Wang Lang, formerly known as Yu Qi, is the ancestor of mantis boxing and the founder of mantis boxing. Shandong Qixia people, rich in Qijiadao, cool martial arts, once invested thousands of family funds to Shaolin to learn art, dedicated to serving the country.

Helplessly, the Qing soldiers were closed, and there was no way to serve the country, so he returned to Shandong angrily, organized a righteous army, and opposed the Qing court. Once, because of being outnumbered, almost the whole army was wiped out, Yu Qi walked to the foot of Qingdao Laoshan alone, hid in the fishermen's house, the Qing soldiers chased him, and went to the Laoshan Huayan Temple in Qiqi, and found the senior brother who was also in Shaolin to learn art before--- the presiding monk of Huayan Temple, in order to seek refuge, the senior brother went out of the temple to see, and hurriedly let Yu Qi come in, let Yu Qi change into monk's clothes, cut off his hair, pretend to be a monk, and scald his face with boiling water until his face was red and swollen, and told him to sleep in the meditation room, cover the quilt, and not make a sound.

It didn't take long for the Qing soldiers to find it, and the senior brother said that this was a new monk who was suffering from smallpox, and the Qing officer was afraid of being infected, so he only looked at Yu Qi and withdrew. I didn't recognize him at all, and I hid it from the Qing soldiers. The senior brother said to Qi, the wind outside is still very tight, so he simply became a monk here, to avoid the limelight and fire, Yu Qi agreed, because he is the leader of the righteous army, and often has old subordinates secretly looking for him, Yu Qishen lives simply, does not easily meet guests, and the old subordinates make a code, whoever comes to him, must write a "king" word, handed over to the monk who guards the door, and the monk who guards the door is allowed to enter. In fact, the word "king" is the overlap of the two words "Yu Qi".

Later, Yu Qi simply said that his surname was Wang, and people called him Wang Lang, "Lang" was the title of a man, and later the pronunciation was mistaken for Wang Lang, and the name "Wang Lang" has been passed down to this day.

During this period, the host brother often fought with Wang Lang, Wang Lang was repeatedly thrown out of the senior brother, Wang Lang was extremely ashamed, and vowed to practice martial arts hard and beat the senior brother. The senior brother went out to travel. Wang Lang took the book to the forest behind the temple to enjoy the coolness, occasionally the small insect screamed, looked back, only to see a cicada and a praying mantis fighting, although the cicada is big, but it is not as good as the thin mantis, Wang Lang saw that the praying mantis advanced and retreated to a certain extent, The two arms and claws are transported quickly and flexibly, as if there is a fist theory included, very happy, and catch a few praying mantis back to the Zen room, raise them with a clay pot, play with a straw pole, pay attention to the action of the praying mantis, how to flash and move, Diao hook and hang, realized a unique boxing method, and absorbed the essence of the eighteen family laws of the three dynasties of the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, in order to be flexible, supplemented by monkey steps, a furnace of smelting, after a period of painstaking study, created a mantis boxing.

Later, when the senior brother returned, Wang Lang made another appointment to compete in martial arts, and the senior brother ridiculed him: "The general of the defeated army cannot be brave." How do you know that when you fight, the senior brother was thrown out of the zhang by Yu Qi on the contrary, very surprised, asked Wang Lang, Wang Lang told the truth, the senior brother was greatly admired, and Wang Lang taught the monks of the temple.

In this way, mantis boxing began to spread all over Jiaodong.

It's really hard to say this origin, Wang Lang himself is a Yanwei Qixia person, but he learned boxing in Laoshan Mountain, Qingdao. Qingdao and Yanwei both have a large number of mantis boxing descendants. Whether Wang Lang's place of origin or Wuquan Land should be used as the place of origin, this is indeed a question.

The public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable. This lawsuit is really difficult to decide, so they agreed to win or lose by force. The controversy over the origin of mantis boxing is such a origin.

Since this dispute was initiated by the Qingdao Wushu Association, it was the Qingdao Wushu Association that gathered many masters to go to Yanwei together to challenge the Yanwei masters, so as to determine the place where the mantis boxing belongs.

