1935, Foshan, Guangdong.

At this time, it has been six years since the 'Five Tigers Descended to the South of the Yangtze River', and through the transmission of the North Boxing to the South several times over the years, this is no longer just the birthplace of the South Boxing, and the North Boxing has also taken root here.

In 1910, Huo Yuanjia, a generation of heroes, founded the Jingwu Association in Shanghai, hired famous teachers from all over the world, and openly taught martial arts.

The news spread, the whole country boiled, from the northeast to Lingnan, the masters of various factions who thought they had mastery in their hands, or those who had the heart to see a broader world, gathered in Shanghai.

This was the first large-scale martial arts exchange in the history of the Republic of China, and countless martial arts masters were born, some of whom later returned to their hometowns, such as Li Peixian, Guo Zishuo, Huang Jueshan and other people from Foshan, Guangdong.

These martial arts masters who had learned the skills of the Northern School from the Jingwu Society returned to their hometowns, and naturally began to build martial arts halls to teach the Northern School martial arts.

At that time, because the number of people was too small, the scale was not large.

The first large-scale transmission of the North Fist to the South was in 1918.

At that time, Li Fulin, who was known as the governor of Lulin Province, took control of the military and political power in Guangdong after a warlord melee, and began to train soldiers with military force in the military camp.

Li Fulin, who was born in the green forest, sent people to hire boxers Ye Fengqi and Yang Chenlun from the Shanghai Jingwu Association to come to the army, and also proposed the establishment of the Guangdong Jingwu Sports Association.

After a short period of preparation, in April 1919, the Guangdong Jingwu Sports Association was officially established in the Zhuhai Theater in Guangzhou, and more than 4,000 celebrities from all walks of life attended the meeting.

Huo Dongge (son of Huo Yuanjia), Shen Jixiu, Ye Fengqi, Li Zhanfeng, etc. from the Shanghai Jingwu Association went south one after another, and local famous teachers such as Lin Yintang, Kong Chang, and Li Bin participated.

The northern and southern schools gathered in Guangzhou, which was the first large-scale transmission of northern boxing to the south in the history of modern martial arts in Guangdong.

In 1929, Gong Yutian and Li Renchao once again began the matter of the northern fist and the southern transmission.

This time the momentum is even greater, because from the very beginning, Gong Yutian and Li Renchao wanted to use this momentum to completely twist the northern and southern martial arts into a rope, and completely use this power to save the country by force.

Li Renchao handled the political affairs, while in the martial arts, Gong Yutian, the most famous grandmaster, made overall arrangements.

So the 'Five Tigers Descend to the South of the Yangtze River' began.

In April 1929, the Liangguang Guoshu Museum was established in the Dongjiaochang Racecourse in Guangzhou, with the purpose of "advocating Chinese martial arts and popularizing the Liangguang Guoshu".

After the establishment of the Guoshu Museum, Fu Zhensong, Gu Ruzhang, Li Xianwu, Wan Laisheng, and Wang Shaozhou, five famous teachers from the north, went south together.

Together with Lingnan local masters Lin Yintang, Liu Xufeng, Zhang Liquan, etc., they formed a teaching group to teach art publicly.

Elites from all walks of life gather in one hall, and there is no difference in the limelight for a while. There was an endless stream of applicants, and the Guoshu Museum soon grew to 11 research classes and 9 special classes, accepting both male and female students.

However, the good times did not last long, and the Liangguang Guoshu Museum, which relied on the funding of a few upper-class people from the beginning, was destined to be difficult to get out of the whirlpool of politics. Two months later, there was a dispute within the Kuomintang, and the funds allocated to the martial arts hall were abruptly interrupted. The Liangguang Guoshu Museum, which had lost its financial support, was forced to dissolve.

Wan Laisheng, Wang Shaozhou and other famous teachers of the Northern School found another way out, but there were also many famous teachers of the Northern School who continued to stay in Lingnan to pass on their arts.

