太极拳术语

太极拳术语（汉英对照）

“老三本”“Old Three Volumes”

《陈氏太极拳图说》The Illustrated Canon of Chen Style Taijiquan

《道德经》Daode Jing (Tao Te Ching)《身法八要》Eight Principles of Postures

《太极拳解》Explanation of Taijiquan《太极拳论》On Taijiquan

《太极拳使用法》Application Methods of Taijiquan

《太极拳释义》The Revealing of Essential Taijiquan

《太极拳术》The Art of Taijiquan

《太极拳体用全书》Essence and Applications of Taijiquan

《太极拳运动》Taijiquan Sports 《太极拳正宗》Authentic Taijiquan

《太极图说》Explanations of Taiji Diagram《武术》Martial Arts

《杨式太极拳基础教程》Basic Course of Yang Style Taijiquan

《周身大用论》Using Every Part of the Body

《周易》(或易经) Zhouyi；The Book of Changs, Yi or I Ching

28式杨式太极拳28-form Yang Style Taijiquan

八门劲the power of eight directions必修课程a required course

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偏心距eccentric distance

平和安静，谦和大度，博爱真诚，感恩包容gentleness and peace, modesty and generosity, love and sincerity, gratitude and tolerance

平心静气calming mind气沉丹田Qi Chen Dantian (storing qi in the pubic region）气敛Storing Qi (spirit;air)

牵一发而动全身 a slight move in one part may affect the whole situation

乾坤Qiankun (heaven and earth, the universe)

强身健体body building and physical fitness

窍aperture轻灵agile轻与沉lightness and heaviness

全国武术锦标赛Championship of National Martial Arts

拳法boxing method拳理boxing theory

拳式movement拳姿boxing posture

人不犯我、我不犯人、人若犯我、我必犯人We will not attack unless we are attacked; if we are attacked, we will certainly counterattack.

柔与刚softness and hardness儒雅端庄refined and dignified

散手San Shou (free sparring)

上下相随the harmony between the upper and lower body