Chen fake is very dissatisfied. He once discussed it with several relatives of Chenjiagou at home. Chen Fake criticized Chen Zhaoxu, saying that he should not be distracted to practice other things, but should continue to practice boxing well. My relatives are busy making excuses that Zhao Xu's kung fu is already very good. After hearing this, Chen Fake stood up, called his pusher, and beat him a few feet high at first. Zhao Xu knows his father's painstaking efforts, and he also knows that his own realm is still very poor. He burned musical instruments, paper and pens, and concentrated on practicing boxing, and his kung fu improved a lot. Through this incident, we can see that Chen Fake's pursuit is different from ordinary people. In the eyes of ordinary people, it's already good kung fu, but what Chen Fake saw was a higher realm in Tai Ji Chuan. He pursued all his life and never relaxed, so that he reached a height far higher than ordinary people. Chen Fa can beat people so high and so skillfully, besides his superb skills, there is also a very important reason, that is, he has extraordinary strength. There is a proverb in China that "Practice makes perfect". If you practice your skills skillfully, you can use them skillfully. In martial arts, I think we can add another sentence: "Practice makes perfect". Although people can fly if they are skilled, if they are not strong enough, the scope of proficiency will be much smaller. If you are strong enough to hit a person high enough, you can control flying out of fences and windows, and you can turn a somersault high enough to fall on him, just as it is much easier for adults and children to play.
So our pursuit is not only technology, but also strength. Teacher Hong said one thing: Li Jianhua is nearly two meters tall and weighs more than 200 kilograms. He once practiced pushing hands with his classmates, saying that it was difficult for others to push me out just because of my weight. Chen faked his joy and said, "I really can't move you?" With one hand on his neck, he grabbed Li's ankle with the other hand and lifted him flat. It is much more difficult to lift a 200-kg person horizontally like this than to lift a 200-kg barbell. I also heard from brother Chen Xiaowang that Yao Chen (Chen Xin's brother, 184 1- 1926), a famous Tai Ji Chuan expert in Chenjiagou, had a pair of iron scissors, each weighing 16 kg and one weighing 32 kg. After death, others can't use them, but only leave can use them. It takes a lot of effort to use an iron bar of 16 kg as a weapon.
Teacher Hong said that when Chen Fake pushed her hand, physical contact was not strong at all. But in the experimental action, his reserve force seems endless, as if it would be blown away by the strong wind. Teacher Hong also said that when Chen Fake practiced sweeping his legs on solid ground, the ground was divided into two semicircles by his left and right feet, and the ditch was inches deep. In addition, he stamped and smashed bricks, shook his feet, and the sand fell on the roof, all of which showed the strength of his legs. Having said the above four points, I don't want to talk about this point any more. On the one hand, I am afraid that the article is too long. On the other hand, this seems to have little to do with Tai Ji Chuan's skill. However, considering that we can have a relatively complete understanding of Chen Fake, and China people have always said "art is like a man" when evaluating art since ancient times, what kind of quality will produce what kind of art. Actually, this is right. Usually, I can see many people whose quality is not very good (but not very bad at the same time), and Tai Ji Chuan's attainments are also good. However, these people are only excellent, but it is impossible to reach the height of Chen Shanzhai. For example, a proud and self-righteous person will not make progress to a certain extent because he is not good at absorbing the strengths of others. A person must always feel that he is not enough, and then he can make continuous progress and achieve himself by going up a flight of stairs. A heartless person always tries to knock others down and hurt them. Of course, he will not spend time and energy to learn the art of making people fly without injury.
