Chapter 130: The True Face of Traditional Martial Arts
There is a European martial arts coach named Victor, who is very famous in mixed martial arts, and after he came into contact with Wing Chun, he found that Wing Chun has shortcomings: that is, the pace is not flexible, and the midline principle is very rigid, the leg technique is also very small, and the ground technique is similar to non-existent.
After a period of in-depth research, Victor invented a new fighting system born from Wing Chun: the hands are more like a pair of wings, so it is called 'wing fighting'.
This kind of 'wing fighting' is not confined to the 'midline principle' of traditional Wing Chun, but achieves the effect of defending the midline of traditional Wing Chun by constantly shaking his body and attacking at the same time in actual combat, and with more flexible steps and ground techniques, Victor has achieved good results in the ring with this 'wing fighting'.
Since then, 'wing fighting' has become famous and has become a common fighting technique in MMA ring.
However, in China, traditional martial arts focus on 'inheritance' rather than 'innovation'.
As long as someone proposes to 'innovate' in a boxing technique, no matter how successful he is in innovation, some people will stand up and criticize him for 'betraying his ancestors,' 'fooling around,' and being nondescript.
Now in which country in the world has people scolded Bruce Lee the most? People have become gods in foreign countries, but they have been scolded by trolls in China and have no skin.
Bruce Lee's daughter sued for infringement and used her father image to advertise, and there were trolls saying that other people's daughters wanted money, wanted to be famous, and wanted to go crazy.
One day someone makes money from your dad's picture, and you're so happy to see it?
Well, trolls are basically brainless.
In addition to the countless troll factors, there is also one factor, which is that there are too few actual battles. There are too few competitions, and folk martial arts competitions can only be carried out secretly, and injuries have to be borne by themselves. It's no wonder if it's not in decline.
The martial arts inheritance accepted by Yang Meng is Huang Feihu's way of killing, so the judgment of various traditional martial arts is naturally from the battlefield.
"Do you think Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is strong?" Yang Meng asked Long Teng and Bai Zedao.
The two nodded together: "The ground technology is indeed very strong!"
Yang Meng smiled: "When such a person goes to the battlefield, he is looking for death." How did the ancient marching army fight a battle? First, the formation was arranged, and then one formation fought with the other side one by one, and after this formation was completed, the next formation continued. The reason is very simple, you think, in ancient times, wars were fought by tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of people, and what was the most fearful thing for so many people standing together? Stampede! You think, 10,000 people move in one direction together, what will happen if 100 people suddenly have nerves and rush in the opposite direction? At that time, whoever lies on the ground first will die first! And at this time, what is the strength on the battlefield? Xingyi Fist, you know? And Xingyi Fist is born from the marksmanship of Yue Feiyue's army!
"Huh?" Bai Ze was a little confused: "How can this fist and marksmanship be linked?
Yang Meng smiled: "All traditional martial arts are handed down from the battlefield! For example, the 'three-body pose' of Xingyi Fist, the front hand defends the throat and chest, and the back hand defends the abdomen and little brother, what if you take a spear between these two hands? Is that the best defensive posture for pikemen? And then use mud steps to advance to achieve the integration of attack and defense, this is the reason why the Yue family army was invincible back then! And you go to the battlefield to put on a Muay Thai defensive posture to try? That is to find death!
Bai Ze practiced Muay Thai, but after comparing the defensive posture of Muay Thai and the defensive posture of Xingyi Boxing, he found that it was really as Yang Meng said.
"Master, you said that all the fighting skills came down from the battlefield?
Yang Meng said with a smile: "What's true or false about this? For example, Taijiquan, it is said that Taijiquan pays attention to 'four or two dialing a thousand catties', pays attention to 'borrowing strength' and 'fighting fast with slow', but how many people can really do this? But imagine if it was a sword and shield soldier on the battlefield in ancient times?"
Long Teng and Bai Ze were stunned when they heard Yang Meng's words: If Taijiquan fights with bare hands, those formulas such as 'borrowing strength to fight force', 'playing fast with slow' and 'dialing a thousand catties in four or two' are really difficult to apply, but if the sword and shield are held in hand, others cut them with a knife and protect them with a shield, this is 'fighting fast with a slow', and then using the shield to open the opponent's weapon, this is 'four or two dialing a thousand catties', and finally taking advantage of the opponent's weapon when the opponent's center of gravity is unstable to make up for a knife, isn't this 'borrowing force to fight'?
