太極拳秘密-連環：Huan

「連環」是由兩個斜角方位的「環」所組成，宗岳門所有的手法都在這兩個環內操作，任何動作不得離開環位。在這兩個斜角環之外的其他所有手或身體的繞圈動作，宗岳門都不稱為「環」而稱為「圈」，宗岳門只使用「環」作戰，絕不使用圈作戰。因此「宗岳連環」和其他全世界武術的 「連環」都不同，才特稱為 「宗岳連環」。 --宗岳門主網站葉老師

環 的位置很簡單，如同上圖中所示，右手的環為右手向前伸直，此時右手的掌指即為右手的前隅位置，當右手從前隅位置向上劃半圓到左肩的位置時，此方向為右手的後隅位置，而從後隅再向下劃到前隅的位置時，此為一個右手環位，且左右相對應，運行方向可順可逆，雙手合用，可作連環。

"Huan" is a specific name for a circle track that hand movement should follow in ZongYue Taichi. The huan has two different circles, one is for the right hand, the other is for the left hand. For the right hand, please check the upper picture. Raise the right hand infront of your body and keep the angle between body and hand as 90 degree. That positon is the front corner of the right-hand-huan. Keep the elbow fixed to raise the palm back to the left shoulder, back corner of the right-hand-huan. Keep the palm move down and back to the front corner. The whole circle is the right-hand-huan.

The left-hand-huan is move between left hand raise and the right shoulder.

When you know the correct movement of huan, people could use that for a continued circle to move our hand to punch or to lead the oppoment's attack. For the movement, it's hard to describe, but easy to show. Please come and see.