When it comes to ring competition, our country actually has a long history. Take sumo wrestling as an example. In fact, the earliest origin is not from the country in our minds, but from our country.
As early as the Qin Dynasty, sumo wrestling has become a national sport. However, sumo wrestling at that time was mostly in the form of performances, unlike today's sumo wrestling, which is mainly competitive. The reason why sumo wrestling can be popular in the Qin Kingdom is
It was because Qin Shihuang vigorously promoted sumo wrestling. After the Qin State unified the six countries, it established a peaceful and prosperous age, but Qin Shihuang was also worried that the masses would be rebellious because of their too much leisure. Therefore, by promoting sumo wrestling and allowing all people to participate, not only could
It takes up part of the people's time, and they don't have time to think about something. By the Tang Dynasty, sumo wrestling became a sport generally loved by soldiers. Many people have a bad impression of the Song Dynasty. The reason is that people think
The Song Dynasty was relatively strict on women, and the country's atmosphere was not civilized enough. However, with the popularity of sumo wrestling in the Song Dynasty, and its popularity among women, special sumo competition halls appeared in the Song Dynasty, and sumo competitions were held every day.
The strangest thing about sumo wrestling in the Song Dynasty is that women's sumo wrestling is more popular. Even Song Renzong sneaked out of the palace to watch women's sumo wrestling matches. If he was not satisfied, he would bring those women back to the palace.
He continued to watch the competition. However, at that time, a minister wrote an article saying that women's sumo wrestling postures were not elegant enough and spread vulgar ideas. In the end, Zhao Zhen banned all sumo competitions for women in the Song Dynasty.
The sumo wrestling ring competition in the Song Dynasty was known as the "Taiwan Fight for Friendship". According to "Menglianglu", at that time, the peak terrace south of the Huguo Temple in Lin'an City was the place where heroes from all over the world competed for friendship, and the participants were all "choosing various paths."
Those with high physical strength in prefectures and counties. It is worth noting that the "Taiwan Competition" also has prizes, such as flag tents, silver cups, colorful satin, brocade jackets and horses, etc. for the first prize. Some people even received official positions because of this. In the Song Dynasty,
The sumo competition was further reflected in some later Zaju novels. In the Yuan Dynasty Zaju "Liu Qianbing Beats the Unicorn" it is said, "Every year on March 28th, Dongyue Christmas Day, I am on this terrace.
Fighting with each other, competing for gambling chips." He also said, "If there are no more thugs, I will reward you with this silver bowl, bonuses, and satin on the outside and inside."
The competition between Yan Qing and Optimus Prime described in Chapter 74 of the novel "Water Margin" vividly reproduces the scene of "fighting on the terrace". The competition takes place on March 28, the day when the Holy Emperor Tianqi is born.
"Zhichen", the competition format includes both kicking and hand holding. Before the competition, a "deployment" (equivalent to a referee) comes on the stage with a bamboo bat in his hand. After observing the spirit, both parties are invited to come out. Then, the "deployment"
"Read the "community rules" which are similar to the rules of the competition. The content is roughly the issues that both parties should pay attention to, such as "no secret plots" and so on. Then, the "deployment" holds a bamboo stick and shouts "watch the attack" to both parties, and the competition begins.
It officially started.
Obviously, such competitions already have contestants, referees, rules, rewards, etc. as several basic elements of sports competitions. It can be said that sumo boxing competitions in a sports sense have been formed in the Song Dynasty.
Regarding the "stick", it is recorded in "Song Hui Yao Collection·Bing": "It is as long as the body, and its diameter can be grasped. It can be done within a day without having to work far away. Compared with a bow and crossbow, it cannot be pulled; compared with
If you use a sword, there is no engineering for training. If you use it to guard the cavalry, it will be the best. The cavalry cannot be harmed by arrows, chisels and sharp edges." Probably the raw materials of the stick are cheap and convenient, easy to make, and are not among the banned soldiers of the government, so
In the Song Dynasty, when it was forbidden to keep weapons privately, stick skills were widely developed in rural towns.
Due to the prosperity of stick skills in society, at that time there were also "stick and stick" scripts that mainly told stories about chivalrous heroes. There is a sentence in "Water Margin": "Only for the five righteous knights in clothes, Cao Zejian
The emergence of "heroes" and "stick stick" scripts reflects from one aspect the "martial spirit" of the lower class people in the Song Dynasty and the great development of stick skills in the Song Dynasty.
The "two equal" stick arena competition was an important part of stick-wielding activities in the Song Dynasty. The storybook "The Legend of Yang Wen's Roadblock" describes in more detail a stick arena competition in Mount Taishan, Dongyue. The date of the competition is the same as "
It is the same as "Taiwan Competition", that is, the Dongyue God's Birthday Temple Fair on March 28. The competition has a "dedicated platform" (that is, a ring), and the referees in the competition field are also called "deployments." Before the game, the "Social Secretary" announces
The "community rules" (rules) are followed by the "deployment" stick in the middle. The game begins, and the winner will get something good, that is, a bonus of one thousand guan.
