太極拳不動手的內涵 The Essence of No-Arm in Tai Chi Chuan

 太極拳不動手的內涵

The Essence of No-Arm in Tai Chi Chuan

鄭曼青大師的訓練法，美人手、太極不動手。美人手是手臂保持鬆而不懈的訓練法，宋志堅老師稱為「鬆持法」，手臂的肌肉、筋骨、韌帶放鬆，但外觀並沒有鬆懈的現象。

「太極不動手」這是手臂避免產生強力的訓練法，不動手是手臂不主動，保持虛靜的狀態，以備隨時應變各種招法的變化。

不主動的手必須藉助地心引力、腰腿之力、反作用力、及慣性力等能量來帶動身手，而產生拳架動作與推手招法。

The Essence of No-Arm in Tai Chi Chuan

Master Cheng Man-Ch’ing's training methods include "Beauty Hand" and "Tai Chi Non-Action." Beauty Hand is a training technique where the arms remain relaxed yet engaged; Master Song Zhi-Jian refers to it as the "Relaxed Holding Method." In this practice, the muscles, bones, and ligaments of the arms are relaxed, but there is no visible slackness.

"Tai Chi Non-Action" refers to the technique of avoiding the generation of excessive force with the arms. In this state, the arms do not take initiative and instead maintain a state of calmness and receptiveness, ready to adapt to various movements and techniques.

The non-initiating hand must rely on gravitational force, the strength of the waist and legs, reactive forces, and inertial energy to propel the body, thereby generating the movements of the forms and the techniques of push hands.