power and distribution action in the game, which is not enough to watch and is easier to mislead the layman.

Tian Chuan has always believed that routine performances and competitive promoters are the ultimate development direction of Taijiquan.

The performance is over, and today's event is complete. Tomorrow and the next two days will be held with a push-hand competition and a Tai Chi development workshop.

After dinner, Tagawa returned to his room and called several fishing pools that do business with fishing clubs to discuss ice fishing in winter.

In ninety-four years, ice fishing was still a new business, all kinds of equipment were lacking, and the technology was even more varied. When Tagawa proposed to start an ice fishing business, the bosses were generally worried that the lack of interest from anglers would not be able to support the operation. But when they heard that the club was ready to promote the matter, they expressed their support.

After reaching an agreement with the fishing pond, he called the director of the machinery company, Ding, and asked them to immediately try to make ice rakes, rotary hole openers, ice fishing combination seats and other equipment for ice fishing, and take out the products before freezing and put them on the market.

Then he called Zhu Dacheng in Weihai and asked him to develop a bloodworm binder and an ice fishing rod. At the same time, he demanded that the ice rod be able to fit a wheel. Zhu Dacheng lacked a concept of bloodworm binders, and in the end, Tian Chuan had to temporarily give up his plan to pull bloodworms.

Lying on the bed, Tian Chuan was still thinking about pulling bloodworms, and finally thought that bloodworms were actually thickeners, and he dialed Zhu Dacheng's phone again despite the fact that it was already more than ten o'clock in the time, and asked him to find thickeners used in candy factories, such as gum arabic, as well as brushed powder, etc., and it should not be difficult to get some bloodworms to try more. After success, add amino acids, pigments and flavors, and you should be fine. He told Zhu Dacheng that red shellac can not only be used for winter fishing, but also has a market all year round, and the market will not be bad, which is worth developing. Zhu Dacheng agreed to start trial production tomorrow.

The next morning, Tagawa participated in a pusher contest. This competition is not divided into groups, and all applicants draw lots for a single round-robin competition until the winner is determined.

The rules of the game are also relatively simple, similar to the Yang-style push hand competition, the field is a circle with a straight 3-meter diameter, and the two sides compete in a circle. At the beginning of the game, both sides put their right wrists together and supported each other's right elbows with their left hands. After the start, the two sides use the Tai Chi "Eight Methods" to fight each other, and send each other out of the circle or fall to the ground to score 1 point. If the "Eight Laws" are used clearly and the distribution effect is obvious, 2 points can be awarded with the consent of more than two of the three referees. Any part of the body except the feet touching the ground is a fall, and any part of the body is out of the circle.

During the game, it is forbidden to actively or passively lift your feet off the ground, it is forbidden to attack the opponent with fists, feet, knees and elbows, it is forbidden to attack the opponent's head, neck and crotch, it is forbidden to grab any part of the opponent's body or clothing, it is forbidden to hold the opponent, and it is forbidden to violate the above rules as a foul. However, the rules do not restrict the strong push of the opponent, and in the event of a stalemate between the two sides, the referee will separate the two sides and start again on the spot. After committing a foul, warnings or penalty points can be deducted one or two points depending on the situation, and one point can be deducted for two warnings, depending on the situation. Penalty points are given to the opponent to add points, not subtract points, to avoid negative points.

Each game is divided into three innings, each of which lasts three minutes, with a one-minute break between innings. In the end, the winner will be determined by the score. Failure to complete the game due to various reasons will be awarded a loss. In the event of a tie, an extra game is played, and the first to score in the extra game wins.

There are three referees in each game, the referee is in the circle, and the two auxiliary referees are outside the circle, and the penalty is executed at the same time.

Both sides are required to wear long pants and long-sleeved tops, and no metal buttons, accessories or other hard objects are allowed on the pants, and the two sides are distinguished by the black and white color of the belt.

A referee committee composed of 11 Tai Chi masters from all parties is responsible for interpreting the rules. Chen Yue, Sun Zhenying and others are all members of the referee committee, and Wu Lao also entered the referee committee, which surprised Tian Chuan very much.

There are more than 400 contestants, most of whom are heirs of famous families, and there are also dozens of free contestants, and Tagawa is one of them. Tagawa is numbered 277 and will face a Yang player in the first round, and the match will be played around noon.

All morning, Tagawa has been watching other people's games, more than half of them often foul in the game, the most common are hitting fouls and grappling fouls, and the most controversial is the big bull score, there are a few strong players who rely on simple and strong to win easily. The complaint about the strong top cow was sent to the referee committee several times, and after discussion, it was decided to keep the rules unchanged.

The committee believes that although the strength conference has a certain advantage, the rational use of the eight methods can restrain the strong players, and the results of the competition are effective.

At ten o'clock, a new set of competition lists came over the radio:

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The second venue, Yang-style Taijiquan Liu Meiting, against Chen's Taijiquan Leng Liqiang.

Hearing Liu Meiting's name, Tian Chuan was surprised, he didn't expect her to come to the competition. After playing, Liu Meiting is white, and the opponent Leng Liqiang is a strong man about 30 years old, half a head taller than Liu Meiting. When the game began, it was a big surprise. Leng Liqiang was simply released by Liu Meiting, Liu Meiting's actions were like the display of the eight methods of teaching, leading by 18 to zero in the first game, nine consecutive two-pointers, and the opponent couldn't even get a chance to foul.

In the second game, Leng Liqiang adjusted his tactics, relying on his strength, and changed to defense-oriented, which really limited Liu Meiting's offensive, and she had to gradually arouse the opponent's strength, and then strive to squash the opponent to score. In this game, Liu Meiting only scored three twos and three one-point, and was also caused by the opponent to push her feet into the air and was deducted one point. At the end of the two games, Liu Meiting led 27-1.

