Chapter 10: Shaped like a sharp arrow and powerful like a landslide
"Aren't you tired of using so much crooked thinking on such a trivial matter? Isn't it a good idea to think about Tai Chi like this?"
After listening to Li Zhulin's words, Wang An didn't understand what these people were thinking.
"Everyone is different, but if he puts a little thought into Tai Chi, he won't be disgraced by you, a student."
"But Tai Chi is suitable for maintaining health. It sounds good to use softness to overcome strength, but it lacks a bit of strength." Li Xinzhu said with a smile.
"Tai Chi also has strength." Wang An said with a smile.
"Yes, but if you don't pay enough tuition here, they won't teach you real Tai Chi.
Besides, they may not know much. At Yang Zan’s level, I guess he only knows a little bit about it. Yang Xianhua is quite capable, but his mind is not here anymore!”
Li Xinzhu’s comments seemed to indicate that he knew a lot of inside information.
"You know a lot. Since you know you can't learn real Tai Chi here, why are you still learning it here?" Wang An said in surprise.
"What can I do? The tuition has already been paid! Alas, do you want to learn something brave?"
"The fierce, what, the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms?"
"That's a novel, it's all lies. Have you ever heard of Xingyiquan? It's fierce and domineering, and it's very exciting to fight."
Li Xinzhu looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to them, so he whispered, as if he was talking to a spy.
"Xingyi? Wait a minute. I remember that ten days ago, a new Xingyi Quan martial arts gym was opened on another street a few hundred meters away. It was very lively with gongs and drums.
With your thick eyebrows and big eyes, are you the undercover agent sent over there?" Wang An stared at Li Xinzhu.
A few days ago, when the Xingyi Quan martial arts gym opened for business, he happened to pass by it. There were dragon and lion dances, gongs and drums, and it was very lively.
Li Xinzhu smiled and waved his hand.
"A friend of mine was there, and I just helped to recruit people to support him.
The tuition fee for a month here is 2,000, and there is 1,800 there. If you go, I will give you a 20% discount for my sake. You can study for free for a week first, and there is no tuition fee. How about that?"
"When I was talking about pushing hands with you, why were you so strong and fierce? It turned out that you had practiced Xingyiquan!
Are martial arts schools even so busy now? If Director Yang finds out about this, he will slap you half to death."
"How dare he! This is a society governed by law. I paid the money, and I still have the receipt.
Besides, it’s not that I look down on him, he really may not have that ability. He doesn’t go out for ten years in Tai Chi, and beats people to death in one year in Xing Yi.
Tai Chi is notoriously difficult to learn, and Yang Xianhua's actual combat ability may not be very strong. There are also rumors that he was beaten by several big men in the early years and his nose and face were bruised and swollen.
If he really gets into a fight with me, I still can't tell who will lose, who will win, and who will win. I really want to give him a try if I have the chance."
When Li Xinzhu mentioned Yang Xianhua, he was quite disdainful.
"Is it so swollen? Then teach me two moves first and let me see the effect." Wang An thought for a while and said.
"Okay, let's just use Bengquan, right? In half a step, Bengquan will conquer the world!"
While talking, Li Xinzhu took Wang An directly to the Xingyi Quan martial arts gym not far away. On the plaque were two big characters - "Xingyi" - "Xingyi".
At this time, there was a man guarding the door. When he saw Li Xinzhu coming in, he hurriedly came forward to say hello.
"Senior brother."
"Ahem, this is a friend of mine who is here to take a look." Li Xinzhu coughed and blinked hard at the man.
Wang An saw through it but didn't say it, so he just pretended that he didn't see it.
I thought that this martial arts gym was good enough, so I actually sent someone to go to that Tai Chi martial arts gym to check it out. It was like a spy drama.
Li Xinzhu then demonstrated to Wang An some techniques of collapse fist, footwork and force exertion in Xingyi Quan.
Bengquan is a kind of straight punch. It is sent straight forward, the fist is outstretched, the fist eye is upward, the center of the fist is inward, and the force is on the face of the fist.
When exerting force, the energy should be stored in a concealed manner, with short bursts of force, the arms are not fully engaged, the force is generated from the roots, a sudden cold movement, a short attack, fast and intense, and the force penetrates the internal organs.
The movement is like a sharp arrow piercing an object, and the force is as powerful as a mountain falling apart.
Wang An looked at it very carefully,
He practiced Tai Chi first, and already had a certain foundation in body coordination and force exertion skills.
Although Xingyi and Tai Chi are two different martial arts, they still have similarities in some places.
Li Xinzhu demonstrated it several times.
"Shall I try?" Wang And said.
"OK."
Wang An practiced boxing according to Professor Li Xinzhu's method, and it looked a bit like it.
"Yes, you are very talented in boxing training." Li Xinzhu praised.
"Don't learn Tai Chi. Yang Zan himself is not even half-assed. If you learn from him, you won't be able to get out even if you practice for ten or eight years.
If you learn Xingyiquan, depending on your understanding, you can definitely practice it in less than a year."
"To practice this Bengquan, you have to practice pile skills first, right?" Wang An thought about the boxing technique just now.
Power is generated from the feet, with the waist as the axis, which is the same as the force generation method in Tai Chi.
It's just that Tai Chi emphasizes harmony and spiral strength; this Bengquan is "turning waves", going straight and forward.
"Yes, Tai Chi has infinite stances and Tai Chi stances. Xingyiquan naturally also has stance techniques, which are called three-body poses. Come on, let me teach you."
"That's it. I haven't paid the tuition yet." Wang An said with a smile.
"It's okay, just make friends." Li Xinzhu said cheerfully.
Then Li Xinzhu actually taught Wang An the methods and key points of three-body stance.
I learned a new skill during this trip, which is an unexpected surprise.
"what do you think?"
"Well, I'll think about it again and I have a question I'd like to ask." Wang An nodded.
"You tell me, I will definitely tell you everything." Li Xinzhu said, patting his chest.
"Besides Yang Xianhua, is there anyone else in Hu'an who has higher attainments in Tai Chi? I would like to ask for advice."
"Hey, why can't you forget Tai Chi!?"
"I paid 4,000 yuan in tuition, but I have to practice something, otherwise I would be really unwilling."
"You only have 4,000 yuan. The people who practice boxing with us have more than 20,000 yuan. I think his training is not as good as yours. What did they say?
There is a saying that Tai Chi is indeed quite unique in terms of health preservation, but most of the martial arts techniques have been cut out. Yang Wudi's boxing techniques back then have been changed beyond recognition.
But if you really want to learn, I really know a person who is really capable, but the fee is really expensive!" Li Xinzhu said after pondering for a while.
"Who is it?" Wang An asked hurriedly.
"Chen Xifeng, the president of the Tai Chi Association of Hu'an City, opened a Tai Chi martial arts gym on Qingyang Mountain on the outskirts of the city. It costs 1,500 yuan."
"Isn't that expensive?"
"A class costs 1,500 yuan, and a class does not last more than two hours. Do you think it is expensive?" Li Xinzhu held out a finger.