Chapter 34 The Twin Sticks of Xingyi
"The predecessor of Xingyi Quan is Xinyi Liuhe Quan. The founder was Ji Longfeng from Puzhou, Shanxi in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. Xinyi Liuhe Quan was born out of Shaolin's great spear art, so the history of Xingyi Quan inheritance also includes the inheritance of spear art."
"In the development of later generations, knives, swords, sticks, and other long and short weapons were added. In modern times, in the hands of two generations, Guo Yunshen and Li Cunyi, they also created routines such as Xingyi Whip, Pu Dao, and Crescent Shovel."
"Later on, rare weapons such as the White Tiger Whip, the Judge's Pen, the Emei Thorn, and the Linjiao Dao appeared in various inheritances."
Mr. Lu was talking eloquently, and Fang Yan was stunned for a while. He didn't expect that Xingyi Quan had so many weapons to choose from.
But after thinking about it, he felt that these things were too high-profile. The only thing that was better was probably a stick, but it was also too long.
"Master, what weapons do you know?" Fang Yan asked Mr. Lu.
Mr. Lu said:
"Twin sticks of form and meaning."
Fang Yan was startled, double stick? Nunchaku? He didn’t understand, so he asked:
"What is that?"
Mr. Lu picked up the pestle for pounding medicine on the table and gestured:
"As the name suggests, a stick, a stick shorter than a stick, with two arms, a steel pipe, an iron pipe, a hardwood stick, or even a rolling pin will do."
Fang Yan nodded thoughtfully. If this was the case, it would be quite easy to find a weapon.
Don’t worry about being said to be carrying a murder weapon. Who can say that two short sticks are murder weapons?
When Mr. Lu saw Fang Yan nodding, he continued:
"This Xingyi double stick originated from Mr. Tang Weilu from Fengtai Town, Ninghe County, Tianjin. Mr. Tang was a famous Xingyi master in the north during the Republic of China. He taught Xingyi boxing and there were weapons, one of which was the thirty-six sticks. In sparring, the second is the double stick of form and intention.”
"Mr. Tang's master is Li Cunyi, the master of Xingyi, but his enlightenment master is Mr. Shen Wanlin from Shenzhou, Hebei. This Shen Wanlin is also the descendant of Guo Yunshen. He can be said to be the true successor of a famous teacher."
Fang Yan has heard of the names of Guo Yunshen and Li Cunyi. They were often seen in Chinese martial arts novels in the past.
After hearing what the old man said, he looked at Mr. Lu and asked:
"You mean... you are also Mr. Tang's apprentice?"
Mr. Lu waved his hand:
"My dad is."
"I am considered a disciple."
Fang Yan nodded, that's it. Then he was startled, considering that he was considered a member of this sect, he didn't expect that he could still be related to these Xingyiquan masters.
"The Xingyi Double Rod was born out of the Judge Pen, and uses acupoint-pointing techniques. Those of us who are studying medicine happen to be good at identifying acupoints, so I also learned this skill."
"The double sticks are an extension of the arms. If you practice the boxing well, you will also get good at weapons. If you want to learn the double sticks, you have to master the twelve-shaped fist moves. This stick technique includes splitting, Pricking, tapping, poking, dialing, blocking, picking, hanging, and sweeping, the moves must be connected, and at the same time, the body shape and footwork must be coordinated, which is not so easy to practice.”
While talking, Mr. Lu used the medicine pestle in his hand to make several gestures on the bronze acupuncture point figure beside him.
All the important acupuncture points on the body are targeted.
Fang Yan finally understood when he heard this. It turned out that these two sticks were advanced martial arts, and he had to learn all the moves of Xingyiquan.
Dialect asked:
"Then when can I learn Twelve Shape Boxing?"
"Wait until you can penetrate the power of the Five Elements Boxing Mother Style into my body." Mr. Lu responded.
Upon hearing this, Fang Yan immediately said:
"Then I should be fine."
"Huh?" Mr. Lu was startled.
"Look!" Fang Yan stood up and punched the air with all his strength, making a loud sound in the air.
