Boxing Insight | Dignity and Responsibility

The wechat official account of Taiji Songquan Team made a grand announcement on July 9th《Good News | Master Songquan Takes on Two More Outstanding DisciplesIt was detailedly reported that my wife Xiangyun and I officially became disciples of Master Yang Songquan on the Dragon Boat Festival of the Gengzi Year. At the same time, I received encouragement from all the senior students.

Becoming an apprentice is a solemn ceremony, which also further demonstrates the dignity of the master’s school and one’s own responsibility. After learning Tai Chi under his master for more than ten years, he was favored by his master and accepted as his disciple, continuing to practice Tai Chi and cultivate his life under his guidance.

Upon joining the master’s sect, one immediately converts to the Chen-style Taiji calendarThe great master Dai. In memory of the compassion of our ancestors, who established Taiji and saved all sentient beings with boundless merit! Respecting our ancestors is to safeguard their sacred dignity.

Since childhood, the master has been practicing the old Chen family Tai Chi under the guidance of his grandfather, Mr. Chen Zhaopi, a grandmaster of his generation. For over sixty years, he has devoted himself to the practice and has achieved superb skills and profound attainments. And they spare no effort, braving wind and rain both at home and abroad, all for the purpose of promoting traditional Chinese culture and passing on the authentic Chen-style Tai Chi. Taking refuge in a master means respecting the master’s cultivation, admiring the master’s great virtue, and safeguarding the master’s dignity as a teacher.

Tai Chi was founded by the ancestors of the Chen family in Chenjiagou, Wen County, Henan Province. After hundreds of years of development, it has been deeply loved and highly regarded by people at home and abroad, benefiting people all over the worldStudent. Taking refuge in martial arts means respecting the essence and key points of martial arts and respecting its practice systemRespecting the traditional and historical development of Tai Chi techniques is even more about safeguarding the dignity of this ancient Tai Chi set as a human intangible cultural heritage in the world’s history and culture!

The master has always adhered to the teachings of his predecessors and taken it as his responsibility to carry forward the lost learning of the sages and protect the roots and lineage. And lead the Taiji Songquan team to faithfully fulfill such responsibilities.

“To carry on the lost learning of the sages, inherit and promote traditional Tai Chi, and save all beings is the lifeline of our Beijing Chenjiagou Tai Chi Songquan team.” This is the master’s expectation of us, and it is also the responsibility and mission that we, as the inheritors of Tai Chi, need to shoulder.

The right path in the world is full of vicissitudes, and only Taiji can overcome them. The way of Tai Chi is to follow rules. As the old man said, “Without rules, there can be no square or circle.” Therefore, adhering to the principles of the great way and transcending the vicissitudes of time is not only a responsibility but also a sentiment and an indelible belief.

Tai Chi is life, Tai Chi is human existence. Only by practicing Tai Chi can one achieve a perfect life.

Encounter Tai Chi, encounter the gift of life.

Encounter Tai Chi, light up your life.

Practicing Tai Chi leads to a fulfilling life!

All of the above are derived from the insights gained from practicing boxing. This article conveys them all!

——Lei Xiaoming, the coach of the Tai Chi Songquan team

July 11, 2020, noon