Grrandmaster Tse’s Tàijí Fist 249

The Theories of Chén Cháng Xìng 陳長興 – Part 11

“若火機之內攻，發之而不及掩耳。不暇思索，不煩擬議，誠不期然而己然。蓋勁以積日而有益，工以久練而後成，觀聖門一貫之學，必俟多聞強識，格物致知”

“Ruò huǒ jī zhī nèi gōng, fā zhī ér bùjí yǎn ěr. Bùxiá sīsuǒ, bù fán nǐyì, chéng bù qī rán’ér jǐ rán. Gài jìn yǐ jī rì ér yǒuyì, gōng yǐjiǔ liàn érhòu chéng, guān shèng mén yīguàn zhī xué, bì qí duōwén qiáng zhì, géwù zhìzhī”

“Inside the body is like fire when we Fā Jìn 發勁 – Release Power, it is so fast, like the sound of thunder, very loud, and we do not even have the time to cover our ears. When we attack, there is no need to think, no need to work out what is the best way, just attack when the enemy does not have time to prepare. All power and speed is based on regular practise. The internal power will develop and at the end reach a high level. Learning a good Kung Fu like Tàijíquán 太極拳, we must keep studying, gain more knowledge work things out and keep researching. Then we will get a good result.”

This means that Tàijíquán is a fighting skill that we need to practise regularly and keep learning and keep reading – particularly as nowadays there are a lot of books we can read and particularly the classical books. If you have a question, then you should ask your seniors and your Sīfú. Everything should make sense and work, and then we can really start to understand Tàijíquán.