Teaching students in accordance with their aptitude is a teaching method proposed by Confucius early on. In fact, this can be applied not only to studying, but also to learning martial arts in general. Ordinary martial arts masters will naturally only follow the instructions when teaching their apprentices, and mechanically teach every move they know.
But as a master-level figure in martial arts today, Zhou Tong understands the principle of teaching students according to their aptitude, so he needs to understand Sun Tu's strengths and weaknesses before teaching him martial arts. This is why he had to compete with Zhou Xiong. decision.
Seeing Zhou Xiong's posture, it was clear that he was the main attacker, Sun Tu was no longer polite, shouted low, rushed forward, and punched the opponent's front door.
Zhou Xiongren looked honest and honest, but his movements were really not slow. He stepped out of the way and tilted his head to get out of the way of this move. But at the same time that he made this move, Sun Tu suddenly withdrew the punch that he had thrown in front of him, and at the same time, he thrust out a kick from his lower body and grabbed his lower abdomen.
This blow hit the opponent's point where Zhou Xiong could no longer dodge, so he could only lower his hand to block the move. But the moment the two people's hands and feet intertwined, Zhou Xiong felt a strong force coming towards him, which he couldn't resist. He could only retreat hastily to dissipate the strong force.
Seeing this, Sun Tu seized the opportunity and pounced forward. His hands were either fists or claws, always attacking Zhou Xiong's neck, waist, chest, abdomen and other important parts, forcing him to be busy parrying and could only move forward. Bu stepped back, completely at a disadvantage.
Zhou Tong didn't have much reaction when he saw this scene, but the little girl Zhou Xiuwan smiled happily and actually cheered up Sun Tu, whom she had just met: "Brother Sun, work harder, I'm going to knock down Uncle Xiong. To save him from bullying me all the time..." These words fell into Zhou Tong's ears, causing the old man to shake his head and sigh, but he was helpless.
However, the little girl's cry did not affect the two people who were fully immersed in the sparring. Sun Tu attacked fiercely, but to his surprise, after the initial rush, Zhou Xiong gradually stabilized When he came down, although he was still retreating, he had already turned from passive to active, weakening his offensive by retreating in order to find opportunities to counterattack. This left Sun Tu to attack with all his strength, without even having a chance to catch his breath.
After the two sides fought on offense and defense for countless rounds, Zhou Xiong suddenly let out a low shout and saw a flaw in the defense to attack. He cut Sun Tu's shoulder with his palm and forced the opponent to retreat. And taking advantage of this opportunity, he used a continuous stream of moves, rushing towards the retreating Sun Tu like water from a river, making him unable to resist. Finally, he was hit by consecutive attacks on his shoulders, arms, etc., and his steps staggered back. , and then a big flaw was revealed on his chest, which was enough for Zhou Xiong to win with one move.
Zhou Xiong was not polite, he immediately exhaled and punched Sun Tu in the chest with an astonishing momentum. But at this moment, the change suddenly escalated. Sun Tu's steps that were staggering back suddenly stopped. Then he dwarfed and narrowly avoided a punch to the chest. At the same time, others were already like arrows. He rushed straight in front of Zhou Xiong, blocking the opponent's palm with one hand, and sweeping the opponent's door with the other hand. At the same time, he kicked out his feet in a row, directly to Zhou Xiong's knees.
This move caught Zhou Xiong off guard. He could only stand sideways and receive two hard kicks with his legs. At the same time, his body quickly retreated with the force of the kick, widening the distance between the two, thus causing Sun Tu to follow. The following moves cannot be used.
At this moment, Zhou Tong also shouted: "Stop!"
As soon as he said this, the two people who were waiting to fight again stopped. Zhou Xiong smiled naively at Sun Tu: "Sanlang is really powerful, I almost fell into your trap."
"Senior brother, you are too modest. If we continue to fight, I may not be your opponent." When he said this, Sun Tu's aura was a little disordered. Apart from fighting against Lu Zhishen, this was the only time that he would find it difficult to fight with one person. Although Zhou Xiong is honest and simple, his skills are very solid.
When Zhou Xiuwan blinked her big eyes and couldn't figure out who would win and who lost, Zhou Tong had already nodded and concluded: "Yes, if the fight continues, Sanlang, you will definitely not be Xiong'er's opponent. But Xiong'er, you You still have too little experience in facing the enemy and lack of opportunities. Saburo has clearly exposed his own characteristics at the beginning, but you will still fall into his trap in the end. Otherwise, as long as you were wary at the time, you would have won by now. "
Zhou Xiong thought for a moment, then nodded and said: "What the adults said is that the child is indeed a little neglectful."
"Your advantage is that you have a solid foundation, so even if you are temporarily passive, you can slowly turn around the unfavorable situation. But if you really meet a master, I'm afraid you won't be given such an opportunity." Zhou Tong reminded him again After a few words, he looked at Sun Tu: "Sanlang, if this is what I think badly, you have never really practiced martial arts, right? The martial arts you perform are completely unorganized, just relying on your reaction to be faster than ordinary people and your extreme Only with the ability to change quickly can one fight with Xiong'er for dozens of times without losing any distinction."
