Information about Wensheng Quan

1. The inheritance of every boxing school has many legends and stories, and the story of Wenshengquan is even more mysterious.

When it comes to Wenshengquan, as one of the heirs of the fist, Wang Anlin, the secretary-general of Jining City Wushu Association, told the reporter that the emergence of Wenshengquan dates back to the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and that the founder is said to be named Liu Fengtian, who was the descendant of Li Yuanba, the fourth son of Tang's Gaozu Li Yuan, and who had a great reputation in the jianghu of the time. According to Wang Anlin, Liu Fengtian was well versed in the traditional culture of yin and yang, taiji, bagua, etc., and he studied the family's sacred kung fu since he was a child, and later, after being instructed by a master, he practiced internal kung fu diligently, and his kung fu was mainly internal kung fu, and in addition, he had the 108 ways of pounding method.

Besides practicing internal kung fu, Liu Fengtian also had eight disciples, of whom Gao Yunlong (also known as Gao Nanguo, meaning "difficult to restore") was the most knowledgeable. "This Gao Yunlong is very interesting, rumor has it that he is the descendant of Zhao Kuangyin, the founder of the Song Dynasty, and his ancestor has passed down 32 styles of Tai Zu's Long Fist, as well as the Six Harmonies and the Leaping Steps Flag Pistol." Wang Anlin told reporters that, compared with the master Liu Fengtian, Gao Yunlong's martial arts more external kung fu-based, so later the master and disciple will be their own internal and external kung fu method of integration, created a set of "containing yin and yang, five elements of the bagua of the internal boxing," "This master and disciple is very interesting, one is the The master and disciples are very interesting, one is after the Tang Dynasty royal family, one is after the Song Dynasty royal family, one more to practice internal strength, one to practice moves mainly, so that this two people's kung fu can be said to be the text of the martial arts (the text that is, refers to the cultivation of internal strength, martial arts that is, refers to the set of routines) have ah!"

Then this set of boxing was quietly spread among the Han folk in Hebei, Henan, Zhili, Shanxi and Shandong. "At that time, due to the involvement of some anti-Qing and Ming restoration church organizations, so this set of boxing has not been named," said Wang Anlin, later Gao Yunlong's descendants in order to avoid the Qing government's pursuit, came to settle in the area of Liaocheng, and this set of boxing was thus spread in southwestern Shandong, and by the end of the late Qing Dynasty, this set of boxing was used by Jiaxiang people Du Hongxin ((音)) and Song Longkang, a native of Wenshang, and thus passed on. Since those who practiced the style mostly lived long, the style later had the expressions "Du Family Fist" and "Longevity Fist" successively. "It was only later that Song Chuanping, the son of Song Longkang, and Song Ruyi, his grandson, who was my master and grandmaster, made it official by naming it Wen Sheng Quan." In the Wen Sheng Boxing School, it was divided into two types of Wen Sheng Boxing, one for sets and one for internal work. In the Wen Sheng Boxing School, the Wen Sheng Internal Strength held an extremely high position, the Internal Strength was equivalent to the foundation, and Wang Anlin was y touched by this.

In the summer of 1979, the young Wang Anlin was introduced to Song Ruyi and became his registered disciple. "At that time, after I was initiated, I followed my teacher and a few brothers to practice Wenshengquan," but what made Wang Anlin strange was that for several months in a row, he and his brothers were constantly "Za Ma Bu" or rehearsing a few monotonous actions, neither sword-fighting Practice, there is no "jianghu people" to teach, which makes Wang Anlin feel very uncomfortable: "At that time I was young, I feel that the practice of Wenshengquan is to practice, it has to be all day long swords and swords and killing." Wang Anlin was very uncomfortable with this boring and monotonous mode of practice, he even once had the idea of leaving. "Then one day, I saw the master there to wash his face, I had an idea", Wang Anlin quietly walked to the master Song Ruyi's back, while the master was not prepared, suddenly force, right hand punch to the master's back, he thought that this sneak attack is enough to shake the master, who knows that the fist just touched the master's back, a seemingly soft but rather The domineering force suddenly counterattacked, Wang Anlin fell back a few steps to the ground, while the master did not move. "Since then I kind of understand, want to learn Wen Shengquan, you have to lay a good foundation, I'll be honest every day Za Ma Bu practicing routines," at the same time, Wang Anlin also in the guidance of the master began to read some books involving traditional Chinese culture, "I Ching", "Huang Di Nei Jing" I have begun to learn I began to learn the I Ching, the Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, and the diagrams of acupuncture points, and as I learned, I realized that these things coincided with many of the mental methods in the internal work of Wensheng Quan. This kind of internal work is very abstract and not very well explained, but the internal work in Wenshengquan does exist and has the effect of nourishing health." Wang Anlin told the reporter that there are indeed some records of longevity of Wenshengquan practitioners in historical materials. "Take my master ancestor Song Chuanping, he also participated in the National Martial Arts Observation and Exchange Conference in 1986, but also took a gold medal, then he was 94 years old, he lived 104 years old, not only two thirds of the hair re-blackened, but also grew new teeth, we must know that my master ancestor's generation was a long time after the war and starvation, and be able to live such a long life, I think that with the Wensheng Inner Strength has much to do with it." Compared to Wen Sheng Neigong, the sparring sets in Wen Sheng Boxing are of a different style.

