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Chapter 14 Hong Chen vs. Ip Man (Part )

When Hong Chen hurried over, Ye Wen had just put down his outer robe.

Seeing Hong Chen, Ye Wen nodded to him calmly.

Hong Chen also smiled slightly.

Standing behind Hong Zhennan, he took a quick look and found that there were a total of eight martial arts schools coming today to witness or accept the challenge.

In Kowloon, eight families are already a lot, not to mention the even larger Hong Zhennan Martial Arts Club.

Ip Man jumped onto the round table, clasped his fists and turned around.

"Hello, masters. I am Ye Wen. I am from Foshan Wing Chun School and I learned from Chen Huashun. Please give me your guidance."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hong Zhennan continued, "Is there any master who wants to go up and try his hand?"

Hong Chen looked at the masters of the martial arts schools present.

They either remained motionless, made eye contact, or whispered to each other.

But for a moment, no one was willing to be the first.

Hong Zhennan did not take action because he was the strongest here, and it was agreed that Hong Chen would take action on his behalf.

But what are you waiting for, masters?

Hong Chen shook his head slightly.

In the end, it was Master Luo from Junting Martial Arts School who spoke first.

"Okay! Let me go grab the first dish first!"

After standing up, Master Luo leaped lightly, stepped on the stool leg, and quickly got to the table.

Hong Chen: The Great Sage’s Pi Gua and Monkey Step.

The Monkey King Pi Gua is a combination of Monkey Fist and Pi Gua Fist.

When the food was served, Chef Luo blinked rapidly, with a gleam in his eyes.

Monkey boxing is a pictographic boxing that emphasizes resemblance in form and spirit. The key to resemblance in spirit lies first in the eyes, which include looking back, expecting, peeking, observing, looking around and searching.

After the fist salute, Master Luo attacked first.

His first move was a flying leg sweep.

When fighting in a small and restricted space, few people would get their feet off the ground right from the start. Although there are indeed many leg techniques and leaping movements in Monkey King Pi Gua, it also shows that Master Luo has enough confidence in himself.

But at the same time, it also shows his contempt for Ip Man and his lack of sufficient understanding of Wing Chun.

The Erzi Qiangyang Horse is not only the most important part of Wing Chun, but also one of the Twelve Bridge Horses of Hung Gar. Its stability is as good as the Siping Horse which is known for its "calmness and strength".

In such a small space, Monkey King's Pi Gua was restricted, which gave Wing Chun Kung Fu a chance to take advantage.

In addition, Hong Chen observed that Master Luo's mid-air sweeping kick's speed and strength were not very strong.

If Ip Man had attacked him directly before he landed, with Master Luo's skills, he would probably have fallen down on the spot.

If you fall off the table, you lose.

At this time, Ip Man only defended and did not attack. Perhaps he was testing the waters out of caution, but it was more likely that he had just arrived and wanted to give face to the local tyrant.

"Senior brother, who do you think will win?" Li Ji whispered in Hong Chen's ear.

Hong Chen did not even turn his head and said with certainty: "Ip Man."

"But he seemed to be beaten... er, just ignore what I said."

The reason why Li Ji suddenly changed the subject was because Ip Man suddenly switched from defense to offense, put his hand on Master Luo's arm, and punched straight at the opponent's face.

But the punch didn't land.

Master Luo continued to attack.

Ip Man stopped before hitting his opponent for the second time.

Master Luo attacked again.

So, for the third time, Ip Man punched Master Luo in the cheek.

Master Luo finally realized that he could not win the fight with just his fists, so he started using his leg techniques again.

He suddenly flipped over in the air and swept his legs towards Ye Wen's head like a whip.

This time his speed was faster than before, but Ye Wen's reaction was not slow at all.

While using his left hand to block Master Luo's whip kick, his right palm hit Master Luo's side face from bottom to top.

then.

Master Luo, who was in mid-air, spun around and fell onto the table.

While Hong Chen secretly praised, his eyes were still looking at the round table, but his thoughts had already been withdrawn. He sketched out the image of Ip Man in his mind, blurring out Master Luo who was fighting with him, and carefully reviewed the angle and timing of his attack.

That was a near-perfect performance.

Moreover, every time Ip Man made a move, no matter whether it was fast or slow, his force movements and the whole body strength were always consistent.

This is also the most prominent feature of the Grandmaster.

However, Master Luo did not see this, nor did the other seven martial arts masters. They were only at the mastery level.

The decline of Chinese martial arts can be seen from this. Bang!
With a loud noise, Hong Chen came back to his senses.

I saw that Master Luo had thrown down the round table and smashed many stools.

