At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, it was a period of change, and most of the Chinese martial arts masters made a living from darts, and their skills were exquisite, and with the change of society, they gradually lost their livelihoods.

Characteristics of Chinese martial artists who defeated foreign boxing masters in modern Chinese and foreign boxer duels:

Most of them are in their 40s and 50s, or even almost 60 years old. The fact that such an aged Chinese martial arts master defeated a foreign boxer is a surprising phenomenon in itself.

According to newspaper reports and eyewitness accounts at the time, these foreign boxers were knocked to the ground within a few moves, or thrown out of the box and could not get up, and did not appear in the scene of more than 10 rounds of boxing grappling.

But if you think deeply, you can find that most of the masters of these Chinese martial arts masters are martial arts masters of the original bodyguards, they have learned a skill, but they are facing social changes, and the profession of military bodyguards is gone, but they have inherited the fighting martial arts of their masters and the fierce spirit of the people in the martial arts. It is said that he has empty skills, dares to fight, but has nowhere to use. Therefore, whenever a foreign boxer comes to China to provoke, his colleagues respond to each other.

Che Yonghong, Huo Yuanjia, Han Muxia, Wang Ziping, Chen Zizheng, Sun Lutang, Tong Zhongyi, Yang Fawu, Ma Jindang, Wang Qianzhai, Cai Longyun...... All of them are modern times to promote the national prestige, thwart the arrogance of foreign boxers of the martial arts, the practice of martial arts tangible boxing, Yiquan, check boxing, elastic legs, traces, eagle claws, Baguazhang, [***], Huaquan and so on, but no matter what kind of school, all involve internal strength, the older the more profound the internal strength.

They belong to a group of Chinese martial arts masters left over from the Qing Dynasty, but these are only martial artists who have made a name for themselves in the duel between China and foreign countries, and there are many more martial artists who are not known to the world.

With the acceleration of social change, martial arts are gradually useless, and these martial artists are facing the situation of losing their livelihoods, and they have less to practice boxing, or no one to inherit what they have learned.

In terms of inheritance alone, there are extremely worrying issues.

There are too many excellent national arts in China that cannot be passed down in history for various reasons, and martial arts belonged to a turbulent stage in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

There is nowhere to learn, the master is poor, and the disciple has no intention of practicing martial arts.

It's easy for something to be lost, but when people need it again, they find that it's gone.

Just like Han Muxia, in previous years, he was so poor that the warlord asked him to teach martial arts for 200 yuan a month, but the condition was that he could no longer teach others, Han Muxia was very atmospheric, and he was afraid that he would not be able to provoke him, so Han Muxia had to climb on the roof and fall down, breaking his hand and hip bone, and then deliberately picking it up, making himself a waste, and in his later years, he made a living by setting up a cigarette stall and acupuncture.

As far as the development of various schools in China is concerned, martial arts is based on the atmosphere of the north, and monasticism is mostly in the south. This is mainly a matter of historical development, the territory of the Northern and Southern Song Dynasty is mostly in the south, and the Southern Song Dynasty is even more so, and the monasticism reached its peak in the Southern Song Dynasty, and then began to weaken in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The Ming and Qing dynasties were mainly in the north, because the capital was in the north, and the martial artists had a characteristic that they were more dependent on the world than the cultivators.

However, martial artists pay more attention to practicality, such as Yu Dayou, a famous anti-Japanese general in the Ming Dynasty, who is known as the master of "the first in the world of horse step bows", and has a deep study of "Zhou Yi" and applies it to military affairs.

Powerful martial artists have a characteristic, that is, they have a dabble in "Zhou Yi", such as Sun Lutang, who Xia Jun wants to visit, and he studied gossip with Cheng Tinghua for several months in order to study "Zhou Yi".

The internal strength is related to "Lao Tzu" and "Zhuangzi", "Lao Tzu" clarifies the Tao, and "Zhuangzi" clarifies the way the human body absorbs 'qi', how the innate absorbs the innate qi, and what happens the day after tomorrow are clearly written. The depths of Laozhuang have influenced the development of Chinese civilization since the Spring and Autumn Period.

Sun Lutang, whom Xia Jun visited, had been recruited by Xu Shichang, a veteran of Beiyang, at this time, but Xia Jun didn't care about it, he came to the capital this time to rob Xu Shichang.

Grabbing people requires skill, especially in China in this era, down to ordinary peasants, up to writers, and grandmasters are very particular about integrity, backbone, and honor, especially these groups with cultural heritage.

Therefore, Xia Jun went to visit Sun Lutang in the name of apprenticeship.

Sun Lutang was teaching apprentice Hai Guiyuan Xingyi Quan at home this day, this is the apprentice he just received, and his qualifications are one of the many disciples, which has made Sun Lutang very happy.

Good apprentices are hard to find in these years, and Sun Lutang has never met any talented disciples when he opened a martial arts hall in his hometown to recruit disciples, which often makes him sigh.

At this time, Sun Lutang suddenly heard a rumor that Xia Jun, the king of East China, was going to come to his house to learn art, and he was stunned for a long time.

Xia Jun, the king of East China, Sun Lutang picked up the newspaper from the side, and it was a photo of Xia Jun when he was awarded, this is this morning's newspaper, which made a detailed report on the process of Xia Jun being crowned King of East China and General Jianwei yesterday, as well as the state banquet.

In this period of change, most of the martial arts masters are also concerned about national affairs, and in the morning Sun Lutang is still talking about the victory in Shandong, he has been talking about this for many days, and he is not tired of discussing it with others.

