The love for Mo Jiaquan has been integrated into his body, every cell is full of the breath of Mo Jiaquan, always carrying forward and inheriting Mo Jiaquan as a mission, receiving apprentices and teaching fists has never stopped... What he inherited was not only a martial art, but also a spirit of spirit. Recently, the reporter learned that Mo Boxu, a provincial non-hereditary inheritor of Mojiaquan in Qiaotou Town, died of illness at 21:00 on February 14, 2022, at the age of 80.
Born in 1942, Mo Boxu is a native of Dazhou Village, Qiaotou Town, at the age of 12, he learned art from his teacher, successively studied under Mo Jinze and Mo Zhaorong, and since he learned art from his teacher, he has worked tirelessly and tirelessly, and at the same time immersed himself in the study of Mo Jiaquan techniques, and finally achieved success. In 2012, Mo Boxu was identified as the representative inheritor of the third batch of intangible cultural heritage projects in Guangdong Province, and in 2018, he was rated as an outstanding folk artist in Dongguan.
His death is deeply saddening. The relevant person in charge of the Cultural Service Center of Qiaotou Town said that in the next step, we will continue to strengthen the implementation of the protection of intangible cultural heritage in Qiaotou Town, improve the non-genetic inheritance reward mechanism, continue to implement the non-genetic inheritance subsidy and traditional festival condolences, track the health examination of the inheritors and the allocation of family doctors, hold non-genetic inheritance training classes and non-genetic heritage campus and community activities, absorb a wider range of inheritance groups and practitioners, effectively enhance the overall inheritance of the inheritance population, and strive to do a good job in the protection and inheritance of Mojiaquan. Improve the brand influence of national intangible cultural heritage.
At the age of 12, he became acquainted with Mo Jiaquan
Late at night, I still "compete" with my own shadow
Mo Boxu is well versed in the experience of Mo Jia Quan, and for many years he has not left his fist, taught all disciples throughout his life, made important contributions to the inheritance and development of Mo Jia Quan, and is also affectionately known as "Uncle Xu".
Since the age of 12, he has formed an indissoluble relationship with Mo Jiaquan and is determined to carry mo jiaquan forward. That year, with the support of his father, Uncle Xu finally had the opportunity to walk into the Mo Family Ancestral Hall to formally learn Mo Jia Quan. During the day, he went to school and did farm work, and at night, under the kerosene lamp, he followed the master and brother to push the horse and take the horse step, and solidly learned the basic skills of Mo Jiaquan. He made 3 small sandbags, hung them on the door frame, repeatedly practiced the speed and precision of punching, used stone locks, stone shoes, and single bamboo to practice foot and palm strength, and used wooden stakes, stick piles and other auxiliary equipment to fully exercise his body.
The study of basic skills is boring and tedious, and the master's requirements for Uncle Xu are very strict. Because he loves Mo Jiaquan, Uncle Xu can eat any bitterness, and late at night, he is still fighting with his shadow. Soon after, Uncle Xu learned that a master from the same village who had traveled south and north had returned to the village to live, so he went to the door to learn the art. The second master, Mo Jinghu, knew both southern and northern fists, light skills were powerful, hard skills were outstanding, Uncle Xu and he more systematically learned Mo Jiaquan's various leg methods, boxing techniques, and instrument routines, and learned a lot of real skills.
Uncle Xu studied hard and practiced hard, assiduously in diamond boxing, and won the praise and affirmation of his master, master Mo Jinghu lent him the "Mo Family Fist Genealogy" that he collected and treasured to him to copy at home. The manuscript of the "Mo Family Fist Book" has been treasured by Uncle Xu for nearly 60 years.
Fame spreads far and wide
Spare no effort to inherit and develop Mojiaquan
After the success of his studies, Uncle Xu has been subsistence on farming and supporting his family with fists. After the millennium, he took the initiative to assume the heavy responsibility of inheriting Mo Jia Quan, and for more than ten years, he contributed to the inheritance and development of Mo Jia Quan. Nowadays, Qiaotou Mojiaquan not only enters the campus, the community, and the Network, but also integrates into people's lives. Today, in addition to Being from Guangdong, many of Mo Boxu's disciples come from Hong Kong, Macao, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries and regions, making Mo Jiaquan's reputation spread far and wide.
