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Huo Yuanjia was a master of martial arts in the late Qing Dynasty, known as "Guinness Hero", and he enjoyed a good reputation both at home and abroad. His deeds were once told stories in Tianjin.
Huo Yuanjia, whose name is Junqing, was born in Xiaonanhe Village, Jinghai County (now the western suburb of Tianjin) in 1868. His father, Huo Endi, has excellent martial arts skills. He often goes to Kanto and is a bodyguard for merchants. He is quite famous in the Wulin.
Huo Yuanjia was physically weak when he was young. He was often bullied by village urchins, and was often teased by
ten brothers. Huo Endi was greatly displeased. He was afraid of damaging his family style, so he banned Huo Yuanjia from practicing martial arts, and
let him go to school. This greatly hurt Huo Yuanjia's self-esteem, so he secretly practiced martial arts and secretly competed with his brothers. There is a jujube grove in Xiaonanhe village, which is a graveyard. Usually,
it is inaccessible. Every time Huo Yuanjia secretly learns three strokes and five styles from his father and brothers, he goes to the deep place of Zaolin to practice, trying to figure out while practicing. Sweat in summer, wind and frost in winter, and rapid progress. Later, when his father found out about his martial arts, he was reprimanded. But Huo Yuanjia will never give up halfway. He promised his father not to compete with anyone and not to lose the face of the Huo family.
in the autumn of 189, a martial arts hero came to the Huo family, saying that he had heard a lot about the Huo family's "fan
tracing art", but he actually came to compete. Between words, he insulted the Huo family's father and son, and Huo Yuan's third brother, Yuan Qing, fought with him, but he was defeated in three rounds. Horndi was about to go to the
show in person when he heard "Watch me!" Huo Yuanjia jumped out like a whirlwind. When the old man saw it was
him, he was extremely angry, but it was too late to stop him, and the two of them had already started fighting. See huo
yuan Jia attack like lightning, standing firm as a cornerstone. Only a few rounds, Huo Yuanjia took advantage of his opponent's unstable leg
to bend over and sweep it away, and his opponent suddenly fell into the dust. Huo Yuanjia stepped forward, and
grabbed his opponent and threw it out of the distance, breaking his opponent's leg. This unexpected scene surprised and delighted everyone. Huo Yuanjia's reputation as a "martial arts expert" has also spread.
In the twelfth lunar month of 1895, Huo Yuanjia went to Tianjinwei to sell a load of firewood. By this time, he had
married and had children, and his life was a little difficult. His firewood pole is different. A specially made elm
wooden pole is long and thick, and it weighs three or four hundred Jin, but he can carry it easily, which makes
pedestrians talk about it and praise it.
Huo Yuanjia came to the west bend outside the west gate, and before the business was opened, there were "gangsters"
who came to ask for "money for crossing the street" and "money for land", and the two men went from quarreling to fighting. "Hun
Hun Er" is no match for Huo Yuanjia. He made a fool of himself in public and ran away. After a while, a group of "hooligans" came to retaliate with swords, guns and clubs. Seeing the situation, Huo Yuanjia also drew a flat
and was ready for battle. When surrounded by the gang, he suddenly shouted, waved the pole with a left thrust and a right thrust, swept forward and swung back, only to hear the wind whistling, and the weapons in the hands of "gangsters" fell to the ground. Then, he came to sweep the chamber with an "ancient tree packing" and swung the pole at the "gangsters". Time is not long, and
more than forty people came and surrounded Huo Yuanjia. Huo Yuanjia was red-eyed, too. He broke the pole in two with a "crack", holding one in one hand and preparing for the battle. Just as the sword was at daggers drawn, I suddenly heard someone shouting "Stop it!" It turns out that the boss Feng, the leader of the "gangsters", has arrived. He invited Huo Yuanjia into his home, gave a banquet for him, and wanted him to do something to maintain the land. Huo Yuanjia promised to go back and discuss with his family.
In the spring of the following year, Huo Yuanjia went to Tianjinwei and defected to the shopkeeper Feng because of his poor life.
