Chapter 35: Big loose and soft, hidden needles in the cotton
Bai Ze's sword-holding start-up style is a typical pad grip in swordsmanship. The index finger and thumb control the direction, pressing on the hilt to generate a boost, and the other three fingers are bent and hold the sword with their eyebrows. In this way, the easiest way to use is the word-winding technique and the word-winding technique in swordsmanship. It is one of the six most commonly used sword-holding techniques in traditional swordsmanship.
Taoist Mu glanced at him, but did not speak, and stood by and watched quietly.
As a result, less than a moment later, Bai Ze felt his wrists were a little sore. After a few minutes, even his forearms and big arms began to tremble slightly, and even his shoulders, neck, spine, waist, hips, knees and ankles felt under heavy pressure. Then half of his body was sore and swelling, and his breath couldn't help but feel heavy.
I never thought that a simple action would bring such great pressure to him after he held the sword weighing a hundred pounds in his hand.
Bai Ze knew that if he persisted like this, he would never be able to endure for five minutes. So he exhaled, squirted out a breath of heat, put down his sword, and gently moved his wrists and limbs. "You are reckless, please teach me!"
Taoist Mu shook his head: "You can persist for so long, and I am quite surprised. In terms of wrist strength alone, I am not much stronger than you. However, when using swords, you should avoid death and not know how to adapt. If you really practice this way for more than a month, you will be afraid that this arm will be ruined. The sword technique of our family emphasizes that the heart is first in the sword. When using the sword, you should cultivate the essence and energy inside, concentrate the spirit and energy, and have footwork, body skills, and even sword skills. Although it is just a simple sword of qualifying eyebrows, you need to mobilize the alchemy in your body to rise, condense it out of your palm with your mind and spirit, and gradually you will be able to combine your qi and your mind and spirit. To be clear, that is, you should practice this sword into your own arm. Just like the arm, it is not the case!"
"It's like using your fingers to know a little, but it's hard to turn the sword into an extension of your arm!" Bai Ze understood a little vaguely, but was more confused, and he felt that the old Taoist said something that seemed to have heard someone say before.
When boxers practice martial arts, the so-called "arm-like finger" generally refers to the point where the qi and blood penetrate the ends of capillaries all over the body, the blood and energy are full, and the pores are opened, so they feel sensitive. There is no hindrance in the transmission of force in the change-type. Not only the palms and fingers, arms, but also the shoulders, hips, head, back and other places that are usually difficult to exert force, they can run freely, punch and give people a fatal blow.
Bai Ze can do this now, but this is only limited to his own body. The warriors practice boxing to control the strength of their bodies more freely. People who can do this have already trained the power of their muscles, bones, fur, and blood to masters. But it is too difficult to extend this human body's power to external objects like a sword that has no slight sense of blood, and practice a cold long sword as flexible as your fingers, moving with your heart, having spiritual energy, and vitality.
However, there are not many such people in history. A recent example is Li Jinglin, one of the advocates of the Central Guoji Museum during the Republic of China and the founder of Shandong Guoji Museum. But after him, sword art became increasingly declining. In a century, no one could practice swords to this extent.
"You are practicing iron arms and poking your feet. Did you feel this way when you were practicing qigong before..." Mu Taoist thought for a while, and his face suddenly became solemn: "Practicing boxing is like practicing guns, and practicing legs is like walking horses. Ancient generals roamed the battlefield. The reason why they dared to rely on a big gun in their palms, horses step on the joint camp, and kill seven in and seven out of them rely on one man and horse, and the body is attached to the horse's back to change at any time. The ancestor of your sect also understood the true meaning of boxing from this point to his later years, and created five steps and thirteen guns. So when you punch, your arms are guns, and your waist and legs are horses. The difference is the same as practicing swords. The difference is only one long and the other short, so when you practice swords, you listen to it with all your strength."
"Swords have doors, and yin and yang. When opening and closing doors, yin decline and yang rise. Only when you are holding the sword, you can clearly hear the yin and yang energy on your body and merge with the sword in your hand to support it for about half an hour. Later, let's make it clear that you need to adjust your body and mind, elixir, and when using the sword, you must follow the sword. The joints and bones on your body are shaking slightly, slowly moving, and gradually shake with the sword. The qi and blood flow are loose and relaxed, and the muscles and bones can be loose and soft. Although the sword is a hundred pounds, it is like a feather in your hand. When it reaches this point, you will naturally be able to practice."
"Well, it's a bit like shaking a big gun. This is the reason. Swords have no spirituality and need people to give them!!"
Bai Ze has also read some information about the "Liuhe Big Gun" on the market before. He knows that guns are the most difficult to practice, but in ancient times, most of the powerful generals who can leave their names in history use guns. The fundamental reason is that the guns are elastic and the guns are tricky, like a spiritual snake coming out of a hole. When fighting with people, they often find a gap and stab to death as soon as the weapons of both sides are handed over. This is a principle that is consistent with the methods of using strength in internal martial arts.
So now some people suspect that the source of internal martial arts is the "big spear technique" on the battlefield during the Song Dynasty. Although it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, it is quite convincing. It must be a little bit related to it. It’s just that it took too long. Once martial arts is spread to the people, there will be many deified places, and there are a lot of ancestors, and no one can understand it.
"Look at how I use my sword!"
After saying that, Mu Dao Ren reached out to take the big sword in Bai Ze's hand, and at one end of his hand, he also raised his sword and eyebrows.