Let’s take a look at how many things 1,000 guans can buy. In the Song Dynasty, 1 guan of copper coins was equivalent to about 300 yuan today, and 1,000 guans was equivalent to about 300,000 yuan. This was almost the same as the championship bonus of the Sanda King in 2000. You know, at that time,
The monthly salary of the prime minister, the "CEO" of the Song Dynasty, was 300 yuan. Playing a game was equivalent to the prime minister's salary for three months. In the Song Dynasty, one could become a millionaire by playing in the ring. It was really enviable to others.
Here I might as well share some of my own opinions. Although the Northern Song Dynasty was poor and weak, and the soldiers were vulnerable to combat, there were many outstanding generals, and the civilian population was still full of masters. The effect of having all the people in arms was often passive, and generally
It is a kind of wartime XX doctrine. The main purpose of civilians joining the army is to earn a living, rather than to serve the country with loyalty and bravely kill the enemy. In addition, the personal abilities of generals also affect the improvement of soldiers' abilities.
Hundreds, you will work hard to kill the enemy and reduce the losses of your own troops on the battlefield.
As mentioned earlier, the northern nomads are vast and sparsely populated. On the contrary, the population of the Central Plains dynasty is accumulated. Even if they are determined to work towards the goal of "universal generals", it is impossible. Resource supply is the biggest problem, which is easy to achieve in actual operations.
This leads to uneven distribution and triggers conflicts! Therefore, we simply use another method to cultivate talents, which is equivalent to the current "nation-wide system" for cultivating sports champions! This means focusing on cultivating individual seedlings with good innate qualities and training them into fierce generals or famous generals.
The quality is average and you can get by! The disadvantage of this is that the gap between strength and weakness is getting wider and wider, which is not conducive to the overall quality of the people. The advantage is that the general can take the lead during the war, kill more enemies, reduce the damage to his own army, and preserve more combat power for later
The key battle. Liangshan is almost the same. Among the 108 people, there are many people with high martial arts skills. During the battle, we can see that they often face a group of swarming soldiers alone, but escape almost unscathed. Of course, this is not the case here.
Exclude exaggerated elements.
Judging from the situation at that time, if the Northern Song Dynasty could invite masters from various ethnic minorities to come to the Central Plains to compete, it would definitely take advantage of them. Although there are many masters from these ethnic minorities, the Song Dynasty may have unparalleled top players in the world.
They came to challenge them. Look at Yuwen Chengdu in the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, who accepted the wheel battles of those masters without any damage, which made many feudal kings stunned!! And the Sui Dynasty frightened the feudal kings of the ethnic minorities, and they also did not
Dare to invade easily.
Talking back to the present, the arena competition was so famous in the Song Dynasty, but in most cases it was still a one-on-one arena. But now the arena competition in Lu Mansion has been changed from one-on-one to a melee between five people. At this time, the arena competition is
Fatty was sitting on a chair to rest, and the pain in his body reminded him of what had just happened. Although Fatty's brain reaction was a little slow, it was not to the point of being stupid. The look in Lu Yao's eyes when he rushed up to give him the final blow just now was also
During the martial arts competition, he could easily resolve his own moves, use his moves without any sloppiness, and use a deadly attacking rhythm. Big Fatty had already begun to wonder if this guy was Tangxi's apprentice. If this was really the case, it would mean that Tangxi's
Kung Fu has improved rapidly during this period, but this is not normal at all. Although Da Pang, Fang Zhuang and others cannot help Tangxi in the outer city, they still pay some attention to their former friend, and they also
You know, after Tangxi came to the inner city from the outer city, he basically didn't use martial arts anymore. Later, he directly became the steward of the Lu Mansion. His status was more noble, so there was no need to use him to do anything anymore. What happened to Big Fatty?
No matter how awkward you feel, if this kid is really Tang Xi's disciple, then Lu Yao's strength should be above this kid, so you can imagine Lu Yao's terrifying strength.
However, think about it from another angle, if this guy is not Tangxi's apprentice at all, what is his identity? Thinking of this, the big fat guy already had a suspicion that this guy might be Lu Yao. He looked at Tangxi and wanted to speak.
Ask, but the hit on the chin by Lu Yao just now still hurts a lot, and for a while he couldn't open his mouth to speak.
Tangxi looked at Big Fatty. This was the first time he had seen this embarrassed look since he met Big Fatty. He had bullied other escorts before, but now it was his turn. It was a bit funny to think about it. At this time, the scene
The melee above is about to begin.
"What do you think of this melee?" Tangxi asked.
