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Il Taijiquan Cenni Storici Ed Evoluzione Dalle Origini Ai Giorni Nostri TAI CHI & Stili Interni aprile - giugno 2014 Ricerca condotta dal nostro inviato a Shanghai Gianluca Ballarin SECONDA PARTE: lo Stile CheN IL TAIJIQUAN CENNI STORICI ED EVOLUZIONE DALLE ORIGINI AI GIORNI NOSTRI Nelle zone rurali lontane dal control- prestigio attraverso illustri antenati la dinastia manciù (Qing), che inne- lo del potere centrale, il compromes- (reali o presunti tali). scarono rivalità preesistenti e nuovi so tra le esigenze dell’impero e quelle Coloro che erano privi di famiglia scontri per il potere locale. delle famiglie locali, rigidamente or- oppure vivevano ai margini della co- Nel corso della dinastia Qing, stretta- ganizzate, veniva svolto dal clan, le munità si affiliavano ad aggregazioni mente connesse con l’istituzione del cui origini risalgono alla decadenza illegali, con culti alternativi e regole clan nella tutela dell’ordine sociale dell’aristocrazia medievale (epoca più egualitarie; raggruppate sotto la erano le milizie territoriali, i tuanlian Song). definizione di società segrete, condi- 团练 (“formazioni paramilitari”), Il clan era fondato su basi parenta- videvano dottrine e pratiche vicine al costituite essenzialmente di contadi- li, era gerarchicamente strutturato, taoismo (in altri casi vicine al buddi- ni che venivano temporaneamente aveva culto, regole, terreni comuni e smo o spesso sincretiste), ma non or- assoldati dai notabili del luogo per poteva coincidere con un villaggio, todosse. Spesso in periodi di disagio difendere il territorio dagli attacchi come nel caso dei Chen. sociale queste raccoglievano il mal- esterni di altri clan, società segrete o Un ruolo fondamentale nella legit- contento popolare diventando centri rivolte popolari. timazione dei legami all’interno del di organizzazione delle rivolte anti- In quanto a livello locale lo stato non clan aveva la compilazione delle ge- governative (accogliendo il favore di era molto presente, le milizie via via nealogie familiari, che acquisivano gruppi di boxer) come quelle contro diventarono gli eserciti delle famiglie 60 New Martial Hero Magazine NMHM_17_2.indd 60 07/05/14 12:49 TAI CHI & Stili Interni aprile - giugno 2014 (biaoke 镖客) per i convogli e guar- Chen Zhaokui, secondo figlio di Chen Fake, die del corpo (baobiao 保镖) per con Lei Muni chiunque ne avesse bisogno. Anche il governo centrale dei Qing fece ricorso in alcune occasioni a mi- nel 1618 ricevette incarichi militari lizie particolarmente efficienti, come nelle province dello Shandong , del nel caso di illustri maestri dei Chen, Liaodong e dello Zheli combattendo che guidarono le loro milizie in spe- contro delle società segrete. Fu nomi- dizioni contro società segrete in varie nato comandante delle milizie civili parti della Cina. del distretto di Wen nel 1621, domò Il villaggio di Chenjiagou si trova nel molte ribellioni ed il banditismo; distretto di Wen, nella provincia del dopo la caduta della dinastia ritornò Henan, nel Nord della Cina, e fu di- al villaggio ritirandosi in solitudine. mora del clan dei Chen sin dal quat- Chen Wangting sicuramente nel corso della propria carriera militare GM Chen Fake tordicesimo secolo. Negli anni dal 1930 in poi comincia- apprese tecniche derivanti dal dif- più potenti, e a confermare la cre- rono serie ricerche storiche nel cam- fusissimo Shaolinquan, entrando in scente instabilità sociale, già alla fine po delle arti marziali; Tang Hao 唐豪1, contatto con molti guerrieri, maestri del XVIII secolo, le milizie in molti Xu Zhedong 徐哲东2, e più tardi Gu in svariati sistemi. Inoltre il tempio di casi diventarono centri di rivolta. Liuxin 顾留3, furono i più importanti Shaolin si trova nella stessa provincia L’ organizzazione delle milizie varia- ricercatori e criticarono aspramen- del villaggio dei Chen ed è probabile va da zona a zona, generalmente si te coloro che andavano diffondendo che una peculiare forma di Shaolin- riunivano in leghe comprendenti vari miti e leggende infondate. quan fosse retaggio del clan, essendo villaggi ed erano costituite, oltre che citata una “boxe in 72 posizioni del- Tang Hao, basandosi sulle genealogie 拳经 dai comuni abitanti, anche da veri e del clan, affermò che fu il discenden- la famiglia Chen” nel Quanjing propri specialisti nel combattimento, te della IX generazione dei Chen di (“Trattato di Arti Marziali”) di epoca custodi dei metodi di un dato clan o nome Chen Wangting 陈王庭 a cre- Ming, scritto dal generale Qi Jiguang 戚继光 5 gruppo. are il taijiquan, in virtù della grande (1528-1587) . Fiorirono inoltre agenzie private di esperienza militare rivista alla luce Nel 1558 il generale Qi reclutò 3000 protezione ( biaoju 镖局), gestite da dello studio solitario del taoismo4. contadini e li sottopose a un severo professionisti nelle arti marziali, che Egli