The Fifth Set of Martial Arts Four, Re-appointment for a Duel

  Zhan Biao turned his head and asked Yingzi: "Girl, do you know if the Aikido you're practicing now is different from what it was like back then? I quite appreciate Aikido, it's not as aggressive as Karate, it's a martial art that combines hardness and softness, and it looks great when performed, with smooth and rounded movements that blend in with nature..." As he spoke, Zhan Biao raised his hand and drew several circles, somewhat similar to the movements of Tai Chi.

  Sakura jumped up excitedly in the car and said, "Grandpa Biao, you still remember, right? That's it. Now, Aikido emphasizes the use of Qi and physical exercise more, during practice, it uses harmony and one's own Qi to control and break the opponent's Qi, thus determining victory or defeat. So practicing Aikido has nothing to do with age, gender, or physique, many girls are learning now, including some female college students in Beijing."

  Zhāng Dōngdōng and County Magistrate Zhēn said in unison: "Yīngzǐ..." County Magistrate Zhēn: "Dōngdōng, you say it."

  "Hey, we must have thought of it together, Sakura. Do you have time to give us a demonstration of Aikido?" Dongdong said loudly, he and County Magistrate Zhen both wanted to see what Aikido was all about, which had lost to Chinese martial arts back then.

  "Alright, but you have to let me see the Southern Fist's Yue-style scattered hand and the Northern Leg's poking foot fanzi."

  Zhan Biao let out a long sigh and said, "Cao Yu would never have thought that the footwork of the southern school had also taken root in the north. If it weren't for the appointment with the ghostly master to exchange blows, there might not be this exchange between the southern fist and northern leg."

  County Magistrate said on the side: "Grandfather Cao Yu, in modern terms, is your 9+1!"

  Zhuo Biao said to them: "At that time, there were several versions of 9+1. There was the version with nine brothers plus Cao Yu, the version with nine brothers plus four virtues, and another version... which was nine brothers plus Qie Pai."

  The fourth round of fighting began, and the white-faced ghost immediately sat down on the ground, letting Xiaofeng eat a surprise. In fact, this ghost sitting on the ground is famous. This is a famous sitting technique in Aikido, which requires the user to have the determination of heaven and man combined and the natural reaction ability of the moment, and its unexpected victory has a unique offensive and defensive power. Those who dare to apply sitting techniques in the arena are at least a second-degree black belt. Therefore, when encountering sudden events such as car crashes or falling objects, Aikido masters always instinctively escape danger compared to ordinary people, just like Zhang Biao's nine fellow disciples' instinctive self-rescue reaction during the Japanese military plane bombing the valley.

  Morihei Ueshiba and Minoru Mochizuki later learned that the founder of Aikido, Morihei Ueshiba, created Aikido by combining the essence of Jujutsu, Kendo, and other martial arts on the basis of traditional Japanese martial arts, with the principles of "non-resistance" and "no initiative attack", known as the "martial art of love". In 1931, Morihei Ueshiba built the Aikido headquarters in Tokyo, named "Hombu Dojo", and spread Aikido throughout Japan with Hombu Dojo as the center. In 1936, Morihei Ueshiba officially named Aikido "Aiki-Budo". After the Battle of Shanghai broke out, his disciples were mostly recruited into the army. Morihei Ueshiba, who had participated in the Russo-Japanese War at the age of 20, deeply understood the cruelty of war and was disappointed that Aikido became a martial art for Japanese soldiers, so he gave up his position as the leader of Aikido and retired to Iwama Village, Ibaraki Prefecture, where he lived a life of "martial arts and farming as one".

  So, like Wu Nan, a high-level Aikido master, is still influenced by his teacher's spirit. When he truly appears as a martial artist, he still adheres to the principle of not initiating an attack. Of course, when they appear with guns as soldiers, they naturally become war machines.

  Xiao Feng saw that Bai Jing's face gave up the initiative to attack, so he knew there must be a reason and did not make any rash moves. He walked around Bai Jing for two times

  The mastermind wanted to force him to make the first move, otherwise it would seem that we are not elegant. After making up his mind, Xiaofeng stood behind Bainet's white face and body, took a half-squatting step with his left leg, and lightly tapped his right foot forward. Then, he leaned back, and suddenly Bainet's white face bowed forward with both hands, raised his buttocks, and kicked out both legs like lightning, sweeping past Xiaofeng's leaning body. This move has three leg methods: scissors, kicks, and kicks. Bainet used the kick, called "frog kicking a mountain", which is an all-out fighting method, and after kicking back, he will stand up and launch continuous rear hands. This move has front and back directions, if it is forward, it becomes the famous Chinese move "rabbit kicking eagle".

