第三十二式:跑步

(增強呼吸系統功能)

跑步是幾乎人人都懂得的運動方式。不過六通拳健身操的跑步的雙手握拳的方法,和普通運動跑步不同,握拳法仍然維持六通拳所特有的握拳法,就是姆指屈入掌心,然後其餘四指緊握拳頭,即姆指不露出掌外。這種握拳法通稱「揸住條總線」。說這是「揸住條總線」是有原因的。因為姆指是全身血脈的總線所在。姆指指根對下,在腕側處有一略為隆起的小骨,中醫稱為「高骨」,它是「關脈」的所在地,「關脈」之上為「寸脈」、「關脈」之下為「尺脈」,中醫把脈時是以中指按「高骨」、以食指按「尺脈」、以無名指按「寸脈」。中醫診脈以按「寸關尺」三脈而知病情。故寸關尺脈為總脈。姆指既在寸關尺三總脈之上,是以稱為「總線」。使姆指屈入掌心,其餘四指緊握姆指為拳,稱為「揸住條總線」,並非沒有道理。

跑步是各種運動都必須進行的一種鍛煉方法,除田徑運動要講求速度外,其餘運動員以此作為練氣的一種運動。六通拳健身操的跑步不講究速度,是屬於自由跑步性質。各人量力而為,但亦有限制,最多不超過二百五十步,以免消耗體力過大。跑姿以左右手在胸前上下搖動為最佳,因為這樣既可增強呼吸能力,亦可鬆弛背肌和肩肌,並可舒展久經站立的雙腳。在經過三十一式之後來一次跑步,只屬於將身體各部分來一次鬆弛,故跑步仍以緩步跑為佳。

香港在上世紀八十年代時,提倡緩步跑。其時緩步跑在全世界流行,當時的美國總統卡達訪問日本時也堅持晨早進行緩步跑。這是緩步跑進入高潮的時候。香港曾做過一次為期半年的緩步跑測驗,參加緩步跑測驗的老年人經體格檢驗後才能進行,測試報告指出,這種運動能加強人們的帶氧能力,即緩跑者本身能在帶氣中運動,因此對呼吸系統有助,促進新陳代謝。

Posture 32: Jogging

The thirty-second posture of Luk Tung Kuen is known as “Jogging”. This is a very common exercise. But the clenching of fists during jogging is different from the other exercise. The method of clenching the fist has been described in posture 11. Jogging is not common to the athletes but most people use this exercise as a means to practise breathing. When the exercisers practise jogging, there is no need for them to pay to the speed, just do what one is capable of. On the whole, there are some restraints. One should not do the jogging for more than 250 times, otherwise one will feel exhausted. When jogging, one should swing the two arms. It is in this way that one can increase the volume of respiration and the muscle especially the two legs have a time to relax. After doing thirty postures, we need an exercise to relax ourselves and jogging is the best exercise.

Starting from the 1980’s, Hong Kong has advocated jogging. At that time, jogging has been a popular exercise throughout the whole world. Even President Carter also suggested jogging during his official visit to Japan. Hong Kong had tried to do a test on the advantage of jogging and find that it can increase the volume of respiration and the body will not suffer from the lack of oxygen.