The last Great Inner Master of the Qing Dynasty, how strong was the martial arts? Say it without believing it
Chinese martial arts can enjoy a worldwide reputation, inseparable from the struggle and efforts of generations of martial arts masters from ancient times to the present, but after entering modern society, Chinese martial arts seem to be lost, and there are fewer and fewer people who know martial arts, so that some people doubt whether those who can do martial arts exist in history. So are the martial arts masters we see in the TV series who walk on the wall and take one to ten really do it?
The last master of the Great Qing Dynasty, Bone Qing qi practiced the world's unique martial arts
In history, Chinese martial arts did exist, and in the past, there were many martial arts masters who opened schools and established schools, teaching real killing techniques, rather than the martial arts that we see now just to exercise the body. In the ancient imperial palace, in order to protect the safety of the emperor and the important people around him, there would generally be a group of ouchi masters close to protect them, and this group of people was the most powerful group of people in the country.
And the last great inner master of the Qing Dynasty, is the special protection of the Guangxu Emperor and Empress Dowager Cixi's bodyguard Gong Baotian, among the great inner masters, Gong Baotian's strength can be said to be one of the best, as the emperor's Qinfeng Imperial Four Pins with swords guards, in that era of internal and external troubles, Gong Baotian had saved the emperor from water and fire many times and he himself was unharmed.
Therefore, people with high martial arts did exist in ancient times, but they were not as exaggerated as in the TV series, and they could jump out of dozens of great inner masters at once. Learning martial arts is very talented, and talented people can be said to be very few, with talent also need to study and practice for decades, in order to have a place in the martial arts world.
Therefore, the real Ouchi masters are few in every dynasty, and even Gong Baotian, who is highly skilled in martial arts, is not born with a good skill. When Gong Baotian was young, he was just a miscellaneous worker in the palace, and every day he did rough and tiring work, and one day he happened to meet Yi Fu, the martial arts teacher of the Guangxu Emperor, who saw that his bones were clear and very talented in learning martial arts, so he accepted him as an apprentice to teach him martial arts.
Those who could be martial arts teachers for the Guangxu Emperor were mediocre. Yi Fu was one of the most prestigious martial artists in the late Qing Dynasty, born in a martial arts family, from the age of five began to practice martial arts every day, proficient in eighteen martial arts such as leg-bending, Luohan fist, etc., and later entered the door of another martial arts master, learned the Bagua palm, and since then fought all over the world invincible, and was selected by Cixi to come to the palace to teach the young Guangxu Emperor to practice martial arts.
Compared with his teacher YiFu, although Gong Baotian did not learn martial arts since childhood and did not have much martial arts foundation, he was extremely talented under Yifu's careful tutelage, and his martial arts were thousands of miles and leaps and bounds in a short period of time, and it was only after a short period of about ten years that he was able to defeat his master Yifu, and few people in the north and south of the great river could pass a few moves under his hands.
Later, on Yifu's recommendation, Gong Baotian became the emperor's personal bodyguard, responsible for protecting the emperor's safety until the fall of the Qing Dynasty. Without a protective object, Gong Baotian had to return to his hometown and live a normal life like an ordinary person. However, because he had served as a bodyguard for the emperor, there was an endless stream of people who came to look for him.
Gong Baotian showed his skills and dodged Zhang Zuolin's bullets with his bare hands
There were many people who came to find Gong Baotian and hoped that he would return to the mountain, including the great warlord Zhang Zuolin. Zhang Zuolin came to ask Gong Baotian to go out of the mountain to be his bodyguard, but after seeing the not tall Gong Baotian, Zhang Zuolin began to wonder whether Gong Baotian was really as powerful as the rumors said, and Gong Baotian saw at a glance that Zhang Zuolin had doubts about himself in his heart, so he invited Zhang Zuolin to use a gun to have a conversation with himself.
Seeing that Gong Baotian took the initiative to make such a request, Zhang Zuolin admired his courage, and the two agreed that in the distance of about thirty steps, it would be faster than Zhang Zuolin's gun or Gong Baotian's fist. Zhang Zuolin fired two shots in a row, but they were all dodged sideways by Gong Baotian, and when Zhang Zuolin wanted to shoot a third shot, Gong Baotian had already run to Zhang Zuolin's body and snatched Zhang Zuolin's pistol.
Gong Baotian jokingly said, If I want to kill the Grand Marshal now, it is just a matter of moving within a second, I don't know if my martial art can enter the eyes of the Grand Marshal? However, if this distance is a little farther, maybe I will not be able to dodge the bullets in the marshal's gun, so even if the martial arts are high, it is still relatively difficult to fight against modern hot weapons.
Protecting two generations of warlords in a chaotic world, he eventually attributed it to the disappearance of his hometown
Seeing such a fast technique and legs, Zhang Zuolin was full of appreciation, and immediately invited Gong Baotian to serve as his army coach, hoping that Gong Baotian could help him train his soldiers and improve his combat ability. Zhang Zuolin's conditions were very favorable, and Gong Baotian agreed to him and began to become a coach and bodyguard in Zhang Zuolin's army.
Martial arts may be very useful in the era of cold weapons, but in the modern society of guns and shells, although Gong Baotian can dodge the bullets in Zhang Zuolin's pistol, if he changes it into a machine gun, he is afraid that gong Baotian, who is as strong as Gong Baotian, can only hate the northwest. Therefore, Gong Baotian did not dare to slack off during the war, and repeatedly pulled Zhang Zuolin back from the brink of crisis.
Later, Zhang Zuolin was ambushed and killed by a Japanese bomb, and Gong Baotian blamed himself for this, believing that his negligence led to Zhang Zuolin's ambush. After that, Gong Baotian was invited into the army by another warlord, Zhang Xueliang, and after a few years of work, he felt that he was getting older and his hands and feet were not as flexible as before, so he asked Zhang Xueliang to resign and go home.
After returning to his hometown, Miyabota was gradually forgotten by people, and a generation of Ouchi masters basically ended here. It is said that after returning to his hometown, Gong Baotian taught everyone martial arts in his hometown, but it was only for the sake of strengthening his body and supporting his family, and Gong Baotian did not formally accept apprentices, and it was indeed a pity that he could not pass on his good martial arts!
After China has been in line with the Western world in modern times, Western martial arts such as taekwondo and karate have been introduced to the mainland, and people have gradually forgotten the traditional martial arts of China, and few people will take the initiative to learn. However, judging from the skills of Gong Baotian, the last master of the Qing Dynasty, traditional martial arts are indeed still very powerful, after all, they can dodge bullets with their bare hands, and such kung fu is the traditional martial art in the true sense that we yearn for in our hearts.