nacque alla fine della dinastia periodo di addestramento per forma- fornivano servizi di scorta armata Ming, prestò servizio per l’impero e re una forza speciale contro i pirati giapponesi delle province costiere. New Martial Hero Magazine 61 NMHM_17_2.indd 61 07/05/14 12:49 TAI CHI & Stili Interni aprile - giugno 2014 La tradizione vuole che un famoso contengono tecniche diverse rispetto discendente di Chen Wangting, Chen al diyilu, al dierlu, e a tutti gli altri Changxing 陈长兴(1771-1853, XIV stili di taijiquan, e farebbero suppor- generazione), che faceva parte dei re un’adattamento ai principi del tai- servizi di scorta alle carovane, rior- jiquan di forme preesistenti all’intro- ganizzasse il metodo condensando il duzione o creazione dello stesso nella bagaglio della famiglia in solo due se- famiglia Chen. quenze, la prima delle 5 forme ( “pri- Lo stesso discorso vale per le forme ma forma” – diyilu 第一路) di Chen con armi: come sostengono i maestri Wangting e il paochui (conosciuta Feng Zhiqiang e Ge Yunqing, tradi- poi come “seconda forma” – dierlu zionalmente esistevano solo tre armi 第二路). fondamentali, la spada, la sciabola, e La prima sequenza dello stile di Chen la lancia, più il bastone lungo (ganzi Changxing è considerata la più antica 杆子, “asta”) che sostituiva e celava forma conosciuta di taijiquan, dal- l’allenamento con la lancia (utilizza- la quale derivarono poi tutte le altre to di solito in versione pesante come interpretazioni; questa forma infatti allenamento fondamentale alla forza viene chiamata laojia 老架(“vecchia jin). Ma nel bagaglio della famiglia intelaiatura”) o dajia 大架 (“grande Chen e di esperti anche in altri stili, intelaiatura”), per le posizioni e i mo- esistevano altre armi, che vennero poi vimenti ampi. introdotte nei sistemi di taijiquan dei In realtà molte informazioni corri- singoli maestri, cercando di adattare spondono a una parziale verità, in il loro uso ai principi del taijiquan. quanto certe conoscenze sono state Tornando al quadro storico, anche i Chen Wanting con alle spalle Jiang Fa divulgate pubblicamente solo negli fratelli Chen Yuben 陈有本 e Chen 陈有恒 Sperimentò tecniche e metodi par- ultimi anni, non esistendo più i ruoli Youheng , gli altri 2 grandi ticolari di allenamento con armi e a sociali tradizionali, e avendo le arti, boxer della XIV generazione, modi- mani nude che standardizzò nel suo per sopravvivere, bisogno di trovare ficarono lo stile originario riducendo famoso libro. nuove forme di comunicazione. l’ampiezza delle posizioni e dei mo- L’ultimo capitolo fu riservato alle tec- Un maestro contemporaneo di vimenti, configurando la “piccola in- niche senz’armi, specificando che, Shanghai, Zhou Weijun, riferisce in- telaiatura” o “piccola forma” (xiaojia 小架 sebbene non siano utili per il com- fatti che i suoi due maestri, Zhang ) dello stile Chen, detta anche 新架 battimento su larga scala, sono il fon- Caigen e Du Wencai, due allievi “nuova intelaiatura” (xinjia ). 陈昭奎 damento di base per tutte le tecniche interni di Chen Zhaokui Il nipote ed allievo di Chen Youben 陈清平 con armi. (XVIII generazione), figlio di Chen di nome Chen Qingping Basandosi su 16 note scuole di boxe, Fake ( XVII generazione), apprese- (1795-1869, studiò anche con Chen il generale Qi sviluppò una forma di ro il Chenshi chuantong xilie tao- Gengyun, vedi oltre) ugualmente in- 陈氏传统系列套路拳 32 posture per allenare i propri uo- luquan (“si- terpretò gli insegnamenti precedenti 赵 mini; dal testo si può evidenziare che stema tradizionale di forme di boxe dando vita al sottostile Zhaobao 堡 29 di queste 32 tecniche sono presen- del clan Chen”); esso consisterebbe , dal nome del villaggio in cui visse 7 ti nello stile Chen, ma essendo Chen nel diyilu, nel dierlu, nel changquan dopo essersi sposato (villaggio natale 短拳 Wangting vissuto in un’epoca poste- di 108 posture, nel duanquan della moglie), dove cominciò ad in- riore al trattato, si deduce che proba- (“boxe corta”) di 24 posture, forma segnare a persone estranee alla fami- 太极刀 bilmente egli attinse a queste tecniche con sciabola (taijidao ) e con glia. 太极剑 o alla tradizione ad esse connessa6. spada (taijijian ). In realtà tra- Documenti sul taijiquan del villaggio Il paochui 炮捶 (“colpo di cannone”), dizionalmente esiste anche la forma Zhaobao riportano che il responsa- 太极枪 forma e stile appartenente allo Shao- con la lancia (taijichang ), ma bile della trasmissione dell’arte fu un 蒋发 linquan, ha similitudini con il famoso evidentemente non è stata insegnata certo Jiang Fa , nato nel 1574, paochui della famiglia Chen cono- ai due maestri suddetti, in quanto, che all’età di 22 anni si recò nello sciuta infatti come Paochui Chenjia durante la Rivoluzione Culturale, il Shanxi per studiare taijiquan; dopo 7 炮捶陈家 (“Famiglia Chen del Pao- maestro Chen Zhaokui non potè più anni ritornò
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