Qingdao Wushu Association, which gathered Qingdao's mantis boxing masters, as well as some famous masters from other boxing schools, came to Yanwei together.

And Yan Wei should fight the representatives of the Seven-Star Mantis Boxing and the Eight-Step Mantis Boxing, and the Seven-Star Mantis Boxing represented by Zhong Shuangbao also has the vein of Wei Da Long Wei White Tiger. Like Lin Cheng and Hao Chong, Zhong Shuangbao invited him to help with the fist.

The representative of the mantis boxing brought by the Qingdao Wushu Association this time is Wang Long, the president of the Qingdao Dragon Martial Arts Association, Wang Long is the eighth generation of mantis boxing, and Wang Yushan, one of the three mountains of the representative of mantis boxing, learned mantis boxing. Wang Yushan is Wang Long's grandfather, who has learned plum blossom mantis boxing since he was a child, and his skills are profound.

The representatives of praying mantis boxing in Jiaodong are: three mountains, two pavilions, one Hao, and one dragon.

The three mountains are: Li Kunshan, Wang Yushan, Cui Shoushan, the two pavilions are: Song Huanting, Zhao Shiting, one Hao is: Hao Hong, one dragon, that is, Jiang Hualong.

And Wang Lung is the descendant of Wang Yushan, one of the three mountains. And Zhong Shuangbao is the descendant of Jiang Hualong, the first dragon. Both of them can be regarded as the descendants of mantis boxing.

Of course, there are many descendants from the following counties and cities, and they are unwilling to participate in this battle for the origin of mantis boxing.

Zhong Shuangbao's home is in Yanwei City, and there is a big mansion, which is usually the place where Zhong Shuangbao's apprentices box. Now the Qingdao Wushu Association is visiting, and it is in the compound of Zhong Shuangbao's house.

Wang Long, president of Qingdao Dragon Martial Arts Association, is the descendant of Wang Yushan, Wang Yushan is the representative of Taiji Mantis Boxing, Wang Long's Taiji Mantis Boxing, is to integrate Taiji into the mantis boxing. Combined with the circular rotation of Tai Chi boxing, there is also the pictographic meaning of praying mantis boxing. The emphasis is on taking the meaning; both rigidity and softness, strong and extremely soft, with elasticity everywhere; both long and short, alternating up and down, connecting inside and outside, maintaining integrity everywhere; technique, footwork, leg method, body method are closely connected and ingenious, steady and flexible.

Although praying mantis boxing is a pictographic boxing, it focuses on meaning.

As soon as the Qingdao Wushu Association came up, Wang Long directly challenged Zhong Shuangbao and put on a posture of quick victory. As soon as Zhong Shuangbao came up, one arm was upright and the other arm was horizontal, like a murderous hard-core praying mantis.

Wang Lung's Tai Chi Mantis Boxing is also a twist of the waist and a tilt of the body, and it is another praying mantis.

Lin Cheng and Hao Zhong were standing outside the house, pressing Zhong Shuangbao's formation. And the people of the Qingdao Wushu Association were at the gate to suppress Wang Long.

Wang Lung shook his footsteps and walked diagonally towards Zhong Shuangbao. Zhong Shuangbao, his arms staggered, his arms like two big axes slashing towards Wang Long.

The Seven-Star Mantis and the Taiji Mantis both belong to the hard-core praying mantis, and they are both strong and strong.

Praying mantis boxing pays attention to "sending guests away at the waist, sitting on the crotch of the handsome house" and "moving by the legs and feet, storing strength in the crotch waist, blocking the wind and rain and shaking the arms".

They are dominated by the waist, with nearly the strength of the crotch, the thighs with the calves, and the calves drive the pace. The attack is mainly focused on the upper body, that is, the arms.

Its movements require fast eyes, fast hands, fast steps, fast bodies, fast styles, one move into three moves, long and short, imposing, unpredictable;

Force, fast and sudden, elastic combination, rich in elasticity, so that rigid but not stiff, soft but not soft, brittle but not short, fast but not hairy.

