(一)手要捷快 SwiftHandMovement
长拳的手法,要迅疾、敏捷、有力,须“拳如流星”。这不仅是在拳、臂挥舞时要如此,在掌、腕的细微动作里也要如此。上肢运动要达到“拳如流星”这种要求,就必须松肩活肘,使肩、肘、腕等关节在运动时力求松活顺畅,以迅雷不及掩耳之势,先声夺人。
ThehandtechniquesofChangQuanshallberapid,promptandpowerfulwhichrequirethat“thefistshootsoutlikethestars".Thecharacteristicsareseeninswingingfistsandarms,“thefistshootsoutlikethestars”,thejoints,shoulder,elbowsandwristsshallbeasflexibleaspossibleduringthemovements,soastotakeprecedencewithremarkablespeed.
(二)眼要明锐 AcuteEyes
长拳的眼法,要明快、锐利,须“眼似电”。眼法在长拳运动中不是单独活动的,它必须“眼随手动”,“目随势注”。手法既然要流星般地迅快、敏捷、有力,那么眼睛的注视就要相应地像“闪电”般明快锐利。这种手到眼到的眼法变化,不仅和手法有着密切的关系,也和颈部的活动有关。随着眼法的左顾右盼、上瞻下视,颈部的灵活及转头变脸的快速也是必要的。同时,眼法还涉及动作意向的问题。一般来说,长拳的动作都有它的意向,进则是攻,退则是守,即使是静止时的拳势,也都含有伺机待动的意向。眼法是表现动作意向和传神的关键。因此眼法必须做到“眼随手动”、“目随势注”、“明锐似电”。
TheeyetechniquesofChangQuanrequirebrightandsharpeyes.“Theeyesstareoutlikeelectricity.”TheeyetechniquesarenotindividuallyactedinChangQuan,and“eyesshallfollowhands”and“eyesshallfollowpotentials”.Thehandtechniquesshallbeswift,promptandpowerfullikethestars,andthefixationofeyesshallalsobebrightandsharplikethe“lightening”.Changesoftheeyetechniquesonusingyourhandsandopenyoureyesnotonlycloselyrelatetothehandtechniques,,leftandright,upanddownoftheeyetechniques,,,allmovementsofChangQuanhavetheirintentions,inwhichtheforwardsmovementistheattack,,,theeyetechniquesshallbethat “eyesshallfollowhands”, “eyesshallfollowpotentials”,and “eyeslikebrightandsharpelectricity”.
(三)身要灵活 FlexibleBodyMovements