After he took charge, he successively canceled the "exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous fees" that extorted farmers and vendors, which caused
dissatisfaction among the "gangsters" in the foot line. After that, he quit his errand and worked as a porter at Huaiqing Medicine Stack in Zhuxiang, outside the North Gate.
One day, a batch of raw land was put into the medicine warehouse, each bundle weighed 5 Jin. A big fellow wanted to compete with Huo Yuan
A, so he shouldered this 5-kg bundle of raw earth by himself for three times in a row. However,
later, he said in front of all the guys, "Master Huo, people say that you have great martial arts and great strength.
Today, why don't you show your hand in front of your buddies and let us open our eyes." Huo Yuanjia had heard from
that he was dominating by the strong in the stack, so he wanted to take this opportunity to sweep his prestige. So, Huo Yuanjia
smiled at him, found the thickest and heaviest wooden pole, picked up two bundles of raw land, and walked unhurriedly
into the warehouse. When the guys saw that he was trying to pick up a thousand pounds, they all cheered. The big fellow was flushed with shame and left his job the next day. Not long after, another thing happened. One morning, the guy in Huaiqing < P > Medicine Stack went to fetch water, only to see two large bluestones standing on the wellhead. The situation,
slightly touched, the wheel will fall into the well. Man helpless, had to go back to please Huo Yuanjia. At this time
, there are many people watching around the well platform. Huo Yuanjia came to have a look and said with a smile, "This < P > man is really capable. I admire him. This is obviously for me." As he spoke, he came to the well platform, and the cat bent over, held the wheel with both hands, and only heard a "hi" and pushed the two wheels out. The onlookers cheered in unison. Later, Huo Yuanjia learned that it was the people of Beijing Yuanshun Escort Agency. These events made Huo Yuanjia famous, and people gave him a number < P >: "Hercules Huo".
In the early spring of 19, Nong Jinsun, the shopkeeper of Huaiqing drugstore, took advantage of his busy work and invited Huo Yuanjia out
for a stroll. They came to the Haihe River, found a teahouse and chatted over tea. Nong Jinsun had studied in Japan, and he was very knowledgeable. He often told Huo Yuanjia something about China and foreign countries, which opened Huo Yuanjia's eyes, understood a lot of truth and inspired Huo Yuanjia's patriotism. Tan Xing and his wife were
thick when they suddenly heard a noise by the river. It turned out that the ship carrying imperial grain only had to stop here. Li gang, who was in charge of grain, jumped ashore and turned around, but he couldn't find a place to pile. He was a little worried and kicked off the column of a mat shed with his feet. The owner of the mat shed was a fugitive from Shandong, who made a living by frying fruits. When he saw the mat shed collapse, he quickly ran out and pleaded with Li Gang. Li gang said,
tear off the mat shed, put the wooden stake with the tip down, and use the arm as a hammer to drive the pile. I saw the stake being driven into the ground inch by inch, which shocked many people at once. The owner of the fruit shop knelt down and begged
Li Gang to give him some compensation. Li Gang impatiently kicked him away, tied the cable to the stake, and Yang
went away. Just then, I heard Huo Yuanjia shout: "That black boy, come back!" Li
just thinks he is the bodyguard of the Royal Grain Ship. How can he take Huo Yuanjia seriously? He turned around and said to Huo Yuanjia, "Son of a bitch, you are tired of living. How dare you touch the ground at the traditional age!" He gasped when he learned that it was Huo Yuanjia who was facing < P >. But he was not to be outdone on the surface, so he
said, "Mr. Huo, don't be ignorant of good and bad. You'd better leave it alone."
they didn't agree with each other, and finally they started to fight. Seeing Li Gang's extraordinary skill, Huo Yuanjia used
the formula of "Flash Step and Stop Hand Grenade" in the family's "Secret Trace Art" and jumped behind Li Gang.
