Shuang Chong 双重(double weighted)
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 8:05 am
The concept of Shuang Chong 双重(double weighted) in the context of “The Taijiquan Theory of Wang Zongyue (王宗岳太极拳论 wáng zōngyuè tàijí quán lùn)”, a manual handwritten by Li Yishu 李亦畲 in 1881:
双重之病 (shuāng chóng zhī bìng) Illness of double weighted
欲避此病 (yù bì cǐ bìng) To avoid this illness
须知阴阳 (xū zhī yīn yáng) Just understand passive active
双重则滞 (shuāngchóng zé zhì) Stagnant when double weighted
偏沉则随 (piān chén zé suí) Following when inclined sinking
左重则左虚 (zuǒ zhòng zé zuǒ xū) Left lights when left weighted
右重则右杳 (yòu zhòng zé yòu yǎo) Right disappears when right weighted
There are many interpretation of the concept on the illness of double weighted, one version is by Hong Junsheng 洪钧生 (1907-1996) in pages 356 and 357 of his book entitled “Practical Methods of Chens Taijiquan”, published in 1989, where he suggested: double weighted person, hand leg stiffen, hand moves slow, leg turns stagnant, weight center slant, loss of technique. But his suggestions did not explain the details of following when inclined sinking, left lights when left weighted, and right disappears when right weighted. There are other suggestions of the causes of the illness of double weighted.
Shen Jiazhen 沈家桢 (1891-1972) in his Chens Taijiquan (1963) did not address the question of double weighted directly but focus on the method of getting rid of stiffness. And if there is no stiffness then the illness of double weighted does not exist. There are other explanations such as do not us brute force, and the use of active stretching and passive recoil, etc.
My view is that the activation of the elastic components of the body will not result in stiffness of any part of the body.
双重之病 (shuāng chóng zhī bìng) Illness of double weighted
欲避此病 (yù bì cǐ bìng) To avoid this illness
须知阴阳 (xū zhī yīn yáng) Just understand passive active
双重则滞 (shuāngchóng zé zhì) Stagnant when double weighted
偏沉则随 (piān chén zé suí) Following when inclined sinking
左重则左虚 (zuǒ zhòng zé zuǒ xū) Left lights when left weighted
右重则右杳 (yòu zhòng zé yòu yǎo) Right disappears when right weighted
There are many interpretation of the concept on the illness of double weighted, one version is by Hong Junsheng 洪钧生 (1907-1996) in pages 356 and 357 of his book entitled “Practical Methods of Chens Taijiquan”, published in 1989, where he suggested: double weighted person, hand leg stiffen, hand moves slow, leg turns stagnant, weight center slant, loss of technique. But his suggestions did not explain the details of following when inclined sinking, left lights when left weighted, and right disappears when right weighted. There are other suggestions of the causes of the illness of double weighted.
Shen Jiazhen 沈家桢 (1891-1972) in his Chens Taijiquan (1963) did not address the question of double weighted directly but focus on the method of getting rid of stiffness. And if there is no stiffness then the illness of double weighted does not exist. There are other explanations such as do not us brute force, and the use of active stretching and passive recoil, etc.
My view is that the activation of the elastic components of the body will not result in stiffness of any part of the body.