The fat man rubbed his chin, barely recovered enough to be able to speak, and said: "Is that guy really your apprentice? I think his skills are better than yours."
Tangxi smiled slightly and said: "It seems that although you are no longer an escort, you are still good at watching kung fu. Indeed, your guess is correct. He is not my apprentice, so do you think he will be
Who?"
The big fat man didn't need to think too much, his eyes widened, the answer was already coming out, so Tangxi gave him a silent gesture, obviously not wanting the other party to disturb Lu Yao's elegance. The big fat man knew that the person he had just fought with was
Lu Yao, what he lost just now is not considered a wish. He lost to Tangxi's boss and Tangxi's apprentice. This must be two feelings. Now he will not feel the gap. After all, strictly speaking, he himself
He was working for Lu Yao.
Tangxi then sat directly next to Big Fatty and whispered: "How did you feel just now?"
Big Fatty smiled bitterly and said: "If I had known who he was, maybe I would have taken him more seriously just now. There is no chance now, but I feel that no matter how powerful he is, he may not be able to exert his advantage in a melee."
Tangxi smiled and said: "You are wrong. One-on-one testing is strength, but in a melee, in addition to force, it also tests the person's brain power. What do you think of the wisdom of our Mr. Lu Yao?"
"What more needs to be said? Of course he is awesome," Big Fatty said, no matter how much he despises men of letters, he still knows something about the new Cuju competition organized by Lu Yao. After all, there is something about this new Cuju competition now.
It has spread throughout the streets and alleys of Bianliang, and it has begun to spread even within the territory. It can be said that everyone knows it. And Big Fat himself also made some money using football lottery, so for Lu
Da Pang still fully recognizes Yao's abilities.
"In this case, let's see how far this melee will develop."
Unlike Big Fatty, Tangxi is actually more worried about Lu Yao's one-on-one ability. Although the five people he found are no longer escorts, if Lu Yao has sufficient physical strength,
There should be no problem in fighting them one-on-one. But today Lu Yao called all five of them to his house at once. If it was one-on-one, it would be equivalent to a round-robin battle, and they would fight one by one.
, Tangxi is still worried that Lu Yao's physical strength will not be able to support it.
However, now that it is a melee, Tangxi is not worried anymore. After all, the rules just made have been agreed, and four people are not allowed to surround one person. Therefore, as soon as the game starts, it will fall into a melee situation. This kind of
Under the circumstances, Lu Yao should seize the opportunity and look for the most suitable opportunity to take action while avoiding excessive consumption of physical energy. In fact, what Lu Yao is doing now is to prepare and prepare for the competition at the martial arts competition.
Prepare. By that time, there should be dozens of contestants. If Lu Yao can easily handle the situation of these five people, he will naturally be able to handle it when the number of people is large.
Tangxi and Da Pang were always watching the situation on the field. Needless to say, Da Pang's gaze was obvious. After guessing Lu Yao's identity just now, he began to regret his previous competition with Lu Yao. At that time, he had underestimated the opponent.
Only then did Lu Yao kick him to the ground before he could even make the last five moves. Although Lu Yao recognized his strength, it would be a bit embarrassing to say that he couldn't resist his five moves. After all, he
But having been an escort for many years, I still know a lot about kung fu. After knowing that the other party's identity is Lu Yao, and that the other party has not learned any moves from Tang Xi at all, he just talked with his own
The confrontation was entirely based on his own feelings, which undoubtedly made Big Fatty feel even more frustrated. Even though Lu Yao had a foundation in martial arts and extraordinary strength, in terms of moves, footwork, and attack methods, he was definitely not as good as Big Fatty.
He was more experienced, so losing at the hands of such a person was even more unacceptable to Big Fatty.
Of course, at the same time, Big Fatty also admired Lu Yao even more for his decisive moves. He did not panic at all when facing an opponent with more combat experience than himself, and the actions he took were very logical. It seemed that Lu Yao was indeed a very powerful person.
Character. In this case, Big Fat plans to keep a close eye on Lu Yao in the next melee in which Lu Yao participates to see what kind of actions he will make, and his way of thinking is also worth learning.
Unlike Big Fatty, Tangxi knew Lu Yao relatively well. At this time, his eyes were focused on one person, and that was Fangzhuang. There is no doubt that among these five people, he is the most capable of fighting.
Yes, it’s Fangzhuang. Based on the number of years he has been a bodyguard, Fangzhuang is actually the latest among them to take the path of a bodyguard, but he is the one who has made the fastest progress and is also the first among several people to become one.
