Chapter 699: Discussion on Chinese Martial Arts

"Young Grandmaster? How did you get this title?"

The whole place was shouting the words "young master", which surprised the real masters. In their opinion, Su Yi's martial arts was far from the level of a master.

What is the state of a guru?

It is a fly that cannot fall, and a feather does not attach itself to it.

It means that the fist is unintentional, the intention is unintentional, and the true meaning can be seen in the unintentional way.

It’s the jade tree hanging precious clothes.

It is also a mixture of yin and yang, both hard and soft.

The boxing records of various sects all have descriptions of the master state of martial arts. Although the descriptions are different and the emphasis is different, they are all similar in fact. They pursue the ultimate control of the human body. From the joints of your limbs to the pores of your skin, you can control it as you wish.

The ideal state of martial arts is to be able to control even the internal organs and the brain. However, this is the state of the gods. It is a fantasy theory with no way to advance and no theoretical basis.

Currently, there are only two recognized standards for martial artists who are considered to be masters. One is the strength of the whole body, combined into one; the other is the integration of human and weapon into one.

Generally speaking, if you can reach the first of these two standards, you can also reach the second, because their principles are interlinked. They both need to practice martial arts to the point where they can be used internally and externally with ease. Only then can there be any hope of reaching it.

Although Su Yi's kung fu is novel and varied, with the charm of winning and winning, his own use of power is not unified. In other words, although the force exerted by various parts of Su Yi's body is coordinated, it is far from perfect. Beat until it forms a whole.

When a fly falls on Su Yi, Su Yi cannot feel it.

The feather was able to stop when it landed on Su Yi.

All his punches and kicks were done intentionally, not unintentionally.

Su Yi also had only a partial understanding of the concept of yin and yang, which is strong and soft.

Of course, whether the level is high or not is not directly proportional to whether one can fight.

In terms of realm, Zheng Shanao should be higher than Su Yi, but in terms of combat power, 1 Su Yi = 2.5 Zheng Shanao.

"It's probably because outsiders didn't know what was going on and shouted randomly," Ma Liang said.

"Geng Liangchen's victory lies in a strange word. His martial arts has no moves, but there are methods." Arm Saint Chuck said slowly, "If you don't understand his methods, ordinary warriors will not be his opponents. But if you say Grandmaster - He still has a long way to go."

"I don't agree with Brother Zhang," Li Shuwen shook his head. "I think Geng Liangchen's martial arts focuses on rhythm, not composition."

"I agree with my colleague," Shang Yunxiang said. "In terms of rules and regulations, Geng Liangchen's martial arts is just a pot of stew. I think it is still based on Western martial arts. What are the rules and regulations of Western martial arts? The foreign devils' Kung Fu is so superficial. Very, alas, but now, they are ahead of us..."

As soon as these words came out, all the masters present had sad expressions.

In their opinion, Su Yi's martial arts was based on Western boxing and must have been taught by a foreign martial artist.

Foreigners have found a broad road to integrate martial arts, but Chinese martial artists are still groping desperately in the dark.

"To this day, if you still look down on the martial arts of foreigners and think that their martial arts are superficial and not worth mentioning, then you are a sinner of the Chinese martial arts!" Zhang Zimin said with a solemn expression, "We have worked hard for the Chinese martial arts for so many years, and it is undeniable that we have made great achievements. Although there are some achievements, the decline of Chinese martial arts has still become a general trend. Although this is irreversible due to the trend of the times, don’t we people have no responsibility?”

"The slogan of abandoning sectarian opinions and communicating whether or not has been shouted for so many years, but we all close the door and communicate among ourselves. In the end, Chinese martial arts is still a closed circle, outdated and backward, and does not know how to adapt. It is still the insiders who see the door, and the outsiders just watch the excitement. etc. When the fun stops, I think the martial arts will be completely finished!"

"The curator is right." Gong Baosen sighed, "We have changed things over the years. We call it communication, but in fact we are still stuck in our ways. Why did Li Yuanqing and Li Chunnian lose? I think it's not just Geng Liangchen's peculiarity, but Is it our national martial art, or is it just something we play with ourselves behind closed doors?”

"Bagua Tai Chi, Tongbei Xingyi, you can fight back and forth. This is because what we are playing is to pick up moves. What move do I use, what move do you use to catch it, and how to counterattack, the two sides compete. They all know it. Why can't it be done when it comes to Geng Liangchen? This is because Geng Liangchen is not from our martial arts world, and he doesn't have the tricks that Li Yuanqing and Li Chunnian are familiar with, so they can't beat him!"