  Since the opponent missed, Xiaofeng would not miss this opportunity. He saw him simultaneously launch the Yue-style scattered hand, iron fingers like hooks, and with one move, he grasped the ankles of Bainian's face and spun him around in a circle. In the midst of the surrounding Japanese troops, Xiaofeng spun two complete circles, but Bainian's face remained calm in mid-air, arching his body to strike at Xiaofeng's lower body.

  In this situation, the person would normally be thrown out about ten meters away. But Xiaofeng slowed down and used his arched body to throw him upwards with one hand, and then relaxed, making it seem like he was borrowing momentum to steadily sit back on the ground. To outsiders, it seemed like Xiaofeng had shown mercy, but in reality, Ba Jinglian's right ankle tendon was already broken. He struggled a few times before finally being unable to get up.

  It's clear that this match is lost, Wu Nan calmly waved his hand and called out two Tai Chi masters. He said to Zhan Biao: "You also send out two people, we have a technique for practicing together with two people." It turns out that Tai Chi has a kind of double-person routine, combining the energy of two people, and its power is naturally perfect.

  Zhan Biao turned around to look at his junior brother, preparing to pick out two people to fight. At this time, Cao Yu rushed up and said in a low voice: "I'll take care of this one myself." Before Zhan Biao could react, Wu Nan spoke up with a hint of anger: "You can win against us in martial arts, but you're not allowed to disrespect our school!"

  Zhan Biao asked Cao Yu with his eyes, "Can we do a 1-2 combo?" Cao Yu nodded and whispered, "Our footwork is more suitable for less strikes." Zhan Biao said to Wu Nan, "We also have a 1-2 technique, let's go!" Wu Nan hummed, "Fine. You're asking for it, don't blame me for being ruthless."

  Because this time three people took the stage, the Japanese army's encirclement circle retreated a few more steps. Zhan Biao noticed that the opponent's 20 masters were gradually forming an encirclement, and only Dazhi and Sidi's positions did not advance too much, it was unknown whether they were afraid of Dazhi's poor martial arts or feared Sidi this big wolf dog. At this time, Dazhi had already put away his pistol, he also knew that it would be bad to break the Wulin rules at this time, otherwise all 20 guns on the enemy side would not be worth our 10 guns.

  The two Aikido masters on the stage bowed and then, without waiting for Cao Yu to return the bow, they combined their movements in a circular motion, soft and dense actions rolling towards Cao Yu, somewhat resembling Chinese Tai Chi. Once they came into contact with each other's body, it was an instant explosion. This is the unique technique of Aikido that unites with nature, which can be seen more clearly in the synchronized movements of the two people, something that cannot be seen in other Japanese martial arts.

  Cao Yu tried a few pokes with his foot, but to no avail, as the two opponents were together, covering each other seamlessly. On the contrary, he was forced to be busy and flustered, being chased and beaten. Cao Yu circled around in the arena, studying and looking for weaknesses in his opponents. At this time, Zhan Biao reminded him from the side: "Try it from the side, when three people are in a line."

  This coincided with Cao Yu's plan, and they had to be separated, otherwise they would always face each other. As soon as he made a move, his body flashed to the opponent's side, although the opponent also followed closely, but there was still a moment of delay. At this time, Wu Nan heard Zhan Biao's reminder and discovered Cao Yu's intention, so he also reminded the two people in the field in time. Cao Yu tried several times but couldn't grasp the opportunity.

  Zhan Biao watched for a while and found that they, whether small or large circles, were always rotating clockwise. He thought of letting Cao Yu try counterclockwise, but when he opened his mouth, he realized that Wu Nan could understand him. On the spur of the moment, he changed his words to "Ooh, ooh...", Wu Nan's Chinese wasn't good enough to understand the colloquialism used by Chinese farmers to turn their horses left.

