What is the true meaning of martial arts?

Healthy spirit; benevolence, broad-mindedness; tough and tenacious will; indestructible courage; strong and flexible form; to have no law

Fa, to infinite to limited, to change the world, as you wish, the realm of free receipt. This is the real Chinese martial arts.

"What is martial arts?" This is the recent Jet Li frequent appearances in the media often talk about the topic. Jet Li is a low-key life, from the movie more than twenty years, not many interviews. However, in the past six months, he has appeared in the media as a human "monk". Of course, on the one hand, it is for his latest work "Huo Yuanjia" to do biography; on the other hand, but also more importantly, is to take this opportunity to pass on his more than thirty years of martial arts practice on the understanding of "what is martial arts", I hope that through him and his movie narrative, we really understand the millenniums of Chinese martial arts handed down the true meaning of where.

My love for martial arts has prompted me to pay long-term attention to Jet Li and his works. I think Jet Li's life and his works have always been permeated with a unique "martial arts spirit", and his life is the best interpretation of "what is martial arts".

Jet Li began practicing martial arts at the age of eight, and has been doing so for thirty-four years. Martial arts accompanied him for the first half of his life and brought him an extraordinary life. He lost his father when he was a child, and his family of five children relied on his mother's handiwork to support them. Being the youngest in his family, he learned early on to take responsibility and give more care to others. Perhaps because of the many years of martial arts culture, Jet Li has been walking on the international movie stage as a traditional "Chinese" for many years. To this day, he still believes that the main purpose of his years in the movie is to spread the spirit of small Chinese martial arts and promote Chinese culture.

Jet Li, in his interviews, repeatedly talked about the structure of the character "wu": a "stop" plus a "go", the so-called "stop go for wu". Stop Go for martial arts". He emphasized that his understanding of martial arts has three levels of realm: the first level, there is a sword in the hand, there is a sword in the heart; the second level, there is no sword in the hand, there is a sword in the heart; the third level, there is no sword in the hand, there is no sword in the heart. This is also in the movie "Hero" in which he starred. The true words of martial arts as told through the King of Qin. Here, "hand" and "heart" from the positive and negative aspects of things, and the meaning of "sword" is also differentiated: the hand "sword The meaning of "sword" is also differentiated: "sword" in the hand is the entity of the sword, and "sword" in the heart is the spirit of the sword. Therefore, "a sword in the hand" is bound to hurt people, a symbol of violence and aggression; while "a sword in the heart" is a kind of toughness and aggressiveness, a symbol of a positive outlook on life.

Jet Li said (Huo Yuanjia) in the second realm of martial arts, that is, "no sword in the hand, the sword in the heart". In fact, the "second realm" may be an idealization of the state of existence of people in the current society. As a social person, facing family, career and ideal, we can't completely reach the supreme state of "no sword in hand, no sword in heart", nor can we become a violent person with "a sword in hand, a sword in heart". But "facing life positively, facing setbacks bravely, and upholding social justice" is precisely the core idea of the "second realm".

While (Huo Yuanjia) theme has been shot many times, but Jet Li this time from the young Huo Yuanjia face life setbacks and major choices in the inner confusion and struggle into the attempt to survive in the chaos of the world of young people's encounters into the Huo Yuanjia's inner world, and thus put forward as an ordinary person in the face of life's difficulties and trials, how to positively face and self-reliance and courageous The question of perseverance is raised. Jet Li claims that this is his last martial arts movie, a condensation of his life's understanding of martial arts. After that, he will probably continue to convey the "spirit of martial arts" in another way.

In the movie, Huo Yuanjia can defeat all his enemies with his "world's best" martial arts skills, but the pain behind his glory always haunts him, which is the beginning of his journey from the "first realm" to the "second realm. This is the beginning of his journey from the "first realm" to the "second realm". When he came to a quiet and peaceful countryside, he met the care of Miss Yue Ci, and gradually realized the power of loving kindness. He began to realize the relationship between the tolerance and vastness of nature, martial arts and life, and this was the beginning of his contemplation of the true meaning of martial arts. In fact, as Jet Li said, this movie has a lot of his own life experiences, and in a way, it is a biography of his personal martial arts career. In his own words, Jet Li used to like to compete with others in everything, always looking for rivals in life, and proving himself to be the strong one by winning. However, after experiencing more trials and tribulations in life, he realized more about true martial arts. As a result, he began to participate more in social charitable activities, donating half a million dollars to the Chinese Red Cross Society and actively advocating the "One Fund" love project. Through Jet Li's life trajectory, as well as the movie (Huo Yuanjia) to convey the theme of the idea, we may be able to further understand the martial arts as a "love" to explore the meaning and practical value.

Currently, Chinese wushu, as a kind of sport, is in a period of urgent reform and innovation, how to realize the modernization and transformation of this ancient sport has become a problem that has been explored by wushu circles and academics for many years. Wushu, as a kind of Chinese culture, has received more and more attention and love from the world in recent years. However, the spread and acceptance of a culture begins with its form. In the age of informationization, the spread of wushu is more often carried out in the form of "competition", "performance" and "art", which may be precisely the reason why foreigners only know wushu as "fighting". This may be the reason why foreigners only understand the "fighting" side of wushu and neglect the inner meaning of wushu. The form and carrier of a culture are transient and changeable, while the spirit it symbolizes is long-lasting and eternal.

The true meaning of martial arts is "love", justice and peace. Anthropologically speaking, this is the theme of the survival and development of all mankind. Therefore, in the development and dissemination of wushu cause, truly from the perspective of "big martial arts", focusing on the cultivation of the "spirit of martial arts" will be the future of wushu to the world, the development of the long-term plan.