Chapter 042: Boat Fist Formula
"Master Li, you are so kind!"
Chen Jue smiled slightly, feeling that the slightly plump Master Li was somewhat friendly. After all, they were from the same school, so he sat down and chatted with him for more than half an hour.
As the saying goes, what you learn from books is always shallow. During the communication with Master Li, Chen Jue learned a lot about the origin and origin of boat fist.
The Chuanquan style of boxing was first created during the Song and Yuan Dynasties. It was originally a martial art practiced by coastal fishermen to strengthen their bodies. Later, it was noticed by the famous anti-Japanese general Qi Jiguang in the Ming Dynasty. He promoted it and absorbed it into the famous Qi Family Army, where it became widely circulated and made a great contribution to the suppression of the Japanese pirates in Nanping.
Even in the Qi family boxing compiled by Qi Jiguang, there are vague traces of boat boxing.
But later China was in turmoil, dynasties changed, and the South was the vanguard of the anti-Qing and restoration of Ming Dynasty. It was repeatedly purged by the Qing soldiers and Tartars, so that the boat boxing was increasingly lost, leaving only a few small branches in the mountainous valleys of southern Zhejiang and northern Fujian.
This Li Xiangning, Master Li, is the contemporary successor of Li's Boat Fist.
He is in his forties and is still a staff member of the Vancouver Sports Bureau, responsible for the promotion and inheritance of traditional boxing and martial arts routines in the Vancouver area.
Moreover, he had practiced Kung Fu to the Ming Jin level, but he could not close all the pores on his body freely like Chen Jue. At most, he could control the pores on his hands and legs.
The two became more and more excited as they talked, so much so that they practiced and exchanged their respective boxing techniques in the lounge.
After seeing Chen Jue display a few moves of the Boat Fist and the Eight Immortals Stance, Master Li Xiangning couldn't help but sigh: "Master Chen, with your boxing skills, if it were in the past, you would have been able to found a new school!"
"I have only just achieved great success in my Ming Jin, and I still have a long way to go." Chen Jue shook his head and said modestly.
Li Xiangning's face twitched when he heard this.
In the eyes of Master Li , although Chen Jue's eye-popping punch in the morning was the result of his mastery of Ming Jin, in terms of power, even a master of An Jin or Hua Jin would not be able to catch up!
The only people who can use Ming Jin to such an effect, apart from the boxing masters among the black people in Europe and America, are probably some Caucasian strongmen in the Bear Country and some freaks who are born with supernatural powers.
"By the way, Master Li, I don't quite understand what are the hidden power and transformed power mentioned on the Internet. I guess it's because I haven't reached that level of martial arts and my practice is not enough. Your family has a long history of martial arts, have you ever seen this kind of master?" Chen Jue asked.
He is now fully focused on practicing martial arts, so he will naturally not let go of such an opportunity to communicate with outsiders.
"Dark power?"
"This is a very advanced Kung Fu! Not many people know it! When I was young, I visited Wudang Mountain and encountered dark energy Kung Fu. Looking back now, it's funny. I thought I could travel the world after learning some family martial arts. It wasn't until I met those Wudang Taoist priests that I realized how high the sky is, how deep the earth is, and how there are people better than you."
Li Xiangning's face showed a look of reminiscence, and then he continued, "Ship Fist is just a small style of boxing, and its inheritance is lost. My branch of boxing has been passed down to my grandfather's generation, and the most powerful one who practiced it only reached the same level of Ming Jin as you. At most, he could freely control the pores of his body and twist the whole body's strength into one stream."
"But the boat fist is also an internal martial art, and it does have a formula for getting started with dark power."
"This formula was also passed down to me by my father. It's called: 'Eight Immortals on a boat, enter the water and gain strength.' I have practiced boat boxing for half my life, but I haven't even mastered Ming Jin. I have studied this formula for many years but can't find a way to get started. It's better to teach it to you directly, so that this martial art won't be lost in the future."
Seeing Li Xiangning so enthusiastically teaching and explaining the Dao, and even teaching Chen Jue the family's secret formula without reservation, Chen Jue was also moved, and bowed to Master Li: "Thank you very much, Master Li!"
"No, no! We are all descendants of the same school. It's just a mantra."
"It's the Internet age now. How can we keep everything secret like before? If we keep it secret any longer, Kung Fu will be lost! But since you are also learning Shaolin Kung Fu, you can go to Shaolin Temple in the future."
“Among those Shaolin monks, there must be some masters who are good at using hidden power and transformed power. In the 1990s, Shaolin culture was popular all over the world. It would have been impossible to achieve that level without masters supporting them from behind.” Li Xiangning waved his hand and said magnanimously.
As for what he mentioned about Shaolin culture being popular all over the world, Chen Jue was also quite impressed.
I remember when I was a child, any TV station would play movies and TV series related to Shaolin monks, and there were advertisements for Shaolin martial arts schools everywhere.
Even in European and American blockbusters of that era, images of Shaolin monks often appeared.
In fact, this is a cultural communication, which is closely related to the martial arts of Shaolin Temple.
If there had not been masters to support and demonstrate their true kung fu in front of Westerners, Shaolin culture would not have spread so rapidly.
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The conversation with Li Xiangning broadened Chen Jue's horizons.
Although after watching documentaries online in the past few days, Chen Jue has already gained a considerable understanding of the various schools and martial arts traditions in the country.
However, his understanding only remains on the superficial level.
Because the people who shoot those documentaries are also ordinary people, how can they understand real Kung Fu?
However, the information revealed by Li Xiangning made Chen Jue see another more real world of .
As he said, when practicing martial arts, one cannot just work in isolation and remain self-contained. Now is a peaceful time, and there are many people who practice martial arts but end up in poverty.
If you can't even make a living, what's the point of practicing martial arts? It's better to work honestly and live an ordinary life.
This is why Master Li took the civil service exam and became a staff member of the Vancouver Sports Bureau.
As the saying goes, it is a good place to practice in the Six Gates, eat public food, and promote Wenzhou's local boxing and martial arts, integrating martial arts into daily life and work. The realm of Master Li is a hundred or a thousand times stronger than those fake masters on the Internet who rely on cheating.
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During a lunch break, Chen Jue felt that he had gained a lot of knowledge. He also exchanged WeChat with Li Xiangning to facilitate more communication in the future.
As for the secret formula of the boat fist revealed by Li Xiangning, Chen Jue was constantly pondering it in his mind, but due to the martial arts competition and exchange activities in the afternoon, he could only write down the formula temporarily.
After I get home, I will try to see if I can master the elusive hidden power through the mantra.
