Under the influence of his father, Huo Yuanjia and his brothers developed a healthy atmosphere. Huo Yuanjia was in poor health when he was a child, but he was obsessed with martial arts and wanted to learn boxing from his father. However, the Huo family's style is rigorous, and his father worried that Huo Yuanjia would not learn the essence, and going out later would ruin the reputation of the Huo family, so he did not agree to preach his martial arts.
So Huo Yuanjia secretly studied behind his father's back. When the father taught the younger brother, he stood at a distance and followed the gestures. Later, when his father found out, he was very angry and punished him. Huo Yuanjia took the opportunity to intercede with his father, saying that he would never argue with others outside again and smashed the signboard at home. His father couldn't bear it and promised to teach Huo Yuanjia.
Huo Yuanjia is very talented in martial arts. He practices hard every day. He is the most progressive of his brothers. At the age of 24, he could beat his brother in five minutes. Seeing that he was talented, his father began to pay attention to cultivating him. Later, Huo Yuanjia set up "Jingwumen" in Shanghai to recruit apprentices.
At that time, China's national strength was weak, and it had become the "sick man of East Asia" among the foreign population. 190 1 year, a Russian went to China to perform a ring match. Billboards read "Russian first" and even insulted China. No one can compete with it. When Huo Yuanjia saw it, his heart was ablaze with anger, so he took his apprentice to the ring and asked him why he insulted China on the spot.
Hearing the story of Huo Yuanjia told by his assistant, the Russian immediately invited him backstage. Huo Yuanjia unceremoniously offered the solution-either apologize to the people of China and take off the "Russia first" brand, or fight Huo Yuanjia with live ammunition. Finally, the Russians chose the latter without any surprise.
1909, a British strongman named Opie Yin also came to China to pose and challenge, and insulted the people of China. Huo Yuanjia couldn't tolerate this kind of provocation, so he went again with his apprentice. Opie had heard about Huo Yuanjia's reputation for a long time, so in the face of Huo Yuanjia's tournament requirements, he put it off again and again, and finally slipped back to England.
These two experiences are so exciting that people in China are very proud. However, there are many talents in China. Huo Yuanjia was brave all his life, but he finally admired someone. He is Zhang Sanjia, the last top martial arts scholar under the Chinese imperial examination system. Zhang San's family comes from a small village in Kaizhou, and their families are poor, but they are all obsessed with martial arts.
Zhang Sanjia, influenced by her family since childhood, has an inexplicable attachment to martial arts. By the time 15 years old, the Zhang family's figure looked very strong. His father thought he was a martial arts master, so he sent him to meet the famous local martial arts master, but the Zhang family did not live up to his expectations and trained hard. Finally, in 1898, he was appointed as the champion of martial arts by Guangxu, which made him famous for a while.
Many famous martial artists challenged him, and Huo Yuanjia was one of them. At that time, it was agreed that Zhang Sanjia would stand still and Huo Yuanjia would kick him. The average person can't stand Huo Yuanjia's leg kung fu, let alone his feet, but Zhang Sanjia has been carrying it all the time, motionless. Huo Yuanjia directly lamented that he was a young hero! But unfortunately, the last champion in this history died of illness at the age of 22, which is really jealous.