Chapter 26 Hitting the Gap
After Senior Brother Yan stood opposite Chen Chuan again, he did not shrink back because of a mistake, but instead pressed forward again.
After a few attempts, he suddenly turned sideways and kicked straight towards the liver area. After Chen Chuan blocked it in time, he followed up with a backswing, sweeping towards the latter's head and neck.
These two moves seem to be the same as last time, but in fact, the first one was fake and the second one was real, while this time both are real moves, and they are connected to each other very quickly with almost no flaws.
This time, Chen Chuan first met the attack with his shoulder, then raised his other hand and clapped it out, dissolving both kicks in succession. Guided by his breath, his upper body barely shook. This time he did not use his second self, but relied entirely on his own strength.
Someone saw the trick and whispered, "Breathing technique!"
If a boxer starts practicing breathing techniques without any basic knowledge, he will be overdrawing his life and potential. Most people cannot bear that. Those who have a basic knowledge should start practicing when they are a little older.
Generally speaking, in boxing gyms, boxers don’t become truly proficient until they are around 20 years old.
In their opinion, although Chen Chuan was tall, he was only sixteen or seventeen at most. To have mastered the breathing technique at such a young age, was he the carefully trained disciple of some boxing club?
After Senior Brother Yan's two kicks, he basically understood the situation. Chen Chuan's reaction was quick, he could seize the opportunity, and he also mastered the breathing technique, which made him very uncomfortable. However, sometimes the factors of victory or defeat do not entirely depend on the strength of both sides.
He secretly glanced at Chen Chuan's feet again. He noticed a place in the two attacks just now. Chen Chuan did not dodge at all. He met the attack once and chose to fight hard once, and he did not catch up and counterattack afterwards.
This confirmed to him that his opponent had not yet adapted to the ring, and the elasticity of his feet affected his center of gravity and strength.
Don't underestimate this tiny difference; in actual combat, even the slightest deviation in strength can affect the overall performance. By taking advantage of this weakness, you can keep Chen Chuan outside the circle and thus control the rhythm of the fight.
If the opponent is always in a state where he can only defend but not attack, he will definitely become impatient, and it will undoubtedly give you a better chance of winning if you take action at that time.
In the next half minute, Senior Brother Yan kept attacking, but Chen Chuan just kept defending himself and didn't fight back much, as if he was in a dilemma.
But in fact, his goal at this moment was not to knock down his opponent, but to observe and find the man's breathing rhythm. He remembered Yu Gang's words, as long as the opponent's breathing rhythm was disrupted, then neither the breathing method nor the strength would be used smoothly.
Although he didn't know whether Senior Brother Yan possessed great strength, it didn't stop him from treating him as a sparring partner so that he could get familiar with him.
When Chen Chuan and Senior Brother Yan were competing on the stage, Coach Gu and two young men walked in from outside.
If Chen Chuan took a look over here, he would recognize that the two young men were Sheng Hai and Liang Tong, whom he met at the graduation party.
Coach Gu said as they walked, "You two can look around more here. There are a lot of young people here, and it's no different from where you are."
Sheng Hai hurriedly said, "Thank you, Coach Gu."
Coach Gu smiled and said, "It's nothing. Although we belong to different branches, we are all members of the Xiujiang Boxing Club. In the old days, we were considered brothers from the same school. In the future, the boxing club will rely on young people like you to support it... Well, it's very lively today. I haven't seen the guy who practiced with Xiao Yan before."
Liang Tong suddenly exclaimed at this moment.
Coach Gu looked at him and saw that he was looking at the stage, so he nodded there with his chin and said, "Why? Do you know this young man?"
Liang Tong said, "He seems to be a classmate who graduated from our No. 1 Middle School. I even gave him a flyer advertising our boxing club."
"Really? No wonder he came to our boxing club."
Liang Tong suddenly felt a little embarrassed and said hurriedly: "No, Coach Gu, I..."
Coach Gu smiled and waved his hand, saying, "No need to explain. We are open for business. As long as they are not looking for trouble, we welcome all customers."
Xiao Liang also saw Coach Gu at this time and immediately came up to him, breathing a sigh of relief and said, "Coach Gu, you're finally here."
Coach Gu said, “What’s wrong?”
Xiao Liang pointed at the stage and said, "That guy, that's the one you told me to tell you about last time, coach."
"Last time?"
Coach Gu thought about it and suddenly remembered the incident with the sandbag. His expression became more serious and he looked at the stage. "You said this guy was the one who broke the sandbag last time?"
