鬆肩沉肘，實腹暢胸
鬆肩是使兩肩向下鬆沉，在鍛煉時不要向上聳肩。沉肘是使肘部經常保持著向下沉墜，在鍛煉時必須屈如半月形。腹是蓄氣的良好部位，實腹就是指在鍛煉時必須將呼吸深入到腹部，使腹部充實鼓蕩，即所謂「氣沉丹田，內宜鼓蕩」的意思。胸部的向外挺凸，固然會影響氣沉丹田，而胸部的向裡收縮，也足以影響到心臟的壓縮，阻礙了血液的流暢，因之，暢胸就是指胸部要寬鬆開展，既不要挺胸也不必縮胸。
鬆肩是使兩肩向下鬆沉，在鍛煉時不要向上聳肩。沉肘是使肘部經常保持著向下沉墜，在鍛煉時必須屈如半月形。腹是蓄氣的良好部位，實腹就是指在鍛煉時必須將呼吸深入到腹部，使腹部充實鼓蕩，即所謂「氣沉丹田，內宜鼓蕩」的意思。胸部的向外挺凸，固然會影響氣沉丹田，而胸部的向裡收縮，也足以影響到心臟的壓縮，阻礙了血液的流暢，因之，暢胸就是指胸部要寬鬆開展，既不要挺胸也不必縮胸。
"'Relax the Shoulders' is to make both shoulders tilt downwards and kept down; during practice one should not let them escape up. 'Sink the Elbows' is to maintain the elbow explicitly down as weighing down; during practice it must always bend in a half-moon shape. The abdomen is the best place to store Qi; 'Strengthen the Abdomen' emphasizes that during practice on must breathe deeply through the abdomen, causing it to expand and vibrate like a drum. This is the meaning of 'When the Qi sinks in the Dantian; the inside vibrates.' If the chest sticks out, it will influence the sinking of the Qi in the Dantian. If the chest is pulled back inwards it will cause the heart to be compressed, obstructing the flow of blood. This is the reason to emphasize the requirement of relaxing and open the chest. One should neither straighten the chest nor depress it. "
From the book Bāguàzhăng Practice Method (八卦掌練習法), by Jiāng Róngqiáo (薑容樵), based on the translation by Joseph Crandall
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