An iron sand palm burst out on his back, only to see Li Gang stumble forward a few steps, and
a mouthful of blood was sprayed with a "wow", and he fell headlong. At this time, the ship's grain officer saw that the bodyguard was knocked to the ground, and the big
shouted and called for Huo Yuanjia to be arrested. The Qing soldiers tied Huo Yuanjia up. Nong Jinsun was so anxious that he stamped his feet
and beat his chest. He saw that Xu Tong, a great college student in Tierenge, happened to get off the boat here and change bridges, so he went to complain. Xu
Tong asked the reason, lamented that Huo Yuanjia was a hero, and learned that Huo Yuanjia was a villager, so he let Huo Yuanjia go.
on June 18th, 19, Eight-Nation Alliance captured Tianjin. Wang Wu, the broadsword of Beijing Yuanshun Dart Bureau, was killed in the struggle with foreign devils. Huo Yuanjia heard and witnessed the bloody crimes of foreign devils, which made him plant hatred against the invaders and resentment against the Qing government. He went back to his hometown to recruit people to practice martial arts in order to serve the country.
in 191, Huo Yuanjia was thirty-three years old. One day, Liu Zhensheng, his apprentice, brought several < P > advertising leaflets with the story of Russian Hercules performing in the theater, claiming that "playing all over China is invincible, so that the sick people of East Asia can see and broaden their horizons." Huo Yuanjia was angry after watching it, and
got up: "It's really cruel!" He immediately took Liu Zhensheng to Tianjinwei.
They first found Nong Jinsun, who knows a foreign language, and then went to the theater to explain their purpose. The steward of the theater
heard Huo Yuanjia's name for a long time, so he didn't dare to neglect him. He arranged for them to sit in the first-class seats, and then he informed the Russian vigorously
. The Russian Hercules appeared on the stage. He was tall and strong as an ox. He first
punched a set of fists to exercise all his muscles. Then he lay on his back, lifted 1-pound dumbbells in each hand, and clamped one between his legs. On the three dumbbells, he put a wooden board, an eight immortals table and four chairs. Then four big men went up and sat in the chairs to play cards. Then, he performed flat-rolled iron plates. He first took a thick iron plate and had it hit three times with a sledgehammer.
The iron plate didn't change, and then he rolled it into a tube with all his strength. Finally, break the chain
. He stepped on one end of a thick chain with his foot, and then circled around for several times. The other end turned over his shoulder and grabbed it with both hands. He only heard a loud shout, and the chain snapped and fell on the stage with a loud noise.
these performances amazed the audience. After the performance, he boasted that he was the
No.1 Hercules in the world, and threatened to perform for three days.
Where can Huo Yuanjia sit still? He jumped onto the stage and said loudly, "I am
Huo Yuanjia, the sick man of East Asia, and I would like to compete with you in public. How about that? It's up to you whether it's a gentleman's fight or a villain's fight
! " The Russian Hercules was afraid of making a fool of himself in public, so he asked the translator to explain to Huo Yuanjia that what he just said was an exaggeration to make money, so please don't take it seriously. Huo Yuanjia repeatedly called
board, but he refused to compete. Finally, he promised to admit his mistake in the newspaper and left Tianjing
Tianjin with despondency.
in 193, Li, the bodyguard of Wuqing, invited Huo Yuanjia to compete. The first item is to walk three times on the edge of the empty dustpan. Huo Yuanjia's contribution was not deep. He only walked for two and a half laps and kicked the dustpan over, which caused ridicule from Li's guards and disciples. The second item is that everyone hits each other three times. Li's bodyguard hit Huo Yuanjia with the first palm
, but the blue brick under his foot cracked. With the second palm down, the Huo Yuanjia pattern
did not move, and the blue bricks at the foot became small pieces. Li bodyguard couldn't help but gasp. He spelled out all his strength and hit the third palm. Only Huo Yuanjia's feet sank into the blue brick ground more than three feet deep, and his body was as steady as Mount Tai. Huo Yuanjia pulled out his feet, smiled and said, "Master, please!" Li Shi
who knows his "iron sand palm"? With only one hand, he couldn't stand it, waved it, and
fell to the ground. Li's bodyguard made amends with a smile, admitted defeat, and invited Huo Yuanjia to stay, so we can compare later. Who thought he had ulterior motives and locked Huo Yuanjia in a small attic? After dark, Huo Yuanjia used his divine power to push the bars out and the wall collapsed before he got away.
