Zhang Yongsheng waved his hands and said, "It's not about fighting. Why is fighting all your brain? You need to use your brain to practice martial arts. Do you really plan to turn your brain into muscles?"
Zhao Yunfei scratched his head and said with an awkward smile: "Didn't you say you want to try martial arts? How can you try it without fighting?"
Zhang Yongsheng explained: "It's very simple, just try the footwork. You first go through the basic footwork of the plum blossom pile, and then Dong Qishan follows your footsteps, and I see how it goes."
Zhao Yunfei readily agreed: "This is very simple, right here?"
Zhang Yongsheng nodded, and Zhao Yunfei decisively began to practice the plum blossom pile footwork. He has been practicing for several months. Although he is not yet able to engage in actual combat, he is still very proficient in various changes in footwork. There was a dirt track under the stands on the playground, and Zhao Yunfei skillfully demonstrated on it.
Zhao Yunfei performed each move according to the standard, leaving a series of footprints on the mud with his feet. The footprints were distributed on the ground to form a plum blossom pile shape. His footwork is relatively proficient, and the position deviation is not obvious when he repeatedly steps on the same footprint. It seems to be starting to bear fruit.
Dong Qishan didn't know what Zhang Yongsheng's intention was, but he still watched Zhao Yunfei's demonstration seriously. He has never learned the footwork of plum blossom pile, but he is very familiar with the footwork of his monkey boxing. In his opinion, it is not difficult to follow Zhao Yunfei's footsteps and follow the same steps.
After a while, Zhao Yunfei finished the demonstration, stepped aside, pointed to the footprints on the ground and asked, "Can you look at it? I practiced according to the boxing rules. I have never been on a regular stake, so it may not be standard."
Zhang Yongsheng looked at it and commented: "Not bad, it's very close to the pile. Come down and stack a few bricks and make a simple place to practice first. In terms of actual combat, you can consider combining it with Taizu Changquan. The two steps Laws are also complementary, it’s up to you to study this.”
He changed Zhao Yunfei's education from teaching to inspiring, gradually reducing the intervention of directly teaching moves and replacing it with inspiring Zhao Yunfei to learn from the boxing manual. This not only allows Zhao Yunfei to learn martial arts by himself from secret books, but also exercises his understanding of martial arts concepts.
As the saying goes, the master leads you in, and cultivation depends on the individual. After all, the time for martial arts students to learn from their masters is limited, and it is easy to enter the bottleneck stage, which requires self-breakthrough. Generally speaking, it is nothing more than seeking inspiration from other martial arts schools, or refining one's own experience for analysis.
Zhang Yongsheng's education method for Zhao Yunfei is to gradually lead him to this path. When Zhao Yunfei encounters a bottleneck in the future, he will already be familiar with this learning model and will naturally be able to find a breakthrough quickly. Those who are taught by masters step by step are prone to get stuck in bottlenecks and find it difficult to break through throughout their lives.
Although Dong Zhenwu didn't know the plum blossom pile, he had watched others perform it many times and asked, "The footprints are not on the pile either. How can we use it? Let Qishan follow it again?"
Zhang Yongsheng nodded and said: "It's almost the same, but instead of following the steps, I walked on Zhao Yunfei's footprints. I can roughly judge the level of his Qinggong movement by looking at the extent of their footprints. Based on this judgment, basically We can see his basic functional abilities to facilitate the next training plan.”
Dong Zhenwu has been traveling around the world for so many years. This is the first time he has heard of such a thing. He asked curiously: "Does this show the depth of martial arts? What kind of method is it?"
Zhang Yongsheng smiled and said nothing, and said to Dong Qishan: "Classmate Dong, can you go up and take a look? If you are not familiar with it, don't go too fast. Just use your own footwork. There is no need to imitate Zhao Yunfei in terms of strength and rhythm."
Dong Qishan looked at Dong Zhenwu, Dong Zhenwu nodded, and walked up bravely. He has never walked through the plum blossom pile, and it is impossible for him to act exactly as Zhao Yunfei did. In fact, he was using monkey fist footwork to walk on Zhao Yunfei's plum blossom pile footprints in order.
Since there was a big gap between the two steps, Dong Qishan was not familiar with them, so he walked crookedly and at a slow pace, just like a person walking in a swamp. Zhang Yongsheng stood aside and watched carefully, his brows slightly furrowed, as if he didn't think much of Dong Qishan.
After a while, Dong Qishan finished the footsteps left by Zhao Yunfei and retreated to wait for Zhang Yongsheng's comment. Zhang Yongsheng said nothing, walked around the footprints twice, then squatted down and observed carefully. He picked up a branch nearby and drew a line on part of the footprints.
After doing all this, Zhang Yongsheng stood up, and Dong Zhenwu urged: "Brother Zhang, what did you see? Qishan's footwork is not bad, I have taught it myself since childhood."
Zhang Yongsheng frowned, shook his head and said: "Old man, don't blame me for speaking out. The situation is not optimistic. It can be said that Dong Qishan was delayed by you."
"Delayed? How is it possible?" Dong Qishan became anxious and retorted: "Do you know anything about martial arts? My footwork is the best among my peers in our family, and several of my father's apprentices are not as good as me."
Zhang Yongsheng did not return directly, but pointed to the footprints marked by himself, and said to Dong Zhenwu: "If I remember correctly, Monkey Boxing has a way to practice Qinggong footwork, which is to walk on the edge of the dustpan. Is he You haven’t gone up to practice properly yet?”
Dong Zhenwu nodded cautiously and said: "He is still very young, and his lower body is not stable enough. It is not yet time for practice. I estimate that in another year or two, he will be able to move up."
Zhang Yongsheng nodded and explained: "Look at these footprints, they are obviously different from the rest. There are signs of slipping at the points of contact. This is even true on flat ground. If it is on a pile or a dustpan, do you think it will be different?" Can it still be completed as usual?”
Dong Zhenwu squatted down and observed carefully. Dong Qishan and Zhao Yunfei also followed the same example. None of them had seen anyone commenting on martial arts like this. Not only was it novel, but it was also an opportunity to learn skills. This opportunity is very rare, so watch carefully to find the differences.
Five or six minutes later, Dong Zhenwu stood up and sighed: "It is indeed the case. Qishan's footwork is unfamiliar, he cannot control the weight of his feet, and his strength is obviously unstable. But after all, he is not a plum blossom pile practitioner, and he is not familiar with the unfamiliar footwork. It should be considered normal for this kind of situation to happen."
Zhang Yongsheng shook his head and said: "What I ask is not for him to imitate Zhao Yunfei's plum blossom pile footwork, but to use the monkey boxing footwork to walk the plum blossom pile footprints. He has practiced monkey boxing for many years, no matter what footprints he takes, The first time is Monkey Fist, unless he has the ability to hide it deliberately."
Dong Zhenwu nodded and said: "You are right, he can't hide his special skills. If he had this ability, he would have been able to dominate the world. It seems that the weakness of the shallow foundation has been exposed. If he wants to correct this problem There is no other way but to start from scratch.”
