中国武术概要：英文 by 吴彬，李兴东，余功保

Author:吴彬，李兴东，余功保
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 外文出版社
Published: 1992-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Fig. 23: The drunkard boxing

Execution of the drunkard boxing demands extreme flexibility of the joints as well as suppleness, dexterity, power and coordination all of which can be developed in the course of practice.

The main feature of the drunkard boxing is to hide combative hits in drunkard-like, unsteady movements and actions so as to confuse the opponent. The secret of this style of boxing is maintaining a clear mind while giving a drunken appearance.

Drunkard boxers are required to be responsive with good eyesight and fist plays. They move in unconnected steps but with a flexible body combining hardness and suppleness. They have to be fast to get the better of their opponents but their main tactic is to feign defence while trying to attack and aiming in one direction but attacking in another. Various degrees of drunkenness are demonstrated by different ranges of movements and expressions in the eye.

21. Yingzhao Quan (Eagle Claw Boxing)

Yingzhao Quan or the eagle claw boxing is a tradi-tional animal-imitating style of fist play that incorpor-ates the movements, tricks and methods of the eagle. It is a mixture of the Yue-style boxing and the school of tumbling boxing. It is also called Yingzhao Fanzi Quan (eagle claw tumbling boxing). Because boxers form their hands into the shape of an eagle's claw, their style came to be called Yingzhao Quan.

The traditional routines of the eagle claw boxing are said to have been created by Song Dynasty General Yue Fei. Li Quan, a monk of the Ming Dynasty, mastered the essentials of the Yue-style boxing before combining the eagle claw and tumble boxing to form the eagle claw tumbling boxing. Li taught the style to Monk Fa Cheng who later passed it on to Liu Shijun of Xiongxian County in Hebei Province.

Liu Shijun, born in a poor family, used to sell flue-cured tobacco for a living but he was deeply fond of martial arts. One day, when out selling tobacco till late, he stayed at a small inn. As he practised his martial arts by himself, Monk Fa Cheng who happened to be staying at the same inn, was woken up by the sounds of Liu's movements and actions. After he completed his exercises, the monk told Liu that his routines were good for maintaining health but not for fighting enemies. Liu, annoyed by the monk's remarks, asked Fa Cheng to

fight with him. The two fought a practice bout. Eager to win, Liu unleashed three attacks in a row but all were easily warded off by the monk. As he launched his fourth attack Monk Fa Cheng used the eagle claw trick to catch Liu's wrist. Although he tried all he could, Liu could not shake off the monk's hand. Fa Cheng then touch an acupoint on Liu's back and Liu felt sourness and numbness spread throughout his body and fell to the ground. Realizing the monk was excellent at martial arts, Liu begged the monk to teach him. He followed Fa Cheng and learnt the eagle claw boxing and its secrets.

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