In 1999, an English strongman named Opin came to Shanghai, set up a roller in Zhangyuan, and advertised in the newspaper, boasting and insulting China people. At that time, Shanghai suffered from no one against the enemy, so it wrote to invite Huo Yuanjia to go. As soon as Huo Yuanjia arrived in Shanghai, he also set up a parade in Zhangyuan, and wrote in the
advertisement, "Only accept the strongmen from all over the world, although they have bronze skin and iron bones, they have nothing to worry about." This immediately caused a sensation at the club meeting. Feeling that things were not good, Opium threatened Huo Yuanjia with 12, pieces of silver
. Unexpectedly, Huo Yuanjia, who had a well-thought-out plan, agreed, and Opium had to sign a
tournament. However, on the day of the competition, Opin was never seen again. It turned out that he had slipped away to Nanyang. The Japanese Judo Association was not convinced when it learned that Huo Yuanjia had defeated the British and Russian giants, so
selected more than a dozen experts and came to Huo Yuanjia to try it out. Huo Yuanjia first let his apprentice Liu
play with a loud voice, and Liu started to stay still according to the master's instructions. Japanese samurai pounced on
and grabbed Liu's clothes to throw him down. Unexpectedly, Liu's kung fu was deep, and the Japanese samurai used various
tricks to no avail, and Liu defeated the other five people in a row. The Japanese team leader was very angry, so he personally went into battle
to compete with Huo Yuanjia. He thinks he's skilled, but as soon as he meets him, he knows what Huo Yuanjia is capable of.
He tried to hurt people with a black hand, but Huo Yuanjia caught him. He made a feint and slammed his arm with his rib, and the Japanese leader
broke his bone. The Japanese side admitted defeat.
after the game, Japan hosted a banquet in honor of Huo Yuanjia. During the dinner, the Japanese knew that Huo Yuanjia was suffering from "fever" and "illness", so they introduced a doctor named Akino to see him. Unexpectedly, after taking the medicine, the disease gradually worsened, and only a few months later, a generation of martial arts masters left the world with a grudge. Afterwards, my friends took the medicine < P > for testing, only to know that it was a chronic lung rot medicine. This is the Japanese ronin who has done it in secret.
Huo Yuanjia died on January 14th, 1999 at the age of 42. Chinese people all deeply regret the news. After Huo Yuanjia's death, Jingwu Gymnastics School
, which he founded by himself, held a grand funeral for him. The cemetery was in the northern suburb of Shanghai, and the monument was engraved with
Tomb of Hercules Huo Yuanjia.
In 191, based on the Jingwu Gymnastics School founded by Huo Yuanjia, the Jingwu Sports Association was established. On the 1th anniversary of the founding of the Association, Dr. Sun Yat-sen personally presented a plaque, wrote the four characters "< P > Martial Spirit", and served as the honorary president of the Association.
After Huo Yuanjia was assassinated by Japanese ronin, Mr. Huo's wife, Wang, raised two sons and three daughters for a hard time.
She died in 196 at the age of 91. Huo Yuanjia's murder brought great sorrow to the Huo family. Huo Dongge, the second son of Huo Yuanjia, who had a family feud and a national feud, went to Shanghai with his uncle Huo Yuanqing to support the newly established Jingwu Sports Meeting, aiming at strengthening the people and strengthening the country. After several years of painstaking efforts < P >, the prestige of Jingwu Sports Association is increasing day by day, and branches have been established in many parts of the country.
In 1919, Huo Dongge went to Guangzhou to teach at the invitation of Jingwu Guangdong Branch. During this
period, he was overjoyed to learn that overseas Chinese living in Nanyang were also planning to build a Jingwu sports organization, so
he took his nephew Huo Shousong to Indonesia in 1923 to organize and publicize the Jingwu sports organization, which was praised by the local people. During World War II, he actively organized anti-Japanese activities and was arrested by Japanese military police. In 1956, Huo Dongge died, and many overseas Chinese organizations jointly issued an obituary to mourn the patriotic martial artist who died in a foreign country. He left a son and a daughter in Indonesia, and now
he has become an Indonesian citizen and started a pharmaceutical factory.
After Huo Shousong arrived in Indonesia, he organized martial arts training in Jingwu with his uncle, and then opened a hospital.
He made a living by practicing medicine. Huo Shousong wrote before his death