Organic Farm Author: Farmer is flying

Chapter 106: Baseball and Tai Chi

When we came to the court, we first ran to warm up. Tagawa's warm-up was the same as before, mainly running. He had a lot of stamina and a lot of exercise, running a full lap around more than 50 acres of fallow land, a full distance of 3,000 meters, and he was very fast. Steve was amazed and asked him, "Have you ever been an athlete? ”

"I'm never an athlete, but I'm used to running 5,000 meters a day, which is about three miles," Tagawa said. There are a few other sports programs, and the morning exercise time is about two hours. ”

Steve asked, "Look at your speed, it takes about half an hour to run three miles, what kind of exercise do you do the rest of the time?"

Tagawa said: "Practice strength and Chinese kung fu, tai chi. ”

"TAICHI?" STEVE ASKED CURIOUSLY, "I THINK I'VE HEARD OF THIS, IS IT THE SAME KUNG FU AS BRUCE LEE?"

Tian Chuan said: "Almost, we have many types of Chinese kung fu, we call them 'sects', and Tai Chi is one of them, which is very famous in China. ”

Little George clapped his hands next to him and said, "I know Bruce Lee, it's amazing!

Tian Chuan nodded and said, "Okay." It's just that Tai Chi is a little special, and the movements seem a little slow. After the fight, George was a little puzzled and hesitated to ask, "Tian, can this kung fu of yours really knock down others?"

Tagawa said, "It's slow, but it can be used for martial arts. ”

Xu Jingyi also proved on the side: "Yes, I have seen him do it with others, and he knocked down several people on the other side in just a few clicks, and many of our classmates have seen it and like him very much." ”

Steve was also a little puzzled, and asked tentatively, "Tian, can you really fight with this kind of slow kung fu like boxing or Bruce Lee's fast kung fu?" I have practiced a little boxing, can I try it?"

Tagawa said, "Yes. I've been promoting Tai Chi fighting techniques during this time, and I'm more hands-on with people, so if you're interested, you can also give it a try. I don't have a lot of fights with boxers, so it's a good time to try it here. ”

Steve told his son to run home to get the gloves and braces, and Steve put on the gloves and braces, and asked Tagawa to wear them. "The gloves affect my feeling of strength, so I don't wear gloves," Tagawa said. Our Tai Chi is characterized by very precise control of the power in the hands, and basically does not use punches and kicks, which will not hurt you. ”

The two exchanged hands in the open space of the court. Steve's speed is fast, his reflexes are fast, and he has a lot of power, especially his left hand, which is very threatening. Tagawa responded with the short unloading method he had mastered to deal with rapid attacks, and took advantage of Steve's recovery movement from his right hand to follow up on the counterattack and push Steve down. After a few consecutive times, Steve changed his offensive strategy, no longer using false moves to probe and directly attacked with heavy punches, but the speed of the heavy punches was slower, and Tagawa had plenty of time to suppress his offensive and counterattack, basically when Steve threw a punch, and the victory was basically achieved.

Both Steve and George, father and son, saw clearly that Tagawa always launched a counterattack in defense, never attacking or dodging first, but directly met his attacking punches. Whether he unleashed a tentative trick or an actual punch, Tagawa was able to gain the upper hand with a single force contact, and then pushed Steve down or counter-jointed.

Due to the short distance, Tagawa was a little slower than Steve in every hand-to-hand move, but the effect was surprisingly good, which surprised the father and son.

After more than a dozen consecutive encounters, Steve reluctantly gave up, completely unable to fight, and every shot of Tagawa was obviously restrained, and Steve was not injured at all, which can also be seen that Steve has no ability to force Tagawa to use all his strength.

At this moment, there was a cheer in the distance, and several guys who were too strong to talk approached. Steve pulled Tian Chuan and introduced to several people: "This is Tian Chuan from China, a very good catcher, and a master of Chinese kung fu." He pointed to a few people and said, "Tian, this is a few guys from our baseball team." ”

The new arrivals introduced themselves:

A tall, lanky black man said, "I'm Johnson, second baseman, playing sixth base." ”

One arm is like Tagawa Dai

A strong white man as thick as his legs: "I'm Mike, third baseman, third baseman." Everyone calls me Grizzly Bear. ”

A tall, black-haired middle-aged man with a well-proportioned body: "I'm also Mike, an outfielder, the second stick, although I look big, I can jump very high, everyone calls me a whale." ”

Finally, a small man who looked a little thin: "I'm Powell, first stick, everyone calls me a rabbit." ”

"Paul and Cindy haven't come yet, so let's move for a while and practice when they come," Steve said. Johnson was very anxious and said, "Let's practice first, and then join when they come." ”

The others had no opinion and immediately started practicing. They call Paul the catcher, Cindy is the second pitcher, the catcher is the team's on-court commander, and it is not easy to practice tactics without a catcher. Powell said: "Tian can be a catcher, don't delay the practice." ”

"Steve said I could be a catcher, but I never officially played on a team," Tagawa said. Before I met Steve, I didn't even know where I fit in the team. I can catch the ball as a catcher, but I don't have the ability to direct the team's tactics. ”

The newcomers were surprised, not knowing the pitcher's intentions, and it was difficult to catch every ball.

