About the Author
Hiroyuki Iwakuma is the president of CFP Corporation in Japan. In 1987, he began to participate in the friendly exchange of martial arts between China and Japan, and studied in Beijing, China. In 2000, he joined the old K-1 company in Japan and was responsible for the affairs of the Chinese region. He left K-1 in 2003 to create CFP and devoted himself to Sino-Japanese martial arts exchanges. This article was written by Mr. Iwakuma in Chinese.
My first contact with Wulin Feng was in 2004, when I wanted to find a free-form fighter in China because of my work needs. Therefore, together with his old friend Teacher Zou Guojun, he went to visit the "Wulin Feng" column group of Henan Television Station.
Hiroyuki Iwama (front row, first from right)
That night, we talked with the leaders of "Wulin Feng" about the situation in the Sino-Japanese fighting world, and I learned about the operation of "Wulin Feng" and many other things.
When I saw the "Wulin Feng" column in China, I had a premonition that this column would be very hot in the future, whether in China or in the Japanese fighting world! After returning to China, I began to study the feasibility of "Wulin Style" and the Japanese martial arts community.
Wang Hongxiang and Yan Xiong Hongxing
In 2006, we started working together for the first time, and I led 6 masters to participate in the "Wulin Feng" competition. Because the rules of the game at that time were still mainly sanda, many foreign players also played Chinese players for the first time, so several Japanese players lost. But regardless of the outcome of the game, it is a good start to the history of Sino-Japanese martial arts exchanges!
In 2007, "Wulin Feng" first entered Japan's first cooperative Sino-Japanese confrontation, and the Chinese side arranged for Wang Hongxiang and 7 other players to come to Tokyo and compete with K-1 rules for the first time.
Wang Hongxiang won the MVP of the first China-Japan confrontation
The Chinese team gave full play to its own ability and left a deep impression on the audience. In this way, on the one hand, Japanese martial arts fans began to remember "Wulin Feng", on the other hand, at that time, Chinese players did not have a very high level of K-1 rules to play.
Later, after successive high-level meetings, they finally developed the rules of "WulinFeng" with Chinese characteristics.
WulinFeng producer and general director Yu Lei (middle)
KNOCK OUT producer and former K-1 Krush producer Miyata (first from left)
CFP President Hiroyuki Iwakuma (first from right)
Since then, the technical level of Chinese players has become higher and higher, and the physical fitness and physique of Chinese players are very good, and many players also have traditional martial arts or basic kung fu such as sanda. It can be said that they have mixed chinese martial arts and free fighting techniques into Unique Chinese Fighting Techniques.
In Japan, since the 1970s, actual combat karate and free fighting competitions have been very popular, in the 80s many European players came to Japan to learn practical karate, Japanese players also went to Europe and Thailand to study foreign techniques such as kickboxing and Muay Thai, and then Japanese players gradually created Japanese free fighting techniques.
Wulin Feng players Li Yuankun and Iwakuma Hiroyuki
Because Japan has an earlier history of free-form fighting than China, the techniques for controlling the game, weight loss, and targeted training specifically for the game have also developed faster.
It should be said that Japan from the 1990s to the beginning of this century must have been one of the fighting powers. At that time, many European and American masters came to Japan to play games, and the Chinese players who initially participated in the K-1 could not beat the Japanese players, and I think that at that time, the Chinese players were not familiar with the rules of the free fighting competition.
Dr. Iwakuma-sensei-sensei-in-Japan 搏击Tenno Masato
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But in a very short period of time, they have overcome their shortcomings through hard training and high-level technology. Because they have a lot of physical fitness and fighting spirits, once they start to break through the level, no one can beat them.
Since 2008, I have been letting Japanese players compete in "WulinFeng" every year, and I am also responsible for the Sino-Japanese confrontation and the competition of Wulinfeng entering Japan.
WulinFeng cooperated with K-1 for the first time
At the beginning, many Japanese martial arts fans did not know how powerful the "Wulin Feng" players were, but because the Chinese players trained through the rules of "WuLin Feng", the level of free fighting had become very high, so it was no longer easy for Japanese players to beat Chinese players.
Unconsciously, Japanese martial arts leaders and boxing fans have already said: "Martial arts players are very powerful!" Defeating them is extremely hard work! ”
Ichiryu and Hiroyuki Iwakuma
According to the past habits and work convenience, when we Japanese competitors need foreign players, we first consider Thailand, South Korea, Europe and the United States. But after I cooperated with "Wulin Feng", the Japanese side found a new diplomatic channel for Chinese and Japanese players to come and go.
