In order to hide the front development, the method of "down first, then up, first right and then left" is adopted, and the reverse writing is called "anti-surface". When starting a pen, write in the opposite direction first, and then follow the word direction, that is, "start the pen against the front."
First, the basic training knowledge of calligraphy?
A boxer can weigh hundreds of kilograms with a heavy punch, which shows how much strength he has in his hand! However, the brush strokes they write are likely to be "fragile". On the contrary, the faltering old calligrapher can write vigorous and powerful words! And it doesn't look tired. Really can use the word "freely" to describe. Now you can often see some "calligraphy action art", shaking their heads, dancing and working hard, which makes people breathless. In fact, he either lied to the layman or hasn't started yet.
Where's the secret? The force on the nib. The boxer's arm strength may be one hundred times that of a calligrapher, but the actual force transmitted to the pen tip may be one hundred times that of a boxer. China's brush, though hard, is still soft. The beauty is here, "only soft and strange" (Cai Yong's "Nine Potential"); That's the difficulty. If you don't know the posture, technique and brushwork, it is difficult to grasp. For example, the whip in martial arts is a soft weapon, but it has always been regarded as a murder weapon, which is difficult to resist. "Those who use it well can win the sword." Let's look at the master. When he shakes hard, he will dance. By shaking his arms and turning the belts of all parts of his body, or whipping a part of the whip, or winding, swinging, sweeping, hanging, throwing, dancing, or walking on the ground, he will increase his strength and change his center and direction. He can hit, smash, hook and tie, just like a dragon! However, this whip is as weak as a dead snake in the hands of ordinary people.
It comes down to calligraphy, of course, writing should be hard, but it should be energetic and not hard. The so-called "vitality" means that the strength of the body is transmitted to the pen tip through the arms, wrists and fingers. This is one of the criteria to test whether a person can write calligraphy.
Therefore, to learn calligraphy, we must first correctly master its techniques, posture and brushwork, so as to achieve accurate movements, harmonious posture, coherent strokes, focused pen end, eye awareness, heart awareness, hand awareness, coordination between consciousness and action, and constantly improve the ability to control strokes.
It's easier to learn boxing than to change it. Once a wrong or incorrect posture becomes a habit, it is difficult to correct it.
Second, how to write
The ancients have been obsessed with words for thousands of years. Either mystifying or never getting close to the edge. In fact, any tool in the world and the most correct law enforcement is nothing more than the most natural and effective law enforcement.
Legend has it that when Wang Xianzhi was writing, his father, Wang Xizhi, secretly drew a pen from behind and couldn't pull it out, so he decided that this son must be great in the future. If this becomes the standard of becoming a calligrapher, then calligraphy is really too simple. In fact, it is unscientific to write too tightly. If you put all your strength on the pen (horizontally), how do you send it to the pen tip (vertically)?
So, is it unnecessary to hold a pen? That's definitely not. Holding the pen is to hold the pen steadily, so that the wrist and strength can be effective. How much lateral force should be distributed? This is not quantitative. The overall feeling is similar to holding chopsticks. The first is to prevent chopsticks from falling, but the most critical problem and ultimate goal is to be able to take things.
When lifting a pen, the force acting on the lateral direction, as long as you can hold the pen steady, that's all. We don't seem to have to follow all the strange ideas of our predecessors.
The function of fingers is to write. Hold the pen and you can start writing. When you write, you must move. This movement is called "writing". Pen-lifting mainly depends on the coordinated movements of wrist, arm and finger, and wrist is the most active.
Therefore, the wrist must live. Wrist movement can make the whole body's strength penetrate into the pen tip through arms, wrists and fingers; Wrist skill can adjust strokes, control strokes in changeable strokes, such as up and down, left and right, strewn at random, Fiona Fang, twists and turns, and even command strokes at will to reach the point of "throwing a pen". Especially when writing running script and cursive script, the wrist keeps swinging from side to side and rolling up and down.
Wrist skill means that when writing, the wrist joint can't be tense and stiff, "the wrist should follow its own will", but it can't move casually, but turns naturally and harmoniously with the gesture. Even if you don't write, you can practice empty-handed. You can get a general idea of your wrist by watching the violinist play. Because at this point, they have something in common.
We can also get inspiration from martial arts. Wu Tunan said in Introduction to Martial Arts: "How can you reach the enemy at will with your strength?" It depends on the flexibility of the wrist. If the shoulder is not loose, the force will not reach the elbow, if the elbow is not vertical, the force will not reach the wrist, and if the wrist is not active, the force will not reach the fingers. What about those who hope that their strength can reach the enemy? So the flexibility of the wrist is a necessary condition for practicing martial arts. "This is basically the same as calligraphy. We can also say that the flexibility of the wrist is actually a necessary condition for practicing calligraphy.