**This is a short piece I wrote in the mid-90s about a way to define martial arts ** The martial arts are systems of combat developed for the purpose of either offense, defense or mass combat. However, these arts also have many goals beyond combative ones. There are countless reasons to decide to study the martial arts.
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这个分类内有有关太极拳的严肃的研究论文。
When the body becomes accustomed to moving through the forms in a connected way, the structure of the body will naturally begin to tighten up. As a result, the over exaggerated stretching movements previously used to open up and recondition the body should be adjusted and made smaller and tighter. 更多
Standing atop a mountain in China’s Shandong province, Tai Chi master SENSEI SANDEEP DESAI finds himself.
When my trip to Daqingshan, a mountain in the Shandong province of China came through, I was delirious with joy. It not only gave me an opportunity to further my development in the art but also fulfilled my ultimate fantasy to dissolve into T’ai Chi while experiencing the fresh chi of the mountain. I was seized by an overwhelming urge to realise my full potential while soaking in tranquility and serenity. 更多
It is a fact that most modern people, especially westerners living in urbanized areas, are not as physically active as they once were. As society becomes more dependent on machines and electric tools to do the physical labour once done manually, the bodies of modern men seem to be changing accordingly. 更多
高水平的学生最后会意识到劲是不能来自肌肉的。不是肌肉来的，那么那些以往的名师们的无法形容的劲、柔性和速度是哪里来的？我相信答案在那些连接骨骼和肌肉的筋腱。尽管大多数人都认为太极拳的力是来自“气”，但是这是理解太极拳的内劲的不实际也是很误导的一种解释。
在我看来，大多数人并不了解练拳时全身是应该有螺旋劲的。虽然他们都看见过古书上的陈式太极拳的人身缠丝图所代表的身上各条劲路的缠绕。极少人能解释、甚至并不明白这些线条到底是说的什么原则。显而易见，不仅全身练就缠丝劲重要，而且明白要明了为什么这种缠丝劲和它产生的能量对这门拳术太重要了。
螺旋劲有其特性，使之在太极拳训练中占有数席重要因素。
约翰•布朗：“旋转”－用实用拳法攀登太极高峰刊登在美国“功夫和太极”杂志2012年2月刊上。下面是图片预览。欲读全文，请径自购买。 约翰布朗先生有几十年的陈式太极拳经历，目前他从学于陈中华老师，专习陈式太极拳实用拳法。这篇文章是他2007年参加陈老师的大青山3个月全职培训班时的一些想法的结晶。www.kungfumagazine.com杂志。 更多
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