  Cao Yu heard the "oh" sound and was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood. He wasn't unfamiliar with reversing, but simply used it once before returning to normal rotation. This time he started continuous reversal, turning so that the two opponents' movements were greatly disordered. When they lined up in a row of three, he made his move, using a wrestling technique to take down one person and separate them. The advantage of Cao Yu's footwork was fully utilized this time, using poking and tripping from a distance, and taking down with wrestling when close, almost not allowing them to stand still, let alone combine their efforts.

  This is indeed the case with the saying: "Martial arts plus wrestling, immortals can't take it." Seeing two aikido masters being tormented by Cao Yu, Sugimoto couldn't bear to watch and shouted as he rushed in. He thought that karate's footwork and kicking techniques were on par, earlier he was underestimating the opponent, this time he wanted to have a serious match.

  Those two martial arts masters slunk away with their tails between their legs, and Cao Yu and Sugimoto immediately changed their gentle fighting style to a fierce clash like swords crossing.

  At this point, five rounds have passed, Qiangzi has lost, Liu Yang has won, San De has drawn, Xiao Feng has won, and Cao Yu has won. The score is three wins, one draw and one loss. Wu Nan knew that the game was already decided, originally he wanted to play a game with Zhan Biao, but even if he won it would still be 3-2, and this opportunity had been snatched away by Sugimoto, it seemed that continuing to drag out the match wasn't worthy of a warrior.

  On the field, Cao Yu and Sugimoto engaged in a fierce footwork battle. Sugimoto's ferocious kicks mostly targeted people's heads, with high leg lifts similar to Chinese martial arts' high whip kick. In contrast, Cao Yu's poking kicks were mainly aimed at people's ankle area, with a very low stance. As a result, three times in a row, when Sugimoto lifted his legs to kick Cao Yu, he was poked in the ankle by Cao Yu and fell to the ground. Each time, Sugimoto was knocked down solidly. Cao Yu then withdrew his hands, took a step back, and stood with his hands clasped together. Sugimoto was helped up by his subordinates and retreated.

  The martial man looked at his two groups, stopped several subordinates who were about to draw their guns, and then looked at the ten Chinese people in front of him. As if he had made up his mind, he stepped forward and solemnly said to Zhan Biao: "Sir, we lost this time, but please allow me to challenge you again. I still have my Judo team and Kendo team. Ten days from now, at midnight, we will meet here again for a rematch. Please accept our challenge." After speaking, he didn't wait for Zhan Biao's response, waved his hand at the 20 special soldiers, turned around and disappeared into the woods.

  Zhan Biao and 10 others stood quietly for a while, then suddenly everyone hugged each other, patting each other. Only Qiangzi and Dajue hung their heads in silence, Qiangzi asked Cao Yu in a loud voice: "What's the trick of that kick?" Cao Yu said: "Toe hook." Zhan Biao praised: "I've long heard that toe hook is the best of Northern Leg, indeed it's formidable."

  Cao Yu made a few gestures with his palms and fingers, asking: "What is this?" Xiao Feng said: "Yue Shi San Shou." Cao Yu was also shocked: "It's really Yue Shi San Shou! I thought it had been lost. It's indeed fierce!" He immediately bowed to Zhan Biao with a fist and then another salute: "New recruit Third Battalion Deputy Captain Cao Yu requests to learn Yue Shi San Shou, please approve, Captain Zhan."

  Xiao Feng said beside him, "Then you should also contribute your kicking and wrestling skills." Cao Yu stood up straight: "I'll teach you everything I know!" Zhan Biao smiled at Xiao Feng, Qiang Zi, and Cao Yu, saying: "You three go practice with each other in the cave... Be careful on your way back, I don't trust that Sugimoto. Also, don't spread the word about our martial arts competition with the Japanese devils ten days from now." The crowd immediately stopped laughing and dispersed in two groups, becoming vigilant.

  At midnight, Zhan Biao led six people to sneak into the three families. Peng Xuefei was overjoyed: "Brother Biao, you made us wait so long, I was just about to go out and meet you tomorrow." Zhan Biao said: "We are going to make a move, let's discuss it carefully."

  Peng Xuefei suddenly remembered something and patted his leg, saying: "Right, Biao Ge, yesterday nine... nine cripples came to find you."