Bai Ze was on the side, his eyes shining, and he saw that his body under his Taoist robe trembled slightly, but the tremor was too small. If the Taoist had not explained it clearly enough in advance, his eyes would be extremely vicious. If someone else had come, he would probably be close to him and his eyes would not have seen any difference even if he had touched it on it.
Mu Taoist squatted down slightly, his eyes always staring at the point on the tip of the sword. It seemed that in order to make Bai Ze see it clearly, the big sword in his hand began to shake quickly at a discernible amplitude of the naked eye. At the same time, his musculoskeletons and even breathing and breathing formed a small resonance frequency with this tremor. The Taoist robe sounded and there was no wind automatically, and the whole person seemed to be a pool of water blown by a strong wind.
The faint ripples swept across the body like the wind, and continued, repeating.
"Come on, try again." Taoist made a demonstration, and Bai Ze followed the imitation and learned.
"Internal boxing and swords emphasize softness everywhere. When practicing this sword technique, it is even more relaxed and soft, but softness is not slack. The force must be divided into yin and yang. If you are too strong and soft, you should not be affected by the previous skills. The strength of practicing swords is first on the waist and hips, and then on the tip of the sword. When using the sword, you must feel the feeling of movement in static. It is loose like a bone in the skin, and the soft like a needle hidden in the cotton. It moves the whole body with one stroke. This is shaking force."
"Manpower is sometimes poor and overlords are weak, but your sword cannot rest. People need to use the sword and be used first. In this slight shaking, slowly experience the change in the center of gravity so that the force will not stagnate at one point, causing irreparable damage to the body."
After all, Bai Ze is also a master of external martial arts. After practicing internal martial arts for a while, he has achieved some success in practicing Qi. He used some of his previous experiences in his mind to verify what he said to the Taoist. The more he listened, the more he felt it made sense. He nodded repeatedly, meticulously, and did it as he followed.
But at the beginning, Bai Ze still used his strength and could not change his previous way of exerting force immediately. The force was strong and fierce, and it was difficult to relax the muscles, bones, and fur all over his body. But Taoist Mu stood beside him. Every time he saw his eyes flashed, he could find Bai Ze's mistake at the first time, and then he stretched out his hand and just a little bit.
A few feet away, the Taoist's strength could even spread the air outside, condense without dispersing. A little bit away from the air, Bai Ze's body suddenly felt like a steel needle piercing, and his muscles were stimulated, tightened suddenly, and then it softened. Then the force in this place was naturally in place.
"Don't worry about your external posture first. Do whatever you are free, as you feel free. The more comfortable you are, the better. When you use the sword, breathe carefully. When you breathe, you must drive the elixir in your body to rise, the faster the better." Mu Taoist Man was like a stern teacher, urging Bai Ze, very strict.
As a result, it was indeed very different from before. As soon as he integrated what the Taoist said into practice bit by bit, Bai Ze really felt the changes that had happened. This stop was only half an hour, more than forty minutes more than the first time.
But after raising the sword further down, Bai Ze felt a sensation of soreness and softness all over his body, his body was burning and his hands holding the sword gradually could not keep up with it, and his eyes were faintly black.
"Did you have a star-shaped eyes, your whole body is sore, and your chest and abdomen are like burning fire?" Mu Taoist could see the discomfort on Bai Ze at a glance.
Bai Ze nodded quickly, but didn't know what was going on.
"It's too much, so you can collect the sword first. Take a rest first. You have found the feeling of using the sword, but the foundation for practicing qi is not good. The elixir is so thin that the meridians cannot afford it. When you practice in the future, remember to calm your mind and condense it at the tip of the sword."
"It's like practicing Qi and guarding the orifices?"
Bai Ze put down the sword, took a few long breaths, and his chest and abdomen were undulating violently. After relaxing, his body immediately could not control his physical strength, and dense sweat began to seep out of his forehead. This was the first time for him in recent years. This is enough to show that this sword is really not a good thing to practice.
"I told you before that the principles of boxing and swords in our school are the same. Practicing swords means practicing boxing. One day, if you succeed in swordsmanship, boxing will naturally become. Moreover, the swordsmanship of the monkey emphasizes divine intention and lights body shape. As long as you lay a good foundation and use a sword to make a killer move, you must set up shapes and practice Qi. For the sword, the point on the tip of the sword is the ancestral orifice."
"If you practice this way, you will be considered a true Qimei Sword. Once you practice it, your spirit is integrated into the sword body and a Qimei Sword will be equivalent to a blow from your whole body and mind. Any move and power can be broken through with one sword. In other words, this is also the power after the energy and spirit are merged in boxing. If you practice well, it will be of great help to your kung fu."
When Bai Ze heard this, his mind was rumbling, and he seemed to suddenly understand many truths.
It seemed that the sword in my hand became close to me, as if it was connected with flesh and blood. It seemed that a door was slowly opening to me. There was a white figure standing towards me vaguely...
"I have told you all the methods and tricks of using the Qimei Sword to move the sword. Let's practice here first. When can you do it as I said, lifting heavy weights as lightly, holding a heavy sword as if nothing is needed, standing with the same eyebrows for a day, I will pass on your skills below. In addition, boxing and qi training cannot be delayed. I must examine your entry at any time."
Taoist Mu said lightly, turned around and returned to the hut.
When Bai Ze heard this, he suddenly woke up, and a strange feeling surged into his heart in an instant. But at this time, he wanted to feel the situation just now, but there was no trace of everything.
Chapter completed!