How powerful is Li Shuwen? Defeating a Japanese samurai with one palm, the Japanese call it: no two strikes

With the arrival of spring in the fighting industry in recent years, various fighting events have entered people's world. As the mainstream of today's fighting world, mixed martial arts is undoubtedly the most eye-catching.

As the level of players has improved in recent years, Zhang Weili, Li Jingliang and others have demonstrated their own style for us Chinese on the high-level fighting stage.

In comparison, traditional martial arts seem to have not had a very good reputation in recent years. Whether it is Master Yan Fang or Lei Lei, they have become jokes in the public. In the eyes of many people, traditional martial arts has gradually turned into a means of deception.

This is actually very wrong. Traditional martial arts, as an important part of Chinese culture, can be passed down to this day, and it is definitely not something that can be done by deceivers.

Due to various reasons, it is really difficult for people today to reach the level of the ancients. This is an inevitable result of the development of martial arts culture after the end of the cold weapon era.

When talking about the top masters of traditional martial arts, the first thing that many people think of may be Huang Feihong, Huo Yuanjia, and Ip Man. With the development of film and television works, the images of these heroes have been infinitely magnified.

But if we study history, we can find that most of the deeds of these famous martial arts masters are fabricated, and many times they are created to meet the needs of publicity.

For example, Fearless has never defeated Hercules, and Huang Feihong has never had the legendary Shadowless Kick.

However, nothing is groundless. The reason why the creator writes this is because someone has done it before. Today we will talk about this martial artist who relied on a pair of steel fists to defeat the Japanese. Home.

During the Republic of China, the Chinese martial arts world was a time when talents emerged in large numbers, and masters from all walks of life emerged in endlessly. But if anyone could be called the number one master, then many people would say the same name - Li Shuwen.

Li Shuwen's reputation is much smaller than those mentioned above, all because this man was very simple in his life and did not leave many traces except for practicing martial arts.

Moreover, Li Shuwen was never merciful when fighting with others, and his attacks were always killing moves. Those who fought with him were either dead or injured, and no one could escape unscathed, so he was nicknamed "Harrless Li".

Various factors have resulted in people not knowing much about this legendary martial artist.

Li Shuwen, courtesy name Tongchen, was born in 1862, the last year of Tongzhi.

In the eyes of ordinary people, people who practice martial arts tend to be tall and tall, with broad shoulders and thick backs, broad arms and round waists, but Li Shuwen is just the opposite. At less than 1.6 meters tall, he looks taller than ordinary people. He is short and very thin. At first glance, he looks like a sickly ordinary person.

Li Shuwen’s hometown is Wangnanliang Village, Yanshan County, Cangzhou, Hebei.

We would like to mention here Li Shuwen’s hometown of Cangzhou, Hebei Province. The place where Li Shuwen was born is a nest for martial arts training.

People know Cangzhou mostly from "Water Margin" where Lin Jiaotou assassinated Cangzhou. As everyone knows, Cangzhou is the famous "hometown of martial arts" in China.

In the feudal era, Cangzhou’s martial arts was already well-known throughout the country, with numerous celebrities and masters emerging. At that time, there was a saying circulating on the green forest road called "The escort does not call Cangzhou".

What does it mean?

That is to say, for the escort carriages traveling from north to south, whether they are underworld or white, or traveling by water, as long as the carriage arrives in Cangzhou or the boat passes through Cangzhou, you must pull down the escort flag and pass quietly. Don't call the escort number.

Otherwise, no matter how famous you are or how good your skills are, as long as you call escorts in Cangzhou, you will be in trouble and lose face.

The culture of learning martial arts in Cangzhou has been passed down from generation to generation, and to this day, the culture of martial arts is still unabated.

As we said before, Li Shuwen was very thin and dry, but he had a special feature, that is, his hands were longer than his knees, which made him look very weird. .

But for martial arts experts, having your hands above your knees is a unique advantage. This advantage is that when taking action, you can move faster than ordinary people and attack at a longer distance.

