In 1929, on the banks of West Lake in Hangzhou, a national national art and amusement conference was held, and the scale of this competition was so grand that it attracted hundreds of martial arts experts and martial arts masters from all over the country to participate.
Zhang Jingjiang, who was the chairman of Zhejiang Province at that time, also came to watch the game, and Zhang Zhijiang, director of the Central Museum of Chinese Arts, served as the honorary president, and the presence of many big figures made the players who came to participate in the competition highly motivated, they all wanted to win the championship in this game, if they could win the championship in this game, it would be a veritable "Wu Zhuangyuan".
At this national wrestling tournament, there was a player named Cao Yanhai who was halfway out.
Fight
At first, everyone thought he was just a little, just a cutscene.
But I didn't think that such a young guy was a dark horse in this competition, and after rounds of competition, he defeated many martial arts masters with absolute martial arts strength, including Liu Gaosheng, who was most likely to win the championship title.
What is the origin of this young man named Cao Yanhai? How did he develop this superb skill?
This story begins with Cao Yanhai practicing martial arts with his teacher.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" > a martial arts expert and practiced a skill</h1>
Cao Yanhai was born in Lujiayuan Village, Cangxian County, Hebei Province, and when he was a child, he loved martial arts, and often found an empty place to practice "martial arts" by himself, but in fact, he was just blindly beating alone.
When he grew up, Cao Yanhai no longer stuck to his own small world, he wanted to go out and find a bigger world.
So finding a professional master and learning real martial arts became Cao Yanhai's wish.
When he was 15 years old, Cao Yanhai had been obsessed with reading some older swordsman books, and he firmly believed that there must be many master martial arts masters on the Kunlun Mountains in the book, and if he looked for them to learn the art, he would definitely practice extraordinary martial arts and become a martial arts master.
Therefore, he embarked on the road of learning art from his teacher, but this road was not as simple as Cao Yanhai imagined, and after starting from Hebei, his life was extremely difficult.
Because when he ran away from home, Cao Yanhai did not bring too much entanglement, along the way for a hard life, he could only beg along the side of the street, but this was never a long-term solution, the journey from Hebei to Kunlun Mountain, just rely on a pair of feet to walk, it is simply impossible.
After a few months of walking, Cao Yanhai's body was already exhausted because of hunger along the way, and finally he fell seriously ill, and fell on the side of the road, thanks to a kind farmer who took him in and took care of him until his illness was cured.
Later, when the farmer heard about Cao Yanhai, he advised him to return to his hometown and stop begging for food. After listening to the old man's advice, coupled with the lessons of this illness, Cao Yanhai chose to return to his hometown, but at this time, he did not give up the idea of learning martial arts.
Therefore, after returning home, Cao Yanhai inquired and finally found a very famous local monk, who immediately worshiped the monk as a teacher and learned Shaolin boxing, which was also a variety of tribulations during this period, laying a solid foundation for Cao Yanhai's future martial arts training.
Later, Cao Yanhai accidentally learned of a fellow Guo Changsheng, who had been famous for his superb martial arts for a long time and was now serving as a first-class instructor at the Central Guoshu Museum. Therefore, Cao Yanhai wanted to worship him as a teacher again, although he had not yet met, but at this time Cao Yanhai was already full of admiration for Guo Changsheng, just at this time, the Nanjing Guoshu Museum was ready to recruit new students, Cao Yanhai thought that this was a perfect opportunity for him.
So after packing his bags and saying goodbye to his family, Cao Yanhai came to Nanjing alone to take the Guoshuguan exam, where Cao Yanhai found an opportunity to get along with Guo Changsheng. As soon as they met, Guo Changsheng had a discerning eye and became interested in Cao Yanhai in front of him, and then Cao Yanhai showed the martial arts he had learned over the years in front of Guo Changsheng.
Cao Yan's figure is slender, with wide shoulders and narrow waist, his posture is also very well-proportioned and standard, and his physical fitness is impeccable. Whether it is in terms of physical form and martial arts talent, Cao Yanhai can be called a martial arts genius who is rare in a hundred years.
And careful observation can also find that Cao Yanhai's boxing skills are very strong and powerful, and the foundation of the next kung fu is also very solid, especially his pair of very strong legs, the elasticity is fast and fast, if you attack with serial leg skills and one-legged, it will make the opponent dazzled and invincible.
Later, Guo Changsheng considered that he and Cao Yanhai were of similar ages, so he decided to pass on the art on behalf of the teacher, and the two became brothers in private. Worshiping Guo Changsheng as a teacher was a very wise choice made by Cao Yanhai. Guo Changsheng has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he has already practiced a superb kung fu, and he is especially good at kung fu such as arm passing, splitting and hanging, and Miao knife.
