Chapter 298 297 [On Traditional Martial Arts]

Xue Dian's master is Li Cunyi, a martial arts master in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

Li Cunyi founded the Chinese Samurai Association and served as a teacher in Jingwumen. When the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, he joined the Boxer Regiment at the age of 53, assisted Cao Futian, the leader of the Boxer Regiment, and led the crowd to attack Laolongtou Railway Station at night.

More than 1,500 Tsarist Russian soldiers were stationed at the railway station. The two sides fought fiercely for more than ten hours, and the Boxers occupied the railway station several times. Until the fall of Tianjin City and the defeat of the main battlefield, the battle at the railway station has not stopped. It is said that more than 500 Russian troops were killed or injured.

Putting aside the controversy of the Boxers, don't discuss whether the number of casualties of more than 500 Russian troops is reliable. But in that battle, the Boxers and the Qing army did take back the railway station and drove away more than 1,500 Russian troops. The Tsarist Russian army retreated to the concession and dared not come out for the time being.

Xue Dian was Li Cunyi's most proud disciple in his later years. He looked gentle, but in fact he was arrogant, irritable, very fond of face, and super vengeful.

When he was young, senior brother Fu Jianqiu pointed out Xue Dian's shortcomings, Xue Dian refused to accept, and had a life-and-death contest, but he lost miserably.

Because of this trivial matter, Xue Dian left without saying goodbye, and went to Shanxi to look for famous teachers to learn art, and he went away for ten years. It wasn't until Master Li Cunyi passed away that Xue Dian came back and challenged his brother again in the master's mourning hall.

Who is this mother?

Now that he is middle-aged, Xue Dian's temper has restrained a little, but his face-saving and pretentious personality has not changed.

Zhou Hexuan thought of the dispute between Chinese and Western medicine during this period, and also thought of the debate between traditional martial arts and modern fighting in later generations. He invited Xue Dian to the office and chatted with this martial lunatic alone.

"Master Xue, please sit down." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Xue Dian said proudly: "My skills are not bad, right? Mr. Zhou will not insult your reputation if he comes to be the honorary vice president of our martial arts academy."

"Master Xue is really brilliant," Zhou Hexuan said, "I am also very interested in Chinese martial arts, and I have a few questions I would like to ask."

"Talk." Xue Dian said.

Zhou Hexuan asked: "Does the legendary internal strength exist?"

Xue Dian laughed loudly: "Mr. Zhou, I have also read your martial arts novels. If you are asking about the kind of inner strength in the novel, of course it cannot exist. Inner strength is just a myth of inner strength."

"Then what is inner strength?" Zhou Hexuan asked again.

After careful consideration, Xue Dian replied: "Inner strength is a method of using force."

"Method? Isn't it the power that really exists in the dantian?" Zhou Hexuan asked in surprise.

Xue Dian laughed and said: "It's all blown out. I believed it when I was young. In fact, everyone has strength, and it depends on how much they can exert. Martial arts training is just to let people learn how to stimulate and use it efficiently. Human potential. Of course, don’t say this, or I will become a street mouse in the Chinese martial arts circle.”

Zhou Hexuan asked again: "Then how much martial arts is real?"

Xue Dian said: "What the closed-door disciples learn is true, what ordinary disciples learn is nine times false and one part true."

"So fake?" Zhou Hexuan asked in surprise, "Then why are you still telling me this? Aren't you afraid that I'll talk nonsense?"

Xue Dian said: "You are not from the martial arts world, so it doesn't matter if I tell you, anyway, there is no third person to hear it."

Zhou Hexuan asked: "Are those martial arts routines all show-offs?"

Xue Dian said bluntly: "For ordinary people, martial arts routines are equivalent to gymnastics. You can't become a master if you only practice routines for a lifetime. For disciples who learn martial arts, martial arts routines are equivalent to the foundation, which can be used to exercise muscles and bones and exercise physical coordination. and responsiveness. For the inheritance of a boxing art, martial arts routines are the secrets of moves, but they are modified secrets."

"A modified secret book?" Zhou Hexuan didn't quite understand.

"Yes, and it's overly groomed, which is equivalent to flowery punches and embroidered legs," Xue Dian explained, "For example, in routines, you need to jump up and turn around to punch. But in actual combat, how can it be so troublesome? Just turn around. Fast and efficient."

Zhou Hexuan asked: "Why did you create such an unreasonable routine?"

"It's very simple. In order to facilitate the spread of boxing," Xue Dian said with a smile, "real fights are ugly, but routines are much more beautiful. The layman finds it unpredictable. Especially the dignitaries, the children of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, There are many people who love martial arts. Naturally, they can't really practice hard, but they want to learn something, and routines are very suitable for them to practice."

"Just for this?" Zhou Hexuan was quite speechless.

Xue Dian continued: "The other thing is to distinguish schools. You must know that the competition in the martial arts world is very fierce. Some of the starting moves and signature moves in martial arts routines are mostly useless, but they can represent each other. There are also some leftover weapon movements, such as the cloud hand in Taijiquan, which is useless in real fighting, but it will be different if it is replaced by a sword.”

"Why?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

Xue Dian said: "Tai Chi Yunshou is actually the movement of changing two-handed swords. It is only effective when using two-handed swords, making it impossible to use one-handed swords. Besides, when using one-handed swords, you will not know the sword tactics of the left hand." Feel redundant?"