Knowing that Xia Jun was coming to visit, Sun Lutang hurriedly asked people to prepare, so as not to be rude.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Xia Jun's motorcade drove to the front of Sun Lutang's house, and Sun Lutang lived in a small courtyard, which was considered medium in Yanjing.

Xia Jun got out of the car, and Sun Lutang hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"The chairman of the committee came to the humble house, which really made the old man feel deeply sluggish." Sun Lutang bows down and holds the fist, the Chinese gesture of holding the fist has a special doorway, the man's left hand is yang, the right hand is yin, the left hand is outside when holding the fist, the right hand is inside, and the left thumb forms a cross under the right thumb, which is Tai Chi, and the qi can be communicated. Maintain this position, and the thumbs of both hands will be noticeably felt. In the case of a woman, the right hand is on the outside and the left hand is on the inside.

"Sir doesn't need to be polite, the student is here to learn from Mr. to learn art, and Mr. can treat me as an ordinary disciple." Xia Jun hurriedly helped Sun Lutang up and said sincerely.

"Chairman, let's go into the house first!" Sun Lutang straightened up and stretched out his hand to Xia Jun, Xia Jun nodded and said, "Okay." ”

The two entered the living room, and Sun Lutang's subordinates immediately made tea and served fruits and snacks prepared in advance.

"The chairman of the committee can come to the cold house, the cold house is really full of brilliance today, and with the merits of the chairman today, I am afraid that the threshold of old decay will be trampled on by someone after a few days." Sun Lutang smiled after sitting down.

"Mr. is famous in the capital, no one knows, students just don't come, Mr. is also here like a guest." Xia Jun directly called himself a student, and he knew that he was going to fight to the death at this time, so that Sun Lutang could not refuse.

"I don't know what you want to learn here, I don't know what you want to learn?" Sun Lutang touched his beard and asked Xia Jun, but he was not ambiguous in this regard.

Xia Jun thought for a while and said, "First, I want to learn some kung fu from Mr. to strengthen my body, and secondly, I want to discuss the inheritance of national arts with Mr. ”

"Inheritance of national arts...... Not! What is the chairman's opinion? Sun Lutang was not too nervous, and soon talked to Xia Jun with a normal heart.

Sun Lutang is not restrained, that is, he knows that the young man in front of him has a good character and is upright, which is obvious to all, and it is indeed admirable.

Xia Jun was able to visit today, which made Sun Lutang really happy.

"Sir, you can know that today's society is changing rapidly, firearms are rapidly popularizing, and whether you can do martial arts is becoming less and less important among the two types of darts and military service. Those who practice martial arts gradually have no livelihood, and practicing martial arts is gradually useless, if it continues for a long time, my Chinese martial arts will definitely continue to weaken. Xia Jun said, Sun Lutang couldn't help but nodded, in recent years, Sun Lutang has a deep understanding that many martial artists can't find anything to do, famous martial artists like them are better to say, there are still many things to do, but those low-level martial artists are not good, and their words are becoming more and more sluggish.

The difference between the upper and lower levels is already very large, and it is inevitable that it will not last long.

"The idea of the students is to use a variety of channels to make a living for the martial arts, first of all, there is still a livelihood in the army, and the East China Army will hire martial artists to teach officers and soldiers to practice internal skills and hard skills. In addition, schools can hire martial artists to teach students to practice martial arts to strengthen their bodies. Positions such as police officers and security guards can also ask martial artists to teach martial arts. In addition, as long as the martial artist passes the assessment and has a certain ability and morality, he can obtain the qualification to open a martial arts hall in the provinces of East China. At the same time, events are set up, and each martial arts hall conducts martial arts competitions every year. ”

"Martial arts hall, how can this competition be compared?" Sun Lutang was very interested in asking, if he could agree with the chairman of the committee on a way to solve the problem of martial arts students, it would be a great thing.

"First of all, the martial arts hall has its own operation, and the tuition fees can be charged for recruiting martial arts members, which first solves the livelihood of martial artists. Secondly, if there are excellent disciples, they can be recruited into the martial arts hall and pass on the master's kung fu. And how to compare this competition, it is up to a master like Mr. to agree on the rules, the competition is to take the commercial route, the competition will charge tickets, so that the martial artist has a bonus, the bonus is still secondary, the main thing is that the martial arts hall can be famous in the competition, in order to attract more students to join, in addition, the martial artist can also become famous in the competition. If a martial artist becomes famous, he can be hired as an instructor by the army and school, and he can also be a bodyguard and security guard. It can also develop into the film and television industry, such as making movies, and we can even cultivate a world-class martial arts star. At the same time, we can not be limited to China, our Chinese martial arts can go abroad, as long as they are famous abroad, our martial artists can go abroad to serve as high-level security guards and bodyguards......"

Xia Jun had a very in-depth exchange with Sun Lutang, and expounded his views on the future livelihood of martial artists, some of which Sun Lutang did not understand, and asked Xia Jun for advice, and when he understood Xia Jun's thoughts, he exclaimed: "If the chairman of the committee can implement various strategies, the martial arts have a wide range of plans, far exceeding the previous generations, and can strengthen the national physique. ”

"But the most important thing is to inherit the current martial arts and strive to move forward." Xia Jun said, "These are still unstable, and our East China Political Axe will issue a guarantee to martial artists who have reached a certain level in the future to ensure their basic life, so that they will not be troubled by firewood, rice, oil and salt, and can concentrate on practicing martial arts and concentrating on teaching apprentices." ”

(To be continued)