String flower fist, piercing foot, back pedal foot, tiger claw, crane mouth... Powerful fists, feet and feet, and lifting feet out of the palm with their own might, this is Uncle Xu's exclusive fist art. He has been an avid martial arts student all his life, and has successively taught martial arts in Bao'an, Chashan Nanshe, Qishi Mowu, Shipai and other places in Shenzhen, and then at the invitation of the Dazhou Village Committee of Qiaotou Town, he served as a martial arts instructor at the Dazhou Village Training Institute, responsible for teaching Mo Jiaquan. He is well versed in the experience of Mojiaquan, has been inseparable from his fist for many years, has taught many disciples throughout his life, and has made important contributions to the inheritance and development of Mojiaquan for more than 60 years.
In the 1980s, Mo Boxu took the initiative to participate in the "martial arts digging and rectification work" carried out by the former State Sports Commission, personally participated in the filming, and his hand-copied "Mo Jia Quan Stick" has been preserved for more than 60 years, which is a precious material for the study of Mo Jia Quan. Mo Bo has led the Qiaotou Mo Jiaquan team to participate in martial arts performances and exchange activities in Dongguan, Guangzhou, Huizhou, Foshan, Hong Kong and other places many times.
In addition, since 2009, Mo Boxu has comprehensively promoted the physical education teaching of "Mo Jia Quan into the Campus" in 13 schools in Qiaotou Town, and in recent years, he has participated in about 30 activities in Dongguan City, and has been awarded the title of "Top Ten Excellent Inheritors" of the 2018 Dongguan Intangible Cultural Heritage Campus.
In 2021, he actively assisted in the compilation of the new campus textbook "Mo Jia Quan Exercises" and the publication of "Biography of Mo Jia Quan". Mo Boxu fully cooperated with the town's cultural department to visit and investigate, shoot and declare, and successfully declared Mo Jia Quan as a national intangible cultural heritage project in 2021, personally promoting the development and inheritance of Mo Jia Quan.
Related Links:
Cultivation of boxing + martial arts cultivation
All along, Mo Boxu has always kept in mind the ancient training of the Mo family who "originated in self-defense, stood in fitness, fought on the field, learned in daily life, carried in martial arts, and returned to martial arts", and did not forget to cultivate martial arts while practicing boxing.
1. Boxing: When Mo Boxu punches, the technique is tight, the combination of attack and defense, the strength is strong, the fist is brave, the footwork is flexible, and the length and short are coordinated, which fully interprets the unique charm of "fist like a tiger, kick like a dragon, vitality, and strength". According to the rumors in the countryside, he has a pair of hands that are different from ordinary people, as long as he squeezes it with his hand, he can pinch the thick black bark cane into bagasse, and his pinched collarbone and buttoned rib tail have become unprecedented.
2, stick method: eighteen martial arts proficient in him, especially love stick method. On the basis of the leg method and boxing technique, the Predecessors of the Mo family flexibly integrated the stick method and the palladium method, and now passed down to his generation, Mo Boxu's dream and pursuit of boxing, under the premise of endless inheritance and unimpeded hard training and study, the stick method of Mo Jiaquan has been further improved and deepened.
3. Innovation: He has a unique innovation in the stick technique, putting his traditional performance on the stage and making the brilliance of Mo Jiaquan more dazzling. A 4-meter long dragon stick was danced by him into a divine trance, the mountain called the tsunami, and its skill was exquisite, so that many boxing practitioners who had long been in their own right sighed.
4. Independently compiled the "Bruise Medicine Spectrum". Since childhood love to learn, since learning art, he insisted on tireless, learning without tired, eclectic, learning from the strengths, in addition to studying art, immersed in the study of medicine, compiled by him "Bruises and Injuries Medicine Spectrum" is a rare folk dictatorship fall, fracture and muscle rejuvenation prescription, a total of nearly 80 kinds of treatment remedies have been developed, bringing health and gospel to the nearby towns, villages and the majority of medical seekers.
5. Mo Boxu, who is strong in martial arts, profound in skill, and proficient in eighteen martial arts, has preserved manuscripts such as "Mo Jia Quan Zhi" for 55 years, and the boxing scores that are preserved now are:
Manuscript of the Mojia Fist and Stick Score
Manuscript of the Mo family boxing book
Manuscript of the Thirteen Swords of Mojiaquan Taiji
Manuscript of "Mo Jia Quan Martial Arts Stick Essentials"
Manuscript of "The Recipe for The Bruise of Mo Jia Fist"
[Reporter] Zhu Jin
[Correspondent] Qiao Xuan
【Author】 Zhu Jin
【Source】 Southern Press Media Group South + client