Chen Qiang was already sure in his heart that this so-called light skills competition is the 110-meter hurdles in track and field.

"Is 110-meter hurdle related to light skills? Using hurdles to compete for light skills should not be thought of by martial artists in Tianjin!" Chen Qiang said in his heart.

What Chen Qiang can be sure of is that many of these martial arts people in Tianjin have the mentality of being the best in the world, and they don’t know much about modern sports at all.

When Chen Qiang performed sprinting at a temple fair three years ago, some martial arts people called the sprinting exercise Chen Qiang engaged in "Western light skills". Chen Qiang was just running. Compared with this, the 110-meter hurdles not only include running, but also jumping. Perhaps in the eyes of those martial arts people, these 110 hurdles are more like light skills.

"Why would this foreigner be like me. He originally wanted to perform a hurdle, and then was regarded as a light skill by the martial arts world in Tianjin, and then came to challenge the foreigners!"

The more Chen Qiang thought about it, the more he felt that this situation was very likely. He continued to ask the middle-aged man around him: "Uncle, why did this foreigner compete with those martial arts masters?"

"Isn't it because this foreigner comes to challenge him?" the middle-aged man continued: "This foreigner came from a place called Aoguo in the south. He opened a martial arts hall in Tianjin, which is in the British Concession. You said that foreigners opened a martial arts hall, but it was full of advertisements from Tianjin. The advertisement paper was posted on the territory of the martial arts industry, and then it got off the people of the martial arts industry. The people of the martial arts industry were thinking, "Aren't you deliberately coming to grab business, so you beat the person who posted the advertisement paper and drove out of the martial arts industry's territory."

The martial arts in Tianjin have always been xenophobic. When the Southern Fist Generation came to Tianjin to open a martial arts hall, they were all expelled, let alone foreigners.

The middle-aged man continued, "When the foreigner saw that the advertisement paper was beaten by the martial arts people, he came to Tianjin martial arts theory, saying it was a theory, but it was actually a martial arts competition. It is said that our martial arts people won, but the foreigner was not convinced, saying that the martial arts people were cheating and did not compete with us, but instead compared the light skills. So the foreigner set up the arena today."

"Uncle, what do foreigners teach when they come to Tianjin to open a martial arts school? Is it southern fist or northern legs?" Chen Qiang asked curiously. He didn't believe that foreigners could teach Chinese Kung Fu.

"It is said that it is a boxing teacher. It is said that foreigners have to wear a big thick glove when they are boxing, and they cannot kick it with their feet. When we martial arts people competed with foreigners, they used their legs to make them say that they were cheating in martial arts." The middle-aged man said.

"So it's boxing!" Chen Qiang immediately understood.

Chen Qiang also roughly outlined the story of the matter in his mind.

The "South Australia" mentioned in the middle-aged people should refer to Australia.

It was not until 1931 that Australia gained independence and autonomy in domestic and diplomatic affairs and became an independent country in the Commonwealth.

This foreigner is a boxer from Australia. He opened a boxing gym in the British Concession in Tianjin. In order to recruit students, he printed some advertising papers and distributed them in Tianjin City. The person who posted the advertisements sent the advertisements to the sphere of influence of those national martial arts schools in Tianjin. The result is naturally conceivable. A beating is light, and if you don’t beat someone to death, it is considered to be merciless.

The foreigners who opened the boxing gym could not tolerate it. They sent someone to post advertisements, but were beaten up. If they were tolerated, they would not be laughed at by people from all over Tianjin to become soft-blooded. I guess the business in the boxing gym would not be able to be done, and no one would learn boxing with "soft eggs".

Australia was originally a place where Britain exiled criminals, with a strong folk custom and the common people were born with a brave and fierce personality. So the foreigner went to the martial arts hall where people beat people, hoping to avenge a revenge, but in the end he never fought against the martial arts hall master.

Chen Qiang was not surprised that Western boxing could not defeat China's national martial arts. There was no shortage of national martial arts during the Republic of China period, and the national martial arts at that time were very practical, which was completely different from those fancy and embroidered moves in later generations.

Traditional Chinese martial arts are originally the accumulation of the stronger the more you accumulate. Those who have practiced Chinese martial arts for three or five years may not be able to beat boxing for three or five years, but it is not difficult for masters who have practiced Chinese martial arts for more than ten years to defeat boxing masters who have also practiced for more than ten years.

Moreover, there are many techniques in China. It can not only use fists, fingers, palms, arms, elbows, shoulders, legs, knees, and kicks. Every part of the body has corresponding techniques and can be used as attack weapons. Western boxing cannot compare to this.

The so-called gestures are all about kicking people with feet. This martial arts master in Tianjin probably used his legs to defeat the foreigner. In Western boxing, it is not allowed to use his legs, so the foreigner will use the excuse of "charming cheating" and refuse to admit defeat.

