Chapter 180: True skills are produced through hard work

After eating something casually, Bai Ze took Wei Tianzi all the way to the place where he usually practiced. Although it was mid-to-late October and the weather began to turn cold, the sunlight at four or five o'clock was still very bright, shining on his body through the gaps between the pine branches, warm and intoxicating.

However, at this time, there were not many people on Xiaogu Mountain. The only few were gathered in the pavilion halfway up the mountain, chatting and playing chess, and they were all retired elderly people nearby.

"You usually practice here? The place is really good! You can look far and away from a distance, quiet and cool. I have been in school for so long and I know that there is such a place on Xiaogu Mountain."

Wei Tianzi followed Bai Ze and crawled in from the forest outside. He immediately felt a bright light in front of him, and a flat open land appeared.

"I think you are in good health, and the flexibility of your hands, feet and limbs is better than that of ordinary people. I must have gone to the gym to do yoga exercises, so the qi and blood are running smoothly. Although I have never practiced yoga, I also know that there is an asana in the yoga standing posture called 'tree moment', which is specifically used to exercise the balance of the human body. Now you can move your body, do it, and ask me to see it."

Bai Ze saw that Wei Tianzi had already stood in front of him, so he signaled.

Although "yoga" is also an ancient Indian martial art, it has been spread around the world in recent years, and it has been under the banner of fitness and bodybuilding. Of course, these yogas are just some superficial things. The real yoga technique is still only a small-scale spread within Buddhism and is rarely accessible to outsiders. Just like the old Doga Lama Bai Ze met in Chengdu, he practiced the most authentic tantric yoga.

If ordinary people want to practice this secret technique, even if they get a full set of movements, if they don’t have the “master” of the esoteric teachings to bless the initiation, they will definitely not be able to practice it in the end. This thing is like the “three-body stance” of Xingyiquan. Although the movements are simple and direct, if there is no real master on the side to guide and correct them throughout the whole process, you will never be able to stand up for it in your life, and any effort will be in vain.

Wei Tianzi is already twenty-four or twenty-five years old this year, but she is healthy and has much better flexibility than her peers. With Bai Ze's eyesight, she can naturally see her depth at a glance. So there is no need to ask too much, just let her practice.

"This is easy!" Wei Tianzi stood on one leg, lifting his right foot upward along his left ankle, gently pressing it against the base of his thighs. At the same time, his arms stretched in a shape, slowly closing upwards on the top of his head, his lower abdomen tightened, his spine straightened, and a shocking and beautiful curve suddenly bulged on his chest.

Bai Ze looked at it, but didn't say anything, but turned around for two rounds. After three or four minutes, he signaled Wei Tianzi to stop. Then his feet were staggered, his knees slightly pushed forward, and he stretched out one hand and gently pressed his hand against his waist. It looked like a guest was coming and he was about to reach out and shake hands with someone.

"Looking at my posture carefully is the key to my elbows, spine behind me, as well as my knees." Wei Tianzi looked solemn, and he quickly widened his eyes and observed carefully.

After a few minutes, Bai Ze still stood still. He was about to ask, but Bai Ze dispersed his airs and turned his head to ask: "Did you see clearly? From now on, you will stand on a stake, at least three months, and you will have to stand every morning and evening."

"Three months? Just stand in a stance..."

"right!"

"It looks like the same as the Hunyuan stake I stood on when I was a child. What's the use?" Wei Tianzi copied Bai Ze and stood there, but his eyes were full of doubts.

Wei Tianzi knew that she had to stand on her stance when practicing Kung Fu. However, she had missed the best time to practice martial arts at her age. Just by standing alone, she wanted to become "able to fight" in a short period of time, which is probably not easy.

"The tree posture in yoga is specially designed to exercise the balance of the human body, improve the cerebellum performance and the strength of the legs. Through this movement, I can see that the coordination of your limbs is very good, which means you are very flexible, which is very beneficial for practicing the loose hand movements in martial arts in the future. As for strength training, if you have a body full of tendons, you probably won't be willing, so the best way is to stand."

"The exercise I teach you is a whole body of strength. As long as you can stand according to my requirements, you can move around one day and integrate the strength of your body. To put it bluntly, this is a skill specially practiced in martial arts. In this way, you will learn a few more hands to capture it in the future, which will be very practical."

"You don't have any foundation. When you first stand, you don't have to put the center of gravity so low. In addition, don't move your knees outwards in a horoscope. You don't bend your knees, but push them out flat. The amplitude should be smaller and don't exceed your toes."

Bai Ze stood in front and kept demonstrating the same movement and posture as Wei Tianzi. "Indian yoga is a profound martial art. If you practice well, you can maintain health and live a long life and develop the deepest potential in the human body. However, what you practiced before was just the simplest version of yoga, which lacked the breathing method corresponding to each movement. This is equivalent to what we said, "If you practice boxing or not, you will be in vain until you are old." No matter how good you practice, you can only play some basic exercise role. The pose I taught you evolved from the "big gun stake" in the gun technique, and it is a way to practice internal energy. What you need to do now is to relax your body and mind as much as possible, let your body move with instinct, and gradually feel the subtle changes here, just like a doctor's dissecting, maximizing familiarity with your body."

