Blooming America

The plane heading to China gradually stopped.

Bruce Lee gradually opened his eyes as he recharged his energy.

Generally, people think that Grandmaster Bruce Lee’s first martial arts teacher is Grand Master Ye Wen, but in fact his enlightenment teacher is his father Li Haiquan.

As a celebrity of Cantonese art, Li Haiquan has practiced Tai Chi for decades and has deep attainments. Bruce Lee was very active since he was a child, thinking that as long as he was able to fight, he started to learn Tai Chi from his father when he was a few years old.

Tai Chi occupies an extremely important position in Jeet Kune Do. Some of its theories about "Tai Chi," "Wuji," and "Yin and Yang" have gradually developed into the core theories of Jeet Kune Do, and Tai Chi diagrams have also become the core theories of Jeet Kune Do. Logo illustration.

Because of Bruce Lee's need to fight on the street at that time, he wanted to give up the practice of Tai Chi, because Tai Chi is a slow skill. But he was opposed by Li Haiquan, because Li Haiquan knew that Bruce Lee’s temperament was too strong, and through practicing Taijiquan, there might be a certain degree of restraint, but as Bruce Lee gradually gave up the practice of Taijiquan, he had to find another way to make up for it. .

Even Bruce Lee had no idea that he came to China this time just for this Tai Chi.

And for this Tai Chi, it was for Bruce Lee's own Jeet Kune Do.

"Mr. Bruce Lee, welcome..."

Mr. Li Jingwu was not in the capital, but for the arrival of Bruce Lee, the people above took it seriously and invited Mr. Li Jingwu over.

Mr. Li Jingwu is also a legend. In 1927, when he was 15 years old, he and Sun Fengqiu learned Mi Zongquan from Liu Ziyuan in Harbin. In the early 1930s, he came to Beijing successively to learn Wu style and Chen style Taijiquan by three Taijiquan masters, Zhao Tie'an, Chen Fake, and Yang Yuting, and was taught by Shishu Wangzi Gong.

In 1941, he served as director of Beiping Taimiao Taijiquan Research Association.

After the founding of the country. Actively participate in the promotion and popularization of Tai Chi routines compiled by the state.

"Simplified Taijiquan" was arranged by Mr. Li Jingwu.

His skills are superb. Although a few people who depended on the number behind braved his name to slander, the reason why he accepted such apprentices was only because they were protecting themselves in a special age.

"Master is polite, polite..."

Faced with a master like the other party, Bruce Lee also appeared very humble, which placed himself in the position of a junior.

Mr. Li Jingwu’s most unique skill is the Tai Chi push hand, which is different from the slanderous person. The real Tai Chi push hand is based on the center of the person and the action of the opponent. And it's definitely not a random person, and then a push, "fly" out-can also fly without obstacles.

The so-called "four-two-thousand-thousand jins", but few people mentioned the latter sentence "thousand jins behind".

There is no long-term effort. What do you want to do? That is a fantasy.

Thousands of kilograms are shifted in four or two, and the force is behind. Its own strength and cultivation base are the most important.

The kind of person who pats the front lightly. The big man in front immediately jumped three times on the spot, and then made two rounds and jumped back for two meters. There was no "Tai Chi".

Tai Chi push hands can indeed make people jump up, but it just follows the strength of the person, making people's center of gravity unstable and unable to relieve their strength, so they have to jump - otherwise they will fall. Generally speaking. Tai Chi practitioners first eat and live without joints, and then ordinary people will definitely try to break away or restrain. Then the master will use the force to guide it to lose its balance, and this will be able to be turned out.

But that kind of monster-like jumping three times...that's really impossible.

Bruce Lee was not actually here to discuss Tai Chi.

Hmm... to be more precise, Bruce Lee is here to discuss the philosophy behind Tai Chi.

Bruce Lee's "martial arts" is a kind of spirit and a kind of thought.

But Mr. Li Jingwu is not in a hurry.

Because it was discussing martial arts, and Bruce Lee did not like others to be here, the two were arranged to meet in a living room with no one else.

What the two started discussing was the development of martial arts and martial arts.

Jeet Kune Do is not a boxing, but a martial art idea.

But Jeet Kune Do's thoughts and many of Tai Chi's thoughts "overlap".

This is exactly why Bruce Lee came here.

Bruce Lee, who had been in contact with martial arts since childhood, wanted to integrate martial arts into one, pruning the branches and establishing the mastermind.

What is the mastermind?

In Bruce Lee's thinking, kung fu is a special skill, a delicate art, not a physical activity. This is a subtle art that must match intelligence with skill.

"You will push your hands too, let's try it."

The two got their hands together.

Although Bruce Lee is very strong, the training of Bruce Lee in this life has been restricted by the doctor. In terms of speaking, it is not stronger than the use of electric shock assisted training in his previous life.

But Bruce Lee knew Tai Chi, but he was unfamiliar after all. Although he had also learned Wing Chun, in fact Bruce Lee's boxing method was not like that.

Therefore, Bruce Lee was quickly thrown out by Master Li Jingwu.

"I have seen your "The Way of Jeet Kune Do"."

Mr. Li Jingwu said suddenly at this time.

"Kungfu is not just a fighting technique, it is also a worldview. Kungfu can inspire courage and change people's attitudes towards life. Tai Chi is the same. But I prefer to call Tai Chi a kind of life."

