026. The long-declining Chinese martial arts
"Is it because of the high threshold?" Yan Xiuze tried to answer.
"Yes, the threshold of Chinese martial arts is extremely high, and there is no certain Chinese cultural heritage, so it is difficult to understand some of the professional terms, which can be said to be 'difficult to learn and difficult to master'...... But this is not the main reason for the decline of martial arts. The instructor said lightly: "What really makes martial arts weak...... It's a preconception. ”
"Prejudice?"
The instructor lowered his head, thought silently for a while, organized his language, and then began: "The first thing I want to say is the outside world's prejudice about Chinese martial arts itself...... The Chinese martial arts circle experienced a catastrophe in the last century, when the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded China, and several martial arts masters who had stood at the peak of Chinese martial arts were actually shot to death...... The traditional Chinese martial arts were completely defeated by Western guns, not only because of the fall of the grandmaster, which led to the loss of martial arts...... What is even more fatal is the complete collapse of Chinese people's sense of identity and self-confidence in Chinese martial arts. ”
"After the war, the vitality of Chinese martial arts recovered slightly, but then the rise of martial arts novels...... Countless Chinese people believe that the so-called Chinese martial arts are the high and high light body kung fu, and the mysterious and mysterious inner true qi...... But once I saw the real Chinese martial arts, my faith immediately collapsed, and the gap was too great, and naturally turned from pink to black......"
"This is the Chinese people's 'stereotype' of Chinese martial arts......"
"The second is the 'stereotype' of modern martial arts in the Chinese martial arts circle."
The instructor paused, and then said: "Xiu Ze, do you know that in our Huaxia Kingdom, there are some old boxers who shoulder the responsibility of inheriting Huaxia martial arts, and they may not have fought with others in their lives. ”
"No......" Yan Xiuze frowned: "What kind of kung fu do you teach if you don't do it in your life?" ”
"It's not too accurate to say that you don't do it...... In fact, there are still tricks to feed each other. The instructor sighed: "But the number of actual battles is only a handful...... Think about it, if a martial arts is simply studying the fighting routines, but does not need to be tested in actual combat, how can it really improve? ”
"Those martial arts masters who hold their own identities...... It is said that he has obtained the essence of Chinese martial arts, but all of them are a large number of disciples, and they really have the opportunity to fight but never end up in person...... The apprentice is just blindly dismantling the move, if the apprentice dares to bring it up and fight with the master? Great rebellion! Where is the thousand-year-old tradition of respecting teachers in our Huaxia Kingdom? Hey hey ......"
With a sneer on the instructor's face, he continued:
"Therefore, there has always been a rumor among the martial arts factions in the world...... It's not good to practice Chinese martial arts...... I don't think it's good to be in real combat, there is no real combat at all! Where did the real kung fu of the hard bridge and hard horse go back then? Now, all that's left is a bunch of flowery shelves that are more ornate than practical......"
"This third point......
"And a third point?" Yan Xiuze rubbed his somewhat stiff face and muttered.
"This third point is the internal 'prejudice' between the major factions of Chinese martial arts."
When the instructor said this, he changed his previous cynical attitude, and his tone became a little gloomy: "The establishment and improvement of any martial arts system can never rely on the flash of one or two martial arts geniuses, but must rely on generations of martial artists who love martial arts and have the courage to innovate, rely on the technology of the times, and the accumulation of experience, in order to create a miracle that develops the human body to the extreme step by step." ”
"But on the other hand, what about our Chinese martial arts circle? Not to mention that he just guarded the old ancestor's style of play, which was behind the times, and was complacent and empty...... Let's talk about the most fatal problem of Chinese martial arts - the view of the portal! ”
"In the Chinese martial arts circle, it is taboo to steal the martial arts of other sects, and today your Zhang San of Taiji Sect learned my Xingyi Boxing, and I will abolish your hands...... Tomorrow, Li Si of your Xingyi Sect peeks at my morning practice Baguazhang again, and I will go to your division commander to ask for an explanation...... The prejudice between each faction is very deep, if it is just an ordinary routine, it is better to say, the most fatal thing is, which sect does not have a few tricks to press the bottom of the box? ”
"These kung fu are often regarded as the key to the survival of the sect, not to mention outsiders, even disciples in the sect, and they are not taught by the inheritors of the mantle......"
"Those who have not found the heirs of the mantle would rather bring the fighting methods that their ancestors have worked so hard to create into the coffin than leave the inheritance, and the disciples of the church starve to death the master...... Hehe, now that the master is dead, the apprentice has not learned anything...... Originally, the routines of the major factions of Chinese martial arts can be described as a hundred flowers, but now, generations of short-sighted old people who do not cultivate brooms and cherish themselves have really made the whole circle almost withered! ”
The instructor spat out and said softly: "Look at it, modern martial arts look down on Chinese martial arts, Chinese martial arts also look down on modern martial arts, and the various factions within Chinese martial arts still look down on each other...... How can such a fighting technique stand on top of the world and compete with other fighting systems that rely on the continuous progress of modern technology? ”
Yan Xiuze listened to the instructor's words, he was speechless for a long time, the stars in the entire dojo were shining, and the image of the villain in front of him was silently demonstrating various fighting routines, but silence was better than sound at this time...... The originally silent dojo, Yan Xiuze lived in it, but it was as if a thunderbolt flashed in his heart.
"I didn't expect this to be the result...... Yan Xiuze smiled bitterly: "Isn't there a person of insight in the Chinese martial arts circle who can see the way forward to launch an initiative and be determined to reform?" ”
"Where is it so easy!" The instructor shook his head: "Nowadays, Huaxia martial arts, as a performance project, generates countless incomes, among which the entanglement of interests can be described as intertwined, I don't know how many behemoths are involved, reform?" Inexistent! ”
"That's not right...... Instructor, when you just fought with me, the punch that hit me ......" Yan Xiuze had doubts on his face, and kept gesturing with his hands: "It feels as if a trace of fist strength has penetrated into my body, and the internal organs in my body have begun to vibrate...... Isn't this the internal strength in Chinese martial arts! ”
"The internal strength of bullshit." The instructor scolded with a smile: "That's a fighting technique I created myself, and it can't compete with the eight poles of Chinese martial arts...... Well, it can't be said that the eight poles can't be beaten, even if there are some references, but fundamentally speaking, it is a completely different thing. ”
"Tsk, I think you're pretty strong at this trick, why don't you teach me?" Yan Xiuze stood up and approached the instructor with a grin.
"Don't come to this set, am I familiar with you?" The instructor stroked the ponytail at the back of his head and rolled his eyes: "This is my own ability to press the bottom of the box, even Zheng Zhu and Su Shaoqing have not learned, why should I teach you?" ”
"Instructor, that's your fault." How do you know that Yan Xiuze's face is straight, but there is a hint of cunning in his eyes: "You were still lamenting the gradual decline of Chinese martial arts just now because of the view of the portal and the self-cherishing of the broom, and now you are following in the footsteps of others because of hiding your own interests, isn't this a kind of cycle......"
The instructor opened his mouth wide and looked at Yan Xiuze with a smile on his face in a daze, and he didn't know what to say for a while.