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Looking at the history of Chinese martial arts, from ancient times to the present, masters have always come out one stubble after another, and there is never a shortage of disciples and markets.
However, famous masters have a taboo: never personally work with the kickers. It is reasonable to say that you are all a generation of masters, and the other party is a nameless person, downplaying the other party, don't you show your own generation of masters?
The problem is that if you can downplay the opponent, you are afraid that the "Eight Fists of the King" will be thrown out, or if you are knocked over by the opponent, then you will be swept away. If you win a battle, you will lose everything.
Among the various martial arts masters, there are mouth handle styles and real kung fu. However, fighting is the rice of youth, even if it is covered with iron, how many years can it be nailed?
In martial arts novels, "the older you get, the stronger your internal strength" is the story, and in the real world, the four words of "fist is afraid of less and stronger" are the truth. Generally speaking, famous martial arts masters are at least middle-aged or even white-haired, and even if their might and skill are still there, their strength, agility, endurance, and ability to resist blows are completely inferior to those of young kickers.
Don't you let a greasy middle-aged man with a big belly, a 70-year-old man with fairy wind bones, and a strong man in his twenties and thirties fight? Are there fewer such living examples?
The martial arts masters who have truly achieved fame are all a routine, either claiming that the other party is not worthy to do it themselves, or claiming to send young disciples to fight, in short, they will never come to power.
If you don't fight, you won't lose.
In neighboring Japan, there is an example of the opposite.
The Japanese have always been brave and fierce, and some people can't stand this breath for those who kick the museum, what is the result? In the early days of Edo, Japan, there was a famous ronin samurai, called Miyamoto Musashi, who hid in the mountains for many years, was strong in martial arts, and challenged everywhere after descending the mountain, becoming the most famous kicking fanatic in Japan at that time.
Musashi's dueling experience is extremely rich, and since the age of 13, he has been dueling with real swords and guns, and has killed many second- and third-rate samurai. One day, he arrived in Kyoto. The largest martial arts sect in Kyoto is Yoshioka Kazumon, who was once the swordsmanship instructor of the shogun's family, a well-known and upright school, with many disciples and a high reputation.
However, the old head of Yoshioka's family, Yoshioka Shinshin, just died, and the eldest son, Kiyoshirō Yoshioka, succeeded to the throne and hastily agreed to fight Musashi. As a result, he was seriously injured and killed by Musashi. Kiyoshirō Yoshioka's younger brother, for the sake of the family's prestige, gathered a large number of apprentices to ambush Musashi, and was destroyed by Musashi one by one, and finally, the illustrious Yoshioka Gate was destroyed.
Smart people certainly have them. Musashi came to Edo with the prestige of destroying Yoshioka Kazumon and challenged Yanagi, Japan's most famous martial arts master, Yanagi Soju, but was categorically refused, and he did not even see the gate of the practice field.
Yanagi Wasō Was a teacher of martial arts of the Tokugawa shogunate, inheriting the swordplay of the "New Yin Stream", and was known as the unparalleled swordsmanship and the world's first martial artist. His family is prominent, more than half a hundred years old, how can he be willing to start a hand with a ronin? Maybe he knew that if he started with Musashi, he would end up in the same situation as Yoshioka Kazumon.
Musashi was also depressed, although he had never lost a single duel in more than sixty duels, and was later called "Japan's first swordsman", but to this day, some people still have words to question: his martial arts are not credible, because there are no examples of competing with truly first-class masters. But the "real first-class master" does not work with him, blame him? To this day, Yanagi Shinin is still active on the Japanese kendo stage, and Yoshioka Kazumon's tomb has long been covered with moss.
Therefore, those famous and upright masters who avoid the challenge are the real wise men, the masters who are proficient in the true essence of "how to surrender without fighting" - he is stronger than him, the breeze blows the mountains; the egg is shrunken, and the bright moon shines on the river.