Yang Meng smiled: "It seems that you have all figured it out, now there are some ground attack tricks in Chen-style Taijiquan and Yang's Taijiquan, such as the 'Cutting Dragon' and 'Falling Fork' in Chen-style Taijiquan, and the 'Submarine Needle' in Yang's Taijiquan. Do you think, when these sword and shield soldiers face the spearmen, the lower the center of gravity, the lower the chance of injury? These tricks are all tricks to hold the shield and move forward, avoid the spears above, and then attack the opponent's lower body with a knife! By the way, there is also a trick in Taijiquan called 'Catching the Bird's Tail', what is this trick for? Do you think! You are a sword and shield soldier, rushing in front of the opponent's gun formation, at this time you desperately hold the opponent's several spears, at this time your comrades-in-arms can rush in and chop the meat filling? And now, 'catching the bird's tail' has become a trick to hug the legs and wrestle, is the effect greatly reduced?"
Long Teng and Bai Ze fell into deep thought after hearing this, and Duan Bowen on the side asked curiously: "Mr. Yang, then according to your statement, traditional martial arts should instead pay attention to actual combat?" That's why you let Long Teng and Bai Ze go through this kind of training now?"
"Exactly. Yang Meng nodded and said.
"But。。。。。。 Duan Bowen thought for a while and said: "Mr. Yang, according to you, all kinds of boxing techniques are born out of war, and there are 129 traditional martial arts in our country. Did all this come out of war?"
"Not really. Yang Meng shook his head and said: "After all, not everyone has experienced war, but most of them have emerged from actual combat." There are also some more interesting types of boxing. ”
"What's interesting?" Duan Bowen asked, puzzled.
"For example, the long fist, known as the 'mother of a hundred fists', is a boxing method developed by a little hooligan brawl to put it bluntly. Okay, if I say that, don't spread it, someone must be scolding me! I said this is speculation!" Yang Meng said.
Duan Bowen said with a smile: "Then I don't know why Mr. Yang guessed so much?" Yang Meng said: "When you understand Changquan, you will find out what are the characteristics of Changquan? First of all, pay attention to the small arm use technique 'bridge hand', which is a common defensive means in street fights; in addition, pay attention to movement, punch to change places; and finally the most critical, Changquan is the most important of all boxing methods 'Wang Baquan'." Don't underestimate the 'Wang Baquan', no matter what fighting skills, it is really 'Wang Baquan', and the 'Wang Baquan' is also the most instinctive boxing method for human beings. And what are the characteristics of Wang Baquan? All the power is thrown out in one go! The first few punches are full of power, and the back is the 'small fist hammer chest,' and isn't this the most commonly used in hooligan fights?"
Duan Bowen laughed out loud: "Okay, Mr. Yang, it makes sense for you to say that, so what other interesting boxing techniques are there?"
Yang Meng thought for a while: "According to my understanding, Baguazhang is also a very interesting boxing technique!"
Bai Ze on the side said after hearing this: "Master, I want to say a few words when you say this, I have a friend who has known each other since childhood, we were originally in a sports school, he practiced Baguazhang, I admit that this boxing method has merits, not to mention the cumbersome technique, the constantly wandering body makes people dizzy, but the striking power is too weak, in order to increase the striking power, he has to practice iron sand palm to increase the attack power, many people who practice Baguazhang do this. However, the Bagua palm body method is flexible, and it can't exert the power of the iron sand palm. So now he doesn't even know how to practice. Is it only to participate in martial arts competitions and perform routines?"
Yang Meng asked rhetorically: "Your friend grew up with you, so you should know the unique weapon of Baguazhang, right?"
Bai Ze nodded: "Of course, this is one of my friend's fixed performance projects, which is a pair of 'Meridian Mandarin Duck Yue', also known as 'Sun and Moon Qiankun Sword', which is said to be a weapon personally invented by Dong Haichuan, the founder of Baguazhang." That thing is indeed quite delicate, and it can hook people, scratch, stab and cut, do you mean to use this pair of weapons to use Baguazhang?"
Yang Meng shook his head: "Not at all." Your understanding of Baguazhang is wrong. What type of boxing method does this Baguazhang belong to? ”
"Assassination Fist?" Bai Ze was stunned when he heard this.
Yang Meng nodded: "Why does Baguazhang pay attention to body techniques and exquisite techniques? It is for assassination services, and those killers don't need any 'meridian mandarin ducks', just one person can hold two sickles in his hand! Do you think, if there is a killer with two sickles rushing at you with an extremely strange body method, the two sickles are constantly attacking your neck, tendons, hamstrings, thighs and other places, and when you make a knife, he has already chopped you five or six times, and you want to fight back after chopping? What do you think the 'Nine Palace Steps' in the Bagua Palm are for? To put it bluntly, it is the technique of wandering around the crowd or in the woods to dodge and counterattack! Remember, traditional martial arts are the ones that pay the most attention to actual combat! And what we are using now are 'improved' traditional martial arts that are better at performing, is this a concept? It's not that traditional martial arts are not strong, it's really our own reason!"
At this moment, a white coat outside the door rushed in and interrupted their conversation: "Young Master Long, the results are out, there is nothing wrong with you!"
Yang Meng frowned when he saw it: "Huh, why are you?"