"Tai Chi is just like what you said, Kung Fu, it is a delicate art that must match intelligence with skills. It can change people's temperament and way of thinking."

Mr. Li Jingwu continued: “At the beginning, I didn’t understand it, but when I started to study ancient Chinese philosophy, I suddenly realized it. When I learned Taijiquan, I remembered the terminology that Master said, and The terminology used by the teacher who teaches the history of ancient Chinese philosophy is quite similar."

"Rigid and soft, yin and yang, strong and weak, hot and cold, length, up and down, movement and static, opening and closing...So some people call Tai Chi as'literati boxing' and'philosophical boxing'."

Bruce Lee nodded.

"Some people say that Tai Chi does not go out for ten years, and Xingyi kills people in one year. Tai Chi, in the process of perennial evolution, has gradually transformed from a boxing method to a kind of life philosophy and a kind of humanistic thought. It has itself It’s not the boxing technique itself. I just pushed your hand with you. In fact, what came out... is our life."

Mr. Li Jingwu was talking on the side while Bruce Lee was listening quietly.

of course. This kind of truth can only be heard by such a master. Letting others listen is like letting a baby learn to run. It is simply ignorant.

"The most common thing I say to my students is'fist a thousand times, and the truth comes out.' When the students ask me, when will I learn Taijiquan? And when? Is it considered to have kung fu? When is it considered to have comprehension? When is it considered to have inner strength?... I just told them this sentence. Because Tai Chi itself is a kind of truth. A kind of concept."

Chinese Taoist health preservation and traditional Chinese medicine are the first to use "theory of vitality" as the guiding theory for the study of human beings. And given further development. This is a typical example of using the most advanced philosophical theory at the time to guide the development of science and technology at that time. That is to use the simple materialist worldview and methodology as a means to guide the research of life sciences. It not only studied people's potential, but also studied the way of people's health and longevity, which is what Lao Tzu called "the law of longevity."

Tai Chi is the existence that gets its essence and development.

of course. This thing is not so mysterious.

No matter how great the martial arts. It is impossible for a farce that suddenly comes to mind and then soars in the daytime.

This world is still a materialistic world, but martial arts and martial arts. It's just self-cultivation.

"The most important thing is to be able to relax and have a calm mind like water. Life... is water"

Bruce Lee suddenly said this.

As the most outstanding philosophy student by Professor Kane, Bruce Lee has a lot of sentiment about "water".

In his thesis "Enlightenment", he said: "Water", the most basic thing, is not the essence of kung fu? This kind of ordinary water explains the principle of Kung Fu for me. I just hit the water with my fist. But the water does not feel pain. If I try my best to fight, the water won't hurt. I want to grab it. But it is impossible. Water, the softest substance in the world, can be adapted to any container. That's it, I must be like the nature of water.

Bruce Lee even called on people to learn about water, saying in "The Avenue is Like Water": Friends, be like water!

In his opinion, water has 5 qualities:

Water can be put into a bowl to become a bowl shape, and put into a cup to become a cup shape. It is so compliant, adaptable, and collaborative, without blindly confronting it with brute force.

Although water is very patience, it can sometimes appear extremely powerful.

Water is so clear when it is still, and once it is turbulent and roaring, it becomes so turbid and devastating.

Water can move forward ignoring the pressure.

If you cooperate with water, then water is your friend, and if you fight back, then it will become your enemy.

Both Li's theory and Taijiquan's theory are obviously influenced by the book "Lao Zi". Born from the eighth chapter of Lao Tzu, "Goodness is like water. Water is good for all things without fighting, and it is the evil of everyone, so it is more than Tao. Living in a good place, a good heart and a good benevolence, a good word, a good governance, a good and a good time, and a good time. The husband does not fight, so there is nothing special.".

When you join hands with a Tai Chi master, you feel that the other person is very soothing and relaxed, but you feel that the power is infinite, like the tide is coming, and it is irresistible. why? This is the broadness and exquisiteness of water's "elephant invisible" and "changing only as permanence", and it is the highest state pursued by Taijiquan.

Taijiquan advocates deliberately practicing softness and unintentionally gaining strength, with special emphasis on "loose", which means that practitioners are required to be in a pure and natural state, like natural water, to let their muscles, husband’s joints, and ligaments all over their bodies. Both the viscera and the internal organs maintain a natural and relaxed state, and the mind must reach an empty and quiet mood. In a state close to water.

Hearing what Bruce Lee said~www.wuxiaspot.com~Mr. Li Jingwu smiled in surprise: "My realm is not as good as you!"

"Mr. Li. I want to communicate with every family in this continent..."

At this time, Bruce Lee made his request.

"This is no problem." Mr. Li Jingwu said with a smile.

And Bruce Lee also stated: "Jeet Kune Do is indifferent to shape, so it can be suitable for any shape; and because it has no sect, it can also be suitable for any school. But after seeing so many martial arts abroad, I found that I There is still something we don’t understand about our own kung fu. The supreme realm of martial arts must be simple and easy to adapt to all changes, but it can only be done if it gradually develops to the extreme."

This is about to take advantage of a hundred families!

Mr. Li Jingwu immediately understood.

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The fourth step is completed, there is one more~ (to be continued)