On The Application Of Thinking In Tai Chi Tai Chi Chuan

Shadowboxing is a valuable treasure of the Chinese people. It is also the essence of the Chinese culture. It grows in the soil of the Chinese traditional culture, blending with philosophy, boxing, medicine, art of war, mechanics, esthetics and keeping fit, etc. It is an excellent traditional sport with multiple functions, like fighting, keeping fit and self-cultivation, etc., therefore shadowboxing has rich contents. It is impossible to learn shadowboxing well without real understanding of its theories. With the wide spreading out of shadowboxing, more and more people are practising it. Meanwhile, there is a trend that shadowboxing is becoming simplified and apparent, and what is more, misunderstanding of shadowboxing results in the fact that shadowboxing is becoming a mere sport for the old, not to say its fighting function. The writer thinks that it is because people are lack of knowledge of shadowboxing and that they do not know its ways of thinking and working mechanism. Therefore, starting from the unique ways of Taiji thinking ,this paper analyses the philosophy, working mechanism, ways of training and fighting features. And then raises the practice of shadowboxing to the height of life so that the Taiji theory can not only guide sport and self-defence but make people lead a better life as well ,until realize the truth of life.The Taiji thinking mainly includes :the world view of letting things take their own course, the contradiction of yin and yang, the spherical view of Taiji thinking, the view of looking things as a whole, the doctrine of mean and the way of thinking in the opposite direction. In the performance of shadowboxing, it is shown as, to be loose, quiet and natural in both mind and body, body be harmonious with mind, distinguish false and true, movement and stillness, solid and soft, moving in a circle and as a whole, keep in a upright posture, seek solidness from softness and softness beats solidness. Every movement has its meaning in shadowboxing so only when under the guidance of correct theory, armed with Taiji thought and adopting scientific training methods ,can we avoid going astray .Thereby a satisfactory effect is obtained.