This special place gave Li Shuwen a natural advantage in martial arts training.

Born in the hometown of martial arts, coupled with his extreme obsession with martial arts since childhood, Li Shuwen gradually embarked on the path of practicing martial arts.

But practicing martial arts has not been an easy task since ancient times. Most of the martial arts masters are children from poor families, because only people with such backgrounds can let their children go to the martial arts in order to have food to eat. Suffering from this,

This is one of the reasons why modern people cannot practice Kung Fu like ancient people. Because we no longer have to make money by practicing martial arts, so we don’t have the determination and perseverance. .

At first, Li Shuwen just studied martial arts with martial arts books, and then practiced randomly on his own. But slowly he discovered that his speed in learning martial arts was too slow. Without the guidance of a famous teacher, he was getting twice the result with half the effort.

To truly achieve the ultimate in martial arts, you must learn from a famous teacher.

Being born in the land of martial arts, the most important thing is martial arts masters. So Li Shuwen started his mad journey to become a teacher. As long as he heard that there was a famous teacher there, Li Shuwen would come to visit him no matter how far away he was.

But as we said before, Li Shuwen's appearance looked too weak. The masters he found often rejected his idea of ??becoming a disciple as soon as they saw his appearance.

Every master who saw him said: "Young man, your body is not good at practicing martial arts. Go and learn other skills, and you can also support your family."

Again and again Hitting a wall made Li Shuwen suffer a lot, but at this time Li Shuwen had determined that he must practice martial arts in his life and do his best. He would never give up this idea at any time.

So Li Shuwen continued to study on his own while looking for famous teachers.

Finally, where there is a will, there is a way. Li Shuwen, who was unconvinced and insisted on martial arts, soon met his Bole.

This person with a keen eye for pearls is Zhang Jingxing, the fifth successor of Luo Tuan Bajiquan. Anyone familiar with traditional martial arts knows that Bajiquan can be regarded as the most lethal form of traditional boxing.

As the saying goes: Wen has Taiji to stabilize the world, and Wu has Baji to stabilize the world. It is talking about the fierceness of Bajiquan.

Zhang Jingxing is a famous Bajiquan master. When he saw Li Shuwen, he could tell from his eyes that he was special. He immediately accepted him as his disciple and began to teach Li Shuwen Bajiquan. After that, Li Shuwen learned the Liuhe Spear from his uncle Huang Shihai.

After meeting a famous teacher, Li Shuwen's skills began to improve by leaps and bounds, and his boxing and spear training reached an insane level.

Li Shuwen’s home is about 7.5 kilometers away from the master’s school, and he practices at the master’s gate for an hour every night.

When Li Shuwen went from his home to his master's house, every time he went back and forth, he didn't walk normally like others, but practiced walking with one punch, one palm, and one elbow. It takes others an hour to get home, but it takes him at least three hours.

When practicing the gun, he became even more crazy, wielding the big gun all the way and practicing while walking.

When people saw Li Shuwen on the road, he was always practicing with palms and punches like this. Li Shuwen didn't care about others and just practiced on his own, so he got the nickname, "Li Shuwen" "Crazy Li".

With his extraordinary perseverance, Li Shuwen practiced Sanjiu in the winter and Sanfu in the summer. Over the years, his body underwent radical changes and he gained extraordinary strength.

Li Shuwen's kung fu is also getting better and better. He presses and leans on piles near his home every day. Most of the thick jujube and locust trees around him are beaten to death by his fists and kicks, which become his practice piles.

In order to practice the big gun well, Li Shuwen used the big gun to stab jujubes in the jujube forest near his home, one jujube for one shot, and hundreds of jujubes for a hundred shots. Later, I practiced in front of the mirror and reached the state of being able to touch without being hurt.

After twelve years of diligent study and practice, Li Shuwenji’s four masters, Li Dazhong and Zhang Keming, and his masters Huang Shihai and Zhang Jingxing, have perfected their boxing and spear skills and formed their own martial arts style.