Guo Changsheng also did not hesitate to teach these skills to Cao Yanhai. Under the careful teaching of Guo Changsheng, Cao Yanhai also made rapid progress with his own talent, and his martial arts were soon greatly improved.
On weekdays, Guo Changsheng would accompany Cao Yanhai to practice together, and in the continuous competition, Cao Yanhai's kung fu improved by leaps and bounds, and later he could already fight with Guo Changsheng for several moves, and he could also play a draw with him. With excellent physical fitness, Cao Yanhai's leg kung fu practiced even better, in the practice, Guo Changsheng wedgeed twelve jujube trees into the ground, and Cao Yanhai could kick them out with a sharp step hook.
Not only that, but his speed is also very fast, so he got a nickname of "flying on the grass". Guo Changsheng was very satisfied with Cao Yanhai's progress, so he wanted him to compete with other martial arts practitioners, but Cao Yanhai never participated in any official competition.
It happened that Hangzhou was going to hold a national ring competition at that time, which was a rare exercise opportunity for Cao Yanhai, so Guo Changsheng told Cao Yanhai about this idea, and Cao Yanhai also readily agreed.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="107" > participated in martial arts conferences and encountered fierce opponents</h1>
Guo Changsheng showed full confidence in Cao Yanhai's participation in the Hangzhou Ring, and he firmly believed that Cao Yanhai would be able to achieve a good result in this competition. Before the game, the two made a lot of adequate preparations for this, and before the game, Guo Changsheng also carefully guided Cao Yanhai and constantly cultivated his actual combat experience.
In this ring competition, the stipulation is that there is no distinction between the level of the players, as long as the opponent can be knocked down, even if the victory is achieved, and the two sides have to play a total of three rounds, and the group to play, the use of knockout system selection method, the final winner is determined.
Hangzhou Ring Competition
Among the players participating in this competition, there is a person named Liu Gaosheng who is very famous, he is a native of Xiangyang, Hubei Province, and he is also the chief dart head of Shanghai Yong'an Xianshi Company, this time he represented Shanghai to participate in the fight.
Liu Gaosheng practiced martial arts for many years, and eventually learned the kung fu of iron sand palms, and he was already known to everyone before coming to Hangzhou, because he had been invited by zhang Zhijiang, the curator of the Central Guoshu Museum in Nanjing, to perform, and the surrounding audience was shocked to see his performance.
Zhang Zhijiang, director of the Central Guoshu Museum
Only to see that Liu Gaosheng alone with one of his palms, he could cleanly and sharply cut a hard bamboo pole as thick as a bowl mouth, which shocked everyone, so Liu Gaosheng had a "copper-headed iron arm town Jiangnan" name, and the hard work was very powerful.
For this martial arts conference, Liu Gaosheng was naturally inevitable, and he also put down his harsh words and threatened to knock all his opponents to the ground one by one. Therefore, Cao Yanhai faced such a senior master with strong experience in all aspects, and he inevitably had a lot of pressure in his heart.
After layers of selection, Cao Yanhai passed five levels and slashed six generals, and finally in the preliminary round, the two people who were optimistic about winning the championship immediately met, and the masses were very excited, looking forward to this good scene of dragon and tiger competition.
Before the game began, Guo Changsheng looked at Cao Yanhai with a slightly nervous look, in order to let him relax, Guo Changsheng has been encouraging him, and said such a sentence: "If you play a normal combat level, then defeating Liu Gaosheng is completely fine, so don't be too nervous, remember, you would rather be killed by him, don't call him scared to death!" ”
Guo Changsheng has been paying close attention to Liu Gaosheng since the beginning of his participation in the competition, and he is very clear about the skills used by Liu Gaosheng in the competition, and he also knows Liu Gaosheng's shortcomings very well.
Guo Changsheng told Cao Yanhai: "Although Liu Gaosheng has hard skills, the strength he uses is stiff, stupid, and not as fast as you, so you can win with fast, and you can definitely win him." After listening to Guo Changsheng's analysis, Cao Yanhai was instantly confident and calmed down some of his nervousness.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="108" > match day</h1>
The day of the two-person competition has finally arrived, on this day, Hangzhou City is empty of people, tens of thousands of spectators are pouring in to prepare to watch this "battle of the century", all the way to hit the opponent and have a strong strength of Cao Yanhai and Liu Gaosheng, the decisive battle between them, greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the audience to watch.
As the band played military music, there were hundreds of students from the Central Guoshu Hall on the stage, waving the flag for the two people who were about to compete on the stage, and after the music ended, the competition officially began. When the referee blew a loud whistle, Cao Yanhai and Liu Gaosheng in the center of the stage began to hold fists and salute, and then each took three steps back to prepare for a formal contest.