Before this, an ideal place for us Japanese players to go abroad should be to play in Europe and the United States, but after that, they can choose to play in China, of course, Chinese players can also choose to come to Japan to participate in the competition. This is of epoch-making significance for the development of fighting exchanges between China and Japan.
Wulin Feng went to Japan to compete in a press conference
In 2017, "Demon Knife" Wei Rui appeared in the new K-1 competition, and got the original K-1 light and middleweight gold belt on the same day.
This has two big meanings for me, the first is that Chinese players have won the K-1 gold belt for the first time, and the other is that among the Chinese players that CFP has invited for many years, Wei Rui is the first person to get a gold belt in the K-1 competition.
The result of this game I think the strength of Chinese players is finally an ironclad fact! This fact has had a great influence on Japanese martial arts fans, boxing gyms and players.
Mr. Yan Xiong and Wei Rui, the first Chinese K-1 world champion
In recent years, many Chinese martial arts fans also know the names of Japanese masters, and japanese fighting fans also know the names of the masters of "Wulin Feng", which is one of the important roles played in the 18th anniversary of the launch of "Wulin Feng". According to the requirements of the Chinese side, I bring many Japanese fighters to participate in the competition every year, and at most I lead Japanese fighters to fly to China 4 times a month to participate in the competition.
In this work, I let asaku Hiroki, Asaku Taiyang, Kubo Yuta, Kao and other very famous players board the stage of "Wulin Style".
In particular, Hiroki Asahisa became the first Japanese player to receive a gold belt in "Wulin Wind".
Hiroyuki Asaku Family Yoiwakuma
I take this opportunity to thank the fans of Wulin Feng and China. Needless to say that the staff of "Wulin Feng" was very warm to Asahime Yugui, and the audience at the scene also gave him a warm applause and welcome every time, here I can say "fighting skills have no borders, opponents are also friends."
Here's an unforgettable story. After the end of the 2018 WulinFeng VS Krush Match in Tokyo, Japan, in order to work every time you need to confirm the items in the lounge, although the Chinese team lost the game 1-6 that day, when they left the lounge, Yu Lei producers and players cleaned up the lounge, and the items in the lounge were neatly arranged, and there was not a single garbage in the lounge.
The martial arts style Chinese warrior lounge after the game
I was deeply moved by the Actions of the Chinese Team, so after they left Tokyo, I took the matter to my own Twitter (Twitter).
I wrote, "It's better to be good than to go!"
Hiroyuki Iwama posted on Twitter
After the game, the wulin feng and the rest room were cleaned up, they were very civilized! "Then many Japanese martial arts fans and media who saw this article and photo were very appreciative of WulinFeng's actions.
Japanese netizens praised Chinese warriors as gentlemen
CFP is a bridge between the Chinese and Japanese fighting circles, and I will continue to work hard in the future to introduce the masters of "Wulin Feng" to the Japanese race side and the Japanese masters to "Wu Lin Feng".
Ten years ago, playing in the Ring was an option for Japanese players, but now they are honored to fight in the Ring of Wulin Wind. Because people already know that the players of "Wulin Wind" have one of the best strengths in the world, so I think it is a matter of course to dream of climbing into the ring of "Wulin Wind" to play in the ring!
Hiroyuki Iwakuma and members of the WulinFeng column group and contestants
In the exchange with "Wulin Feng", I had a friendship with Mr. Yu Lei, the producer of "Wulin Feng", for more than ten years.
He is not only an excellent producer, but also has a deep knowledge of martial arts culture. For example, every time he went to Japan to attend a press conference, he would heroically use the "fist hugging ceremony", and then he explained the meaning of the Chinese "fist hugging ceremony" to reporters and fighting fans who came to the scene.
The fist-hugging ceremony is a traditional Chinese ritual, and Chinese martial arts emphasize "learning virtue before learning martial arts", and meeting friends with martial arts. The left palm is Wen, the right fist is wu, wen and wu are both learned, all over the world, and the world's martial arts are one.
Mr. Yu Lei shows off the Chinese fist-hugging ceremony
From this point of view, "Wulin Feng" entered Japan, on the one hand, it introduced the elite team members, and on the other hand, it tried its best to introduce China and Chinese culture to Japan. Some people say: The rock bear is the bridge between China and Japan, so I want to say: Mr. Yu Lei is the messenger of Sino-Japanese fighting exchanges!
Part of the martial arts wind Sino-Japanese confrontation part of the screen
Now that the epidemic is a problem, chinese and Japanese martial artists will not have the same casual exchanges as before, but I believe that without non-stop rain, we will return to our original state in the near future. "Wulin Wind" and we work together to launch new players to meet the needs of fighting fans!
Looking forward to seeing you next time with our old Chinese friends!
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