People at the time described Li Shuwen's skill with the spear as a flash, and the tip of the spear would draw a circle with a diameter of more than one meter like lightning. , just like a shooting star chasing the moon, frightening ghosts and gods. The speed is so fast, the strength is so fierce, and the accuracy is so high, it reaches the state of perfection and perfection.

According to Huo Qingyun, a disciple who has followed Li Shuwen’s literature and art for more than ten years, he recalled:

At this time, Li Shuwen had few opponents at that time.

As the saying goes, it takes less than a day to freeze three feet. Li Shuwen was able to reach this level not only by the guidance of famous teachers, but also by his own hard training for twelve years.

There are many people who can work hard, but there are not many people like Li Shuwen who regard martial arts as the only one.

At this time, Li Shuwen was like a sharp blade that had just been tempered, waiting for the moment to be unsheathed.

Li Shuwen first became famous in public in 1895.

This year, Li Shuwen was 33 years old. At this time, Yuan Shikai was training the new army at the small station. In order to train the troops, Yuan Shikai hired instructors everywhere. The invitation was sent to Li Shuwen's teacher Huang Shihai.

Huang Shihai felt that he was getting older and no longer wanted to stand out, so he recommended his disciple Li Shuwen to replace him.

So Li Shuwen shouldered his big gun, picked up his luggage and set off.

Yuan Shikai also hired many foreign instructors for military training, including Japanese karate masters and German military instructors.

When Li Shuwen, carrying a big gun, appeared in the martial arts hall for the first time, the people around him burst into laughter.

Indeed, the proportions of that big gun looked extremely uncoordinated for the short and powerful man, which was quite funny.

Among these laughing people, the Japanese samurai laughed the loudest. At this time, the Japanese were arrogant. When they saw this short "house boy", they could not control their pride. .

When the people around knew that Li Shuwen was acting on behalf of the top master, his master Huang Shihai, everyone laughed even louder.

"Huang Shihai is probably too confused to send such a little monkey!" Even Yuan Shikai was a little stunned. Amidst these doubts, Li Shuwen did not make any move and only continued to stand with his big gun. In the center of the martial arts hall.

Seeing Li Shuwen's appearance, the Japanese samurai beside him couldn't sit still. He insulted and humiliated Li Shuwen on the spot.

However, while this arrogant Japanese samurai was still laughing wildly, in the midst of the lightning and flint, Li Shuwen shook his big gun, and Taro Ito's eyes widened and he froze in horror. Then blood spurted out and the whole person fell to the ground.

Only then did people realize: The Japanese samurai, who had been so arrogant just now, had been shot through the throat by this little man.

Because Li Shuwen's gun was so fast, the Japanese samurai was barely aware of the whole process, so he had no time to resist.

After Li Shuwen stabbed the enemy's throat, he easily threw him out of the martial arts hall. With a scream, the warrior who was laughing just now closed his mouth forever. .

Seeing the suffering of their compatriots, the other three Japanese samurai immediately looked at each other and swung their swords to attack Li Shuwen. However, within three rounds, the three Japanese samurai died as tragically as their companions in the martial arts performance. hall.

As usual, after killing the three Japanese, Li Shuwen picked them up with a gun and threw them outside the martial arts hall.

At this time, the other warriors who witnessed all this had their faces turned to dust.

They looked at the little man in front of them again. At this time, in everyone's hearts, he was like a murderous demon.

And when everyone was shocked, Li Shuwen used his big gun again, but this time, his big gun was aimed at the mosquitoes and flies on the pillars of the hall. A cold light flashed, mosquitoes and flies were stung, but the hall pillars were unscathed.

The title "Sharp Gun Li Shuwen" quickly became famous all over the world.

In the second year of Xuantong in the late Qing Dynasty, the famous Russian boxing champion Malotov came to China, set up a ring in Beijing, put up posters, boasted, and insulted the people of China. Such behavior aroused the anger of the Chinese people and people with lofty ideals. Great outrage.

