Under One Person: Starting from the Inheritance of Gods

Chapter 11 Seeking Tiger Skin (Seeking collection, monthly ticket, and recommendation ticket)

"Next, I will talk about forgetting the form and focusing on the meaning!"

“Forgetting your form does not mean to forget what you have learned, but to break out of the rut, not be bound by rules, and not be bound by moves.”

“Walking, sitting and lying down are all forms of Xingyi. This is what we call Kung Fu on the body. When you have practiced to this level, you can be said to have achieved a small level of Xingyi.”

"Next, we need to focus on the mind. After forgetting the form, we need to pay more attention to the training of the mind. Imagine that we are a tiger, a dragon, etc. The form and meaning have twelve aspects, and they will manifest when we walk, stand, sit or lie down."

"Lying like a tiger, standing like a bear, squatting like a monkey, running like a horse, stretching muscles like a snake, pulling bones like a dragon..."

"The twelve aspects each have various wonderful qualities and uses!"

"When you reach this level, everything you do is in the form of form and meaning, which is also called the great achievement level!"

"In other Xingyi schools, he would be a master, but in the Xingyi boxing I created, he is only a half-baked one."

When Yue Huyang said this, Meng Fanwu felt as if he had really found an extraordinary master.

Yue Huyang seemed to have seen through Meng Fan's thoughts. He patted his little head and continued, "Next, it is the third level where I am, the master, and I will be in the realm of pride and giving shape."

"What do you mean by proud?"

"Of course, it's not the kind of complacency, but it's like getting Qi, getting something, just like winning the first prize in the imperial palace, or Sun Wukong getting the peaches. You have a deep understanding of it and know its value."

Yue Huyang was afraid that Meng Fan was too young to understand, so he explained the characters to him.

“Intention is very difficult to cultivate.”

"What is intention?"

"It can be understood as the spirit of will. The mind expresses the intention, and the intention takes shape. The bigger the heart is, the bigger the intention is!"

"Therefore, Xingyiquan was originally called Xinyi Liuhequan. Xinyi Ba is the Xinyi Bashi, and Bashi is the moves. Yi is the foundation."

"Xingyiquan requires one to cultivate one's own intention by referring to the twelve aspects of Xingyiquan. As a teacher, what I have cultivated is the tiger intention."

"What does the tiger want?"

"A fierce tiger descends from the mountain, looking down upon the other beasts. In the forest, the tiger is the king of beasts, the most respected of all beasts, and there is no one who can rival it!"

"At that time, when I was young, I met many masters. I used my tiger form to fight my way out of the situation. With blood and violence, I used the methods of tigers and wolves, and finally I became a fierce tiger."

"In the process of raising a fierce tiger, you must not only raise the fierce tiger, but also keep the tiger gates locked at all times. You can also say that you need to constantly hone your own spiritual will."

"Raise a fierce tiger in your heart, but don't become a fierce tiger. Among the twelve forms, according to the way of a master, it is difficult to cultivate the tiger and dragon forms, because you have to subdue the dragon and the tiger!"

"Dragons are creatures from myths and legends. As a teacher, I have no reference and can only rely on my imagination. They are like flowers in a mirror or the moon in the water. They are unpredictable. It is difficult to even take the first step of cultivating the body and mind, let alone the rest. It is really difficult to achieve success."

"So, after excluding the illusory dragon phase, the tiger phase is the most difficult!"

"To be a tiger, one must experience killing and fighting in order to achieve something!" "Otherwise, what is the difference between a raised tiger and a cat in a cage?"

"But your senior brothers were not successful. The current era does not allow it, and it is also due to their own talent limitations. Therefore, none of your three senior brothers has become successful. They are only stuck in the second level."

“And after you are proud, you will be given shape!”

"To give shape to one's own intention is to put a layer of false skin on the intention. It is difficult to draw the tiger's bones, but it is difficult to draw the skin of a tiger. In the Xingyiquan created by my teacher, the intention is the tiger's bones. Once you have the tiger's bones, it is easy to draw the tiger's skin!"

"This tiger skin cannot be sloppy, it is woven with Qi Gang!"

"In order to weave this tiger skin and continue the path of Xingyi that I was thinking about, when I was young and just starting to develop the tiger spirit, I also visited famous teachers many times."

"Finally, I knelt in front of the door of a southern lion dance master for three days and three nights. Because I was learning from a master, he refused me. But after seeing my sincerity, he was willing to teach me some of his skills."

"Don't underestimate the lion dance. It is also a long-standing martial art. In my opinion, its heritage is quite similar to Xingyiquan."

"The old man I worshipped as my master was named Wu Shiyuan. He was a descendant of the southern lion dance. He was about sixty or seventy years old at that time."

"But he is still full of energy and looks majestic. The true meaning of the lion has penetrated into his bones. He looks like a lion when he walks, sits or lies down."

"Of course, the essence of the lion dance tradition lies in the Qilin footwork passed down by their school. The tradition also has its origins. The Qilin footwork under the feet evolved from the stepping Gang Bu Dou, and it also cultivates a unique Tian Gang Qi."

"This technique involves walking and standing in a certain order according to certain rules. The meridians in the body will open up and absorb the scattered energy lost in space by creatures in nature. This energy is called Gangqi."

"As long as the pace is not disrupted, the user can use the energy to maintain vigorous energy for a long time. Specific steps can also allow people to inhale energy that can repair the body."

"Moreover, after Wu Shiyuan accumulated the Tiangang Qi to a certain level, he was able to transform the Tiangang Qi into a physical form, and created a green-haired lion alive."

"People live in it, controlling the Qi, which turns into a lion. This is called lion dancing. Combined with the Tiangang footwork that continuously returns the Qi, it can be said to have both power and endurance."

"And what the master wants is the method to transform this Qi Gang into a physical form!"

At this point, Yue Huyang couldn't help but pause, as he recalled his youth, and seemed extremely happy.

Meng Fan listened carefully at the side and felt that his master Yue Huyang was like a protagonist. It can only be said that everyone is a legend in his own life.

At this time, Yue Huyang scratched his forehead and smiled embarrassedly: "Of course, I also want to learn his basic Qilin footwork, but unfortunately he won't teach it to me. I am just greedy."

"However, just the method of simulating Qi and transforming into a physical form is enough. That method requires the coordination of the meridians in the body with the acupoints to simulate the innate Qi into an external form outside the body. It is still too far for you now."

Yue Huyang rubbed Meng Fan's head and continued, "It's just that the Qi of ordinary people like us can't last as long as those who practice Tiangang Step."

"As a last resort, I had to find another way to combine the fist force with the condensed innate Qi and develop it into Qi force, which has stronger explosive power."

"To put it simply, the Qi Gang thing is simple. It is nothing more than the condensation of the innate Qi and the compression of air. It is similar to the principle of the sword Qi thing. It is not something that can be put on the table."

(End of this chapter)