At first, Cao Yanhai remembered Guo Changsheng's ding-dong to him, and Liu Gaosheng's footwork was his Achilles heel, so he had to concentrate on attacking his next game
Ring competition drama
Therefore, at the beginning, Cao Yanhai used his own tricks, using a healthy walking circle to circle Liu Gaosheng twice for testing, and sure enough, guo Changsheng's words confirmed that Liu Gaosheng's footwork was indeed a bit sluggish and not flexible enough.
Cao Yanhai secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and he used the kung fu on his legs one after another, first of all, he used the stunt "fierce step hook", wanting to first hit Liu Gaosheng's weakness and kick him to the ground. Thinking like this, Cao Yanhai immediately jumped to the range two feet away from Liu Gaosheng, and then quickly jumped in front of Liu Gaosheng, quickly kicking his right leg on Liu Gaosheng's left leg, thinking that this blow could directly kick Liu Gaosheng to the ground.
But Cao Yanhai ignored that Liu Gaosheng had the name of "Copperhead Iron Arm Town Jiangnan", and although his leg kung fu was not very flexible, it was very stiff, so Cao Yanhai felt like he had kicked a big rock, and this time his own legs were also shocked by a tingle.
Soon the contest reached the second round, and Cao Yanhai was looking for new tactics to defeat the enemy with one move, at which time he also sensed that Liu Gaosheng was adopting a defensive strategy. So he also immediately switched his attack, hitting Liu Gaosheng's chest continuously with his fast legs, and if this attack had been changed on someone else's body, he would have been kicked to the ground long ago, but Liu Gaosheng had survived hard.
Cao Yanhai finally used his full strength to kick Liu Gaosheng's chest with his right leg, and Liu Gaosheng also saw that Cao Yanhai's strength was in the leg after several rounds of fighting. This time, when Cao Yanhai kicked his right leg over, Liu Gaosheng hugged his right leg tightly in an attempt to curb Cao Yanhai's action.
Then Cao Yanhai saw that his right leg was clamped, so he could only use his right arm to clamp Liu Gaosheng's neck tightly, and then inserted his right calf into Liu Gaosheng's crotch and locked it tightly.
When the thousands of spectators present and Guo Changsheng saw this scene, they all pinched a handful of sweat for Cao Yanhai, and if Cao Yanhai could not reverse the situation, then he would undoubtedly lose. At this time, Liu Gaosheng began to have a new action, he pushed Cao Yanhai's right leg forward vigorously, the purpose was obvious, he was ready to push Cao Yanhai to the stage.
Cao Yanhai knew Liu Gaosheng's intentions, so just as he was holding his right leg forward, Cao Yanhai took the opportunity to quickly pull his right calf out of Liu Gaosheng's crotch, and cleverly pinned his right leg to the outside of Liu Gaosheng's right calf.
Subsequently, Cao Yanhai immediately twisted his body to the left, and this force directly threw Liu Gaosheng into a posture of facing the sky on his back, which was a mess. The audience waited with bated breath, hearing the sound of Liu Gaosheng being thrown to the ground, and the whole audience erupted into a warm cheer, all of which were shocked by Cao Yanhai's scene.
But at this moment, Liu Gaosheng, who was thrown to the ground, suddenly shouted loudly: "This time do not count!" ”
Chief Judge Li Jinglin, who heard Liu Gaosheng say these words, asked Liu Gaosheng, "Why doesn't it count?" ”
Liu Gaosheng stubbornly argued: "This is a fall, not a defeat by him, I ask for another round." ”
The referee was helpless at this time, and when he was preparing to discuss the matter with other referees, Cao Yanhai took the initiative to stand up and said: "Teacher Liu, since you said that you don't count, it means that you are not convinced, then there is no problem, we can do it again." ”
Cao Yanhai's words made the audience shout for it, and everyone admired this young man, although he had never seen him before, but his martial arts and his character made everyone can't help but applaud him. Although Cao Yanhai did not win the championship in this competition, he had a great influence on the martial arts community.
At that time, the first purpose of the older generation of martial artists who chose to open the first national wushu ring competition was to strive to open up the martial arts sports space, so that traditional sports could be better inherited and expand their influence in society.
Therefore, with the end of the competition, the holding of this event also achieved the expected purpose of the older generation of martial artists, causing a sensation in the country. And the style of talking about martial arts and learning martial arts has once again become the theme of social sports, and the most prominent point at this conference is that Cao Yanhai's outstanding performance, he also deservedly became the undisputed kung fu star at this conference.
Therefore, at that time, Cao Yanhai's performance and his every move also became a hot topic at that time, and he spent almost every day under the attention of the news media and people from all walks of life.
He also invisibly played a role in promoting the influence of martial arts in society. In particular, he is keen on martial arts, and has been humbly learning this spirit, so that those who once disdained martial arts sports and only focused on foreign sports have once again returned to traditional sports and fitness activities.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="109" was unfairly treated > the final</h1>
After a short break, the game resumed, Liu Gaosheng came up and took the lead, using two moves in succession to deal with Cao Yanhai, but Cao Yanhai, who did not want to be agile, immediately flashed the attack sideways.
