It is the first of the seven folk weapons!

It is the first of the seven folk weapons.

The Mystery of folding stool

There is such a classic line in Stephen Chow's film The God of Food: "What a folding stool! The secret of folding stool is that it can be hidden in the house and easily obtained, and you can also sit on it to hide the murder. Even if you are caught by the police, you can't be prosecuted. It is really the first of the seven weapons! " In the film, eighteen bronze figures in Shaolin Temple used folding stool, and finally passed it on to Steven Zhou played by Stephen Chow.

Although this is an artistic exaggeration of the film, there is indeed a handed down routine with stools as weapons in reality. Of course, there were no folding stools in ancient times, and stools in ancient martial arts were folding stools that could be seen everywhere at that time. Don't underestimate this folding stool, it is also a special weapon. Moreover, it is widely spread, and more than one sect has bench routines.

Bench as a weapon routine

Bench as a weapon is widely spread in Nanquan, and Hongquan also has a routine of bench as a weapon. But not only in the south, Shaolin Wushu, wudang boxing and Emei School also have benches as weapons. Even the Buyi people of Gelao nationality in Guizhou have a fighting routine with benches as weapons. Regardless of specific sects, the benches used as weapons are long benches in restaurants and homes in the past. Although the size is not fixed, the useful ones are long and the useful ones are relatively short, but the styles are all the same. There is no single Mazar or the shape of a plush chair. The reason why people choose long benches is because long benches are the most common and readily available. Secondly, this kind of bench is easy to use, light in weight and does not lose money in length.

When it is inconvenient to go out with weapons, you can pick them up and sit on the bench to fight the enemy when you meet the enemy. There are two main types of drill bits: double handle and single handle. Hold the stool legs with both hands, hold the stool legs with one hand and hold the middle of the stool board with the other hand. To deal with long and heavy weapons, we usually use two handles, one to block, one to press, one to buckle and one to strike, which makes it easy to catch the enemy's long weapons. Single-handed, picking, rushing, sweeping, overwhelming, specializing in short weapons. The footwork is mainly horse stance, lunge and imaginary step, with heavy waist and horse cooperation, continuous attack and defense, steady and biting. Skills include blocking, pressing, bumping, picking, lifting, twisting, sweeping and buckling. The drill is not limited by the venue.

A weapon that binds the bench

There is a saying in the boxing proverb: "The bench is extremely brave and dares to dominate in weapons. Soft and hard guys are not afraid, but they are afraid of encountering wet cloth dragons. " The so-called wet cloth dragon is a wet cloth belt soaked in water. It is named because it can be tightly wrapped around the stool so that its strength cannot be exerted. When you meet the enemy, you can get wet with clothes or belts, and there is also a name called sticking into a stick. This is also a widely circulated self-defense routine. In the wild, where there is no bench, if you meet a robber, you can soak your clothes in a stream as a weapon.

Foreign Boxing Research

Foreign countries have even studied lying boxing. The bench weapon appeared in the famous game "True Three Kingdoms No Matches 7" of Japan Glory Co., Ltd., and was called "Dragon Bed" in the game.

Lying boxing also appears from time to time in film and television works. For example, in Shao's early film "Shaolin Scaffolding Master", monks used scaffolding kung fu to deal with bad guys. In the first film of Shaolin, several monks punched with benches. In Jackie Chan's film "Brothers Out", Jackie Chan and Yuan Biao punched with benches, all of which were traditional performances of bench boxing.