Moreover, when this foreigner fought with the martial arts masters in Tianjin, he knew that his boxing was not the opponent of Chinese national martial arts, so he came up with a plan to compare with other events without comparing boxing and foot skills.

At this time, the foreigners used a trick. They set up a high barrier of 110 meters, and challenged the Tianjin martial arts world with the only reason to compete for light skills.

The martial arts people in Tianjin are really honest. When they heard the rules, they ran from the north to the south and jumped over ten wooden racks. Whoever moves faster will win. They run and jump. Isn’t this just a competition of light skills?

When I looked at the wooden frame again, it was only one meter high. Not to mention a master of light skills, even those with ordinary light skills could easily jump over it. This competition was not difficult at all.

The martial arts people suddenly felt that Tianjin Wulin would definitely win this game!

...

Adams is an Australian. When he was a student, Adams loved sports and was a track and field athlete in school. Later, he changed his career to practice boxing and represented Australia and participated in boxing competitions at the British Empire Games.

After retiring, Adams planned to open a boxing gym. He originally planned to open a boxing gym in Australia, but the population in Australia was too small and there were few people learning boxing, so Adams set his sights on China.

Adams knew that China had a large population, which was definitely a big market. And in Adams' impression, the Chinese were thin and looked like they were unbeatable, and they definitely did not know how to box. If he went to China, it would not be equivalent to a tiger entering a flock of sheep. If he showed a move or two, he would be worshipped by the Chinese and easily received a large number of students.

So Adams came to Tianjin. This place was not only the largest city in northern China, but also the British concession and British garrisons. It was easier for Adams to open a boxing gym in Tianjin.

Adams opened the boxing gym, then printed some advertising papers, and hired several Chinese people to distribute them on the Tianjin market.

The person who posted the advertisement only felt that the "foreign master" was supported by him, and he did not take the Tianjin martial arts world into his heart. So the advertisement paper was also posted on the territory of the Tianjin martial arts hall, which caused a conflict and was beaten.

Adams was a newcomer and didn't know anything. He didn't know that Tianjin was the essence of the northern martial arts world. He just thought that he was bullied by a local snake. Anyone with some boxing skills was basically very good at fighting. Adams relied on his ability to box and ran to the martial arts hall to kick the hall, but was beaten up.

If Adams was not a foreigner, he would probably be beaten as disabled. The martial arts masters in the martial arts school also showed mercy because Adams was a foreigner.

Adams was beaten up, and naturally he was dissatisfied and wanted to get back the scene, but he could also feel that he could not beat the other party. The fighting skills of this master of martial arts are not the same as boxing. He swung his elbows and kicked his legs. Adams, who practices boxing, has seen this posture!

In order to deal with the masters of national martial arts, Adams found a few people who were familiar with national martial arts and asked for advice, hoping to find the shortcomings of national martial arts. But the more he asked for advice, the more he felt that national martial arts was so complicated. Adams learned that there were so many sects in China's national martial arts, and the skills of each sect were different. Some sects were even divided into several small sects, and the skills of each small sect were also different.

People who are familiar with national martial arts randomly counted dozens of boxing techniques for Adams, and Adams was stunned!

With so many boxing techniques and leg techniques, one by one, one by one, it is impossible to complete.

After thinking for a long time, Adams finally came up with a solution. Adams knew that there was a category called "light skills" in national martial arts. He understood the characteristics of light skills a little, so he claimed that he would use "Western Light skills" to challenge "eastern Light skills", and the competition was the 110-meter hurdle!

After all, Adams was a track and field athlete when he was young, and the 110-meter hurdles was his best track and field event, so Adams was very confident about his 110-meter hurdles level.

Adams also analyzed the characteristics of light skills and believed that the skills of light skills are not very helpful for running 110-meter hurdles. If Chinese light skills masters have not received special 110-meter hurdle training, they will definitely not be their opponent.

Even if Chinese light skills masters have received 110-meter hurdle training, Adams is not afraid. In this era, China's 110-meter hurdle level is too weak, far lower than the world level. Chinese athletes can run within 18 seconds, even if they are fast, they are more than enough to participate in the National Games. Think about Liu Xiang's 12 seconds and 88 seconds in the future, you will know how slow it was for Chinese athletes to run 18 seconds at that time.

...

Adams and Gu Tianzhi stood in front of the starting line.

"Two, you are ready!" The person in charge of issuing the order, both of them were ready.

Gu Tianzhi did not know the starting skills, so he could only spread his legs one by one, one by one, and stand in place. Adams did not use the squat starting position. He also had his legs one by one, one by one, but his body slightly pressed forward and leaned forward.

Squat-mounted starts were only fully popular at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Before the Berlin Olympics, many athletes with 110-meter hurdles did not use squat-mounted starts at all. This is mainly because the 110-meter hurdles were still relatively backward at that time. Athletes felt that a squat-mounted start would not bring much improvement in performance, and it would be better to spend energy practicing hurdles.

