42nd Style Tai Chi Chuan Competition Routine -- Teaching and Learning: Teaching and Learning

Author: Kan Guixiang
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Publish Date: 1996-01-01
Features: The book "42-Style Tai Chi Competition Forms – Teaching and Learning" introduces methods for breaking down the forms for teaching. It explains the key points, common mistakes, correction techniques, and combat applications of each movement, which will help beginners master the techniques more accurately. Beginners should follow the principle of progressing from easy to difficult, from simple to complex, and advance step by step when learning this competition form. You can learn it in three steps: First, practice basic skills, basic methods, and basic movements to master the fundamental movement methods and typical actions, laying a foundation for learning the form. Then, learn the complete form by breaking it down to compare and master the specifications of the movements, striving for smooth and coordinated actions. Finally, further consolidate and improve the technical practice of the form’s movements, continuously enhancing the rhythm of yin-yang, hardness-softness, speed-slowness, and storage-release, focusing on the application of force. Achieve coordination between intention, breathing, and movement, reaching the state of inner and outer unity of intention and Qi. The 42-Style Tai Chi is one of the most practiced Tai Chi forms. The author is a Tai Chi coach at Beijing Sport University, with years of teaching experience. They scientifically and reasonably elaborate on the methods for breaking down and guiding the teaching of this form, integrating explanations of movement key points, common mistakes, corrections, and combat applications. This enables readers to more accurately grasp the specifications, technical requirements, movement directions, and paths of the form, allowing them to learn and practice the 42-Style Tai Chi faster and more standardizedly, achieving the goal of strengthening the body and enhancing health.