State suming chang's years of peace, the development of traditional martial arts provides a good objective environment. Whether the State to promote the "fitness", in recent years, non-"SARS" and other impact of the disease, or the rapid development of the national economy, are making us pay more attention to exercise, improve their fitness. The morning in a park or a sports center, it is tempered with a variety of ways: Taiji, Tai Chi Fan, Xing Yi Quan practice, whip, etc., abound.
Although the martial arts more and more people, but we are getting farther and farther away from the martial arts; While traditional martial arts, further wide, but as a martial arts feature, it is gradually withering away. This is an unusual social phenomenon, but it is seems to be an inevitable necessity. "Existence that is reasonable."
Martial arts was born in rural Henan, and because of their relatively poor, so I was fortunate to contact with martial arts since childhood, starting with practice and size of Hung Ga Shaolin boxing, and some equipment, such as sticks, knives and so on. Later, training intensity is too large, hurt the body. Martial arts once deserted. After High School, I began to practitioners inside and outside with a minor in home boxing, tai chi's ancestors - Chen Style Taijiquan, as well as a number of Shaolin and Shaolin boxing club. To benefit after the decision has never changed. Been to some cities during the period, I may go to the park or activity centers, and learn from others seek advice on martial arts and opened his eyes open, the University also served as the school's martial arts coach. Looking back, there are three of my teacher, the first one is now a professor at Henan University, there are two master-level characters, their disciples have a lot of the world champion.
Through so many years, and martial arts, all kinds of contacts, I seem to make trouble for themselves concerned about the traditional martial arts, it is being lost. When it is displayed in various forms in front of us, when in fact it is slowly disappearing in the air, away from us. Of course, these are my personal feelings, one's words do not represent the views of who. Put forward this view, it is inevitable bias, right or wrong may not be the most important, just want to cause some people's attention is also live up my lengthy 1000 words bar.
Now I have seen and heard according to their own and the sense, from the martial arts its own characteristics, we emerged on the martial arts are often some of the misunderstandings (which is led away from our real martial arts, one of the important reasons), it and some foreign fighting technique comparison, martial arts promotion and some of its trends, etc., to talk about my views. Quoted here without reference to any books, information and some expert comments, "the letter to make the book better than no book." Increase with age, I had sad right are skeptical about everything. Here still like to thank my Tai Chi teacher was, and we have great confidence in him, but was chatting with, he said: "Even if I said (it), does not necessarily correct." Most trusted person to enable us to doubt his , a man is always doing everything it entails. With this skepticism is also only let me keep more of the martial arts come into contact with people, to feel what they had enlightenment, to share with them in doubt and to identify constantly thinking, much less walk roundabout the wrong path.
With regard to martial arts.
What is a martial art? Simply said: "Wu" is playing, "surgery" is the way martial arts is a striking way. Initially, as a martial arts should be a comprehensive fitness and fighting the campaign generated the need for war was only able to start fighting operation as a separate branch for development. This is necessary, just as North Korea is developing nuclear weapons as desperate. In the primitive society, when people know to pick up a tree to go and fight wild animals when the cudgel of the prototype emerged. And also because there is no sword stick with people as lethal bleeding, all the people began to add pieces to stick sharp stones, and later developed into bronze and other metal, and then later it was felt unfulfilling, simply do not even have a stick. Direct all metal, so we also had was a knife, sword and other things. This is why the club is called the "100 soldiers of the ancestors," Shaolin Temple the reason why the weapons were sticks, because it is mainly used for the purpose of punishment, of course, murder is totally acceptable. "13 sticks Monk save tang," surely we all know. The reason to become a famous history, lies in its powerful, its unexpected.
With regard to some common misconceptions.
Martial Arts is a comprehensive thing, its exercise of your flexibility, reaction, speed, strength, balance and many other capabilities. I am a person who knows martial arts, many people feel that a few people I can play no problem. Unfortunately, I'd have been beaten a few people no problem. The winning or losing a fight in itself is quite normal, like a game of chess, like victory or defeat is not unusual. Nor is that you can play the very practice of the martial arts. For example, you are a college student, or even a graduate student or a Ph.D., but you do math very good? Great deal of research on the psychology you proud? The answer of course is no. But the reality is that there are many, many people sighed with feeling and lack of common sense: But you are a college student ah! Is a graduate ah! ! Is a doctoral student ah! ! ! You are such a learned, how can you not versed in physics will be made atomic bombs it! How can we not well versed in psychology, abnormal psychology for us to solve a lot of it! For the martial arts, do not have any contact with or come into contact with people who think they will have such doubts. You should very much martial arts fight, it is not ah. Martial arts fighting technique but a very important aspect of it, like the university of a professional.