Jianjue is the movement of bringing the index finger and middle finger of the left hand together and straightening, which will appear in all swordsmanship routines.

Zhou Hexuan nodded: "It's too much."

Xue Dian said with a smile: "Because in ancient times, soldiers held swords with their right hands and shields with their left hands when fighting in ancient times. After evolving into martial arts routines, the shields are gone, and the sword tactics pinched with the left hand are equivalent to shields. If a swordsman does not practice shield skills, That sword tactic is just for show. Unless you use your left hand to block the opponent's weapon, you will lose both, otherwise the sword tactic is very cumbersome."

Zhou Hexuan asked the biggest doubt in his heart: "Is Taijiquan real? What about four or two strokes?"

"Four or two strokes are nonsense. When you are really fighting hard, you can't even catch the opponent's fist, so you still have time to use softness to overcome strength?" Xue Dian said disdainfully, "Let me tell you, what Yin-Yang Tai Chi, what Five Elements and Eight Diagrams, They are all false. I have studied Baguazhang, and the Bagua theory in it is false; my teacher is Xingyiquan, and the theory of five elements is also false. Putting these into boxing is nothing more than making each school change. It has to have a cultural background and become unfathomable.”

Zhou Hexuan asked: "There are so many fakes, so what is real?"

Xue Dian answered very directly: "The ones that can hit people are true, and the others are all fake. Today's martial arts is very bad. In order to show that they are different, various factions have created a lot of messy moves. In fact, those moves are not effective at all. It is used in actual combat. I despise Tai Chi the most, it is too pretentious."

Zhou Hexuan laughed and said, "Can't you do Tai Chi?"

"Of course you can fight," Xue Dian said without hesitation, "Taijiquan was originally called Chenjiagouquan, and it was practiced by villagers to deal with rebels and bandits. What can you do if you can't practice it? The bad thing is that Yang Luchan."

"Isn't Yang Luchan a great master?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

"He is a great master of a generation," Xue Dian said with a smile, "but he wants to promote boxing in the capital and serve as a coach for those Eight Banners disciples. Can he use the rustic name of Chenjiagou Boxing? So Tai Chi Yin Yang came, and each A kind of useless ostentatious trick has also come. After one or two hundred years, Tai Chi has become Fuguiquan now. If you suffer from the disease of riches and honor, you can do very little. If you have seen the cultivation methods of closed Taijiquan disciples, then compare the routines of ordinary disciples , you will find that it is completely two kinds of boxing. Both are deceiving."

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "In order to make money for a living, everyone cheats?"

"Cheat, I'll lie too," Xue Dian said, "I created a form of Xingyi Quanxiang, and I dare not say that I created it myself. I have to say that I learned it from the old gods on Wutai Mountain. Don't say that How to convince people? How to attract disciples to become teachers?"

"The image form you created is very powerful?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

"Of course it's great," Xue Dian coaxed. "Don't look at the martial arts competitions in recent years. Most of the winners are Xingyi Quan disciples, but Xingyi Quan also has great flaws. My Xiangxing Quan can make up for it." The loopholes in Xingyi Quan."

Zhou Hexuan asked curiously: "What's wrong with Xingyiquan?"

Xue Dian said: "The biggest flaw is that the strokes do not match the strength. The punching moves have the strength to push people. It looks fierce and can hit people, but the lethality is not enough. So my master's generation of practicing Xingyiquan , I often communicate with Baguazhang, Bajiquan, and Taijiquan, and use the advantages of other boxing techniques to make up for my own shortcomings. The form of Xingyiquan that I created borrowed the power of Bajiquan, but it seems that it is not influenced by it. Recognized by fellow students."

"You made up for the shortcomings of Xingyiquan, and you are not recognized by your fellow disciples?" Zhou Hexuan was a little confused.

Xue Dian sarcastically said: "Those people, aren't they jealous? Besides, my Xingyiquan image form is very similar to Bajiquan, and it is quite similar to Western boxing. How embarrassing, according to them , just forget the ancestors of Xingyiquan."

Zhou Hexuan asked: "According to your statement, the things taught in the Guoshu Academy are all fake?"

Xue Dian nodded and said: "Most of them are fake, but you can still strengthen your body. A few more years of practice is more than enough to deal with ordinary people. If you really want to enter the room and learn the esoteric method, you must have qualifications and conduct. This kind of murder You can't pass on your tricks indiscriminately."

"The Wudang swordsmanship announced by Li Jinglin is also fake?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

"That's true," Xue Dian said speechlessly, "Marshal Li also made public the methods of cultivation, not just routines. But, he is a warlord, and he doesn't rely on martial arts for a living, so naturally he doesn't care about that."

Zhou Hexuan continued to ask: "Who is stronger, you or Li Jinglin?"

Xue Dian said confidently: "If I don't need a weapon, I can kill him within a minute. If he uses a sword, I can also use a knife, and it can be done in a few minutes."

"Is he that bad?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

Xue Dian said with a smile: "Of course he's terrible. You can tell he's neglected to practice when he walks fluffy. Coupled with old age and weakness, even your guard surnamed Sun can easily defeat Marshal Li. It's just loud."

Well, it turned out that the so-called "Sword Immortal" was so tragic in actual combat.

It's a pity for this Xue Dian. In a few years, he will believe in the "consistent (harmonious) way", indulge in feudal superstition and cannot extricate himself, and finally be shot in New China. His school of martial arts was also lost, including his self-created form of Xingyi Quanxiang.