螳螂拳,武术的香气

The Mantis Boxing, a Fragrant Flower in Martial Arts

从前,练拳都是一个姿势练三年。而现在这个时代,恨不能每天能学一套动作出来。殊不知,功夫不在招式,在深浅。清末民初,国人倡武。1912年起,武术更成为振奋民族精神的政府策略。哪里能想到,百年之后,我们的影视剧仍然在不断重复霍元甲、黄飞鸿等武术家的故事,内容大多是与外国人打斗,赢得民族尊严。但武术本身却显得了然无趣,渐起泡沫,更是经常被拿来打假,令人心痛。

When martial arts thrived at the turn of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, the Mantis Boxing became one of the top ten boxings in China. A national arena contest was held in 1933, declaring killing would be exempted and the dead would be granted coffins and returned to their native places. The incompetent was afraid to attend. Li Kunshan and Wang Yushan both participated in the contest. As Li Kunshan won the championship in cold steel in Nanjing, Mr. Chiang Kai Shek inscribed a golden tablet personally, which said “With a sword shocking the east, the hero is known in the world for half of his lifetime.” Wang Yushan defeated all his rivals and won the first place in the arena boxing contest in Shandong. Cui Shoushan’s contribution was to rewrite The Manual of the Mantis Boxing. From then on, Li Kunshan, Wang Yushan and Cui Shoushan from Laiyang were known in the nation and in the world. Therefore, the development of the Mantis Boxing in over ten schools cannot separated from its influence.