"That should be the case. There is no one else except him." Xiao Liang was also a little uncertain.
Coach Gu left a few people behind and strode over to the bottom of the ring. When everyone saw it was him, they greeted him and made room for him.
Coach Gu also responded one by one, then stood still and observed for a while.
He found that Chen Chuan was always defending passively, and sometimes he didn't launch a counterattack even when he had the opportunity. At first glance, he thought it was a problem of his level, but he soon found that it was not the case.
Judging from the defense alone, Chen Chuan was flawless and his feet hardly moved, which showed that he was at ease. However, defense is actually much more difficult than offense.
Then why are you playing so negatively?
Is he trying to save face? Do he want his opponent to admit defeat? A boxing gym isn't a place for humility. Only when you beat your opponent will you be respected.
But after observing for a while, he had a vague guess through Chen Chuan's subtle movements and eyes, and thought to himself: "Is that so..."
At this moment, Chen Chuan had gradually figured out Senior Brother Yan's attack rhythm, which was almost closely connected with his breathing method. When Senior Brother Yan kicked him again, he did not stand still, but suddenly took a step to the right, and at the same time swept his left hand, brushing across the latter's side ribs.
Although Senior Brother Yan was on guard, he was unable to react in time due to inertia and failed to block it.
Chen Chuan's attack was fast, but the power did not fully burst out. In fact, it could only be considered a glancing blow. However, with such a seemingly light attack, Senior Brother Yan's originally united power seemed to have a loophole. His breathing rhythm suddenly became disordered, which then affected his movements. The moves in his hands became disjointed halfway through, and his movements also stagnated.
Chen Chuan didn't stop. He seized the opportunity, turned around and hit Brother Yan on the side of the neck with his elbow. The latter fell forward without a sound and landed on the ring with a thud.
"Old Yan has fallen down, help him down quickly."
"Splash water, splash water... Is that unnecessary? He splashed water on me last time, too!"
Coach Gu then stepped out from the crowd and came to the front. The noise immediately died down. He turned to Chen Chuan on the ring and said, "Hey, young man, which boxing club are you from?"
Chen Chuan shook his head and said, "I'm not from any boxing club. I just practice randomly on my own. I came here to exchange ideas."
When Coach Gu saw that Chen Chuan didn't reveal his background, his expression relaxed a little. This showed that Chen Chuan was not here to cause trouble, otherwise he would have to make a name for himself.
He said, "So this is a sparring match. How about this, little brother? I'll fight you, how about that?"
Chen Chuan thought this must be the Coach Gu Xiao Liang was talking about. He took it more seriously and replied, "I couldn't ask for more!"
"Coach Gu is going to come in person? That's really too much of an honor."
"Little brother, you better be careful not to get splashed with water."
Coach Gu went to the side, took off his coat, changed into the training clothes of the Xiujiang Boxing Gym, and began to warm up downstairs.
Meanwhile, below the ring, Sheng Hai whispered to Liang Tong, "He's your classmate? Even Senior Brother Yan couldn't beat him. No wonder I thought he was something special last time."
Liang Tong was also a little confused. Senior Brother Yan was a veteran boxer, and they had heard of him. They didn't expect that he was no match for Chen Chuan. They remembered that last time Chen Chuan said that he seemed to have some basic skills. Was that really the case?
And now I’m about to spar with Coach Gu.
It was hard to imagine that someone he had seen often before and thought he knew was suddenly competing on the same stage with someone he could never reach. This always gave him a sense of unreality.
He thought about it again, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He said excitedly, "Oh, right, I heard someone from Class 4 got into Wuhan University. Maybe it's him!"
"From Wuhan University? No wonder, no wonder." Sheng Hai immediately understood.
Liang Tong said, "Don't tell me, I've never heard of how great he is at school before."
Sheng Hai said with emotion: "That must be because they are low-key."
He suddenly felt a little impressed with Chen Chuan. Being able to defeat Senior Brother Yan was a skill that could not be acquired in a day or two.
At this age, after learning martial arts, how can one resist showing off to others? He did so at the beginning. He especially wanted to look cool in front of the female classmates, but his classmates didn't know that he had learned all these skills. This self-control is extraordinary.
Coach Gu had almost stretched his muscles. He climbed over the ropes around the ring and came onto the stage. After a few steps, he stood opposite Chen Chuan.
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(End of this chapter)
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