Sun Tu nodded: "Master said, in fact, the disciple has never really learned martial arts from others since he was a child." It is said that Sun Tu's martial arts was mostly learned from the army and battlefield before time travel, which can only be called The technique of killing and capturing enemies is not really a systematic martial art.
In fact, in later generations, due to the prevalence of certain concepts, this kind of unique martial arts moves and routines have long been regarded as mere tricks, or even similar to broadcast gymnastics. Therefore, whether in civilians or in the military, everyone only focuses on speed and explosive power rather than tricks. What really matters in fighting against others is nothing more than experience, reaction and speed.
Sun Tu also brought this view to the Song Dynasty. In the past, he rarely failed due to his ability. The only one who was not his opponent was Lu Zhishen. In his opinion, it was because he was not as strong as the opponent. But now looking at Zhou Tong's meaning, it seems that his previous judgment was wrong.
Zhou Tong touched the beard under his chin and sighed: "You are indeed very talented in martial arts. You have achieved what you are today without the guidance of your master. Moreover, in terms of mechanism and reaction, It’s also first-class, much better than Xiong’er.”
These words made Zhou Xiong feel a little ashamed. He could only touch the back of his head and chuckle twice, but he didn't know how to reply. Sun Tu quickly said modestly: "After all, my disciple cannot compare to my senior brother..."
"You really can't compare to him, especially in terms of foundation. This is the key reason why you are far inferior to him." Zhou Tong said with a serious face: "For a martial artist, the foundation is the most important. If you just rely on your body's instinct to fight with others, , you may be able to gain the upper hand temporarily, but in the end it will be difficult to win. Especially when you meet a real master whose reaction speed is the same as yours, or even exceeds yours, it will be difficult for you to save your life."
After a pause, he looked at Sun Tu and said: "So I will teach you next
Your basic boxing and stick skills will give you a real glimpse into the martial arts, so that you can make progress in the future and avoid wasting the core of your body. "
Sun Tu had already understood that what Zhou Tong had to do next was to lay the foundation for himself and make up for what he had neglected before. Maybe he wouldn't have cared too much in the past, but now he is convinced and immediately nodded with his fists clasped: "Disciple understands that I will practice hard and don't dare to slack off."
"As long as you understand. In fact, civil and martial arts lead to the same goal through different paths, and the principles are the same. Those who study literature should start by recognizing words and sentences, so that they can write beautiful articles in the future. And those who study martial arts must also start from the most basic Once you practice these moves, you will be able to apply them to your own use, and then you will be able to draw inferences about other cases by using clever reactions, and it will come easily." Zhou Tong went on to explain a little more, obviously worried that Sun Tu was young and energetic and could not understand him. A lot of hard work.
But in fact, he was completely overly worried. Sun Tu, who was seventeen or eighteen years old, actually had a soul in his thirties, so how could he have any conflicting emotions? Now that he has determined that the other party is a famous teacher, he naturally has to obey the teachings and start learning martial arts.
So in the next half month, Sun Tu would come to see Zhou Tong every day, and then Zhou Xiong taught him the most basic boxing and stick techniques, such as the Taizu Changquan and Panlong stick techniques passed down from Zhao Kuangyin, the ancestor of the dynasty. . These two sets of martial arts are the easiest to learn from the military, but if you want to master them, you have to spend a lot of effort.
However, Sun Tu's ability to understand, coupled with the occasional words of advice from the master Zhou Tong, actually allowed him to make great progress in martial arts. With one method passed through all methods, even the spear and stick martial arts that were not very proficient in the first place actually made a qualitative leap.
At the same time, Sun Tu also brought Ya'er to Zhou Tong so that she and Zhou Xiuwan could get to know each other. The two little girls were similar in age, and after getting along, they became close friends who talked about everything, which greatly comforted Zhou Tong.
Zhou Xiuwan's parents died young, and she has always lived with Zhou Tong and his adopted son Zhou Xiong. Apart from the maid around him, he has no real close friends. Now that he has Ya'er, the little girl naturally becomes happier, and the relationship between the two families The relationship is getting closer and closer.
The days passed peacefully like this, until that day in late October, because an order came from the yamen that the envoys from the Liao Kingdom had entered the Song Dynasty and would arrive in Tokyo soon, so Sun Tu could not stay with Zhou Tong all the time. Wu, but put more energy back into official duties.
At noon that day, Sun Tu took a few of his brothers for a walk around the east part of the city. After confirming that there was nothing unusual in the area, he planned to go to Liufang Juli to eat something. But when they came to the Tianhanzhou Bridge, they found that there was a large circle of people surrounding the bridge, as if they were watching some conflict.
This made Sun Tu and others suddenly nervous, and they rushed over immediately.
At this time, two big men were standing there on the bridge, and the ragged guy was shouting: "Now grandpa gives you two choices, either sell the knife to grandpa for a hundred coins, or you can I think you don’t have the guts to kill grandpa with one knife!”
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Today is the legendary Chinese Valentine's Day. I hope you will be happy when you meet the people or things you like (such as novels, games...) on the magpie bridge. . . . At the same time, it would be better if you could give some tickets to passers-by. . . .