The person who led the bodyguard was young and had great skills. It must be said that he was considered a talent in this industry. However, later on, when the world became peaceful, the money earned by bodyguards gradually decreased, so Fangzhuang no longer had
Then he chose to be an escort, but found another profession in the inner city, and this profession turned out to be a foreman in Lu Yao's ironworks. This was something Tangxi never expected. However, since Fangzhuang can do this
Doing such a job steadily shows that his temperament is no longer as impetuous as when he first became a bodyguard. Now he just wants to live a stable life and live a good life in Bianliang City. This indifferent attitude adds to the
His already superior martial arts made Tangxi a little worried. Faced with such a calm and calm Fangzhuang, Lu Yao probably wouldn't be able to take advantage even in a one-on-one situation. What's more, Lu Yao just now
Even though he defeated Big Fatty, it was impossible for him to exert no physical exertion at all. Just using his palms to block Big Fatty's uppercut just now, although he was very handsome and handsome, Lu Yao's hands were still a little sore.
Yes, it must have an impact on the move.
In fact, although the ensuing situation was a melee between five people, Tang Xi knew in his heart that in fact, in the end, this game would just become a duel between Lu Yao and Fang Zhuang.
In fact, the trend of the game developed exactly like that. As soon as the melee on the stage started, Fang Zhuang went straight to Lu Yao, and the other three people seemed to have made an agreement, although the three of them were also talking to each other.
The fight was going on, but they unanimously chose to avoid the area where Fangzhuang and Lu Yao were. Obviously, they were leaving a place for these two to compete.
However, he thought that Lu Yao would calmly face the battle, but Fangzhuang never expected that Lu Yao ignored his attack and rushed out quickly. The target turned out to be the melee battlefield of the other three. Although it was a melee, but
The three of them knew each other very well and had a good relationship, so no one used their full strength. To put it bluntly, the quality of the fight between the three of them was not that high. Unexpectedly, Lu Yao quickly joined the battle and started fighting.
It disrupted the balanced melee rhythm maintained by the three of them.
Lu Yao first took advantage of the gap between one person to block the other person's attack and launched a direct attack. Two fists were difficult to defeat with four hands. The person was directly hit by Lu Yao's punch. Unexpectedly, Lu Yao also said to the person who just attacked, cooperate.
Pretty good.
In this way, the person who is being attacked will feel that Lu Yao is attacking him with that person. These people are rough people, and it is difficult not to get angry. So, Lu Yao worked hard and succeeded.
This made the three people who were originally not prepared to use their true skills start to use all their strength and fight together. Lu Yao also looked for opportunities and used a few moves from time to time.
Fang Zhuang saw all this in his eyes. He felt that Lu Yao was clearly trying to consume the physical strength of those three people first, and he could not only save physical strength, but also look for opportunities to eliminate the three of them. This move was indescribable.
Not insidious. Before Fangzhuang could make a move, Lu Yao had already jumped up in the air and kicked another person directly off the ring and eliminated him.
There were only four people left on the field. At this time, the two people also reacted. It turned out that Lu Yao's purpose was to eliminate them all, and his actions just now were just to provoke the relationship between them. So, the two people
They directly launched a joint attack on Lu Yao. This was because Lu Yao provoked them first, which resulted in the current situation. According to the rules, it was not a foul.
Lu Yao had a calm face and dealt with it calmly. He knew very well that in the melee just now, the three people had exerted their full strength. In addition, he took action from time to time. In fact, the two people in front of him were not his opponents, no matter it was
In terms of physical strength and moves, Lu Yao has almost figured out their offensive routines. It is relatively easy to eliminate them. Otherwise, he would not have rashly eliminated the escort just now because he had already anticipated what was coming next.
What will happen.
However, there is only one left, where is Fangzhuang? Lu Yao thought to himself, and he began to glance at the place where Fangzhuang was just now. No one was there?
Where did Fangzhuang go? Did he want to attack with these two people, or did he find a place to look for opportunities like he did just now?
When Lu Yao thought about this, he had distracting thoughts in his mind, and the movements of his hands slowed down instantly. Those two were also old escorts, so naturally they would not miss the opportunity for the other party to relax. The two of them punched together, and Lu Yao
He quickly used his hands to block it, and the next second, Lu Yao was hit with a solid kick in the back. The kick was so strong and heavy that Lu Yao was kicked out. Fortunately, Lu Yao slapped the ring with his hand.
The ground acted as a buffer, and then he turned over in the air and landed on the ground. However, a footprint appeared on his clothes.
Lu Yao only felt pain in his back. The blow just now was really powerful. If he hadn't reacted quickly enough, he might have flown out of the ring now. Indeed, he couldn't be distracted at all in this fast-paced contest. He looked towards
In front, a figure appeared. It was none other than Fang Zhuang. The one who kicked him just now was Fang Zhuang. He used the same method as Lu Yao. He had been looking for opportunities to sneak attack Lu Yao. Obviously, he succeeded.
A smile appeared at the corner of Lu Yao's mouth. It would be boring if the five people Tangxi found were as clueless as Big Fatty. Now that he has such an opponent, it can be said to be a great help to him in the real arena.