Why did Guangdong produce so many martial arts masters in recent times?

Without looking for all the northern martial arts everyone, just look at our Hebei masters is how many times the Guangdong .....

Popular cloud "Wen have Taiji peace in the world, martial arts have Baji fixed Qiankun" Bajiquan masters, Hebei Cangzhou Mengcun Wu Zhong;. Tenrikyo peasant army leader Feng Keshan master hidden in Rao Yang, Li County, with more than 20 years to create a representative of the northern leg boxing - "poking feet", its important heir Duan Laoxu is Rao Yang, Hebei, Liu Guanlan, Liu Junjie, Liu Jingshan is Li County, Hebei. The "Eagle Claw Flipping Fist", which is characterized by flash fighting, flipping and eagle claw, was created by Chen Zizheng of Xiongxian County, Hebei Province, under the guidance of his teacher, Liu Chengyou, who is the "King of Boxing in China".

Additionally, the martial arts honored as the "arm of the saint" Zhang Ce is Hebei Anji people. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the dart company worshiped Li Guanming, the famous Cangzhou Liuhequan, and set up a rule "dart does not shout down the state". The martial arts celebrated "Sai Sheng Ying" Chen Shan, "Double Mace Li" Li Fenggang, "Guo Yanzi" Guo Changsheng, "Divine Gun "Li Shuwen," "God Bouncer" Li Wu, "Big Gun" Liu Dekuan, Dagger Wang Wu "God Power Jack King" Wang Ziping, are Cangzhou people.

The martial arts community praised the "single knife Li" actually two people, or Li Cunyi, or Li Caiting, they are Hebei people. Xingyiquan famous Li Luoneng, Guo Yun deep, Liu Qilan, Wang Xiang Zhai are Hebei Shenxian people, Zhang Zhankui is Hebei Hezhang people, Zhang Shude is Hebei Anguo people. Dong Haichuan, the important heir of Bagua Palm, is a native of Wen'an County, Hebei; Li Zhenqing, the important heir of Bagua Palm, is a native of Baxian County, Hebei; Yang Luchan of Yongnian County, Henan Province, after Chen's Taijiquan was passed on to him, Yang's Taijiquan began to spread to China and abroad. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the poet of martial arts, Yang Chuang, once lamented: "Who knows the skills of the Chen family in the north of Henan, but relies on the Yang family in the south of Hebei to pass them on". In addition, Yang's taijiquan derived from the Wu style, Sun style, Wu's, Li style taijiquan, its important heirs Yang Chengfu, Wu Yuxiang, Li Yishe, Hao Weizhen, Li Ruidong, Sun Lutang and so on, are all Hebei people.

Some Hebei fighters have also made remarkable contributions to the promotion of the national martial arts movement. In the twenties and thirties, there were more than thirty Cangzhou boxers teaching at the Nanjing Central Martial Arts Center. Director Zhang Zhijiang, deputy director Li Jinglin, Shaolin door chief Prince Ping, Wudang door chief Gao Zhendong, editorial director Jiang Rongqiao, taijiquan professor Yang Chengfu, Xingyiquan professor Sun Lutang, and so on, are all Hebei people.

Hebei martial arts teacher is not only many, but also to maintain and carry forward the Yanzhao ancient country of heroism and chivalry legacy, many famous fighters wrote a piece of new song to raise the country's prestige. Qing Kangxi fifteen years, two Russians in the Beijing ring, Hebei Cangzhou Mengcun boxer Ding Faxiang heard Xun went to the capital overnight, uncovered the "royal list" on the ring, force split "big bull", scared to death "two bull", the emperor personally awarded the Kyoto, the emperor personally awarded the "big bull", the emperor personally awarded the Kyoto, the emperor personally awarded the Kyoto, the emperor personally awarded the Kyoto, the emperor personally awarded the Kyoto, the emperor personally awarded the Kyoto, the emperor personally awarded the Kyoto. In 1902, the European Constanton in Shanghai, Cangzhou all-powerful martial artist Prince Ping to Shanghai to fight, Kang heard the news that Wang practiced handstand on the railing of the Shanghai hotel, fled the same night. The following year Wang again defeated the beauty of the ring Sullivan, Englishman George and corporate Peter. Qi Baishi, a master of Chinese painting, wrote a couplet "Fighting a tiger in the southern mountain, driving away a long scaly scaly dragon in a deep pool" and presented it to Wang Zi Ping.

In 1909, the British Hercules Opili to Shanghai, ridiculed my Chinese "sick man of East Asia", boasted of "the world's first Hercules", rampant for a moment, the Shanghai martial arts community to invite the Jinghai Secret Trail Boxer Huo Yuanjia for the national shame. Huo to Shanghai, Ao's flee to the South Pacific. 1922 White Russian Hercules Pei Yihaber to Shanghai, Germany, Britain and the two countries jointly organized by the martial arts division of the International Boxing Championships, published in the newspaper wildly claimed that they do not fight with the unbeatable "Sick Man of East Asia". Dingxing County, Hebei Xingyi boxing "Zhu's four" one of the Zhu Guofu suitable in Shanghai, heard the news of the indignation exceptionally, determined to clean up the national shame, the two sides signed a "six rounds to determine the winner, killed do not say" agreement. The result of the fourth round, Hubbell was Zhu's "through the heart of the avalanche fist" hit, fell to the ground can not get up again.

The 29th Army of the former Northwest Army has been training in the art of sword fighting for many years, and its reputation has spread far and wide. In 1936, only one battle in Suidong cut the heads of 500 invading Japanese soldiers, and one of its instructors was Yao Jianhua of Xiongxian County.

Yan Zhao's martial arts heroes men are certainly many, and women heroes are also many. 1934, White Russian Hercules McGarroff in Beijing "Central Hotel" on the stage of the martial arts, Hetao famous boxer Yang Fushan with his 20-year-old daughter, Yang Jianxia traveled to Ping. At that time, "JUE Jing Daily" had contained the news of "Heroine letter to fight", and Yang Jianxia to McGarrogh letter: "Mr. Mai Dajian: Yesterday, I read the newspaper, Mr. conceited that the world is invincible, surely there is no real skills, would not dare to boast so. Xia, although a weak woman, would like to compete with Mr. hands, through the capital to encourage the practice. If you are willing to teach, please show the date and place, I am looking forward to it." A few days later, Ms. Yang made a performance, there is a form of boxing in the swallow shape, continuous drilling down twelve benches, the face is not red, not gasping, light and agile to; and "Xie fast hand" hand-to-hand, Ms. Yang to the middle and index fingers dipped in ink, with the "two dragons spit whiskers," with the method, each hand-to-hand must be She used her middle and index fingers dipped in ink and used the "Two Dragons Spitting Whiskers" method to hit Xie's eyebrows, so it was obvious that if she took her eyes, she would be successful. Ms. Yang's skills, was Mak's spies to detect, Mak's published in the newspaper to admit defeat, and pay a reward of 500 yuan square to forget the matter