The martial arts masters from Beijing and Tianjin couldn't bear it and competed with him, but they all ended in failure.

Li Shuwen’s second master, Zhang Jingliang, taught for the Tianjin “Chinese Martial Arts Association” and sent a message to Li Shuwen.

At that time, Li Shuwen was at home waiting on the bedridden master Huang Shihai. After seeing the letter, Li Shuwen was ordered by his master to immediately go to Beijing to compete.

After all the formalities were completed, Li Shuwen flew to the ring and saw that Malotov was as strong as an ox, just like the 600-pound sandbag he usually used for practice.

Seeing that Li Shuwen was thin and withered, Malotov put his arms around his shoulders and spat at Li Shuwen with contempt.

Li Shuwen was filled with righteous indignation, and his Dantian was filled with anger. He casually hit Malotov with the "Overlord's whip" lying wind palm, which made Malotov dizzy and knocked off a piece of skin the size of an egg on his left cheek.

Before Malotov could react, Li Shuwen summoned up his might and used the "Six Big Open Elbow" move. At lightning speed, he hit Malotov in the ribs with great force. Cracked and knocked off the ring.

Everyone watched and cheered. Yanchen was overjoyed and wanted to appoint Li Shuwen as the top martial arts instructor of the fifth rank and close guard.

Li Shuwen resigned because his master Huang Shihai required him to fulfill his filial piety.

Later, Zhang Zuolin, who had heard of the name "Sharp Gun Li Shuwen" for a long time, hired him as the chief martial arts instructor of the Fengjun Army. Due to human feelings, Li Shuwen could not refuse.

However, on the first day after taking office, the Japanese martial arts instructors under Zhang Zuolin and Feng Jun were very dissatisfied when they saw Marshal Zhang looking for such a shriveled monkey to be the chief teacher.

So, he proposed to compete with Li Shuwen.

At this time, the relationship between China and Japan was already in jeopardy. Li Shuwen hated what the Japanese had done in China, so when he heard that the Japanese samurai wanted to compete with him, he became murderous.

Compared with the initial sword fight with the Japanese samurai to show off his power, at this time Li Shuwen wanted to show the Japanese how powerful the Chinese are, so that the Japanese know that the Chinese are not that easy to bully. of.

But if the Japanese samurai were really wiped out at this time, it would be difficult for Zhang Zuolin and him to get along. So, before starting the contest. Li Shuwen proposed to establish a "life and death situation". He said:

"It's not a child's play for two people to compete, and it is inevitable to be injured and disabled. I am a bad old man who is about to die. It doesn't matter if the Japanese hurt me; but If I hurt a Japanese, how can the Japanese let go of you, Marshal Zhang? Well, let us each make a life and death document according to the rules. No matter who is injured, no one will pay for it with his life, so that I can fight with the Japanese.

"

After hearing this, Zhang Zuolin agreed with the idea of ??a life-and-death contest. However, as soon as the contest began, Zhang Zuolin was shocked because Li Shuwen only struck one palm, and the Japanese samurai's shoulder blade was shattered.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Zuolin immediately stopped the contest, because he knew that with just one more slap, the Japanese samurai's life would be lost.

Li Shuwen's life was very special. I hate the Japanese, but the Japanese have great respect for Li Shuwen. In Japanese culture, they are extremely obedient to opponents who can defeat them with strength.

This was true for the United States during World War II. The same is true for Li Shuwen.

Therefore, we can see that Li Shuwen's unique skill Bajiquan is now widely spread in Japan, and Li Shuwen's image has also appeared many times in Japanese comics and games.

Li Shuwen is even more famous in Japan than in China

Because the Japanese know that "Li Shuwen is an incomparable punch, and the magic gun is Li Shuwen". It's all about real skills.

But to measure a martial artist's status, on the one hand, it depends on his own level, and on the other hand, it depends on whether he can pass on his unique skills.

