43. Mantis boxing

On the rooftop in the morning, Ip Man and Zhao Bo were dressed up and ready to go to the Wushu Association, which had already sent a post yesterday telling Ip Man that he could be certified today.

When I came to the Martial Arts Association, I saw a spacious room, in the middle of which was a round table with a diameter of about two meters, and on the ground around the round table, there were many stools upside down, with the legs of the stools facing the sky, representing the sword mountain.

On the periphery, there were some martial artists, they all looked at Ye Man and Zhao Bo who came in, behind them, they were all their own apprentices, and everyone had the name of the martial arts hall written on their clothes, which was quite unified.

Zhao Bo saw the names of the two martial arts halls he heard when he first crossed over, Junting Martial Arts Hall and Zheng Liwei Martial Arts Hall, and Zhao Bo knew who those two guys were after seeing them, Mantis Boxing and Swimming Baguazhang.

Zhao Bo is still very curious about these two kung fu, because it is very distinctive, mantis boxing is a kind of pictographic boxing, which is mainly based on imitating animals, such as monkey boxing, snake boxing, eagle claw boxing, etc., all of which are developed from the actions of animals, especially Hua Tuo's five bird plays, which are the best among them.

Praying mantis boxing is the same as its name, is to imitate the action of the praying mantis hunting, the hands imitate the mantis's knife arms, the legs sink to imitate the hind limbs of the praying mantis, is facing the side, virtual and real mutual, long and short, rigid and soft, hands and feet at the same time, making people elusive, unguardable.

Swimming in Baguazhang is also a very famous kung fu, because its pace is criss-crossed, divided into four positive corners and eight directions, similar to the hexagram in the "Zhou Yi" Bagua diagram, it looks quite metaphysical, and it can make people dizzy around it, and then hit you after being dizzy, this can be had.

As for what genre other martial artists are, Zhao Bo doesn't know, after all, it is not shown in the movie, and he has the opportunity to try them one by one.

On the main seat of the association, there is a fat man who looks quite mighty, and he has the most apprentices behind him, and he is worthy of Hong Zhennan, the master of Hong Boxing, and his aura is admirable.

"Hello masters, in Xia Ye Wen, Foshan people, new to Hong Kong Island, please give me more advice."

Ip Man will introduce himself first, when people are counted, Ip Man still has the style of a gentleman.

"Hello Master Ye, everyone, this is Master Ye, you want to start a sect on Hong Kong Island, so today you are here to meet friends with martial arts, accept everyone's challenge, Master Ye, the rule is to surrender and lose, fall outside the table is considered to lose, a stick of incense is burned, if you are still standing on the table, you can join the martial arts association and start a sect on Hong Kong Island, I don't know if Master Ye has any problems."

Hong Zhennan stood up and returned the salute, and at the same time told Ip Man the rules that as long as he won the challenge, he would be able to start a sect.

"No, Master Hong, I know everything."

Ip Man had already heard Zhao Bo say it, and he was already mentally prepared for this level.

"Okay, let's start without a problem."

Hong Zhennan said, and at the same time motioned for Ip Man to come to the table.

Ye Man took off his robe and handed it to Zhao Bo, then walked through those stools, came to the round table, and jumped on the round table lightly, a set of actions were unremarkable, which made the surrounding martial artists a little sneered, there was no technical content at all, at this level, how to attract apprentices to come to apprentice.

After Ip Man was on the table, Hong Zhennan signaled to light the incense, which was regarded as the official start of the challenge, and then as long as he could persist in this incense, even if he succeeded, the time of this incense stick was about half an hour, and it was not easy to completely stick to it.

"Which master will win the jackpot, don't be modest and polite."

Hong Zhennan looked at these martial artists and said politely.

Hiding clumsiness is a habit of Chinese people, can't say good or bad, anyway, it's good for Ip Man now, two minutes have passed, no one is willing to take the lead, they are all holding tea bowls to make tea, or they just look left and right, pretending to be bored, they all want someone to go up to try Ip Man's quality first.

Otherwise, it will be a shame to go up rashly, and it will be a shame to be beaten down, you must know that the apprentices are still following behind, if you lose face, how will you accept apprentices in the future.

Zhao Bo looked at these martial artists, and felt a burst of contempt in his heart, as a martial artist, he must have an indomitable momentum, if he hesitates to do things, then he will hesitate to punch, no wonder they will be buried by time and unable to leave a name in history, it is their psychology that makes their martial arts realm unable to be perfect, martial arts have no high or low, and talents have high and low.

"Then let me grab a jackpot!"

It's been almost five minutes, and finally someone has stepped forward, it's Master Mantis Boxing.

Even if Master Luo stood up, Zhao Bo didn't think Master Luo had any future, if he didn't stand up before, it was hesitation and cowardice, but now standing up is reckless, and timing is the most important thing.

Compared with Ip Man's blandness on the table, Master Luo is much more brilliant, he set up the shelf, like a large praying mantis, and gently jumped onto the upside-down stool, pointing the stool legs on the toes of his feet, and the two jumps on the round table.

This way of serving the table made Master Luo's apprentices applaud one after another, this is the master, just looking at the means of serving the table, his tuition was not paid in vain.

Other martial artists are not so excited, what is this, pediatrics, anyone who often walks the plum blossom pile can do this, so they can deceive laymen, and no one can be bluffed by insiders.

"Mantis Fist Luo Yongjin, please advise."

After serving the table, Master Luo stood up straight and hugged Ye Man with a fist.

"Wing Chun asked, please advise."

Ip Man returned the salute, and then pulled out the stance, and Master Luo was the same.

Master Luo's body was lowered, twisted hard, his body jumped up like a spring, his legs swept towards Ye Man's head, and when he came up, he made a big move, and Master Luo really didn't want to be embarrassed.

Ip Man dodged Master Luo's sweep, and raised his hand to block the upper kick, horizontal hammer, and lower stroke, which can be said to be a courtesy three-point, and he never fought back, showing his respect for the martial arts on Hong Kong Island.

After three polite moves, Ip Man fought back, and after blocking Master Luo's punch, his palm hit Master Luo's neck directly, and kicked Master Luo's knee again, making Master Luo's legs raise and lie on the round table.

Master Luo, who was beaten down, felt that his face was hot, he was really panicked, he was beaten so embarrassed, and he was embarrassed in front of his apprentice, Master Luo couldn't bear it anymore, his body turned, and he kicked the sky on the table, forcing Ye Man to take two steps back before he turned over.

Master Luo, who has suffered losses, understands that Ip Man's strength is definitely not weak, and he will definitely not be able to win against Ip Man, so the next thing to consider is how to end up decently, at least to hit Ip Man.