Kong Wu, a powerful wrestler and a scholar who exports poems, are two identities with great contrast in people's impressions. There is no "rejection" in this old man, but they are as beautiful as his name. Wang Yiwen was originally named Wang Yiwen. As one of the most experienced wrestlers in Tianjin and even the whole country, Wang Yiwen changed her name to Wang Yiwen, which means "being able to use martial arts and writing skills".
For those who were born in the war-torn years, it is the supreme spiritual pursuit to "write a pen to secure the world and become a cadre". "I have studied wrestling culture for many years."
When he was young, Wang Yiwen and his predecessors looked at Soviet textbooks and studied international wrestling. Because he loved this sport since he was a child, he even changed his major from gymnastics to wrestling.
"1959 the first national games, I just graduated from college. Because there were not many people playing international wrestling in China at that time, I served as the vice chairman of the competition. " Wang Yiwen opened the thick commemorative album of the First National Games, and the picture of two vigorous wrestlers fighting in the ring was presented to reporters. "At that time, the rules were different from those in the knockout rounds now. At that time, if you want to win a championship, you have to meet all your opponents. "
Wang Yiwen, who served as deputy referee of wrestling in the previous two National Games, was later transferred to Tianjin to teach for work reasons and served as judo referee in the fifth National Games. From the 6th National Games, he was the coach of Tianjin Wrestling Team until he retired. In this process, he not only took the newly established Tianjin Guard to the position of national champion for many times, but also trained famous wrestlers such as Tian Lei, the national champion who participated in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games.
"Many athletes like Tian Lei have a high level, but their education level is not high. I recruited them to join the team. The first thing I did was to let them learn the athlete's manual I compiled and set high standards for themselves. " Wang Yiwen said that since then, he has paid great attention to improving the cultural level and moral quality of the athletes he brought, and has also trained many high flyers who graduated from major sports colleges in China.
Today, Wang Yiwen, who is full of peaches and plums all over the world, is still physically strong, has strong arms and speaks enthusiastically. According to him, it depends on "being able to write and use force." "I still play Tai Chi every day and stroll downstairs. Although my wife is in poor health and can't travel far, I still exercise whenever I have time. " He said.
Besides studying wrestling techniques seriously, Wang Yiwen also devoted a lot of efforts to wrestling culture. "Jiao Di", "Yu Di" and "Wu" in the famous Song of Wrestling are the nicknames of Chinese wrestling collected from historical materials of different times. He learned to write wrestling poems from school, such as the whole Tang poetry. He recreated the written records about wrestling in these ancient books, and compiled poems and songs into a book, History of Chinese Wrestling Poetry and Calligraphy. This booklet contains hundreds of poems such as Wrestling Famous Songs, which adds more cultural connotations to Chinese wrestling.
"Chinese wrestling cannot be promoted, and Chinese wrestling has not yet reached the international first-class level. I think it is related to the lack of cultural connotation. " Wang Yiwen said that most wrestlers attach importance to technology, and it is impossible to understand so many things without a certain culture, especially the cultural elements contained in many technical moves. "It's not just wrestling. It's hard for athletes with no culture and only skills to carry the banner."
International wrestling in Tianjin National Games is in full swing. Although there is no time to watch the game live, Wang Yiwen is full of expectations for the younger generation. "At present, the level of Chinese wrestling is not bad. It absorbed European wrestling methods, invited foreign coaches, and combined with China's wrestling methods to form its own set of theories. " Wang Yiwen said that the basic skills of wrestling have not changed much, but the rules are always changing, so athletes should adapt to the rules. "If your brain becomes faster, you can get results."