How to teach yourself martial arts?

Your question is a bit difficult ... I'll try to answer it.

First of all, Conan Jones's friend answered best. Although it is concise, it is telling the truth.

I happen to be fine. I'll lend you this place and we'll have a chat.

Let's take a few steps and be organized.

Number one: I think I need to know what I think. Wushu is a very boring sport. Unless I have a strong love, it is difficult to persist in this life. The key to Wushu is perseverance. If you are not impulsive and have the confidence and desire to learn it well, then we will move on to the next step.

Second: There are many kinds of martial arts schools with different styles, but their purposes are the same. Therefore, when choosing a martial arts school, we should consider our own specialties and what we are good at. There are schools that are good at boxing, schools that are good at footwork, schools that are famous for footwork, and schools that are good at posture and footwork. Then we have to think about it. I can practice. At present, I think where I am more harmonious.

Third: The basic skills of any sect are the same. The so-called basic skills are not stupid methods such as riding a horse, they will only hurt your knees and have no benefits. The basic skill refers to the sense of harmony, and the popular point is coordination+strength. Then you need to practice coordination with the help of some basic skills, such as the coordination of hands, eyes, body and steps, movement and stillness, opening and closing. This is the coordination of appearance, inner harmony, and the coordination of mentality and ideas.

Fourth: Now we need a teacher. Without teachers, it is difficult for us to enter the gate of martial arts. So how to find a good teacher? Just like the method of traditional Chinese medicine, "look, smell, ask and cut", "look" means to see whether the teacher's fist is neat, full of strength, whether it is hard and soft, whether there are changes in reality and so on. All these can be seen. The next step is to "smell", that is, listen to what others say about this teacher and listen to what disciples say about his master. From the side, we know that a good teacher, an open-minded and martial arts teacher, has never been spoken ill of by others. When listening to other people's comments, we should pay attention to observing other people's eyes and distinguish whether what is said is true or not. If you say "ask" now, you can take something about yourself that is confusing, not just martial arts, but anything. Ask the teacher, martial arts has reached a certain level, and all kinds of academics are interlinked. Wushu is a philosophical category, which can solve all problems. If he can answer your question, then this is a good teacher, a good teacher who never keeps what he has learned. Only the average level teachers keep their skills and experience and are unwilling to do so. Then the last one is "cut". This is not a narrow struggle. You can touch the teacher's bones. There are several places that must be touched. First, people with deep internal strength should shake hands. The handshake is subtle, heavy but not overbearing, and it feels soft and comfortable. The second is to touch the shoulders. People with high martial arts have round shoulders and tend to walk on them. You can refer to the martial arts masters in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and look at their shoulders, and you will understand. The third is to touch the lower back. There should be a pile of slightly protruding meat at the waist, where the internal force is folded. It is impossible to exert all your strength without a waist. The fourth is to touch the calf. The calf muscles are short, fast and tender. This shows that the internal force has loosened and reached the state. The above points, even if they are deliberately disguised, can't be disguised. Therefore, a person's martial arts level does not necessarily depend on his fist, and you can know it immediately by shaking hands. Of course, there are many methods, so I won't go into details here, and I can't write them down.

Fifth: Now I can congratulate you. You finally found a teacher. This is a milestone, you should remember it all your life. There is a saying in the Jianghu that "three years as a teacher and three years as a disciple". It is difficult to find a good teacher, and it is even more difficult to kowtow to the teacher. Anyway, you finally have a teacher now Congratulations, then let's take the next step and learn the basic skills of this sect.

Sixth, each sect has its own basic skills, which cannot be ignored. The essence of this sect lies in basic skills, not in clever tricks and advanced technology. We must learn the basic skills well and stick to them all our lives. Even if you stop practicing routines, you are not allowed to lose them. If you lose your routines and skills, you can get them back in two or three years. If you lose them, you will never get them back.

Seventh: practice, the basic skills must be practiced under the eyes of the teacher. If you practice by yourself, you can practice privately for two days at most, and then you must find a teacher to correct it. Basic skills like a child. If you leave him alone, he will learn to curse and steal because he has his own ideas. The same is true of basic skills. You'll feel it after practice. If you think this is right, you should practice it in your own way. This is not right. Once the shape is fixed, it is difficult to correct it. So you must let the teacher watch the practice, watch the boxing, watch the boxing, and come from this. Not only the basic skills, but also all the skills learned in the future depend on the teacher.

Eighth: So now that you have practiced boxing, what are you going to do next? Enlightenment. Enlightenment refers to two aspects. One is savvy, that is, after practicing boxing for a long time, the body reacts, the gestures become dexterous, and you can use boxing flexibly and do some actions that you couldn't do before, and so on. This is understanding, and the body has learned the tricks of exercise. Of course, this is an inevitable stage and it is not difficult. Now we have to learn a more difficult course-understanding, which is internal, that is, thinking. From the changes of the universe and planets, from the pedals of bicycles, we can understand the truth of martial arts, that is, "unreasonable", find inevitability to dialectical, and at the same time have a strong skepticism. Is the teacher right? Am I practicing by myself? Am I thinking right? If not, why not, and so on. To understand the truth of this world, it can be said that the depth of your understanding of society is the depth of your martial arts attainments.

