How do children practice boxing?

As people's ideas change, many parents begin to let their children get in touch with boxing. Therefore, the business of many boxing gyms, clubs, etc. is getting better and better. In fact, children learning boxing can not only strengthen their bodies, but also enhance their memory, and improve their hands-on ability and brain power. Boxing babies are also very easy to learn. Although it is easy for children to learn boxing, they need to pay attention to some matters.

There are several things to note when children learn Tai Chi:

Environmental requirements:

It is best to take children to a natural environment with flowers, plants and trees to practice Tai Chi. Such an environment has fresh air and less noise, which is conducive to children's concentration.

Posture requirements:

There are many requirements for Tai Chi postures, but for young children, there are five main points to pay attention to.

First, the head needs to remain naturally upright, not tilted, and should be relaxed and flexible, so that you can feel more energetic. Don't open your eyes too wide, don't wrinkle your brows, and keep your gaze straight. Keep your mouth closed rather than open, do not clench your teeth hard, keep your tongue against the upper palate, and breathe naturally through your nose.

Second, hands must not be stiff and tight. Fingers should be stretched naturally, and you should not use force when making a fist. You need to be loose and gentle. Just curl the little finger, ring finger, middle finger and index finger in sequence so that the fingertips are in contact with the palm of your hand, and press the tip of your thumb on the middle section of your index and middle fingers. This is what is meant by the hollow fist of Tai Chi.

Third, keep your chest in and your back straight. The chest is slightly inward, just like a cat which will curl up its body as much as possible when trying to catch a mouse. Before we jump, the hip, knee and foot joints must be bent. If not, we will not be able to jump or dive. The correct back-stretching posture is to consciously relieve the tension in the shoulder and back muscles. Mentally, there is a palm-sized area of ​​skin around the big cone that can stick to the fitting clothes. The child may not know this place, so the adult should point it out to him.

Fourth, you need to hold your waist up when practicing boxing. There is a rhyme saying "How can one not have body shape and waist?" For example, the Cloud Hands, Hug the Knees and Aobu, the Oblique Flying Style, the Seabed Needle, the High Probing Horse, etc., all require the waist to be straight, just like a compass, the needle moves but the needle axis does not leave its original position. You cannot bend over. Bending over means lowering your head and raising your hips, without straightening your waist and losing your center of balance. This can easily cause breathing difficulties.

Fifth, Tai Chi's requirements for the legs are, first, to be able to distinguish between the real and the fake; second, the movements must be light and flexible; third, to be balanced and stable. For children, as long as the movements are not awkward, they will become as smooth as flowing water naturally over time.

Breathing requirements: Breathing is an important part of Tai Chi. Regarding breathing when practicing Tai Chi, there are basically two methods: one is natural breathing, and the other is fist breathing. Natural breathing means not paying too much attention to the coordination of breathing, boxing stance and movements. On the basis of doing the boxing movements well, breathing should be natural and comfortable. This method of breathing is suitable for young children.

Tai Chi is widely spread in our country and even abroad. It emphasizes harmony and perfection, and attaches importance to theories of traditional Chinese medicine such as "harmony between man and nature". The movements are flexible, stable, slow, and continuous, and involve all muscle groups and joints of the whole body. When practicing, emphasis is placed on using the mind to guide the movements, maintaining serenity and full concentration, coordinating movements and breathing naturally, and maintaining a certain degree of relaxation and internal strength in the muscles of the whole body, etc., in order to achieve the goal of strengthening the mind through practicing the form. "Form and spirit are together" and "form and spirit are one" are the prerequisites for quick thinking. Therefore, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, Tai Chi is beneficial to brain health and intelligence.

Modern medical research has shown that practicing Tai Chi may have a positive impact on the nervous system in the following ways, thereby playing a role in strengthening the brain and improving intelligence.

(1) Practicing Tai Chi can form a special excitation focus in the cerebral cortex, while other areas are in an inhibitory state. When practicing Tai Chi, one is required to concentrate one's mind, focus on the lower abdomen (that is, focus on Dantian), and eliminate distracting thoughts. In other words, one must "use intention without force" and "keep a calm mind." This method of combining consciousness and physical exercise is completed under the condition of increased excitability of the central nervous system. It causes a special excitation focus to form in the functional area of ​​the cerebral cortex (that is, the excitement is concentrated in a very small area), while other areas are in an inhibited state. This will allow the brain to get sufficient rest, break the pathological excitation foci of the disease, repair and improve the functions of higher nerve centers, and play a role in strengthening the brain and body.

(2) Practicing Tai Chi has a positive effect on the autonomic nervous system. Deep breathing when practicing Tai Chi can affect the function of the autonomic nervous system (according to animal experiments conducted by the Physiology Teaching and Research Department of Shanghai Medical University, the parasympathetic nerves are excited during exhalation, and the sympathetic nerves are excited during inhalation), thereby adjusting and improving the disordered activity of the autonomic nervous system.

(3) Practicing Tai Chi is also beneficial to improving the balance and coordination of human movements. Tai Chi movements require a high level of coordination and balance, which is a kind of exercise for the nervous system and is conducive to the development of balance and coordinated movements.