At this point, Steve said, "Don't be surprised, he can catch all my shots, even though he doesn't know where I threw them." He's a genius. He beckoned to everyone: "Come on, let's practice." ”

The practice process is actually not complicated, Steve throws the ball, Tagawa catches the ball behind home plate, the other people take turns hitting the ball, the others do one as the first baseman, and the rest as shortstop catches. When Steve hits the ball, either Grizzly Bear Mike or Tagawa throws the ball, and when Tagawa hits the ball, the catcher is vacant and the home plate catcher is replaced by the home plate catcher. Since we don't practice running bases, everyone has a relatively easy time.

After a while, Paul and Sindy arrived, the personnel were more organized, and the rotation of positions during practice was more convenient.

Paul is a right-handed pitcher, his throwing style is completely different from that of left-handed Steve, his power is not as great as Steve's, and his speed is a little slower, but his ball has a strong spin, and the change of direction during flight is very obvious, which is more demanding on the batsman and catcher. These two pitchers, with very different styles, are the ace killer of their team, and when they alternate on the court, it is often difficult for the opposing player to adapt to it, and there are often shots.

When Cindy arrived, Tagawa gave him back the catcher's position and focused on practicing his shots.

He had almost no chance to practice his batting at home, and when he got such a practice opportunity, of course he refused to let it go, squeezed the other guys aside, and happily practiced himself. Others were completely reduced to the role of shortstops who picked up the ball.

After nearly two hours of practice, Tagawa's batting success rate skyrocketed, and he was more and more sure of hitting high-speed bocce hits and outcourt high shots that could become home runs. Later, both pitchers went on strike: after two hours of continuous pitching in the summer afternoon sun, although they were alternating breaks, they had exhausted their energy and could no longer shoot. And Tagawa this change

state, almost hitting the ball many times in a row, can still break the stick, the outcourt high fly ball is still high and far, there is a great chance to become a home run.

Steve and Paul went to rest, and Tagawa threw for the others for more than half an hour before everyone returned to the house for afternoon tea at Jenny's urging.

A few guys crowded into the small bathroom in Steve's living room, showered, changed clothes, and sat in the living room refreshed.

Xiao Hui and Xu Jingyi, who went to watch the game, were already bored watching it, and a group of big men took turns to pick up the stick to hit a small ball thrown out, which didn't look like such an interesting thing. I had already returned to the house early to help Jenny prepare afternoon tea.

While drinking tea and eating snacks, a group of people talked about Tagawa's ability to play, and everyone agreed that he could play the catcher position in the team, and at the same time make a strong base, hit the third or fourth base, and can also temporarily replace the position of the shortstop or outfielder, which is a rare good hand.

At this time, Steve said: "Not only that, Tian's Chinese kung fu is also very good, and I can't beat him with boxing." ”

Hearing Steve's statement, the team was interested, and Grizzly Mike said: "Whale Mike has played amateur games, much better than Steve, let him try." Steve also thought he could give it a try, and Tagawa also wanted to try his feelings with boxers more, so he agreed.

When actually fighting, Tagawa found that Whale Mike was much faster than Steve, and his height was close to two meters, his arm span was very long, and his attack was very powerful. Tagawa responds to all changes with the same and still uses the same method to deal with Steve.

Mike, on the other hand, is not as able to be knocked down by Tagawa in a single move as Steve, and he is often able to use flexible footwork and a change of center of gravity to free himself from Tagawa's counter-attacks. Mike was very uncomfortable with Tagawa's strange style of play, and he constantly adjusted his tactics to put pressure on Tagawa with more ferocious and tricky attacks. But Tagawa still maintains his own style of play, as long as Mike punches him, regardless of whether it is real or false, he will catch it

Seize the opportunity to launch a counterattack and force Mike into a struggling defensive situation.

In just a few minutes, Mike has been pushed down or restrained several times by Tagawa, and none of his punches hit Tagawa once, and then Mike throws in the towel, and the fight is too frustrating.

Everyone was interested in this kind of slow kung fu and asked Tagawa to teach them. Tian Chuan did not hide his selfishness, and immediately explained the principle of playing slowly and quickly and the way of listening to the force, and taught them the basic practice method of the four positive pushers, and several guys practiced with great interest on the spot.

As for the basic skills of the routines and other exercises, Tagawa didn't have time to teach them one by one, so he asked for their respective email addresses, and said that he would send them an email and send some information when he returned. As a result, I didn't expect that among these guys who only knew how to farm and play, only the muscular grizzly bear Mike had his own email address.