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After the two agreed on the general direction of the development of Taijiquan, Liu Meiting suggested that Tian Chuan should first make a development plan, and after the draft plan was made, he would ask the seniors to put forward their opinions, and finally finalize the implementation. The overall principle is to develop Tai Chi Waimen into a competitive sports organization, and establish a systematic training, assessment, and competition system. At the same time, we will look for the profit point in it, and finally let Taijiquan achieve self-supply and self-development. The various schools of Tai Chi develop freely as the inner door and are not affected by the outer door.

In the evening, after a few guests rested, Tagawa went to the study and began to draft the plan. In the draft, Tagawa positions competitive taijiquan as a sport, similar to other martial arts, and requires detailed scoring rules and strict prohibition rules for it, as well as detailed regulations on the venue, protective gear, etc., according to the characteristics of taijiquan. These regulations should not only reflect the characteristics of Taijiquan as much as possible, but also ensure the safety of the contestants, and also improve the viewing and attract the audience.

Regarding the organization of the event, Tagawa suggested that one person from each of the major schools should form a preparatory group for competitive taijiquan to discuss and decide on major issues.

Regarding the entry point of the event, Tagawa suggested that the competition should be organized and the televised broadcast of the event through various relationships should be used to expand its influence.

It comes down to the need to first work out the rules of the game for competitive tai chi and attract enough high-level players to compete. As mentioned earlier, as a brand new sport, everything is up to the charts and there's a lot to be sure. Fortunately, there is currently a set of rules for the Yang-style pusher competition, as well as the organizational experience of the national Tai Chi pusher competition that has just been successfully completed. As long as certain improvements are made on the basis of this competition, the rules of the competition can be preliminarily formulated. After the rules are formulated, they can be gradually improved in later competitions.

Regarding the rules of the last pusher competition, Tagawa believes that there are several serious flaws that may affect the development of competitive taijiquan:

First, there is no gender grouping in the game, which may affect the fairness and enjoyment of the game, and the audience will have a big opinion on this. As for the improvement, it is easy to divide the competition into men's and women's groups and group them separately according to weight.

The second is that the hitting action is prohibited in the game, which makes many attack skills unusable, which is not conducive to the overall development of Taijiquan, and is not conducive to the integration of other types of boxing in the future. Tagawa felt that it was possible to increase the content of the strikes appropriately, and at the same time, he designed to use specific match gloves and limit the palms of his hands to a palm-shaped shape to prevent grasping or punching opponents. In order to prevent the occurrence of danger, it is necessary to limit attacks on vital parts such as the back of the head.

The third is the scoring rule. Tian Chuan believes that there is no problem with the rules of falling to the ground or losing points out of the circle in the original rules, but the rules for deducting points from the air with both feet need to be modified. There is also the clear use of the eight methods, and the rule that the opponent will be awarded 2 points needs to be further clarified, so that the layman audience can easily understand the game.

The fourth is the game time setting. The intensity of the Tai Chi pusher competition is slightly weaker than that of boxing, sanda, taekwondo, etc., at least in the eyes of the general audience. Therefore, if the 3-minute plus 3-round format is still similar to Sanda, it will not achieve the goal of draining the players' physical strength, and Tagawa hopes to extend the match time to 5 minutes and 3 rounds to increase the intensity of the match.

The rules of the game were almost done, Tian Chuan felt a little tired from sitting, and he habitually stood up, wanted to move his body on the treadmill, and pushed open the door of the study only to find that it was in his hometown, where was there a treadmill.

He was not discouraged, so he simply went back to his room to change into his practice clothes, went to the terrace on the third floor, and played the newly learned Chen-style boxing method one by one. After playing twice in a row, he only felt that his body was alive and breathing, and he seemed to have entered a magical state.

The Yang-style boxing method is stretched out widely, the boxing frame is high, and the circle is better than the Chen style.

After the Yang style fight, it was followed by his own Sun-style boxing, which borrowed the characteristics of gossip and Xingyi, especially in footwork. Tagawa has been practicing Sun's boxing for the longest time and has the deepest feelings. Although Sun Shiquan is flexible, it lacks a Tai Chi round and soft artistic conception, which makes him feel slightly uncomfortable.

Before finishing a set of Sun-style 73 styles, Tian Chuan switched to the most familiar simplified Taijiquan 24 styles. After recruiting the tail of the bird, the mood is lifted, squeezing, squeezing, and coherently connecting according to the four righteous laws, which makes people feel very comfortable. Next, a single whip, a cloud hand, and then a single whip, he did not hit according to the routine, but turned back to catch the bird's tail, so that a cycle was formed, and the reciprocation continued. After doing these tricks twenty or thirty times in one go, Tian Chuan only felt that his whole body was comfortable, and he couldn't help laughing.

At this time, I suddenly heard a snapping applause behind me, followed by Liu Meiting's voice: "Xiaochuan, congratulations, your boxing skills have made great progress." Now pusher, I may not be your opponent anymore. ”

Tian Chuan turned around and found that Liu Meiting, Qi Gang, Zhang Wentao and Yuan Feng were all standing behind him, and his parents were also there. He was stunned and asked, "Didn't you go to sleep? Why did you all get up?"