Zhang Jinping, a coach at Jining City's Wensheng Traditional Wushu Museum and one of Wang Anlin's disciples, has been devoting himself to sparring and combat in Wensheng Boxing for many years and is quite knowledgeable about it. He told the reporter that the characteristics of Wensheng Quan lie in its overall aggressiveness, "It's fierce and domineering when you strike." Zhang Jinping said that although the single practice of Wensheng boxing does not seem to be fast, but once against the enemy, the power generated is very fierce and domineering.

Zhang Jinping, who practiced martial arts since he was a child, was so obsessed with the art that he once bought a number of books on grappling, hoping to learn some kung fu from them. "At that time, not only did I buy books to learn, but as soon as I saw people practicing martial arts, I wanted to go up and compete with them." Early one morning in 2004, practicing in the park Zhang Jinping met Wang Anlin, "At that time, it looked and felt that this person practiced kung fu very slowly, but once we exchanged hands, we knew that powerful, at that time, the teacher did not force to fight with me, just simply over a few times, I felt the other side of the power to come." Zhang Jinping said, while another disciple of Wang Anlin Liu Yong to the reporter rehearsed Wen Sheng boxing, the reporter observed that one of the characteristics of the Wen Sheng boxing is mostly slip-based, attacking the fast speed and power.

Another feature of the Wensheng Quan is that it has fewer difficult movements, and there is no vertical jumping, aerial and other strenuous movements, "In fact, the Wensheng Quan is relatively simple and simple, and the outsiders may feel that it is plain and simple, but inside it hides a very powerful killing." Liu Yong told reporters that. Since 1996, Wang Anlin began to take on the heavy responsibility of inheriting Wenshengquan, "Seriously, I think that Wenshengquan, as a kind of traditional Chinese kung fu, should continue to be inherited." Wang Anlin began to try to promote this kind of kung fu at home and abroad. Initially, the implementation of the domestic, caused a very good reaction, the CCTV, Shandong TV and other TV stations have launched a series of special films related to the Wensheng boxing, but Wang Anlin is not satisfied with these achievements, he put the development of the eyes locked in the far away across the ocean.

Initially, Wang Anlin's promotion was not really smooth, after all, as a native of Jining, he did not have enough resources, "Then there were more Japanese enterprises and Sino-Japanese joint ventures over here in Jining, so my friends introduced some Japanese bosses and representatives to me, and every year they would organize some Japanese children to come here to learn kung fu. " Meanwhile, Wang Anlin's disciples have begun to make a name for themselves in major domestic competitions and have won a number of championships. "Nowadays, information is very developed, so gradually there are more foreigners coming to Jining to learn kungfu, and Wenshengquan has been gradually promoted." Wang Anlin told reporters that. The more famous the Wenshengquan is, the more attention it attracts, and many foreign masters come here. But let Wang Anlin headache also came, many foreigners to learn, often on the Wensheng boxing is not too "convinced". "Foreigners are more realistic, they do not know much about Wenshengquan, they feel that only the boxing that can beat them is the real kung fu." Because of this, Wang Anlin and his disciples often have to fight with foreign disciples who come to learn, in order to convince them to learn from the master. One day in September 2007, a British student came to Wang Anlin's martial arts school in Jining City with a letter of recommendation from the Chinese Wushu Association. This British boy called Ryan, only 19 years old, because since childhood hobby of martial arts and talent is good, so get a lot of foreign masters of the guidance, now he came to Jining, is in order to worship into Wang Anlin's door to learn Wen Sheng boxing.

Ryan grew up in a martial arts family, and his great-grandfather, grandfather and father were all British karate champions, especially Ryan's father, Eamon Mazzini, who was not only a fifth-degree black belt in British karate, but also a two-time winner of the All-European Karate Championships. The achievements and honors that his father and his father's generation gained through learning karate also made Ryan quite passionate about combat, especially the mysterious Chinese kung fu, which fascinated him.

Quickly, Ryan came under the tutelage of Wang Anlin and began to learn Wen Sheng Quan. "About a year or so later, Ryan's father, Eamon, came to see him from England." Wang Anlin told reporters that he didn't expect the visit to turn into a confrontation between karate and Man Sheng Quan.

At this point, although Eamon had retired from the military, the kung fu he had learned had not been put on hold, and after arriving at Wang Anlin's martial arts school, the first thing he did was ask to observe the Wen Sheng Quan practiced by Wang Anlin and his son. "After we finished practicing, it was natural for Eamon to comment on it." Wang Anlin said that Eamon at the time didn't seem too impressed with the kung fu his son was learning, and he nonchalantly told Wang Anlin, "Your kung fu is great, but I think mine is even better." After saying that, Eamon found some random bricks and split them easily.

Since both sides think their kung fu is good, a hand-to-hand stamping is inevitable, but Wang Anlin has some scruples: "How can I say this, they are also considered international friends, so it's not good to hurt anyone by striking too hard." So as soon as Wang Anlin and Eamon exchanged blows, he tried to control his own power, "His karate kung fu is really good and strong, he is tall and has a long arm span, so I relied on close attacks to restrain him." After a few exchanges, Eamon was wrestled to the ground by Wang Anlin one after another, while Eamon had a hard time hitting Wang Anlin.

"Eamon still wasn't too convinced after the first day of exchanges, but he couldn't get out of bed the next day, and then he simply stayed in Jining to learn Wen Sheng Quan with his son." Wang Anlin told reporters that there are too many things like this, as many foreign students have to fight with their masters first as soon as they arrive in Jining