Let's insert an example of bicycle pedal and martial arts, and use this example to really talk about what comprehension is.

We often practice boxing and are familiar with boxing routines, but when facing the enemy, we are in a hurry, what we have learned is useless and the moves are not continuous. If we close our eyes and create an imaginary enemy in front of ourselves, then we can make moves freely, smartly and without losing the law. Why can't you meet the real enemy? One day, I saw the pedal. When we ride a bike, we pedal our left and right feet alternately. I never thought about it. Now that I have kicked my left foot, do I still need to kick my right foot? So it can be seen that the left and right are natural, without thinking, and then we punch like walking, and finish the left punch. No matter whether the opponent is defending or splitting, it is immediately a right punch, which naturally changes alternately and becomes natural. -this is a prototype of "beating people like walking", practicing boxing to nature and constantly turning enemies into friends.

Ninth: So since we have thought and practice, we should learn from each other. Learning from each other is an important way to improve fighting skills. We can experience the collision, reaction force and relative speed between limbs, and improve coordination and subconscious reaction ability. It's best to find the same school and get the same results, which will help improve our boxing level. After a long time, I am good at learning from other schools and exchanging skills with each other. As the old saying goes, "Borrow." Let's have an idea here. We are learning from each other, not fighting for life. Winning or losing is not important. The key is to see your own shortcomings. If we are the best in the world, we don't need to learn from each other at all So learning from each other is trying to find our own shortcomings, and we will lose. If we lose, we will feel humiliated. Only in this way can we know ourselves thoroughly, see ourselves clearly and learn from each other, and it is best to draw pictures. If you are really better than others, be lenient and have a fight. Here's a concept. Learning from each other and fighting are two different things. Learning from each other is to exchange skills, and confronting each other is to gain benefits. Therefore, there is an old saying that "friends don't turn against each other, and they turn against each other without friends."

Tenth: Since you are an actual combat fighter and have a deep understanding of the skills of your own sect, practice it yourself. Physical exercise is one thing. Next, we should practice our horizons, collect ancient boxing scores, analyze the methods of various factions, find out the differences and finally find the similarities, see what the similarities are, what the ancients learned, what we have learned now, and why this method is good. Why not? Wait, wait, wait (Everything in martial arts is not necessarily good. Some boxing methods were created for military wars under certain historical conditions and need to be understood by themselves in the future. )

Eleventh: This is the last step. We should understand the essence of Wushu, downplay ourselves and downplay our desires. Wushu is only110 in the category of Wushu, just like mathematics is a category, in which linear geometry is only a component. We can't put the cart before the horse, nor can we pursue martial arts, but we can't pursue it deliberately. Wushu is a kind of physical exercise, which is manifested as a state of mind and an open-minded attitude. We don't compete with others, nor with ourselves. Everything goes with the flow. Heaven and earth are already in my heart, what are the odds and ends?

When others beat you and scold you, you can accept it calmly. This is the advanced realm of Wushu (not the highest).

Well, basically, that's all. I hope you can practice hard and don't waste it. Martial arts is a good thing, but it is hard to come by. There is a good saying, "The ancestors left behind, and the two thousand gold were not human."

In martial arts, you will encounter all kinds of things. The most important thing is demons, such as fidgeting, fidgeting, always wanting to stand up and fight a set of fists. This is an evil way. There is also anger, ignition, bragging and so on, all of which are the nuisance of demons. Every time you defeat a demon, you will grow by one point. Of course, the devil is not so easy to defeat. Therefore, you often stay up late thinking about a problem, and often linger on the edge of a fog to see flowers.

Practice hard, I hope you will achieve great things in the future and open a new era of martial arts. On behalf of the Wushu Association and people from all walks of life, I wish you all the best! Come on! (Never watch the teaching CD)

You don't have to give it to me. Give it to Conan Jones. He is right, but he is too concise and lazier than me. Ha ha. )

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About your supplementary explanation:

There is a very simple method.

First: Find the website of the local Wushu Association and join as a user.

Second: Go to the Wushu Association, apply for a membership card, and inquire about the information of local sects.

Third: according to your own interests, go to see the teacher in person according to the address provided.

Fourth: people don't accept you, haha, then I don't know, you can only work hard.

About the price:

There are many good teachers and students, so generally speaking, they don't accept money from newcomers. There are two factors. First, there are many students, so it's not your turn to provide them for the time being. Second, during this period, the teacher will also examine whether you really study martial arts and whether you are the material for practicing martial arts.

Some swindlers, who specialize in making money, ask them to pay the money on the first day, point to the martial arts of eating, and cheat students by doing correspondence.

Generally speaking, a really good teacher doesn't charge money at all unless it is difficult to make a living. If you are a martial arts talent, the teacher will support you without paying any price.