Wang Lung and Zhong Shuangbao went back and forth, and the contact was short.

The pace of Zhong Shuangbao's Seven-Star Mantis Fist is a seven-star step, which is very mysterious. Serial steps, eight open steps, martial arts steps, and middle palace steps are all created according to the principle of the Big Dipper.

Wang Long's Tai Chi Mantis Boxing is mainly based on Land Rover steps and jade ring steps, with continuous pedals and interlocking steps.

Lin Cheng watched and secretly remembered it in his heart.

Wang Lung gave a shepherd boy to guide the way, and Zhong Shuangbao returned a white ape picking peaches. Wang Lung hooked his hand, Zhong Shuangbao blocked a side, and the two of them advanced and I retreated, and they fought equally.

But after all, Zhong Shuangbao is old, in his forties, less than fifty, which has begun to decline among boxers. And Wang Lung is forty years old.

Punching is not a young man, that's what I'm talking about. When you are old, your physical strength is lost. The age is right, and the physical strength is good.

Those who practice martial arts can delay and delay the rate of aging, and those who practice martial arts, forty years old is like a normal person in thirty, which is the time when his physical strength is the best, and it is also the time when he has the most experience.

The two fought for more than ten minutes, and Zhong Shuangbao slowly began to lose his physical strength, although Wang Long's physical strength also declined, but it was not as obvious as Zhong Shuangbao's decline.

Lin Cheng saw that Zhong Shuangbao's physical strength had dropped badly, and if it continued like this, Zhong Shuangbao had to be defeated.

"Stop," Lin Cheng shouted, and Zhong Shuangbao and Wang Lung stopped in amazement. When kung fu reached Lin Cheng's level, he could already see at a glance whose skill was deep.

In fact, at the beginning, Lin Chengcheng saw that Zhong Shuangbao and Wang Long's skills were similar, but Zhong Shuangbao was older than Wang Long after all, and his physical strength was not as good as Wang Long.

In fact, in Wang Lung, he is also worried about the decline of physical strength, and he is not sure of victory, maybe if he is negligent, he will have to be grabbed by Zhong Shuangbao and win with one blow.

At this time, many people from the Qingdao Wushu Association also saw that Zhong Shuangbao's physical strength had declined even more than Wang Long, and if he continued to fight, Zhong Shuangbao should have a big losing face.

But the fighting process is ever-changing, there is no absolute winner, there are many accidental elements, and no one can guarantee who will win for sure.

"Everyone, everyone, it's almost noon, I've arranged refreshments for you, rest first, and then continue. ”

At first, no one paid attention to Lin Cheng, after all, he was too young, and everyone in the Qingdao Martial Arts Association only thought that Lin Cheng was Zhong Shuangbao's apprentice, but on such an occasion, this person dared to interrupt the competition loudly, it can be said that even if this person is not particularly high, he is definitely not a person with a low rank.

Even if he is Zhong Shuangbao's apprentice, he is also an apprentice who is favored by Zhong Shuangbao.

Kung fu is the most profound accumulation. No matter how talented a person is, he doesn't have hard work and time, and he doesn't want to become a master. There is no accident on the path of boxing cultivation.

Everyone in the Qingdao Martial Arts Association asked one after another, "Who are you and what do you do?"

In the face of so many people's accusations, Lin Cheng was very indifferent, and after these people's voices became quieter, he swept over these people, "I am a friend of Master Zhong, and I have also practiced mantis boxing for a few days. ”

"Boy, what do you mean by interrupting the competition?" "Do you feel like you can take the place of Zhong?"

"Master Zhong, I admire the martial arts seniors, I dare not say that I can represent Master Zhong, but I dare to say that Master Zhong must not have done his best. ”

"You kid is open-mouthed, do you know that the surname Zhong didn't do his best? Why don't you come up and try it?" Everyone in the Qingdao Martial Arts Association saw that Lin Cheng was open-mouthed, and Lin Cheng was not very old, so they naturally thought that Lin Cheng didn't have any great skills, so they squeezed Lin Cheng to compete.