Chen Fake is a very modest man. He never boasted that he belittled others. Teacher Hong said that almost all people who practice Tai Ji Chuan like to say that Tai Ji Chuan is a school of internal skills, and internal skills are superior to external skills. But Chen Fake never regarded his boxing as the supreme family. He said, "Everything has an inside and an outside. Only after years of study can we learn the essence from the outside. The same is true of learning from Tai Ji Chuan and other kinds of boxing. Both inside and outside, you can enter from the outside. " So someone asked Chen Fa what the best boxing method was, and Chen Fake replied: All boxing methods are good, but bad ones have long been eliminated. The quality of boxing depends on how to teach and learn. Chen Fake never speaks ill of people who practice boxing outside. When a student asks someone about his boxing skills, Chen Fake often gives three answers: good or bad, Kung Fu, and I can't understand the rest. Later, after a long time, Mr. Hong and others understood what he meant, and it was commendable to practice well or not. A kungfu practitioner is one who is not good at boxing, but is willing to practice hard. I don't understand. It's no use practicing boxing badly. Chen doesn't mind being belittled by others. There is a doctor named Liu, who studied under a master and a teacher from a school in Beijing, and later studied science. One day, Dr. Liu said angrily to Chen Fake: A teacher always said that Chen Taiji couldn't preach well and Chen Fake's kung fu was not good either. Hearing this, Chen Fake said with a smile: He said we were not good, and he didn't say how good we were. He said his, and we practiced ours. Ignore him. As mentioned earlier, in order to keep the position of another teacher, Chen Fake would rather not go to the University of the Republic of China to teach boxing. As mentioned earlier, Mr. Hong also talked about another thing related to Shen San. He said that after Shen San left, a classmate said rashly, "In that case, why didn't the teacher throw him away?" "Chen's face fell immediately after hearing this and asked him," Did you throw it? Why did you throw him? "This classmate was too scared to answer when he saw the teacher angry (Chen Fake usually speaks kindly to students). Chen Fake asked him sharply: "You said, you said, you said that in public, would you like someone to fall?" "This classmate shouted," I don't want to. Chen hypothesis, "oh, you don't want to! Do as you would be done by. Don't even think about it. He also kindly taught: "It is not easy for a person to become famous, so we should protect the reputation of others everywhere. 」
After listening to Chen Fake's martial arts deeds, many people will have an impression (and so will I) that he must be a mighty and serious man with indifferent feelings. In fact, on the contrary, Mr. Hong told me two little things, which others may not write in the article, but I think it is very interesting and will change your impression of Chen Fake. In the 1930s, when Chen Fake's youngest son, Chen Zhaokui (1928- 198 1), was a few years old, there was a 16-year-old girl (I have forgotten the name Mr. Hong said). Because of my poor health, I practiced boxing with Chen Fake, and the result was good. I have great feelings for Chen Fake. She called him her father. Her brother worked in the army, and then the army was transferred. She didn't want to, so she stayed in Beijing. One day, Mr. Hong came to Chen Fake's house and saw Chen Fake sitting in a chair with tears. Chen Zhaokui was crying with his back against the wall, and the girl was crying when she stood next to him. She asked what it was. It turned out that this girl taught Chen Zhaokui to read. Chen Zhaokui is not serious and can't learn. She patted Chen Zhaokui's hand, Chen Zhaokui cried and the girl cried. Chen also gave a cry. I didn't expect Chen fake to be so emotional, did I?
1956, Mr. Hong went back to Beijing to practice boxing with Chen Fake, and mentioned the situation of the girl (that was twenty years later, she is no longer a girl). Chen Fake said that she teaches Chen Taiji's biography in the park every morning. One morning, Chen Fake, Mr. Hong and another classmate went to the park to watch the lady teach boxing. When she saw them coming, she was embarrassed to teach, so she ran over and gave them an excuse and said, Let's go. Chen smiled and left with them. At this time, Chen Fake was not a strict teacher, but a loving father. Chen Fake was very filial to her mother, who was paralyzed in bed for several years in her later years and needed help in eating and urinating. Her body is heavy. Whenever she urinates or changes the mattress, she is always picked up by Chen Fake. She can't sleep at night, so her eyes are covered with red silk. Whenever there is a banquet, Chen always accompanies him with a small glass of white wine. Everyone advised him to drink more. He smiled and replied: "Before I was twenty years old, I loved to drink, and it was okay to drink three or five pounds of shochu. Once, my uncle and I opened an altar of wine and drank it all at once, so drunk that we were unconscious. It took me three days to wake up, but my little uncle was dead drunk. From then on, my mother told me to drink only a small glass of wine. " It is rare for Chen Fake to listen to her mother like this, and she is also very strong-willed. Once he decides, he can quit for life. This willpower is also the guarantee that he can practice boxing hard all his life.
Source: High-level Kung Fu of Chen Fake and Tai Ji Chuan.