(四)步要稳固 Stable Steps
长拳的步法,要轻快、稳固,须“步赛黏”。“先看一步走,再看一伸手”;“打拳容易,走步难”;“步不稳则拳乱,步不快则拳慢”,步法在长拳运动里起着重要的作用。因此,在运动时必须使各种步法要轻快,站定时要像黏在地上一样稳固,不掀脚,不拔跟。它不能受上肢、躯干活动的影响,而且要给上肢、躯干的活动提供必要的稳固条件。这样,才能动而不乱,使下盘扎实有力。
Steps of Chang Quan shall be brisk and stable.“Steps shall be as stable as if you have been pasted on the ground.”“Steps are more important than hands.”“It is easy to practice Quan but hard to step.”“Quan will be disordered if steps are instable;Quan will be slow if steps are not fast enough.”Step techniques play an important role in Chang Quan exercise.Therefore various step techniques shall be brisk.When standing,the steps shall be as stable as if there are pasted on the ground.The feet shall not shake with either sole or heel moving away from the ground,next the steps shall not be affected by any movements of arms and body,and shall provide necessary stability to facilitate the movements of arms and body.Only in this way can the movements be powerful and vivid without disorderedness.