The commander shouted to start, and Adams and Gu Tianzhi rushed out at the same time.

In the future, 110-meter hurdle athletes will generally use the eight-step method of going up the rail, that is, they will take eight steps before crossing the first rail. This is a proprietary technology of 110-meter hurdles. Whether one step more or less, it will affect the rhythm of the hurdle and its own acceleration.

However, athletes in the 1930s were not so meticulous. They took a few steps before going to the first column, all based on their own wishes. The most common situation at that time was that they would pause a little before going to the first column and make a pace adjustment.

Adams was the same. He took nine steps. Perhaps because the rhythm of going to the first column was not good, he adjusted a small step before the first column, which was equivalent to ten steps on the upper column.

Adams had done the hurdles seriously, but Gu Tianzhi's performance was much more exaggerated.

Gu Tianzhi ran wildly in front of the first bar. Instead of raising his legs and hurdles, he stopped his body suddenly, his legs were on the same horizontal line, and then his feet jumped at the same time, and he jumped straight up and down over the first bar.

Moreover, when his body was in the air, Gu Tianzhi did not forget to pose in a beautiful position in the air to show the style of a master of light skills.

"Okay, senior brother is dancing well!"

"Master Gu's trick to pull onions from dry land is indeed extraordinary!"

"Just this jump, I'm afraid I can't practice it without twenty years of hard work!"

All the martial arts people praised them.

Just looking at the beauty of the jumping posture, Gu Tianzhi's jump is nothing, especially the pose that sways in the air, which really has the style of a master of light skills.

Unfortunately, now it is not about who dances beautifully, but about who goes through the finish line first.

The martial arts people were praising Gu Tianzhi's light skills, but Chen Qiang wanted to rush up and slap Gu Tianzhi twice in the face!

How could there be such a hurdle?

He also ran to the high bar and stopped, his legs were together and jumped. Do you think this is jumping rope?

There is also a special beautiful posture in the air. This is not a gymnastics competition. Who cares whether your posture in the air is beautiful or not!

"This Gu Tianzhi doesn't understand the hurdles at all. He has lost this game!" Chen Qiang said in his heart.

Although this is just the first column, Chen Qiang already knew the results of this competition in his heart.

As expected, Gu Tianzhi landed in the praise of martial arts people. He took a step forward and planned to skip the second high bar in the same way, but found that Adams had already begun to cross the fourth bar.

Gu Tianzhi was suddenly confused. This was completely different from what he imagined!

Gu Tianzhi thought that Adams would do the same thing as himself, run to the hull and stop, then use light skills to jump high, and make a flowing and elegant posture as much as possible. After landing, he walked to the next hull and repeated the same action.

But unexpectedly, Adams took a step forward. There was no pause, no light skills, and no elegant and elegant posture.

At this moment, Louis Koo also realized that this competition was about who crossed ten clutches first to reach the finish line, rather than who jumped more elegantly. In this regard, the hurdle skills used by Adams can indeed reach the finish line faster.

The Tianjin martial arts people watching the battle around them were awakened as if they were dreaming.

"So that's how it was the competition! Why didn't I expect it before?"

"That foreigner didn't make it clear in advance! How could he think of this!"

"This foreigner is too utilitarian!"

"Oh no, Master Gu was caught in the conspiracy of foreigners!"

The martial arts people were filled with righteous indignation.

Gu Tianzhi stood there blankly and didn't jump off a high bar at all, because Gu Tianzhi knew very well that he could not catch up with Adams. More importantly, Gu Tianzhi did not prepare for Adams' jumping method at all. Even if he learned and sold it, he would definitely not be as good as Adams.

Adams rushed through the finish line, and he looked back at Gu Tianzhi who was still standing in the second column, his face full of lust.

"Haha, I guessed it. These Chinese people don't understand the 110-meter hurdles at all!" Adams said in his heart.

A sigh of disappointment sounded from all around. The people around him who were watching the fun obviously did not want to see Gu Tianzhi lose, but Gu Tianzhi shook his head and left the track with a depressed look on his face.

Adams walked back to the starting point, looked at the martial arts people, and asked, "Is anyone among you who want to challenge me?"

"I'll do it!" A voice suddenly sounded, and a bald and strong man walked out of the martial arts people.

"That's Zhou Congyi, a disciple of Shaolin layman. He practiced his skills very well. I heard that he also learned the unique skills of Shaolin flying over the eaves and walls!" Someone said in the crowd.

"Since he is a disciple of the Shaolin layman, he must be a little capable and will definitely defeat that foreigner!" Another person said.

"There is a saying that if you don't have a diamond, don't take care of porcelain work. Since Zhou Congyi dares to stand up on his own initiative, he will definitely have two tricks!" said the third man.
To be continued...