Master Xu Hong
徐宏

Qiao Style Tai Chi Chuan Health Cultivation Exercises are the fundamental practice for learning Qiao Style Tai Chi Chuan. They serve both as a foundation for mastering its traditional form and as a warm-up routine to regulate breath and loosen muscles and joints before practicing the full set or engaging in pushing hands.

Among the four major benefits of Qiao Style Tai Chi Chuan—strengthening the body, enhancing mental acuity, building self-defense capability, and cultivating character—physical conditioning stands as the foremost and most fundamental function. Regular practice of this exercise helps strengthen the body and ward off illness.

Qiao Style Tai Chi Chuan Health Cultivation Exercises are practiced in five steps: standing to calm the mind, regulating breath, unblocking the body’s joints and meridians, strengthening tendons and muscles, and patting and massaging.

乔式太极拳养生功是习练乔式太极拳的基础功法，它一方面可以作为学习乔式太极拳传统拳架的基础，另一方面又可以作为平时走架、打手之前调整气息和活动筋骨的热身运动。

在乔式太极拳强身、益智、御辱、修身这四大功效中强身占据第一个层次，也是最基本的功能。坚持习练此功具有强身袪病之功效。

乔式太极拳养身功习练步骤分为站桩入静、吐纳调息、枢纽疏通、强筋健肌、拍打按摩等五个步骤。