"How...why are you moving? You're so tired, no, I can't stand?"

When Wei Tianzi saw that Bai Ze was so simple, hesitated in his heart, but he didn't expect that after just a few minutes, his knees and waist began to feel a little sore. After a while, listening to Bai Ze's words in his ears, his calves began to tremble, his arms sank, and his shoulders became sore. Then the whole body felt a burst of heat, and the forehead was covered with sweat.

Although she has been practicing yoga and fitness, she can do many difficult movements that almost violate human physiology and has much better physical strength than ordinary girls, but the yoga movements are very different from those in martial arts.

The most significant difference is that the practice of stance exercises is a "power". Many subtle details can only be understood but not expressed in words. When you have reached the skill, you understand it. If you don’t have the skill, you will understand it. If you don’t have the skill, you won’t understand it even if you don’t understand it. Unlike yoga, as long as the general movements are in place, you will definitely produce corresponding effects.

Wei Tianzi knew that she could not hold on anymore, so she had to breathe heavily, stand up, rub her sore waist, "Bai Ze, how are I standing? It looks very simple, why are I so laborious?"

"You are still working hard. A real big gun stake requires one hand to lift a white-pull rod that is more than one meter long. At least it is required to stand for half an hour." Bai Ze shook his head: "Like the way you stood just now, there was no root at the feet and no strength in your hands. After a long time, you didn't have time to practice you with a problem. There will be no shortage of lumbar muscle strain, ligament strain, or joint dislocation. Standing stakes, not to stand yourself into a wooden stake, but the important thing is a movable type. You have to stand the stake alive. That's right."

"I can still stand still. This is the first time I heard that it is different from what my grandfather said?" Wei Tianzi obviously couldn't understand the truth.

"When you were traveling, have you seen a big tree in the mountains that has been around for hundreds of years?" Bai Ze said without a smile: "The stake is a tree. You can't see the tree growing because it grows slowly. Standing in a stalwart, to put it bluntly, is that the sages have learned a truth in their long-term observation of nature and understanding nature, just like life lies in movement. There is no absolutely still thing in the world. So even when you are standing in a stalwart, your body is still constantly exercising, but this movement is just your instinct. What you have to do is to control this "movement" by standing in a stalwart, so that it can move according to your wishes."

"The tree was cut down and made into a pile and buried under it. No matter how deep it is, it is a dead tree without roots. If you can't stand on the stance, you will be a dead tree. But on the other hand, if you want to stand alive, it is equivalent to standing yourself into a tree. From the outside, you are standing still, but the ligaments and muscles on your body are moving, and they are moving in one breath."

"It seems that there is still some truth!!" Wei Tianzi never thought that a simple action in martial arts actually contained so many truths and etiquettes.

"Come on, let you see more clearly."

Bai Ze said, suddenly took off his coat, bare-handedly revealing a streamlined and symmetrical muscle. Then he pulled up his trouser legs, exposing his calves bare feet on the ground, and then stood an exact same rack. "When standing in a stance, the movements must be in place. Your feet are the roots of the tree. The first key point is 'force starts from the ground'. Ten toes of your feet hold the ground. The force will naturally affect the muscles and bones of the calves. The knees push forward, and the thighs will immediately tighten. This is like a bicycle gate. Once you pinch the gate, the force will be transmitted. You don't need to do the corresponding movements specifically. Then lift the anus, the lower abdomen will be closed, the lower abdomen will be closed, and the spine will be straightened. This is the part of standing in a stance."

"After standing for a few minutes, you will feel tired, you can't help but tremble, sweat, and tremble. But the most taboo thing at this time is to relax and practice strength only starts now."

"Just when you feel tired and tired, you will start moving. When you move, start with your toes and grab the ground with ten toes. In this way, you will tighten and loosen your calves and thighs will slightly flutter and shake. Seizing the opportunity will change the center of gravity and relieve fatigue. Otherwise, if you stand for a long time, the center of gravity will always fall in one place, which will cause irreparable damage to the body. This is why people who practice kung fu should find someone to understand the principles taught by others."

Bai Ze said while Wei Tianzi looked at it. Sure enough, he saw Bai Ze's body trembling slightly from under his feet. However, this tremor was not moving the whole person, but when he demonstrated, the muscles and Achilles tendons were moving together. The speed was slightly faster. As the flesh and skin undulate, it seemed like a breeze blew across the silent water surface, rippling up and down.

She never thought that the muscles on humans would be so flexible, and Wei Tianzi's eyes suddenly widened.

"Look at the changes in my muscles on my body clearly. Okay, let me stand and see now." Bai Ze kept demonstrating Wei Tianzi, and showed the process of standing as clearly as possible through the shaking of his muscles, bones, and fur on his body.

