Chapter 54: The True Meaning of Martial Arts

Da Kui landed with his right foot and then changed his left leg to kick forward, and then said: "Swing the kick to wipe the face." As he spoke, he kicked forward with his right leg, and as soon as he reached his eyes, he immediately swung down to the right. The movements are beautiful and in place, but Yang Xiaohu can't compare.

Da Kui still demonstrated once on each leg of his left and right legs, and then said: "Bounce and kick and send and receive freely." As he spoke, he lifted his right knee and kicked his calf forward, with a simple but windy movement.

Then Da Kui demonstrated the basic leg methods such as side kicks, horizontal kicks, hook kicks, turn kicks, and backspin kicks, and Xiaohu couldn't help but applaud while watching. After Da Kui's demonstration, Xiaohu came over and asked, "Why do you keep saying kicking, why don't you poke or kick?" Da Kui said: "The focus of various leg techniques is different. Some reach the forefoot, some reach the heel, and some reach the top of the foot. I also said that kicking is just a cover-up, and martial arts don't need to be so named, in order to streamline and convey the meaning. ”

Yang Xiaohu couldn't help but say: "There are many sects in the martial arts, and there are several Changquan alone. How can you say that you are not exquisite?" Da Kui laughed: "Fighting with empty hands is nothing more than kicking, beating and wrestling with the four skills, and no matter how complex the moves are, these four categories cannot be seen." Someone changed it slightly, what is it called Zhang Jiaquan, Li Jiaquan, Wu Jiaquan, hehehe, how can the frog at the bottom of the well see the whole picture?"

Da Kui continued: "Martial arts are designed to defend the body and assist the weak. How can it be used as a capital to show off and a tool for showmanship?" Yang Xiaohu heard the words and asked: "So many wicked people also practice martial arts, why don't you see him helping the weak?"

Da Kui looked at Yang Xiaohu and said, "Have you ever seen a famous grandmaster come out to rob a house? A decent person who practices martial arts is the first thing to do is to enter the house. The rats practice martial arts at a young age, and they harbor evil intentions, and they will do evil with a little ability. Therefore, it is difficult to achieve great success in his martial arts, and the so-called evil is invincible. ”

Speaking of this, Da Kui couldn't help but think of the teachings of his mentor, the Venerable Master Lingzhi. If it weren't for the teacher who made an exception to accept him as a disciple of the closed family, what would Zhang Dakui be like now?

Yang Xiaohu saw Da Kui's silent contemplation, and couldn't help asking: "You said that martial arts don't have to be so exquisite, why is there a lack of **? Why is there a difference between the north and the south between the inside and the outside?"

Da Kui said with a smile: "There is no difference in martial arts, because it includes both internal and external families, and the difference is just people." After a pause, Da Kui said: "Rigidity can't be long, softness can't be kept, only rigidity and softness are the true meaning of martial arts." ”

Da Kuiluo groaned and said: "Some people are good at selling their reputation, so they are naturally contemptible. But it is because of the different ancestors and the different teachings they believe in, not because of martial arts. Martial arts is a kind of spirit, a kind of realm, and it is not divided into sects. You can't say that the martial arts of the Shaolin monks are external exercises, and the martial arts of the Wudang Taoist priests are internal martial arts, so you divide the martial arts into two and say that the martial arts are divided into internal and external techniques?

Yang Xiaohu realized a little, nodded and said, "Well, it makes sense." ”

Da Kui saw that Yang Xiaohu had opened his mind, so he continued: "If you want to learn martial arts well, you must first be a good person, so it is particularly important to practice martial arts and virtue." The great man of chivalry is for the country and the people, and when the people of Li are in trouble, even if they are broken, they must do their best. ”

Yang Xiaohu was ignorant before, but only now did he know the true meaning of martial arts. Da Kui's actions made Yang Xiaohu very admired, and he knelt down on his knees and hugged his fists and said: "Father-in-law, the child is willing to learn from you sincerely, and he will be a big hero like you in the future." ”

Seeing this, Da Kui couldn't help but smile and said, "Why don't you call it an adult?" Yang Xiaohu said with a straight face: "The child knows that he is wrong, please punish his father-in-law." He bowed his head as he spoke.