Li Shuwen's own skills are unparalleled in the world, and his disciples are also leaders in the martial arts world.

Three of them are the most famous. The first is Huo Diange, the martial arts teacher and bodyguard of the last emperor Puyi.

There was a famous TV series called "Kant's First Bodyguard" decades ago, which was about Huo Diange. The story.

Another one is Liu Yunqiao, a representative of Bajiquan and the martial arts master who promoted Chinese martial arts in Taiwan. He was once a bodyguard of Chiang Kai-shek.

Another one is with. Liu Yunqiao also studied Bajiquan with Li Shuwen, and he once served as Mao Zedong's bodyguard.

The prototype of the character "Yixiantian" played by Zhang Zhen in "The Grandmaster" is a mixture of Liu Yunqiao and Li Jianwu. .

The three disciples were the guards of Puyi, Chiang Kai-shek, and Mao Zedong. Such achievements are probably unprecedented.

Li Shuwen killed countless people in his life, and he always took action. It was a killing move, and no one who fought with him could escape unscathed.

Even he himself said:

That’s why Li Shuwen landed a "hard fist." "Hit".

Some people say that Li Shuwen was too cruel and his killings were too serious. This is true.

But in that era, "There was no first in literature, no in military." "Two", do not give in on the spot, show no mercy.

Since it is a martial arts competition, it means that both of them place their lives on their own martial arts. No matter which side loses his life for this, it is It was consensual, no one is to blame.

Winning or losing, life or death, all depends on yourself.

When we judge whether a person belongs to a generation of heroes, we should not look at whether he is vicious, but should look at his character.

The so-called chivalrous person serves the country and the people, and Li Shuwen deserves the word "chivalrous".

Li Shuwen has never been careless in serving his master throughout his life. He studied under two masters, Zhang Jingxing and Huang Shihai. He never sat down in his life. He always stood around and waited on the two masters. He made a lot of money outside and must send it to the two masters. Home. Huang Shihai was seriously ill, and Li Shuwen stayed at his bedside. After Huang Shihai's death, he guarded his mentor's tomb for three years.

When it comes to money, Li Shuwen regards money as dirt. He has a simple and true-to-life heroic saying:

It is because of this kind of person that Li Shuwen has a high status in his hometown. , and Li Shuwen also takes great care of his father and fellow villagers. Whenever someone asks for help from him, he will not refuse to help him.

But after all, Li Shuwen had killed too much in his life, and he actually had some enemies in the world. He himself was not afraid of challenges, but he was only worried about being plotted against.

According to the memories of his disciple Liu Yunqiao:

This was also the trend in the martial arts world at that time that forced him to do this. It is not easy for a martial artist to make a world with just two fists. , if you want to maintain your reputation for decades, it is even more difficult than reaching the sky.

And Li Shuwen's reputation at the time was so high that many martial artists who wanted to stand out naturally targeted him. Moreover, Li Shuwen killed and injured countless people throughout his life, and it was unclear how many enemies he had.

As the saying goes, every cause must have its effect, and this is also Li Shuwen's evil retribution.

In his later years, Li Shuwen lived in the south for a period of time because his second son Li Etang founded the Chinese Martial Arts Academy in Changsha, Hunan.

But he could not adapt to the southern climate, so he moved back to his grandson Li Zhifang in Beizhakou, a suburb of southern Tianjin.

One night in the autumn of 1934, Li Shuwen was sitting on a chair in the courtyard, drinking tea and instructing his grandchildren to practice martial arts. He suddenly died of cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 72.

A generation of heroes passed away and were buried in the wilderness. It was not until 1973 that their graves were moved out of Beizhakou. Although subsequent generations still practiced his skills, they could no longer reach their height.

In his seventy-two years of life, he traveled across the world of martial arts without a single defeat. During his lifetime, he was a lonely master who was the best at shooting, and behind him is an undefeated legend sealed in dust!