Master Zheng, who sat at the same table with him, looked over with concern and asked calmly, "Master Luo, are you okay?"

Master Luo, who was lying on the ground, had lost his momentum. He held on to his breath and said forcefully, "It's okay!" After a group of apprentices pulled him up, he waved his arm to drive them away, and walked towards his chair while trying to save his dignity, "This table is really slippery!"

Hong Chen smiled secretly: If Master Hua said it’s slippery, then it must be very slippery.

Then next, it’s time for...Oh no, Master Zheng’s turn.

As soon as Master Luo sat down, Hong Zhennan spoke again: "Come on! Don't let him stop!"

Master Luo leaned back in his chair and said loudly, "Master Zheng, it's your turn!"

Then, other masters also spoke up.

Master Zheng, who was suddenly lifted up, had no choice but to stand up.

At this moment, Master Luo suddenly said meaningfully: "Master Zheng, this table is very slippery!"

Master Zheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he quickly came to the table with a few mud steps.

After the fist-clasping salute, Master Zheng took his stance and moved with his feet close to the table.

There is a saying about Baguazhang leg techniques that "the two legs are shaped like scissors, and walking is like wading through mud."

The mud-walking step is used to move around and turn, and to coordinate with the body flipping to quickly change the distance between the enemy and ourselves, and suddenly change the direction of attack, which is sudden and hard to defend against. This is also one of the sources of the so-called "Bagua Hand Black".

The scissor kick is used for entanglement attack.

At the table, Master Zheng suddenly attacked.

In one move, he moves forward with a palm strike followed by a scissors kick, and the speed is quite fast.

Then Master Zheng launched a series of attacks smoothly, fully demonstrating the twisting, drilling, and flipping of Baguazhang, as well as the movement of steps with palms.

Although of no use.

Moreover, Hong Chen believes in completeness, not perfection.

The difference is that "complete" means that although Master Zheng is proficient in Baguazhang, he is still far from reaching the realm of perfection of "twisting and turning like flowing water, turning up and down like a proud dragon" and "every part of the body moves when it moves".

For a master, mastering the art is only slightly more tiring than eating and drinking.

In a blink of an eye, Master Zheng was suppressed.

In the blink of an eye, Master Zheng was pressed on the table and admitted defeat.

Hong Chen felt very regretful.

As a master of Hung Gar, he is very curious about the three top internal martial arts: Tai Chi, Xingyi and Bagua.

People generally agree that "there is no high or low technique", but at the same time people list the above three styles of boxing as the "three major".

Therefore, these three styles of boxing should not only be widely spread, but also prove that they are indeed excellent.

Unfortunately, the transfer to a master is still a little bit short.

After thinking for a while, he turned his head and whispered, "Brother Ji, please ask Master Zheng to have tea with me this afternoon."

"Okay, senior brother!"

Seeing Master Zheng leave the table, Hong Chen did not wait any longer and stepped forward.

"Masters, I am Hong Chen. The fight between Master Luo, Master Zheng and Master Ye just now was really exciting. I am itching to show off my skills. Masters, can you let me have a try first?"

Upon hearing this, the masters present looked at Hong Zhennan first. Seeing Hong Zhennan lowering his head to drink tea as if he didn't hear anything, they immediately understood.

Master Luo: "Master Hong is a great teacher and has many talented students. Master Hong will do whatever he wants!"

Master Zheng: "Yes, Master Xiaohong, just don't worry, we all agree, right?"

The other masters nodded in response.

It was not only because of Hong Zhennan's attitude, but also because after two rounds of fighting, even if they were not very good at it, they knew that Ip Man was not someone to be trifled with. Their kung fu was only on par with that of the two masters, Luo Zheng, and some were even worse than them. Rather than going up and getting beaten and losing face, it was better for them to remain silent.

Now that Hong Chen has asked to fight, they are so happy that they can’t contain themselves.

Hong Chen smiled and nodded to the masters, then took off his coat and stepped forward.

Like Ip Man, he walked step by step to the round table and then jumped up lightly.

But the masters watching the fight gave a completely different evaluation - "Master Xiao Hong's steps are steady, which shows that his horse stance skills are solid!"

At the table, Hong Chen turned a deaf ear to everything and only had eyes for Ye Wen.

He clasped his fists and said, "Master Ye, please!"

Ye Wen's stern face finally showed a smile for the first time: "Master Hong, please!"

Then, Ip Man opened his fist with his questioning hand.

Hong Chen spread his legs and sat firmly in a horse-like position; his left fist was at his waist and his right hand was pointing to the sky.

Take the single bridge.

(End of this chapter)