Liu Gaosheng saw that several main attacks had not succeeded, and he was anxious, eager to beat Cao Yanhai to the ground at once, but the more anxious he was, the easier it was to make mistakes, and slowly, Liu Gaosheng's own skills were affected, and his footwork was all messed up.
Cao Yanhai saw the situation and immediately seized this opportunity, surrounding Liu Gaosheng, and when his footsteps were chaotic, Cao Yanhai turned his body around and hit Liu Gaosheng two feet away with the "horizontal" in the twenty-four styles of the tong arm, and Liu Gaosheng, who suffered this slap, instantly fell to the ground, and blood spurted from his nose and mouth.
By the time the audience reacted, Cao Yanhai had already walked up to Liu Gaosheng and said to him, "Teacher Liu, this time you were knocked down, is it considered that I won?" Liu Gaosheng, who knew that his martial arts were inferior to those of a man, was speechless and could only say bitterly: "I concede defeat, you have won." ”
After the referee's gesture, Cao Yanhai defeated the absolute candidate for the championship in this glue-in-the-game, and the audience also applauded the dark horse.
The news that Cao Yanhai defeated Liu Gaosheng was quickly spread through newspaper reports, and Cao Yanhai also relied on his superb skills to fight with his opponents in the next duel for less than two rounds, and he won the victory and soon entered the final battle.
The so-called tree big move, Cao Yanhai has also become a thorn in the eyes of some people, because in the late stage of the game, some dirty places have appeared.
Contestants with status are eager to achieve good rankings, so from time to time someone will come to Cao Yanhai to do work, hoping that he can be merciful and take the initiative to surrender, so that those who have status can directly win.
Under pressure, Cao Yanhai had no choice but to give up the position of the champion in the end, and only achieved the fourth place. The audience was also very dissatisfied with cao Yanhai's final ranking, and they all submitted opinions to the conference, but did not get any feedback, and finally the competition ended in such a lonely ending.
In the end, although he encountered unfair treatment, Cao Yanhai was not discouraged, he believed that with his skills, he would eventually have the day of getting ahead, and then he would definitely become a veritable champion.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="111" > a veritable champion in the ring</h1>
After the end of this ring competition in Hangzhou, Cao Yanhai won the attention of many big people with his exquisite skills.
In this competition, Zhang Jingjiang, the elder of the Kuomintang, the chairman of Zhejiang Province, and the honorary president of the conference, admired Cao Yanhai very much, so he hired Cao Yanhai with a high salary and asked him to serve as a first-class instructor in the Zhejiang Wushu Gym.
Soon after, Cao Yanhai ushered in his own opportunity. With the support of Chiang Kai-shek, Shanghai Mayor Zhang Qun, Du Yuesheng, Zhang Xiaolin and others prepared to hold another national ring competition in Shanghai.
In order to prove himself again, Cao Yanhai chose to participate in this ring match, he has enough confidence, believes that he can win the championship in this competition, and this time he is determined not to give up the first place again.
At the same time, Liu Gaosheng knew that Cao Yanhai was going to participate in this competition, and he also wanted to avenge himself with a bloody shame, so he also threw himself into the competition.
Not as youthful as when he first participated in the competition, Cao Yanhai was even more heroic and fearless at this time, and he "met God to kill God, met Buddha to kill Buddha" all the way. Cao Yanhai, who once again encountered a strong opponent Liu Gaosheng, this time he was more calm in the face of Liu Gaosheng, so he immediately defeated Liu Gaosheng without any effort.
Cao Yanhai won the competition with absolute strength this time, and finally won the championship he dreamed of.
Cao Yanhai, who won the competition, also received many rewards, including a silver pagoda presented to Cao Yanhai by Zhang Qun, the mayor of Shanghai, which was engraved with the words "The First Comrade Cao Yanhai Yingjian".
In the middle, "I Wuxiong Yang" was engraved with four lishu, and the payment was "Shanghai Mayor Zhang Qun's inscription".
Cao Yanhai, who received such a reward, finally proved himself, and he did not live up to the cultivation and high expectations of Guo Changsheng, who was also a teacher and brother.
Cao Yanhai was also highly valued by Chiang Kai-shek, and Cao Yanhai, who had been teaching at the Zhejiang GuoshuGuan, was transferred to the Lushan Officer Training Corps under Chiang Kai-shek's instructions, where he held the position of first-class instructor until his death.
Martial arts has always been a national treasure of our country, just like the legendary biography in the novel, Cao Yanhai's lifelong path of study can also be regarded as a twist and turn. Whether it is begging halfway or the darkness of the arena, he did not give up, but insisted on going down this road, and it is precisely because of the existence of people like him who love martial arts that China's martial arts can be passed down to this day and carried forward.