"Then can we say that Li Yuanqing and Li Chunnian are only good at picking off moves, but they can't actually fight?"

Having said this, Gong Baosen paused and looked around.

All the masters looked unhappy, because Gong Baosen's words had taken off the last fig leaf of national martial arts.

"As the old saying goes, the old master can be beaten to death by random punches." Gong Baosen continued, "The old master has been practicing boxing all his life, so why is he beaten to death by random punches? Because the old master can't actually fight, he is only good at picking up and dismantling moves. This The curator and I discussed the reason two years ago.”

"In the past two years, the Chinese Martial Arts Museum organized Chinese martial arts to visit Siam to challenge Siamese boxers. The people who went there were all recognized masters in our Chinese martial arts circles. Everyone felt that they were superb in skills, highly respected, and would definitely bring glory to the country. What was the result?" Zhang Zimin? He said in a deep voice, "Without any victory, we came back with a huge defeat! What a shame! This incident is still the most unspeakable shame for me, Zhang Zimin!"

In 1930, the China National Martial Arts Center organized martial arts masters to challenge the martial arts community in Siam. As a result, all the masters who were well-known in the martial arts community in the country gave up their fire when they arrived there and returned defeated.

The famous Eagle Claw master Chen Zizheng fought against Siamese boxer Naiyang, and was kicked in the chin by Naiyang in three moves and fainted.

Master Hu Sheng, who had practiced Tai Chi for 15 years, was hit in the temple by a right elbow by Siamese boxer Ba Yue within less than a minute of his appearance, and fell to the ground and fainted...

All kinds of tragic scenes, men are silent when they hear them, and women cry when they hear them, so miserable that they can't bear to watch.

At that time, domestic public opinion was in an uproar, denouncing these visiting masters as all liars.

But are they really liars?

They are not, they are just masters of counterattack, not masters of fighting.

And if they were really given time to understand Siamese boxing, they might not lose, at least they wouldn't lose so badly.

Unfortunately, there is no if, how could the masters at that time bother to understand the martial arts of a small country?

"There was also the first national martial arts exam in Jinling five years ago," Zhang Zimin said, "I wanted to show off the martial arts, but I didn't expect that I would lose face!"

That national martial arts exam was a complete failure. After the candidates came on stage, they fought back and forth, which was very exciting. But to outsiders, it was just pushing and shoving, jumping around, like a monkey show, with no viewing value and boring.

Usually, a fight lasts for more than ten minutes, or even dozens of minutes, and the winner cannot be determined, and then they shake hands and make peace.

The audience was drowsy, and the masters watched with relish.

And after watching these things, the audience was very skeptical. Can these jumping things really hit people?

They can fight, but they can only fight people who have learned martial arts, or ordinary people without martial arts value. Others, for the time being, cannot fight.

At that time, a warlord named Feng was very fond of martial arts, but after watching this national martial arts exam, he almost doubted his life.

"National martial arts really broke my fantasy." He commented disappointedly.

It was precisely because of that national martial arts national examination that these national martial arts masters learned from their mistakes and decided to find a way out for national martial arts.

They made many efforts, such as promoting martial arts exchanges, holding various competitions, and bringing martial arts into the army.

But in fact, the roots of national martial arts have not changed, and it is still the old and outdated.

Of course, we can't blame national martial arts for being outdated.

No matter how outdated national martial arts are, the existence of masters like Gong Baosen and Li Shuwen also proves the value of national martial arts.

In addition to the masters, there are many masters in the national martial arts world who can fight, but these masters are only a minority after all. Most people are "masters" who can counter moves and are masters who are happy in the circle.

Why is this so?

There are many reasons, but the most important one is the word "lazy".

All martial artists who can fight, which one is not diligent and not lazy, training in the three hottest days of summer and the three coldest days of winter?

When Li Shuwen was young, he practiced martial arts. He would go to the boxing ring in the middle of the night, and then go home from the boxing ring after practicing boxing. It was a round trip of more than ten kilometers, and he had to do farm work after practicing boxing.

Gong Baosen spent at least six hours standing and boxing every day, day after day, for decades without interruption.

