Chapter 455: Chapter 323: This Is the Real Tai Chi (Part 2)
For example, Chen Kuo, a master of Tongbei Fist who recently became very popular online,
if he puts in all his strength, can even bend a wrench with one palm strike.
This kind of power, if it hits someone’s head, could literally split it open, without any exaggeration. There wouldn’t even be a chance to fight back before getting knocked out.
But in actual combat, no one will give you the chance to muster all your strength. The moment Ge Wuyuan raises his hand, an experienced fighter would immediately strike to knock him down.
And yet now Wang Ye claims that the core of Tai Chi is more advanced than modern fighting techniques. Do those of us who have trained in Tai Chi for ten or even decades not know whether Tai Chi is advanced or not?
No matter how deep the cultural heritage of Tai Chi is, from a practical combat perspective, Tai Chi can be entirely dismissed as flowery and useless, an extremely old and outdated traditional martial art. It is nothing like what Wang Ye describes as "advanced."
This inevitably led the young people to doubt whether Wang Ye even knew Tai Chi at all.
Even Wan Zonghua, who is aware of Wang Ye’s real strength, felt his face burning somewhat with embarrassment. Because Wang Ye’s words were indeed somewhat boastful. It would be fine within the association, but if it were recorded and put online, many people might laugh their heads off.
At this moment, Wang Ye observed the reactions of the people before him,
and just chuckled softly.
"Don’t believe it?"
"Then, next, I’ll demonstrate to you the real Tai Chi."
As soon as these words were spoken,
the hearts of everyone seemed to skip a beat.
They immediately became tense.
Was the sports Deity of the present age, Wang Ye, really going to demonstrate Tai Chi for them right here?
Although after his previous words, most young people believed Wang Ye didn’t know Tai Chi.
But who was Wang Ye?
He was a man who could break world records no matter what sport he engaged in.
They believed that even if Wang Ye didn’t understand Tai Chi, he could master this martial art to its peak in a remarkably short time. Thinking of this, they couldn’t help swallowing a gulp of saliva, their eyes glowing with anticipation.
Only to see Wang Ye’s expression become solemn.
His legs set apart, he slowly lifted his hands, taking the starting stance.
The starting move involved standing with legs apart, arms raised forward, knees bent with palms pressed down.
His arms slightly bent, gathered in front of the Dantian, his whole body forming a subtle circle, facilitating the circulation of Qi within the body.
Most master practitioners can show profound power just by forming the starting stance,
because it can effectively mobilize the Primordial Qi within the Dantian.
Those with deeply profound power can even make the surrounding airflow become sticky and heavy.
Even though they may not actually know what Primordial Qi is or that such a thing exists within the body, they rely on intuition to sense this indescribable entity. Often, when a subject is not fully understood, intuition is the most useful guide because it leads you along a fundamentally correct path.
The now world-renowned traditional Chinese medicine and Feng Shui, among others, are essentially disciplines constructed from countless ancestors’ intuition and experience.
As soon as Wang Ye assumed the starting stance,
an indescribable aura instantly emanated outward.
This was the Tai Chi Dan Force materializing, akin to a bomb exploding in a surge of Primordial Qi, directly affecting matter and causing surrounding airflows to move outward at high speed, creating a phenomenon.
Hiss!!!
Strong winds suddenly lifted the hair of everyone around. It even reached the curtains several meters away, gently billowing their hems.
Upon noticing this phenomenon,
everyone’s pupils contracted sharply, revealing surprised expressions.
Consider that all the doors and windows of this training room were closed, leaving no ventilation outlets. The only possibility was that this strong wind was released from Wang Ye’s body.
All the young people present scratched their heads in bewilderment, unable to understand why such a phenomenon occurred just now.
Could such terrifying power really be caused by an unremarkable starting stance?
With his keener eye, Wan Zonghua could discern that Wang Ye’s starting move had reached a pinnacle level. Though he could not see the enigmatic Primordial Qi with his eyes, this starting stance was a textbook-perfect model, each detail and breathing rhythm perfected to a startling degree.
"Indeed, I was right. Wang Ye’s power is even more terrifying than before..." Wan Zonghua was filled with astonishment.
Those hearing his words around him were puzzled. Wang Ye merely took a starting stance, and the moves hadn’t even begun formally. How could Chairman Wan see his power?
What they didn’t know was that just the starting stance could reveal the depth of inner cultivation skills.
It’s well known that traditional martial arts’ biggest flaw is that they are not widely practiced, even with a risk of being lost, but many do not know the main reason for this flaw.
In reality, the reason traditional martial arts have fallen into their current state is mainly that most traditional martial arts, besides surface-level martial art forms, also require imparted and demonstrated Inner Power. This includes breathing methods, Inner Cultivation Methods, and Qi Control Skills, among others.
So merely learning the martial arts forms cannot unleash the martial arts’ true power.
From an observer’s perspective, looking with the naked eye, Inner Power doesn’t appear to change the martial arts forms at all.
But using a high-speed camera to capture in slow motion, you’d find several hertz of differences in breathing rhythm and internal vibrations with and without Inner Power assistance, and this slight difference directly affects the release of Vigorous Qi and the range of motions. Therefore, no matter how well one imitates martial arts forms, without Inner Power, one will never reach the most optimal position.
That’s why most people who learn Baduanjin online for wellness struggle to achieve genuine health benefits: because breathing methods and Qi Force circulation methods haven’t been passed down correctly. They can only mimic its form but cannot mimic its essence. This mystical entity must be taught through demonstration and personally experienced to be fully learned.
Wan Zonghua, having practiced Tai Chi from a young age, had received such authentic transmission,
and was naturally familiar with Inner Cultivation Methods and breathing techniques.
At his level, he could almost see Wang Ye’s breathing and internal vibration frequency at a glance. This was why he was so shocked. If normal Tai Chi practitioners’ body vibration frequency is within a certain range, with higher power qualities narrowing this range, Wang Ye’s frequency was a constant value without fluctuation, consistently maintaining the most perfect point.
Theoretically, this situation is impossible in the human body because internal organ vibration frequencies do not remain unchanged. Even in the healthiest person, the heart rate is always varying, not to mention the undetectable vibrations of other organs...
Although this vibration frequency range diminishes as one’s internal cultivation deepens, it never completely disappears. Unless robot-like.
Yet Wang Ye now achieved true perfection.
Just as Wan Zonghua and others were savoring Wang Ye’s starting move.
Wang Ye began to perform the next move.
Parting the Wild Horse’s Mane Right and Left.
They saw the Primordial Qi around him suddenly become obstructed,
and actually began to move along with his body changes,
his left hand steadily reaching out, and the Qi within his body surged out like a torrent,
If the previous starting stance was like a bomb being ignited and surging in all directions,
then this move was like a flood breaching the dike,
roaring endlessly along the riverbed in one direction.
Boom!!!
This seemingly slow move appeared extremely rapid in everyone’s eyes,
as if they really saw a wild horse formed by his Primordial Qi galloping ceaselessly across the vast wilderness.
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