After a few times, Wei Tianzi was eager to try and learn.

"The toes can be divided as big as they can. When you hook, try to tighten the tendons on the heel to drive the muscles, then the calf, knee and thighs, and finally transmit this force to the waist. Move the muscles and skin first, and keep the muscles and bones moving for the time being. Use your mind to direct them, gently, slowly, don't hurry."

The more Wei Tianzi listened, the more confused she became, and she didn't understand where the truth was. In the end, she simply stopped thinking about it and did whatever Bai Ze said.

But she had never practiced Kung Fu and could not do everything Bai Ze asked for at first, but Bai Ze stood beside her, with his eyes and light shot out. Whenever Wei Tianzi had a move that was not in place, he would point his hand.

Bai Ze's fingers were as hard as iron. The place he pointed was as if it was pierced by a red-hot steel needle. Moreover, the place he pointed was very clever. When he knocked down with one finger, the muscles in the corresponding part of Wei Tianzi jumped, pulling back and forth hard, and the force in his whole body immediately got on track.

"You just shake slowly, gradually up from your feet, from ligaments to muscles, drive one piece by one, slowly, but don't break it, you must have continuousness. The amplitude of shaking can follow your own feelings, the smaller the vibration, the better, the frequency will go from slow to fast, and finally the muscles and muscles on your body can shake into one piece and connect it to one piece, so that your strength and ligaments can become stronger at the fastest speed. The effect is at least comparable to that of ordinary people for three years of hard training."

Bai Ze demonstrated himself and was very patient when teaching, but he was also quite strict. He didn't even look at Wei Tianzi's face.

"Oh..." Wei Tianzi listened very carefully. After a while, after Bai Ze's major correction, he gradually felt something. He stood there motionlessly, carefully felt his muscles, and followed Bai Ze's instructions, slowly from his feet to his waist. At this time, he was indeed not as tired as before.

But after more than ten minutes, Wei Tianzi began to feel a little disgusted. He felt like a big stone was pressing on his chest, and stars were everywhere in front of him, and his ears were buzzing.

"Do you feel a little blocked in your heart, your head is heavy, and you can't control the balance?" Bai Ze saw everything in his eyes and immediately revealed the feeling in Wei Tianzi's heart.

Wei Tianzi nodded quickly, her eyes filled with tears. She was born in a noble family and had never suffered such hardships since she was a child. If she hadn't been quite determined and unwilling to show her weak temperament in front of Bai Ze, she would probably not be able to hold on now.

"Okay, remember this feeling yourself. This is your limit. You must be moderate in standing postures. You cannot practice hard even if you don't have any skills, otherwise it will damage your qi, blood and internal organs. Your posture is fine now. The difference is that you have to start practicing for a while. The strength from your feet cannot pass through your waist. When the time goes by, this feeling will become lighter and lighter until it disappears."

"From the future, you can practice slowly by yourself. Just like this, you need to practice over time and not relax at all. Every morning and evening, when the sun rises and sets, find a place for air circulation. After three months, you will ensure that your body is ten times stronger than you are now."

What Bai Ze taught Wei Tianzi was not ordinary stake work, but a version he simplified from his "Dinghai Needle" sword frame. It is somewhat similar to the large stake stake that is secretly rumored in the largest gun. It is the essence of the real internal stake work.

If you can practice regularly, you will naturally play the role of strengthening muscles and bones, nourishing qi and blood, and increasing strength.

The reason why Bai Ze did not teach Wei Tianzi's real internal martial arts is that he had the first words with Mr. Wei, and only taught himself the ability to defend himself and save his life. If he didn't have enough time, he could only achieve quick success. Secondly, Wei Tianzi himself could not really be determined to practice boxing. Moreover, he was old and could not practice some things and could not teach them.

But Bai Ze was not perfunctory. The stance method is a real internal stance method, and it is not passed on when placed outside. Moreover, what he said is thorough and what he should say is explained clearly. Whether or not he can practice kung fu from it depends on Wei Tianzi himself, and others cannot force it.

"Ah, that's all? And what's the kung fu you promised to teach me?" Wei Tianzi looked sweaty and was still a little reluctant.

"This is true kung fu. Do you think there is still kung fu more precious than this?" Bai Ze smiled immediately when asked.

"Isn't there any other way to capture and disperse it? I only teach me how to defend myself?"

"Hahaha, haha, you really don't know how to be blessed. The more you say, the more mysterious you are, the worse you are. The real kung fu is only on yourself. You can practice strength by standing in a stance, and you can knock people away with one kick or one straight punch. Without this as a foundation, you will be a fancy move. It looks good, but you can't actually beat it. What do you think kung fu is? Thousands of hard work are kung fu. Once you practice the basic things, you will get twice the result with half the effort. Have you ever seen your grandfather practice swords and play tricks in a mess?"

"It seems that the same is true." Wei Tianzi turned his head and thought: "My grandfather looked slow when he practiced swords in the morning and evening, and it was no different from the old man who practiced Tai Chi in the park."

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