When Mr. Lu saw it, he was a little surprised and confused. Yesterday, Fang Yan was just a hair away from beating him. Today, this kid seems to be a bit faster than yesterday.
Is it really another breakthrough?
If that was the case, he really couldn't let Fang Yan hit him anymore. If he had exerted more strength at that time, he would really have suffered internal injuries.
Then Fang Yan punched all the remaining four punches in front of Mr. Lu, all with all his strength. The fists cracked loudly, attracting the people around who were discussing Liu Zude's affairs.
Lian Jia Zi! Everyone immediately figured it out. No wonder Fang Yan was able to catch the thief. He was really capable. If those fists just hit someone, wouldn't they break all the bones?
After finishing speaking in dialect, he realized that others were looking at him, and he immediately said:
"I feel a little uncomfortable after sitting for a long time. I can punch a few times to relax."
After that, he stopped caring about other people, sat down again and asked Lao Lu:
"How is Master? Can you teach me the Twelve Shape Boxing now?"
Lu Donghua also figured it out at this time, nodded and said:
"Okay, come back with me at noon, and I will pass on the Twelve-Shaped Fist to you."
"You can practice at my house in the afternoon so that I can point out your shortcomings."
"Okay!" Fang Yan nodded immediately and agreed.
The next time, Fang Yan and the others received another old lady who had insomnia. They used Shen San's three needles to prick Shen Ting. Shen Shen left and right, a total of three needles, and nursed the old lady back to health. Unexpectedly, she fell asleep directly in the inner hall. On fire.
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Then there was a child who had a dislocated arm and came to Tongrentang crying heartbrokenly. Mr. Lu took one look at the child and directly took it back in person using bone-setting techniques.
Fang Yan's original plan to use it to increase his experience failed.
He hasn't blessed me with bone-setting techniques yet, so it seems I can only wait until next time.
Then another person came to buy plasters and saw that the doctor was also there, so he came up and asked if there was any other way besides using plasters because his lower back muscles were strained and he couldn't bend over.
Fang Yan immediately took it and asked him to try acupuncture.
He took him to the back hall and pricked the patient a few times with a round sharp needle, and the patient was able to bend down immediately.
Finally, when it was almost noon, Fang Yan told Kong Yao that he had received a bonus today and wanted to treat them to dinner. Several people led by Kong Yao immediately agreed happily, and then Fang Yan took Kong Yao and their lunch boxes to a nearby restaurant. I bought a few vegetables and spent a few dollars and some meat and vegetable tickets.
I also ordered three dishes and one soup for dine-in, and planned to come over with Mr. Lu and his little granddaughter to eat after get off work.
When I go to Lu's home after get off work, I must have planned for him to have dinner. Lu has to cook for himself when he goes home alone, so he might as well eat out and then go back.
As a disciple, you should be filial to your master, and you have to learn from others in the afternoon.
When he returned to Tongrentang, Mr. Lu was giving acupuncture to an old man whose hands were spasmodic and unable to open his fists after a stroke. One needle penetrated two acupuncture points, and the back stream penetrated Hegu.
As soon as the needle went in, the old man's palm opened.
Let the old man and his family have a magical connection, but Fang Yan knows that this situation can only be treated for a short period of time, and he still needs to cooperate with training.
After sending the old man away, no one came until lunch time. Kong Yao and the others had the meal prepared by Fangyan, but only a few of them had it, and the others didn't.
The relationship between everyone is just like that, and Fang Yan will not deliberately please them.
On the other side, Fang Yan told Mr. Lu that he had already ordered food in the restaurant. It was a simple meal for the three of them to eat and then go back.
Mr. Lu was not pretentious, he nodded and set off with his granddaughter.
The three of them had a meal together and then walked out of the restaurant happily.
But not far out of the restaurant, Fang Yan found that several young people who had just been eating at the table next to them were following them.
Five people in total.
Two of them quickly passed them, walked to the entrance of the alley, and stood side by side blocking their way.
The other three people also surrounded him from behind.
A young man headed by the alley held his head high, holding a toothpick in his mouth, and said to the other party with a wicked smile:
"Brother, I don't mean anything else. I just want to borrow some money from you."
(End of chapter)