At the beginning of the third game, Liu Meiting was already sweating and a little tired. In this game, she slowed down her offense, and no longer used the four positive techniques of "squeezing and squeezing" in the first two games to attack, and the four strange methods of "picking elbows and leaning" were gradually used more, especially relying on the law, so that Leng Li was unable to defend and was sent out many times, only then did Tian Chuan react, Liu Meiting did not use all her strength in the first two games, but was just practicing the four positive listening techniques. At the end of the game, the score was fixed at 42-1, and Liu Meiting won completely.

Tian Chuan walked to the sidelines, and Liu Meiting saw that he was wearing a practice uniform and asked, "Xiao Chuan is also coming to play?"

Tian Chuan first congratulated her: "Congratulations on winning, Sister Ting, you are much stronger than I imagined." I still have a moment to compete, with a big master like you present, it doesn't matter if I sacrifice ugliness or not. ”

The two joked, and Qi Gang came over from nowhere. Tian Chuan quipped to him: "The second brother also signed up?"

Qi Gang said: "How can I know any boxing skills, I came with Xiaoting, and at the same time sought the protection of the master." As he spoke, he handed over a towel and a kettle.

Tian Chuan couldn't help but envy: "If you have a lover in life, if you are like this, you must do great good deeds in your previous life." ”

Qi and Liu looked at each other and smiled, making people feel like a spring breeze at first sight.

Towards noon, Tagawa's race was about to begin. Prior to this, there were several outstanding masters on the field, which doubled the pressure on Tagawa.

At this time, the radio sounded: "The players below are on the field: Sun style Taijiquan Sun Pengfei, against the free contestant Tian Chuan." ”

Tian Chuan was wearing a cyan practice uniform with a black belt, and his opponent Sun Pengfei was wearing a white practice uniform with a white belt. Sun Pengfei is in his twenties and has a well-proportioned figure, and after coming on the court, he hugged his fist and saluted, and Tian Chuan also saluted with his fist. After that, the two saluted the referee and the spectator respectively.

With the referee's order, the game began. The two sides first used the Four Noble Methods to run twice, familiarized themselves with each other's strengths, and then showed their strengths and began to listen to their strengths.

Tian Chuan found that Sun Pengfei was sensitive to listening, reacted quickly, and used more weak energy, so he immediately didn't try much, and with one move, he used seven or eight percent of his strength to press directly on the opponent's chest. Sun Pengfei carried his hands with both hands, and pushed Tian Chuan's hand to the outer door above in a flash-through back style, Tian Chuan took advantage of the opponent's strength to attract and was compressed by his own hand, and stepped forward, one close to the chest, knocked him into the air, staggered back, and Tian Chuan scored a point.

Tian Chuan's strength is obviously greater than Sun Pengfei's, and his listening strength and reaction are not bad, when he gives full play to his strength advantage, Sun Pengfei is forced to be at a disadvantage. But Sun Pengfei has a solid foundation and can often get out of trouble before being squashed, allowing the game to continue.

At the end of the first game, Tagawa led 4-1. In the last two games, Sun Pengfei tried to change his tactics many times, but he was never able to get rid of Tian Chuan's strong advantage.

Towards the end of the game, Sun Pengfei was a little anxious, his strength was rapid and fierce, and he was given the opportunity to go out of the circle twice by Tian Chuan, and the score was stretched to 15-2, completely losing the opportunity to recover.

This game is relatively boring in the eyes of the uninitiated, but it has attracted the attention of many masters. After the match, Tagawa found Son and Wu Zhensheng, as well as three other members of the referee committee, standing on the sidelines of the ring.

Elder Wu introduced several seniors to Tian Chuan, and Tian Chuan respectfully greeted them one by one. At this time, Sun Pengfei said to Sun Lao: "Auntie, I'm sorry, I lost." Tagawa's power is too great. ”

Sun Lao glanced at him and said, "You don't lose unjustly." Not only strength, but your perception and understanding of Tai Chi are not as good as his, and it is difficult to win by listening and reacting alone, not to mention that you are not superior in these two aspects. "The old man's vision is the result of years of experience, and he can see through the essence at a glance.

At this time, Sun Lao asked Tian Chuan: "I see that your footwork is also Sun's boxing, whose disciple is it?"

Tian Chuan replied: "I read books and practiced blindly, and later learned a little bit of pushing skills from Mr. Wu. ”

Wu Lao answered next to him: "I didn't give him any guidance, he seems to have had some adventures recently, and his pushing technique has improved rapidly." ”

Tian Chuan pointed to Liu Meiting on the sidelines and said: "Sister Ting integrates Tai Chi into the tea ceremony, I was fortunate to watch Sister Tian cook tea a few days ago, and I have some insights." ”

Liu Meiting stepped forward when she heard this, and first said hello to Liu Mingtang, the head of the Yang family, who was present, and said: "Tian Chuan saw that I made a painting after cooking tea, which is called "Tai Chi Tea". It turned out that she was actually a disciple of Master Liu Mingtang.

Liu Meiting said as she took out a copy of the painting from her bag and showed it to several masters. Sun Lao first said: "Tai Chi is full of artistic conception, especially the wisp of tea fragrance, which is simply a stroke of genius. ”

Master Liu said: "This painting is precious, and it is not easy to make a thousand gold. Take good care of it. Then he turned his head and asked Tian Chuan: "Where is this painting now?" Can you consider transferring it?"

Tian Chuan spread his hands and smiled bitterly: "It's not here, I was snatched away by Sister Ting on the spot, and I don't even have a copy." ”