Heavy knife is a traditional weapon skill that is popular in the Beijing-Tianjin area, and if traced back to the roots, the instrument has been passed down in the history of our country for nearly thousands of years. Among them, the famous Hui knife in the Jinmen area is the original "Caomen Knife Style", which is a set of knife techniques handed down by Mr. Cao Jinzao, a generation of heroes in the Jinmen area. To this day, this set of knife techniques has been passed down in the form of family in the Cao family for more than 100 years.
Cao Jin algae (back row, third from right)
And the martial artist I want to talk to you about today is Mr. Cao Jinzao, the representative inheritor of the Hui heavy knife martial arts. So what about Mr. Cao Jinzao's actual combat kung fu? In other words, how high is his actual combat ability? Next, Xiaobian will give you a careful analysis.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="21" > First of all, from Cao Jinzao's martial arts resume. </h1>
Born in Nanjing in 1879, Mr. Cao Jinzao, as the third generation of Cao's medium-heavy knife martial arts, began to practice martial arts with his father, Mr. Cao Bingshan, when he was young. Cao Jinzao has shown a high level of talent and understanding in martial arts since he was a child, coupled with his diligence and hard work during his martial arts studies, so he has laid a very solid foundation in martial arts from an early age.
Hui heavy knife
As Cao Jinzao continued to grow older, he had the honor of joining the famous Hui swordsman Mr. Ma Wanshun in the Cangzhou area of Hebei Province, and finally achieved success after years of hard work.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > Secondly, from the perspective of Cao Jinzao's martial arts career. </h1>
Mr. Cao Jinzao not only inherited the martial arts routines passed down from his ancestors, but also improved on the basis of kung fu such as Benmen knife, ballast, bouldering and fist and shovel, and single-handedly created the famous "Caomen Knife Style" in jinmen area.
Cao Men knife type
In 1920, Mr. Cao Jinzao single-handedly founded the "Shiyin Guoshu Society" (the country's art club was the first Huimin Martial Arts Hall in jinmen area, and its former site was No. 7, The Dragon King Temple in Dagao Lane, Hongqiao District).
It is worth mentioning that the establishment of the Shiyin Guoshu Society also means a huge change in the Hui heavy knife martial arts from the family tradition to the public popularization, and the specific content taught in the Shi Yin Guo Shu Society is basically based on martial arts and knife techniques.
There are also many disciples under Mr. Cao Jinzao, among whom Wang Changlin, one of his early apprentices, had learned martial arts, sanda and weightlifting in the Guoshu Society, and could walk the "Cao Men Seventy-Two Styles" alone.
In addition, there are two brothers Liu Shulin and Liu Shuqi, who have practiced long boxing, sanda and many instruments, as well as Liu Zhensheng, Li Zilin and Xiang Enyuan, who have also studied boxing with Mr. Cao Jinzao.
In addition, even Zhang Kuiyuan, the former Chinese wrestling national heavyweight champion nicknamed "Da Lao Jiu", has practiced many skills such as pile gong, nine consecutive rings, loose hands, stone and leather fist in the country's art club.
Finally, about the topic of Mr. Cao Jinzao's heavy knife kung fu, we will talk about it here for the time being today. I don't know what other views you have on whether the traditional martial arts skills handed down by the Hui people can withstand the test of actual combat? Feel free to leave your own views and insights below.
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