Late Qing Dynasty, Shanghai.
Nong Jinsun had someone carry a man covered in blood into Jingwu Sect.
Huo Ting'en asked: "Uncle Nong, who is he? Why is he hurt so badly?"
Nong Jinsun sighed and said: "I don't know who he is, but he is Chinese. He was injured by the Japanese. The Japanese are ruthless, and you and I know it all too well. I'm back When the time comes, you can’t just ignore it.”
Speaking of the Japanese, Huo Ting'en looked angry and said in a cold voice: "The damn Japanese will bully us Chinese."
The Japanese wanderers in the Hongkou Dojo often cause trouble for the Jingwu Sect.
Nong Jinsun said: "Ting'en, please send someone to call a doctor. With the doctor's treatment, maybe this person can still live."
Huo Ting'en nodded and said, "Uncle Nong, I'll ask Xiaohui to ask the doctor."
…
Chen Kang woke up and felt pain all over his body. The pain that penetrated deep into the bone marrow made Chen Kang take a breath.
"This is where?"
Chen Kang observed the environment in the room.
Squeak.
The door opened, and a young woman in blue clothes walked in carrying a medicine bowl.
It is "Xiao Hui", a female disciple of Jingwu Sect.
Xiao Hui said in surprise: "You're awake. The doctor said you were seriously injured, and we were worried that you wouldn't wake up. I've already prepared the medicine, so you don't need to ask me to feed you anymore. Drink it while it's hot."
Chen Kang said: "Thank you for saving me."
Xiao Hui said: "It was Uncle Nong who brought you back to Jingwu Sect. If you want to thank me, thank Uncle Nong."
Chen Kang secretly thought, it turns out this place is Jingwu Sect!
…
Jingwu Sect is very important in Shanghai's martial arts world, and Huo Yuanjia is a well-known martial arts master in Shanghai.
After all, Huo Yuanjia was once the number one in Tianjin. After he arrived in Shanghai, he defeated foreign strongmen several times and brought great honor to the people of the country.
There are many people who come to Jingwu Sect to become apprentices, and with Nong Jinsun taking care of the martial arts hall and doing some business on the side, there is no problem in raising a spare person.
In this way, Chen Kang stayed in Jingwu Sect to recuperate.
Chen Kang has a secret that no one else knows. He is not from this era, but a time traveler.
Chen Kang is 37 years old and majored in mathematics. After graduating from college, he worked in several companies for several years without making any money.
When he was 31 years old, Chen Kang left the big city and returned to the county town, where he learned cooking skills from his father and worked as a chef in a restaurant.
A top student majoring in mathematics cannot afford a wife and can only work as a cook? This kind of thing will be common in 2023. There are many college students who cannot find jobs and cannot afford a wife, and Chen Kang is not the only one.
Chen Kang secretly thought: "Since I survived the disaster, let me change my way of living. I don't want to pay off the mortgage anymore, and I don't want to be a slave to the capitalists. I want to live for myself!"
Four months later.
Chen Kang's injury healed.
In order to stay in Jingwu Sect, Chen Kang went to the kitchen to help.
Uncle Gen, who was in charge of the kitchen, did not expect that Chen Kang was proficient in cooking, so he asked Chen Kang to stay in the kitchen and work.
…
Huo Yuanjia is practicing boxing in the yard.
As a master of martial arts, Huo Yuanjia's boxing skills are very pure, and his simple fist and kick moves give people a sense of beauty that combines strength and softness.
Huo Tingen came over, handed over the towel, and said softly: "Father, lunch is ready."
Huo Yuanjia took the towel and wiped the sweat on his forehead and arms: "Then let's eat first."
Huo Tingen said with a smile: "My father's boxing skills are really perfect. My father used to be the best in Jinmen. Now my father is the best in Shanghai."
Huo Yuanjia glared at Huo Ting'en: "Why is the first in Jinmen? That was because I was young and ignorant and too arrogant. Chinese martial arts is profound and profound, who dares to say that he is the first? Although my boxing skills are more proficient than before, but after all, I I’m getting older. I’m getting old, Ting En. From now on, Jingwu Sect will have to rely on you young people.”
In his early years, Huo Yuanjia fought fiercely and was injured many times. Although he is now using boxing to maintain his health, some hidden injuries cannot be healed.
Huo Yuanjia has clearly felt that his physical fitness is declining. Maybe in a few years, I won’t be able to do it anymore. Martial arts can strengthen the body and fight, but after all, it is not an immortal method and cannot make people immortal.
Huo Yuanjia sat down, picked up his rice bowl, took a bite of food, and his eyes lit up.
"Um?"
Huo Yuanjia said: "Who cooked today's food?"
Xiao Hui said: "Uncle Gen has something to do today and has gone home. It was Chen Kang's cooking."
Among Huo Yuanjia's disciples, there was no one named Chen Kang. For a moment, he didn't remember who it was.
Nong Jinsun said: "That's the man I rescued a few months ago. He is Chen Kang."
Huo Yuanjia said: "I didn't expect that Chen Kang's cooking skills are so superb. Not bad, really good."
