He was small in stature but infinitely powerful, shot either dead or injured, undefeated in his life, and his name sounded familiar
Du Fu chanted in the "Sending Cai Du Wei Poem": "Cai Zi yong became an addict, bending his bow to shoot Hu in the west." Jian Er Ning fought to the death, and the strong man was ashamed of Confucianism. Officials are pioneers, and they are challenged. A light bird passed, and the gun was urgently shouted. Whenever I read these sentences, the image of the warrior as light as a swallow and the shot as electricity will come to mind. In fact, not only in ancient times, but also in modern times, there are many powerful martial artists who can afford the praise of "light body and a bird, guns and tens of thousands of people", such as "sharp gun" Li Shuwen.
Born in 1862, Li Shuwen was influenced by the current situation, he began to learn martial arts at a very young age, and worshiped Zhang Jingxing, the fourth generation of the Eight Pole Gate, as his teacher, with "Eight Pole Quan" as the basis for martial arts. Zhang Jingxing and his brother Huang Shihai had many apprentices, but Li Shuwen, who respected the teacher and was extremely affectionate, was most recognized by the two, and Huang Shihai once said to Zhang Jingxing: 'Brother Master, Shuwen This child has a conscience, so you should teach him what is at the bottom of the pressure box.' ''
So under Zhang Jingxing's door, Li Shuwen's martial arts were greatly improved, and later Huang Shihai taught him his big gun skills, making his boxing and marksmanship improve by leaps and bounds.
It is said that Li Shuwen is short and lean, but he is a complete martial artist, and every time he goes to and from the division, he fights and punches on the road. When practicing boxing, the sandbags ranged from 50 kilograms to 300 kilograms, and I don't know how many were broken; when practicing big guns, the jujube trees behind the courtyard were full of gun marks, and in the later period, Li Shuwen's marksmanship had been perfected, and he could even achieve one shot and one date, a hundred shots and a hundred shots.
And the contest that made him really famous was in 1895, when Yuan Shikai recruited people with high martial arts skills to serve him, and Huang Shihai was old, so he handed over the letter of appointment to his disciple Li Shuwen. Li Shuwen was not proud of his appearance, and when he arrived at the barracks, he was despised by the guard instructor Itotaro, so he fought with him. Ito used a long knife, and Li Shuwen's gun was as powerful as a thousand guns, and a few moves down to pick the long knife fly, and a shot pierced Ito's throat.
The other three Japanese martial arts instructors rushed up in unison, but Li Shuwen's big gun swept away, and they could not get close to him at all, and eventually they were defeated. Yuan Shikai was extremely surprised, clapping his hands and shouting: ''Sharpshooter!' Sharpshooter! It's a sharpshooter too! ''
When the Russian boxing king Malotov came to China in 1910, countless martial arts masters were defeated by him, and it was finally Li Shuwen who defeated him. It is said that at that time, Emperor Xuantong intended to make him a five-pin top wearer, but Huang Shihai was lying ill in bed and was unattended, so Li Shuwen resigned from his post and only took away a golden Buddha given by the emperor.
Li Shuwen was extremely obsessed with martial arts all his life, and he respected teachers and was upright, and he had fought countless rings for more than 40 years and was undefeated, which is a myth in the modern martial arts circle. Others are of high character, master Huang Shihai has no children, he assumed all the responsibilities of taking care of the master in his later years, Huang Shihai also volunteered to guard his tomb for 3 years after his death, and usually helped the villagers, bringing relief food and relief money from outside several times.
It is said that Li Shuwen was still skillful until the age of 60, and his martial arts and moral character were respected, and now there are li Shuwen's eight pole boxing "Sharpshooter Cup" commemorative events in Cangzhou. In fact, not only Chinese admired him, but also in the game "Fate" released in Japan, there are also game characters based on Li Shuwen, whose martial arts strength is recognized by the world.