For Tai Chi. I can say is responsible. We ordinary day in the park to see the so-called Tai Chi is not a martial art. On the one hand to see so many people practicing "shadow boxing", I am very glad that more people in the enjoyment of our ancestors left us with good things; the other side, I was also worried, especially the young, pre-empt the look these uncle old lady who practice tai chi magic, it will not lose confidence in the practice of traditional martial arts. "Tai Chi" is a yin and yang. But look at their Tai Chi, and only slowly did not fast, only the soft is not just, and only slowly is no urgent, at best, be regarded as Tai Chi movement, and has nothing to do tai chi, and martial arts is do not touch. In the school performances, said there is a tai chi performance, I saw around her in with a smile gestures Cesi melons and playing mahjong action. In addition to sadness, I do not have much feelings. Many laughed at, in addition to vividly showed their ignorance of his own things, but also say what; when some girls wear coquettish Sao Feng to "teaser" Confucius (the statue), in addition to prove her forget her roots and the sense of shame, can prove anything, I can not think of. I finished the stage performing tai chi, people are shocked, not that I played good, but to subvert them that kind of "lazy Moyu" type of Taijiquan view. After the host said, how do you down so early ah do not know you play so good, would like to interview you do in public. I smiled, Yaran. There are the students wanted to come to school, but did not immediately accepted. Something difficult to learn because it is difficult to practice difficult to use, according to my experience, unless they have special stamina because they have a preference or a sick person, in general, have insisted on not down. In particular, in this fickle era. I was pessimistic about the right father said, I feel that practicing tai chi more and more people, but the master will be less and less.
As the saying goes: do not practice martial arts, to the old and empty. Fighting rely on what is: courage, strength, technique. No species of No, no energy impossible. Practice, the most primitive or strength training. I asked a professor of martial arts Kudan how to understand this sentence where the "religion." Note that it is Kudan ah! The whole of China is only 8. He said that is a kick, stretching, Gamba and so vacated. Of course, say this can not be wrong, but it is targeted to take rank in terms of playing games, and martial arts, and playing or what the relationship. For a Wushu Jie predecessors, I am embarrassed to say that he nonsense. Survive in the secular world, we can not spotless, it is impossible not to compromise, such as Ji Kang who can only be relegated to the final demise, but if we can compromise, as is the final demise of difference, but the soul is dead, the body is still alive , like walking corpses. As the high school textbooks written in the language: "Some people alive, he's dead." Of course, I mean not just people.
I watched the action film "Chun-Li Chuan", while Qiaoxia these words, I think Chun-Li's father, it was the nigger defeated, mainly do not have enough power. 1-year-old martial arts champion, is playing like the middle-aged, but an able-bodied. For the film this thing for martial arts development is good or bad many more, and I said sure. I can only say that a lot of action movies are too exaggerated, are false, but real martial arts in real time, it's shocking no worse than the movies shown, but they are not actors can be shown.
I teach boxing, a lot of people, especially the relatively large number of age are followed Bihuabihua only purpose is to exercise, and to martial arts as a medium, and with everyone busy busy. Initially, I called them to instill an idea, do not think he is to exercise and not to go to look at Tai Chi Chuan as a martial art to learn. As you are away in order to find a good job as the college entrance examinations. Do you like love to learn, to carefully study, admitted to a good university, good job, also have no worries. But you away to college in order to find a job does not seem to mean much. Similarly, while the martial arts you have to exercise is not necessary. You as a martial arts martial arts to learn to practice closer to its essence, you can better grasp it. Whether you are in order to exercise is to health, or for the treatment of these included the role of not seeking unsolicited. This regard, many people think are wrong, is not made detours, I think.
Some fighting with foreign surgery comparison.
Fighting in the traditional martial arts stress "is far from fighting, near Canal, close throw." Long fight, is relatively far away from the two when hit with the fist of Zhouxi etc., Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do is part of a long fight fighting operation; almost take, that is, the distance between two people when the more recent in order to arrest people based on-line warrant of anti-joints, we are on television, the armed resistance in the to the handcuffed suspects before, are used to it by capturing suits; close wrestling, wrestling means it is at a distance of a very near, and even bodily tightly affixed together to display their fists and conduct is not conducive to capturing when people used a uniform method of injury or even death.
There is a saying called the boxing field: "boxing games free father and son, Taishou and unsparing." Since the martial arts is a fighting method, naturally does not make you as comfortable as being massage. As I just said, capturing, multi-joint is the goal of anti Helenians, so it hurt. This point I have personal experience of. That teach students in Xi'an Xingqing tai chi, suddenly there came an old ragged clothes and handsome uncle, he gave me some guidance and advice, at first I felt a little unconvinced, then he let me realize what he does best capture, after that I had completely succumbed. At first he let me subdue him, in any way, warrant of hold are OK, and even he took out a finger, he was forced Breaking my hands, and then he asked me not ready. I say ready. He asked me comfortable, uncomfortable, I say comfortable. Then he asked again, if you want to kneel down here, or tummy, or jump up, or pop-up go? I said, kneeling it! Then blink of an eye, I am on the "black" is heard, one leg kneeling on the ground. After the students asked me: "You Da Buda too him?" I smile said: "You do not see out? As long as he thought, half-hour earlier, my wrist and elbow, has long been cut off scores of times. "
Fearless era not far from us. We have played Jet Li's "Fearless" also seen inside, traditional Chinese martial arts and discussions is to set a life and death-like. Killing you, can not lose money, instead of losing lives. Because we need the traditional martial art of war is a self-defense. Is attacking your back of the head, playing your heart, playing your anti-joints, playing your weakness, playing your Egg, poke your eyes, pinch your throat, tear in your mouth, buckle your collarbone, You hit the weakest the most of the parts can not be beat. The true leaves another master dead do not look at those games such as boxing and taekwondo is precisely for this reason.you beat me kick my foot what you mean. This is why the traditional Chinese martial arts why people think it is superfluous reasons. Because we can see are routine, you say you see my people always poke people's eyes, and kicking Egg do? Therefore, we in the eyes of the martial arts style and no substance on the leaves. The requirements of martial arts is that it can hardly be commercialized one of the reasons, both as an immediate impact like taekwondo, I am learning a positive play, I would be able to use the afternoon fighting, but also not as gentle Taekwondo, it is easier Taekwondo commercialization, it is a good publicity themselves, it can engage in competition.