Liu Meiting said: "Besides, you are practicing boxing on my roof, shaking your feet and exhaling loudly, how can people still sleep." It's not, it's all up to you. ”

Liu Meiting then asked what inspired Tagawa, who explained: "I used to go to the treadmill and strength training machine every hour or so while I was writing. I'm writing the rules of competitive tai chi tonight, I want to run but don't have a treadmill, so I came here to box, but I didn't expect the more I played, the more I felt, that's all. ”

At this time, Tian Chuan realized that he had been punching continuously for a long time, and the practice clothes on his body were soaked.

When everyone returned to the room, Tagawa looked at his watch and realized that it was already past twelve o'clock, so he changed out of his sweaty clothes, took a shower and went to bed.

Maybe I was excited to practice boxing, and I was obviously very tired, but I couldn't sleep, so I put on my clothes again and went back to the study.

There was no mood to write a competitive Taijiquan plan, so he spread out the rice paper, chose a large block pen, dipped it in thick ink, and wrote down the twelve characters of "openness, moderation, tolerance, harmony, innovation, and continuity" that have been echoing in his mind tonight. After writing, Tian Chuan looked back and admired this character, only to see that the knot was relaxed, the strokes were coherent, and the spirit was abundant. It's just that only two-thirds of a piece of rice paper is used, and the overall layout is not satisfactory. So he picked up the pen again, and noted in small characters in the back of the book: Teacher Sun Zhenying proposed the six principles of Tai Chi development, which is the golden rule. Sun Lao is both virtuous and artistic, teaching boxing all his life, educating countless people, and is really a model for us, Tian Chuan asked himself to encourage. ”

A piece of calligraphy was completed, remembering that Sun Lao was more than 80 years old, and he still remembered to carry forward Tai Chi and teach boxing every day. Thinking of the manuscript of the work handed over to him by Sun Lao, the meaning of affection in his eyes, a deep emotion germinated from his chest. Tian Chuan took out the drawing board and drew a portrait of Sun Lao boxing with the sketch he was best at. In the painting, Sun Lao is making a move "lazy clothes", the left hand is tied under the abdomen, the right palm is flat on the shoulder, the waist is straight, the momentum is heavy, and the face is solemn and reveals a mellow and natural bearing, which makes people respect at a glance.

Sun Lao's partial horse steps are different from those of ordinary performers, which are as dignified and sturdy as Mount Tai. Her footwork is slightly higher, and her standing position seems to be a little casual, but it is full of a smart atmosphere, like a surging river, formless and qualitative, as if it has the potential to roll people into the vortex at any time and completely engulf them.

Tian Chuan first saw Sun Lao boxing at the Tai Chi conference, thinking that she was unstable in her footwork because of her advanced age. At this time, the boxing method progressed, and when I recalled Sun Lao's boxing intent, I was shocked: this is the realm of complete boxing intent and returning to simplicity. At that time, if he made a move, Bai Ji was afraid that he would not be able to make a few moves under the hands of this old lady who was in her old age. It's ridiculous that he thought he was a master at the beginning, and he was complacent because he finished third after the game.

Looking back at his current state, maybe he just touched the door of boxing.

After sighing for a while, I looked back at the painting again, and the essence of the "lazy tie-clothes" move seemed to be fully expressed, isn't this exactly what I have been pursuing for half a year to use Tai Chi into the painting? The last time the "Tai Chi Tea" showed a completely abstract fist intent, but because my own kung fu was not reached, I only painted it with a momentary inspiration in my heart, and I couldn't concretely put it into the boxing move. Today, because I have gained something in my heart when I fight, I actually realized the profound fist soul of Sun Lao, which is difficult for the master to declare, and the apprentice cannot understand the feeling of its shape. At this point, Tian Chuan can be said to have entered the palace of Sun-style boxing.

It was nearly four o'clock before Tian Chuan put away his calligraphy and paintings and went back to his room to rest.

The next day, Tian Chuan was woken up by the ringing of his mobile phone, and the call was from an unfamiliar number in the capital. He picked up the phone: "Hey, who's who?"

An old Haikou voice came from the phone: "Is it Tian Chuan? I am Dong Xiangfa from Jiuhai Taigong Town, practicing Baguazhang." ”

Tian Chuan remembered this person, who was the son-in-law of Wu Hongjianmeng's brother, and his kung fu was not very good. When he said that he wanted to practice kung fu and go to the capital to learn from himself, could it be that in just a few months, his kung fu had leaped forward?

"Hello, I'm Tian Chuan, I just had a vacation, and now I'm in my hometown in Yongyang. ”

After listening to Dong Xiangfa's introduction, he really worked hard to practice boxing in the past few months, and his kung fu has improved, so he deliberately went to Beijing to learn from himself. When I heard that Tagawa was in my hometown, I said that I would come to him by car.

Tagawa looked at his watch, it was just half past seven. Today is Monday, Professor Lang is coming, so he told Dong Xiangfa not to take the car by himself, and after asking him about his hotel near Agricultural University, he asked him to wait by this phone, called Professor Lang, and asked Professor Lang to contact Dong Xiangfa and bring him along the way.