鬆柔太極拳推手競技舞台 The Competitive Stage for Supple Tai Chi Push Hands

 鬆柔太極拳推手競技舞台

The Competitive Stage for Supple Tai Chi Push Hands

 目前太極拳拳架與推手比賽，在台灣已經實施40餘年，我們有優秀的教練與裁判，及素質良好的選手，為了讓太極拳經論的哲理、拳架基本功夫，及推手技藝的應用合而為一，讓中華武術文化生根台灣，源遠流長，整合現行太極拳架與推手技藝於太極拳的競技舞台，刻不容緩。

傳統推手訓練方法，兩人一組相互盤手，彼此黏貼連隨，相互探聽虛實的鬆柔推手技藝，逐漸在公園及太極練習場中消失，令人惋惜，我們需要建立一項太極拳架與推手技藝相輔相成的競技舞台，才能延續傳統太極拳的精髓。傳統鬆柔訓練法是訓練聽勁、懂勁，及培養內勁的訓練法，也是彼此抒發心情，鍛鍊體能的途徑。

在彼此搭手互動中，訓練身手的輕靈度、柔和度、伸展度，驗證太極拳「以柔克剛」的技藝的能耐。在切磋過程中反覆訓練沉肩墜肘、含胸拔背、鬆腰落胯、虛

實分清⋯等太極十要的訓練法，培養輕靈的身手，堅實的腿力，在心境上深怕自己的拙力與執著阻礙對手的去向，不斷地自我檢驗身體各部位的鬆柔，盡量要求自己達到不丟不頂的境界，如此反覆動員身體各部位活動的機能，這不僅僅是健身養生的修練法，也是人生哲學修養功夫的一環。

 

鬆柔太極拳推手與一般強力訓練法，最大的不同點是訓練法依照﹕敬、靜、定、鬆、圓、整、慢、勻、柔等九字要訣，反覆動員身體各肌肉、筋骨、韌帶等等部位，使其獲得啟發，產生整體運動的效果，呈現太極八法現象與太極拳經論的內涵。

The Competitive Stage for Supple Tai Chi Push Hands

For over 40 years, Tai Chi Chuan forms and push hands competitions have been practiced in Taiwan. We have excellent coaches, skilled referees, and well-trained participants. To unite the philosophical principles of Tai Chi theory, the fundamental skills of Tai Chi forms, and the application of push hands techniques, we must urgently create a competitive stage that integrates these elements. This will allow the rich cultural heritage of Chinese martial arts to take root in Taiwan and flourish for generations to come.

Traditional push hands training methods, where two partners engage in soft, relaxed techniques, sticking and following each other to explore the energy of empty and full, are gradually disappearing from parks and Tai Chi practice grounds, which is a great loss. To preserve the essence of traditional Tai Chi, we need a competitive stage where Tai Chi forms and push hands techniques complement each other. The traditional soft and relaxed training methods cultivate the ability to listen to, understand, and develop internal energy (jing), while also serving as a way to release emotions and improve physical fitness.

In this interactive practice, partners train their body to be agile, soft, and flexible, testing the effectiveness of the Tai Chi principle "using softness to overcome hardness." During practice, participants repeatedly train in the Ten Essentials of Tai Chi, such as sinking the shoulders, dropping the elbows, containing the chest, rounding the back, relaxing the waist, and distinguishing between empty and full. These exercises cultivate agility, solid leg strength, and a mindset that avoids rigidity and attachment, allowing practitioners to continuously refine the softness of their body. They strive to reach a state where they neither resist nor lose contact with their opponent. This process of mobilizing all parts of the body is not only a way to improve health but also a form of philosophical self-cultivation.

The key difference between supple Tai Chi push hands and other force-based training methods lies in the nine-character principles: respect, calmness, stillness, relaxation, roundness, completeness, slowness, evenness, and softness. These principles guide the repetitive activation of muscles, tendons, and ligaments, inspiring the body to achieve holistic movement. Through this, the eight techniques of Tai Chi and the deeper meanings of Tai Chi theory are naturally revealed.