Japan has three main Road: karate, judo, aikido. Aikido is the stress of actual combat, that is ruthless, so they are not well commercial, there is no large-scale game, nor were more people know, but also with its own characteristics related to. Aikido practice I have seen in Wuhan, the university study martial arts with my younger brother is also practiced in a school, do good, real concerned, at least looks good. Now the central five have some traditional Chinese martial arts match. Of course, they legislate life and death than the Fearless who will have to ease more. But I was surprised to see that there was still some traditional martial arts in a very ruthless action. I clearly remember one scene in which two divisions brothers Battle, The Young brother side of the hand grasp the ankle, while with the arm (arm ruthless than the fist, because it is not smashing, but with the body under the gravitational pressure) rammer The Young's knee, the results of The Young look at the battlefield is lying on a stretcher.
With regard to martial arts promotion and development.
Now we have more than 100 kinds of traditional martial arts, whether it is any one of boxing. It can survive long-term, have to prove that it is very powerful. Unless it is the name of aerobics signs to the development. As far as I know, the Chen-style Tai Chi in Hong Kong and France, when opened, respectively, had been in trouble and taekwondo triad challenges. As a martial art, a striking way to promote development, it must be played out. Many people asked me tai chi can beat it, I would like to go to he said. They all expressed understanding and support. I said, in fact, such problems as long as a good think about it, do not ask other people can get their own answers, and sometimes it would ask again "professionals" want nothing but positive Bale.
With regard to the commercialization and a variety of Shaolin martial arts performances and competitions, just from the martial arts itself to consider, I am pessimistic. Take tai chi, it's the current trend is to use three words summed up is: "high, Gone with the Wind, difficult." Yes. I admit it was good to see a lot of performances, ornamental indeed very strong, but elegant in the pursuit of good-looking stretch of time, have been very different from the conventional nature of Martial Arts. On "Wo Yu" (I do not know whether this word) this action is (that is, one leg standing, squatting in the process of the other leg parallel with the ground with Xiecha past), there is no art of attack and nature nothing is to raise the threshold for the athletes, benefit selection, and viewing. And a Lao Quanshi in the chat, he said, before someone invited him to the referee, he refused. He said that when the stress of fighting "two-thirds lose leg lift", you jump so high that you do, who danced to whom I play the higher the lower the points, but in reality than those who Tiaode Gao, do you have any methods .
Chinese bones the kind of good things not easily transmission of ideas also makes a number of things lost. Wuhan Institute of Physical Education to play with me is that two graduate students and one graduate, one of the graduate student has more than 30 years of age. He is a martial arts family, the son of old age, a son, also died earlier, we do not teach him anything, but his father's great disciple and master learn something because at that time might be too rough, dead or alive do not teach my own master's son, he later and others had to learn, and take a lot of detours and more than 30-year-old graduate student on the go again.
Taijiquan is a 18-like weapons, but the most famous or its boxing. In fact, it also has a very powerful weapon is the "Tai Chi adhesion grab" Unfortunately, have been lost. Some Laoquan Shi, preferring to put good things into their own coffin, but also not willing to pass someone else, perhaps there is no bar to find a suitable object. But that "hold back" the idea is relatively pessimistic, in fact, we learn a martial arts, primarily to master the law of its motion, and not otherwise. Martial arts, it is difficult to commercialization and commercialization done because of variation, as well as some traditional ideas have made difficult the development of traditional martial arts. Of course, I say something is true.
The patient came back, I heard a message. Our practice martial arts together, a person has achieved an international wushu competition routines of equipment gold and silver. I hear do not know that the happy or sad. Hardship, he did learn something in order to buy a lot of things to see Master. Master knew that he was a good-hearted people, but did not teach him anything, he was to go drink tea and chat with her master is, and later he became not to go. Did not teach him not because of person she was good, but the teacher thought he was too low cultural quality, "Ru Yu efforts to study poetry in his poetry the outside." An art to reach a certain state, you'll need to raise a certain degree of literary heritage, and also because of his self-taught, many wrong moves in more than a decade after the practice has become ingrained it is difficult to change. "The poor Wen Fu Wu", he says, well, a lot of people worked very hard to close to martial arts, but it is precisely because of their efforts, while farther and farther away from the martial arts. This is also a tragedy.