Da Kui looked up at the sky for thousands of miles, and silently recited in his heart: "General Yang Yonghuai, back then, you and I galloped together on the battlefield, and we were like brothers. Although you are deceased, I Zhang Dakui accepted your descendants to pass on his martial arts to his righteous son, and it can be regarded as comforting you in Tianyingling. Thinking of this, Da Kui couldn't help but shed tears on his face.

"Hurry up, good boy. Da Kui picked up Yang Xiaohu and looked at him with a lot of emotion. Yang Xiaohu couldn't help but ask when he saw the tears on Da Kui's face: "Father-in-law, why are you crying?" Da Kui smiled: "I'm happy that my father didn't cry." As he spoke, his face sank and he said, "Since you call me your father-in-law, you should know filial piety." When you go and bring tea to your father, you have to put the teapot on your head. ”

Yang Xiaohu was stunned when he heard this, but he turned around and left without asking the reason. Da Kui stopped him and said, "It's not that you are told to walk standing up, but to walk back in a squat." Yang Xiaohu didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly squatted on the ground and moved forward with his feet, but finally got to the staircase but made a difficulty, how to go up the stairs while squatting?

In desperation, Yang Xiaohu squatted and jumped up, step by step until he reached the upper floor. Then he squatted and walked into the upper room to the table, got up and took the teapot on his head, then reached out for the cup, and then squatted down and walked to the staircase. Yang Xiaohu is out of line again, how to jump down with the teapot on his head? Step by step, Yang Xiaohu slowly went downstairs step by step. Squatted down and walked to the backyard and came to Da Kui.

Don't you know that Da Kui then said: "Father is suddenly not thirsty, you can send the teapot and cup back." Yang Xiaohu almost grabbed his head on the ground when he heard this, but since his father-in-law said so, he could only do it.

Yang Xiaohu squatted and walked back to the staircase, "How do you go up the stairs this time?" A flash of inspiration came to his mind, Yang Xiaohu turned around and sat on the second step, then gathered his legs to the first step, then sat down on the fourth step, and gathered his legs to the third step. In this way, he moved upstairs, squatted down and went into the upper room, and put down the teapot and cup.

When Yang Xiaohu was about to squat down again, he fell headlong. The upper room is 300 steps away from the backyard, and it is 600 steps back and forth. Yang Xiaohu walked a distance of 900 steps at the moment, his legs were sore and weak at the moment, how could he squat and walk back to the backyard again? Yang Xiaohu sat on the ground and rested for a while, gritted his teeth and squatted up and walked back to the staircase, and moved down the stairs a little carefully.

When Yang Xiaohu stood in front of Da Kui again, his head was sweating and his legs were trembling. Da Kui smiled and asked, "Are you tired?" Yang Xiaohu gritted his teeth and said, "I'm not tired." ”

Da Kui heard this: "Since you are not tired, you go to the butcher shop in the west of the city to buy some good meat, and now that it is evening, we should also prepare for dinner." Yang Xiaohu said with a crying voice: "Just ask the store to do it when you buy meat and vegetables, why do we need to buy it?" Da Kui said with a straight face: "I want you to buy it." Yang Xiaohu saw that Da Kui was angry, and hurriedly turned around and went away step by step.

Da Kui shouted behind him, "Go quickly, go back quickly." Yang Xiaohu didn't dare to slack off and run with his legs, but he didn't expect that his legs were weak and he fell to the ground with a pop. Da Kui pretended not to see it, turned around and looked at the courtyard wall, and thought to himself, 'The ancients said: If the heavens descend on the people, they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, and starve their bodies and skin. Don't endure hardships and become a master.'"

(Modern people always want to get something for nothing, dreaming of pie falling from the sky, sad!) Let's look at how the ancients behaved for people, and then look at Fenglang.) It's four o'clock in the morning, and I'm in a hurry with my eyelids, and I'm still a thousand words away from finishing this chapter. Put a radish next to you, and take a bite when you are sleepy, and the ancient chisel wall stealing the light of the cantilever beam is nothing more than that. Don't collect it yet, what kind of consolation is the ticket?)