Wudang Taiyi Five-element Boxing
Wudang Taiyi Five-element Boxing, one important school of Wudang Wushu, was invented in the year of Emperor Hongzhi of the Ming Dynasty by Wudang Taoist Zhang-Shouxing, the leader of Dragon School of Wudang Taoism. On the bases of Taiji Thirteen forms invented by Wudang Taoist Zhang-Sanfeng, and the Play of the Five Animals invented by Hua-Tuo, the famous doctor of the Han Dynasty, Zhang-Shouxing invented Wudang Taiyi Five-element Boxing absorbing Taoist theory of breathing.
I. On the base of the form, capability, and orientation of the five elements, the ancient masters made the basic boxing forms a system of five elements: walking on, walking back, turning to the left, turning to the right, and standing in the middle. Taiyi Five-element Boxing, from movement programs to movement routines, is following the theory of the five elements just as the name implies.
II. Through combining the five elements with human body and observing the theory, all the elements are helping and harming each other at the same time, the ancient masters expressed Taoist theory that human and nature are unified, with a purpose to go for naturalness and return to simplicity. Using the still as the base and the soft as the form, organically combination of regimen and attack, are the guiding line for Taiyi Five-element Boxing.
III. The ancient masters used the theory that all the elements are helping and harming each other at the same time to standardize boxing. So there are Yin and Yang penetrating into the movements that the boxing has an everlasting violent power.
Taiyi Wu Xing Quan
1、mixture of Hunyuan, reverse the heaven and the earth (Start stage）
2、White ape comes out of its cave, two peaks worship to the sun (Bai Yuan chu dong, shuang feng bai ri)
3、rein in the horse at the precipices, lift the cloud under the sea (Xuanya le ma, haidi ding yun)
4、Dragon in confusion, the thunder chops the mountain (Jiaolong mingmeng, lei pi shan hong)
5、Rhinoceros looks at the moon, turn around to support the heaven (Xiniu wang yue, zhuan shen tuo tian)
6、Dark lion embraces the ball, shine the heaven palace (Qingshi bao qiu, shan qi jing ding)
7、Beautiful leopard pick the flower, surprising the whole wood (Baozi han mei, yang jing lin)
8、Roc spreads its wings, all the beasts are panic-stricken (Dapeng zhan chi, qun shou zhen jing)
9、spotted deer picks the glossy ganoderma and lowers its head to drink the clear spring (Hualu caizhi, fu yin qing quan)
10、Yellow python spit out its tongue, provoke a crowd of mole-crickets (Huang mang tu jin, xi yin zhong meng)
11、Carp capers in the water, waves rushes to the heaven （Liyu da ting, bo lang tao tian)
12、Hawk searches in the mountains and catches the chicken group (Xiong ying tan shan, shuang qin ji qun)
13、Crane flies into the air and dances in the clouds(Xian he teng kong, fei wu feng yun)
14. Golden monkey steals the magic pills of the alchemy and overturns the fire （Jin hou qie dan, lu huo jie ping)
15、Black moth search for the moon, the sea is calm （Jing e tai yue, bo ping lang jing)
16、Black bear turns its palms and shocks the whole forest （Hei xiong fan zhang, wei zhen sen lin )
17、Slip out of a predicament like a cicada sloughing its skin, lies in the pond drunked （Jinchan tui qiao, zui wo yao chi )
18、Magpie perches on the plum branch in the cold mountain(Xique deng zhi, han li mei yin)
19、Dragon returns to the sea, keep calm in the inner world（Cang long ru hai, yi shou xin ning )
20、wild horse shakes its mane and its fierce character increases （Yema dou zong, lie xing fei teng )
21、Mysterious ape comes back to the cave and keeps “tranquil”（Shenyuan ru dong, xin gui xin tian )
22、Colorful phoenix flies into the air and all the birds sing （Caifeng ling kong, bai liao qi min)
23、Crouching tiger lies on the sacrifices platform and on guard (Fuhu ling tai, yong shou huang ting)
24、Keep original and concentrative,and the upright mind exists forever （Bao Yuan shou yi, zheng qi gong cun )
25、Integrate motion and stillness and reverse the heaven and the earth （Dong Jing Jie He）
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