Chen Kang served the last bowl of soup and said with a smile: "Master Huo, it's my honor that you like to eat my food. In the future, just tell me what food you want to eat and I will cook it for you."
Chen Kang is good at Sichuan cuisine, but he also knows about other cuisines.
Huo Yuanjia said happily: "Okay. From now on, Chen Kang will be responsible for my diet."
Taking advantage of Huo Yuanjia's happiness, Chen Kang quickly asked: "Master Huo, I want to learn boxing from you. Is that okay?"
Huo Yuanjia glanced at Chen Kang and said, "Chen Kang, how old are you? Why do you want to learn martial arts?"
Chen Kang sighed and said, "I am already 37 years old."
Huo Yuanjia said: "Thirty-seven is just a few years younger than me. Even if I teach you now, you won't achieve much."
Chen Kang did not give up and said, "Master Huo, I want to give it a try."
Huo Yuanjia nodded and said: "Then give it a try. When I teach my disciples boxing, you can watch from the side. How much you can learn depends on your luck."
Chen Kang said happily: "Thank you, Master Huo."
…
The disciples who come to Jingwu Sect to learn martial arts are all young people.
Chen Kang is thirty-seven years old, with an older appearance and a lot of white hair. No one would believe him if he was said to be in his early forties.
Chen Kang used to stay up late and work overtime, and then he became a chef. It was too hard. My body is severely deficient and I look older, which is normal.
Chen Kang wanted to learn martial arts, which caused a heated discussion among the Jingwu Sect disciples. They have never seen anyone as old as Chen Kang who wants to learn martial arts.
Huo Yuanjia rarely taught his disciples how to practice boxing in person. He would only demonstrate boxing skills once every six or seven days.
Huo Ting'en is basically in charge of teaching boxing.
Huo Ting'en can be regarded as having received the true inheritance of Huojiaquan, but he is still young and his boxing skills are still lacking some strength. But it is completely enough to teach the disciples the basics of martial arts.
Chen Kang has a good memory.
When Huo Ting'en taught boxing, Chen Kang stood nearby, listened, watched, and followed the moves.
After listening to it only once, Chen Kang remembered more than 90% of it.
Collect information, analyze, summarize, and finally turn it into useful knowledge. Chen Kang uses mathematical thinking to learn martial arts.
Well, the effect seems to be pretty good.
…
late at night.
Everyone else in Jingwu Sect fell asleep.
The light in Chen Kang's room was still on.
Chen Kang recorded all what Huo Yuanjia and Huo Tinggen said when they were teaching their disciples.
There is a lot of information contained in these words.
"The fundamental purpose of practicing martial arts is to strengthen the body, enhance physical fitness, and improve physical fitness."
"Fists and kicks are not that important."
"Breathing methods and thoughts are the core of martial arts."
Chen Kang has his own values and logical thinking, knows how to analyze, and does not follow what others say. Chen Kang had many misunderstandings about martial arts before, and even did not understand the real traditional martial arts.
He now wants to find the underlying logic of martial arts.
If martial arts is a skill, or a technology, then there must be traces to follow.
If you find the fundamental logic of martial arts and understand why martial arts can strengthen your body, then the effect of practicing martial arts will be twice the result with half the effort.
Chen Kangsheng In the industrial era, everything was done with efficiency.
Now that Chen Kang has decided to practice martial arts, he needs to pay more attention to efficiency.
Because Chen Kang is already 37 years old, there is not much time left for him.
…
Huo Ting'en was supervising everyone's squatting in the yard.
"Stand on horseback for an hour. Start now." Huo Ting'en said seriously.
Chen Kang suddenly asked: "Elder brother, what is the purpose of standing on horseback? Why do we stand on horseback?"
Huo Ting'en said: "Zhanzhuang is to enhance your skills."
Chen Kang asked again: "Why can standing on a horse and standing on a stance enhance one's skills?"
Huo Tingen was stunned. He had never thought about this problem. Anyway, this is what Huo Yuanjia taught him.
Unable to answer, Huo Tingen was a little annoyed: "Chen Kang, do you want to practice? If not, go back to the kitchen."
Why can standing horse stance enhance one's strength? Huo Yuanjia couldn't answer this question.
It wasn't until a few days later that Chen Kang figured out: the purpose of standing horse stance is to stimulate the muscles and bones of the legs and enhance the sense of balance and stability!
Breathing, thoughts, and movements must be coordinated in place.
In this way, the training effect will be enhanced several times, even ten times more.
Chen Kang secretly said: "Understand the principles and learn the techniques of moves. As long as you train in a focused state, you can improve your efficiency!"
Deep down in his heart, Chen Kang likes martial arts very much.
Who didn’t have a martial arts dream when they were young? Now that he has the opportunity to practice martial arts, Chen Kang easily enters a focused state.
The following days.
Practicing martial arts and cooking for Huo Yuanjia, Chen Kang didn't feel tired at all, but felt very fulfilled.
Especially when practicing martial arts, Chen Kang was addicted to it and enjoyed it as much as he could.
Until this day.
Hongkou Dojo sent a letter of challenge.
Next month, Akutagawa Ryuichi will compete with Huo Yuanjia, so Jingwu Sect can prepare early.
