Under the eaves, a huge question mark appeared above Ling Wei's head.
"The last move?"
"Without the last move, there are sixty-three moves in total."
Now it was Chen Yang's turn to be confused. He had always heard people say that Baguazhang had eight large palms, and under those eight large palms were eight small palms, with a total of sixty-four styles, and that it had a mysterious connection with Tai Chi Bagua...
How come Baguazhang changes when it comes to Ling Wei?
"I see."
Ling Wei thought for two seconds, then suddenly smiled and said:
"The Baguazhang you're talking about is for performance, but the Baguazhang I'm teaching you is for killing."
"There's a big misunderstanding here. Do you think Baguazhang comes from Bagua?"
Chen Yang was stunned: "Isn't it?"
"wrong!"
Ling Wei categorically denied him: "You are totally wrong!"
"Baguazhang is an introductory form of traditional Chinese martial arts. All of its moves are designed to kill. It originally had no name, but later generations realized that its sixty-three moves vaguely corresponded to the sixty-four hexagrams of the Eight Trigrams, and thus named it Baguazhang."
"Not only that, but to achieve this symmetry, they added another form to Baguazhang, forcing the total to sixty-four forms. While this may appear outwardly harmonious, it actually greatly undermines Baguazhang's inherent harmony."
"There are many similar examples. For example, among the twelve forms of Xingyiquan, there is a form called Monkey Fist. Monkey Fist was indeed developed by imitating the fighting of monkeys. The master who originally developed Monkey Fist extracted the tricky and clever strength of monkeys in fighting and evolved it into a boxing style. However, later generations got caught up in the name Monkey Fist and instead of delving into the clever strength of monkeys, they just blindly imitated them..."
Speaking of this, Ling Wei's tone was very stern, which even made Chen Yang a little uncomfortable.
He smiled awkwardly: "Okay, I understand..."
"No, you must not only understand it, but also keep it in mind from the beginning."
Ling Wei reminded him in a serious tone:
"You must understand an important concept. Whether it's Baguazhang, Xingyiquan, or even Tai Chi and Sanshou (free fighting) that I'm going to teach you later, they all started with boxing and then became famous."
"These martial arts were originally pure killing techniques. When they were first developed, they were all nameless moves, but in order to make it easier for future generations to remember and pass them on, they were given names, such as Baguazhang, Xingyiquan, Taijiquan, etc."
"The original intention of naming them was good, but it gradually went astray. Countless martial artists placed emphasis on their names. For example, Baguazhang must have the flavor of Bagua, Monkey Fist must resemble a monkey, and Horse Fist must resemble a horse..."
"Actually, Baguazhang has nothing to do with Bagua! Bagua is used for fortune-telling, while Baguazhang is used to kill people!"
Ling Wei's words suddenly seemed to wake Chen Yang up.
He murmured and nodded:
"I understand now. Chinese martial arts have no name."
"All names are just codes. What I want to learn is not the codes, but the most fundamental things beneath the codes."
"Right." Ling Wei turned to look at the rain-soaked courtyard, her tone gradually slowing as she spoke, "Many martial artists spend their entire lives obsessed with how to perform Baguazhang like Bagua, but they don't realize that they've been wrong from the very beginning."
"Furthermore, if you practice like them, blindly pursuing the accuracy of moves, you will suffer a great disadvantage in actual combat. The situation in real combat changes rapidly, and no one will give you the opportunity to throw a standard punch. Only by understanding the essence of boxing in daily practice and not being obsessed with each move can you apply it to other situations, adapt to circumstances, and remain invincible."
Chen Yang listened to every word, and seemed to have an epiphany in his mind. At the same time, he quickly became agitated and couldn't wait to give it a try.
Ling Wei saw through his thoughts and nodded her chin towards the stormy courtyard.
"Go ahead."
"Follow my instructions just now and I'll see how much you've learned."
Without any hesitation, Chen Yang walked straight into the rain and stood in the yard.
A man in his thirties did not go to work and ran to the yard to practice boxing during a rainstorm.
If outsiders saw this kind of behavior, they would probably laugh their heads off.
In fact, it's not just outsiders. Chen Yang in the past would never do such a stupid thing.
But now he already understood.
Those concepts are all due to the turbidity of the mind.
People live between heaven and earth, not in people's hearts.
Standing in the rain, feeling the most realistic sound of the wind in his ears, Chen Yang closed his eyes for three seconds and began to imitate Ling Wei's every move.
Ling Wei stood with her hands on her hips, slanting sideways on the Japanese-style wooden floor corridor, looking at Chen Yang in the rain seriously.
She had been practicing from the first to the forty-seventh move, but Chen Yang hadn't finished yet when she suddenly shook her head and frowned slightly.
"no."
There was a hint of disappointment in Ling Wei's eyes.
…
the next day.
As usual, Chen Yang got up early at five o'clock and ran his daily five kilometers along the quiet tree-lined path.
When I returned to the villa, I saw Ling Wei holding a hammer and nailing a forest of stakes in the backyard.
A dozen or so half-meter-high wooden stakes were dotted around, forming a large formation.
Seeing Chen Yang coming back, she brushed the dust off her hands.
"I watched you practice boxing yesterday. Your understanding is still a little lacking."
"Among the Longmen disciples I taught before, those with good comprehension were able to perform Baguazhang with 70% or 80% mastery on the spot, but many of your moves are still deformed, so I can only use a more clumsy method."
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