Although this time the northern boxing spread to the south, but this time the northern and southern boxers gathered and exchanged, so that Baguazhang, Taijiquan, Chaquan, mantis boxing and other northern boxing styles took root in Guangdong.

Unlike the previous momentum, which was only a short period of grandeur, this time because of the excellent performance of the Five Tigers, a large number of Cantonese people began to transfer to Beiquan.

North Fist and South Fist, at such a moment, finally showed signs of integration.

Guangdong's martial arts gyms no longer only teach southern boxing, because northern boxing is also longed for by countless people.

Because there was demand, it began to flourish.

By 1935, there were countless Beiquan martial arts halls on Wuguan Street in Foshan, Guangdong.

South boxing and north boxing are divided by the style of technical fighting.

Nanquan pays attention to the combination of speed and strength and change, and is characterized by fast and changeable punches, short attack routes, rapid and short force, and coherent strikes.

Wing Chun, Chua Lee Fo, and Hung Boxing all belong to Southern Boxing.

The northern fist is characterized by a wide opening and closing, a golden knife and a horse, and a strong and long force, paying attention to the combination of qi and strength, intention and qi, and the combination of attack speed and strength.

Xingyi, Bagua, and Tai Chi belong to the Northern Boxing.

Both have their own merits and characteristics, and they are purely based on technical strikes, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior.

It's just that because the Northern Fist began to communicate with each other on a large scale in the late Qing Dynasty, because of the benefits obtained from the exchange, the martial arts masters of the Northern School emerged in endlessly.

Cheng Tinghua of Bagua Gate!

Li Cunyi of Xingyi Gate!

Li Shuwen of the Eight Pole Gate!

and later Shang Yunxiang and Sun Lutang, all of whom were a generation of martial arts masters.

Because of these grandmasters, the Northern School of Martial Arts began to flourish, and for a while, the argument that the Northern School of Martial Arts was stronger than the Southern School of Martial Arts was also displayed.

Martial artists are always inevitably burdened by fame, for martial artists, victory or defeat, fame is always so important, and the first in the world is the name that every martial artist dreams of.

Northern boxing is booming, southern boxing is still behind closed doors, although they have begun to communicate with each other, but they still stay on the surface, which is also the reason why in recent years, northern boxing has become more and more powerful, all over the military and political circles, and southern boxing has few outstanding figures.

But it is not for nothing, in Foshan, Guangdong, the main birthplace of Southern Boxing, the name of Wing Chun Ip Man is well known.

Ip Man, a native of Foshan, Guangdong, is a close disciple of the famous Wing Chun master Chan Wah Shun.

Ip Man practiced boxing at the age of seven, and because of his family's great wealth, he began to shape his body since he was a child.

There is no shortage of meat, nutrition, and precious medicinal herbs, and you can raise a good body.

At the age of sixteen, he was full of breath training, and at this time, Ip Man's internal strength was already quite attained, so he began to study the strength in his body from the inside out.

Ip Man's martial arts capital is superb, and his physical strength is sufficient, so his martial arts progress is rapid.

He doesn't have many hobbies, martial arts is his favorite, decades like a day, kung fu does not fall, so although his martial arts training time is not as good as some of the old masters, but a skill is the peak, in the whole Foshan is also first-class.

Because he didn't worry about eating and drinking, Ip Man did not open a martial arts hall and recruit disciples like ordinary martial artists, so although he was highly skilled, he was transcendent, and his status in the Foshan generation was very special.

Because of this speciality, every martial artist who wants to take root in Foshan is inevitably asked for advice.

First, Ip Man is quite martial, and he always stops fighting with others, which does not hurt people's face, and secondly, Ip Man's identity, even if he loses in his hands, it is nothing, but if he wins, he can use his reputation to make a great fortune in Foshan, which is quite helpful to his career.

Such a beneficial and harmless thing makes Ip Man the object of challenge for every martial artist who is interested in gaining a foothold in Foshan.