太极拳英文 基本术语

太极拳英文基本术语

掤、捋、挤、按、採、挒、肘、靠、进、退、顾、盼、定 Peng (warding off), Lv (rolling back), Ji (pressing), An (pushing), Cai (pulling down), Lie (splitting), Zhou (elbowing), Kao (body stroke), Jin (advancing), Tui (retreating), Gu (shifting left), Pan (shifting right) and Ding (central equilibrium)

不丢不顶 no releasing and resisting directly

不解之谜 mystery

不偏不倚 impartiality

缠丝 twining

沉肩坠肘 lowering the shoulders and elbows

沉着 heavy and steady

撑掌 unfolding palm

成语之都 Hometown of Chinese Idioms

抽丝 taking out the thread

丹田 Dantian (pubic region)

弹簧力 springy force

导引术 guidance

道 Tao;Dao

道法自然 Taoism following the nature

敌进我退，敌驻我扰，敌疲我打，敌退我追 retreating as the enemy

advances, disturbing as the enemy camps, attacking as the enemy fatigues, advancing as the enemy retreats

第五代传人 fifth-generation successor

顶头悬 suspending the head and relaxing the neck

懂劲 comprehending force

动与静 motion and stillness

动中寓静 stillness with motion

动作 action

动作／招式／招术 movement/action

对立统一 the unity of opposites

对立与统一 contradition and unfication;unity of the opposites 耳提面命 whispering into disciples’ ears and talking face to face

发劲 discharging force

法道修身 self-cultivation with Tao

法道治国 state-governing by Tao

反者道之动，弱者道之用 The application of Dao is using mildness rather than violence, softness rather than hardness

非圆即弧 either circle or arc

刚柔相济 combining hardness with softness

根于脚，主宰于腰，行于手指 rooting with feet, leading with waist, and moving with fingers

弓步 n.bow stance; v.lunge forward

功夫 Gongfu; Kungfu;fighting art;fighting skills

攻防 attack and defense; offense and defense

攻防搏击 offensive and defensive fighting

贯串之意 Yi of permeating

国术馆 National Martial Arts Gyms

含胸拔背 contracting the chest and lengthening the back

合中有开 closing with opening

后发制人 striking only after being struck

呼、发、伸、进、起、仰、往、出、放、打、击、刚、动、实、开、升、上、左 breathing out, attacking, extending, advancing, raising, facing upward, going, sending, releasing, hitting,striking, hardness, moving, solidness, opening, lifting, ascending,turning left

呼与吸 breathing out and breathing in

化劲 dispersing force

技击术 art of attack and defense

节节贯串 joints’ coordinating

借力打力 transforming the coming force to attack the opponent 劲整 integrating force

经络 Jingluo (main and collateral channels)

经络中通行的气 Qi (air) in Jingluo

精神 mind

静中寓动 motion with /in stillness

卷（蓄）与放 storing and discharging

开胯屈膝 separating the thighs and bending the knees

开与合 opening and closing

开中有合 opening with closing

快与慢 rapidness and slowness

老子学说 Laozi’s Doctrines

砺练品格 morality training

练劲 building up power

练巧 mastering techniques

练顺 smoothing out the frame

螺旋 volution

螺旋缠绕 spiral enwinding

落点（劲点） attacking points （positions）

门规戒条 doctrines, regulations and restrictions

内不动，外不发 no internal Yi (mind), no external movements 内劲 Neijin (inner power)

内劲潜换 inner power exchanging

内气 Neiqi (inner air)

内外皆修 internal and external cultivation

内外统一 uniting mind with body