Even Bruce Lee, the most famous person in later generations, always had some crushed newspapers in his hands in order to develop amazing hand grip strength.

For these masters who truly love martial arts, the happiest thing every day is to practice boxing. They practice martial arts in everything they do, such as walking, sweeping the floor, and working. Even modern professional boxers find it difficult to do this.

So how can these masters not be powerful?

But how many martial artists who love martial arts so much can endure loneliness?

Most martial artists are eager for quick success and instant benefits. They can't calm down when standing. After practicing routines, they are eager to fight. After learning to receive and counterattack, they think they can fight.

They can only fight with people who can also counter moves. If the opponent has no moves, they are at a loss.

They will never know that "masters" of their level, those who are doing well in the future basically enter the entertainment industry, and those who are not doing well become Ma Baoguo.

But can all the faults for this situation be attributed to these half-baked martial artists?

It really can't be. The fault is not theirs, but the masters like Gong Baosen, and the officials who proposed to promote national martial arts and save the country with national martial arts.

The biggest mistake of national martial arts is that it should not be so popular and prosperous.

Because martial arts, especially traditional martial arts, should be a niche thing and should not become the mainstream.

On average, martial artists spend at least four or five hours practicing martial arts every day. In this era when ordinary people can't get enough food, who can spend so much time practicing martial arts every day?

If traditional martial arts want to achieve something, it will take at least three to five years to start, and there is even a saying that "Tai Chi does not go out for ten years."

Who can afford this time?

Everyone needs to earn money to eat. To practice martial arts, you spend energy, manpower and financial resources, practice four or five hours a day, and learn for three to five years or even more than ten years. With this time and energy, wouldn’t it be better for me to make more money? Wouldn’t it be better for me to spend my time on more meaningful things?

Besides, what can you do after learning martial arts?

Be a bodyguard for others? Join the army? Or become a martial arts master?

Are these three prospects really worth so much?

So why learn martial arts?

The only reason left is "strengthening the country and the race."

Young people who plunged into the martial arts industry to strengthen the country and the race had their enthusiasm and passion worn out in the boring process of standing and polishing their bodies. Then, under the pressure of reality, they had to follow the crowd and take shortcuts to become so-called "masters".

In order to prove their own value, masters began to praise each other commercially and began to deceive the leeks to enter the market.

So the martial arts industry became more prosperous, but there were still a few people who could really fight. There was no change.

With so many fake masters, it was inevitable that they would be exposed, so they found an excuse-national martial arts is a killing technique, only killing, not performing. Because you can't kill people, you can only demonstrate the training method, not the fighting method.

This is a good excuse, but the question is-how many dead heads are in your family's sauce jar?

Otherwise, if you don't kill a few people, how did you practice the fighting method that only kills people?

According to what they said, all masters who claim that national martial arts only kill people should be arrested for murder.

But the fact is that no fake master will be arrested for killing people while practicing martial arts, but real martial artists who can really fight are sometimes wanted for killing people.

This is the current situation of the martial arts world in the Republic of China.

Although the masters are committed to reform, if they really want to reform, the first thing they should reform is to reform the national martial arts itself, to revolutionize the inheritance theory, to overthrow most of the theoretical systems passed down by the ancestors, and to fundamentally deny the inheritance theories of various schools.

What about Yin Yang, Five Elements, Eight Trigrams, and Golden Elixir? All of them should be cleared up, telling the world that they were just talking nonsense before, and martial arts are not that mysterious.

What about the ancestors of Yue Fei, Li Kui, and Yang Jiajiang? All of them should be thrown away, telling everyone that their martial arts have nothing to do with these historical celebrities, and they were just to gild themselves in the past...

After reforming the ancestors, they will reform the martial arts.

First, most martial arts schools should be disbanded, telling the world that martial arts schools are opened to cheat money. If you really want to strengthen your body, you don’t need to practice martial arts, just work hard to make money and eat and drink well.

Second, we need to tell the world that there is no need for so many people to practice martial arts, because most people cannot practice martial arts. There are only two or three true disciples in each school, and the rest of the disciples are kept for money.

Who has this courage?

Faced with such a huge vested interest group, even the masters themselves are vested interests, can they really change? Do they really have the ability to destroy so many people's jobs?

So they shouted slogans loudly, but the national martial arts still stagnated after making changes, and the situation is even getting worse.

The root cause is that martial arts has been turned into a business, and it is still a sunset industry.