【鄭子太極拳】氣歛入骨  葉秀挺老師

沈大白教授中英介紹 邱敏祥教練編輯

Cheng Man-Ching’s deciple: Ye Xiuting(葉秀挺)

Brief Bibliography

Ye Xiuting’s father was the director of Fujian martial arts curator. Ye Xiuting learned boxing from Zheng Manqing when he was in the mainland because of a hole in his heart. After 1949, he was an army instructor and came to Taiwan with the Nationalist government and continued to study with Zheng Manqing in Taiwan. He originally studied Fujian boxing, but later focused on Tai Chi. In 1957, I went to Penang Jingwu Sports Association to teach boxing. I met many people who played in the gym and did not fail. One of them called the “Penang Tiger”. He failed four times in the challenge and didn’t know how to lose. Become Ye Xiuting’s first batch of disciples. In Malaysia, he not only promotes Zheng Zi’s 37 styles, but also teaches the internal skills of the iron cloth shirt and the “Lower Eighteen Positions” arranged by him, which includes some Tai Chi longquan moves that are not included in the 37 styles. He later went to Thailand to become a monk.

Unique experience and inheritance

According to Lee Bei Lei (Lee Bei Lei), a student who took care of his daily life at his home and learned boxing by the way, he never refused visitors to try his hand. He said that he would study for eight hours a day for three months. Ye Xiuting He kept beating him until his whole body was so painful that he couldn’t squat down. It seemed that Ye Xiu Ting’s hand was only gently waved, but he was hurt very badly. Ye Xiu Ting loves a special kind of bread. He wants to go out at five o’clock every day to help the teacher. Buy bread.

Ye Xiuting will meditate and practice Paida and Qigong every day, and then continue to meditate. The meditation methods include sitting, standing and lying down. Once a Shaolin boxer came to challenge him, Ye Xiuting asked him to fight on his behalf, and told him, you just need to step in. The boxer started kicking him, and he did what the teacher said, but the boxer was sent far away. He said that Ye Xiuting was actually thin and thin. At first he didn’t believe that Ye Xiuting could beat him, but he was beaten up and became a student of Ye Xiuting.

Sutton Nigel, Wisdom of Taiji Masters – Insights of Cheng Man Ching’s Art, 2014.

According to another master Ho An San, who is well-known for learning pushing hands with Ye Xiuting, Ye Xiuting’s body will always move, but he does not pick up your power. Ye Xiuting is very sensitive and strong in listening. He will wait for the opponent to attack first, and then let the person fail. Some teachers, such as Lu Tongbao (who enlightened Ye Xiuting students and then learned from Zheng Manqing), would take the initiative to let the opponent out of balance and send again, which is somewhat different.

Sutton Nigel, Wisdom of Taiji Masters – Insights of Cheng Man Ching’s Art, 2014.

葉秀挺(右三)與鄭宗師賢伉儷合影於台南

葉秀挺  拳之因緣與鱗爪

葉秀挺父親曾任福建武術館長，葉秀挺因為心臟有孔，在大陸時即向鄭曼青學拳，1949年後，他因為是位陸軍教官，隨著國民政府來到台灣，繼續和鄭曼青在台灣學習。他原來學習福建的拳法，後來則專注於太極。1957年到馬來西亞檳城精武體育會教拳，遇見許多踢館的人士未有敗績，其中一位祝聖錦人稱「檳城老虎」的，挑戰四次都敗得很慘甚至不知如何輸的，於是成為葉秀挺第一批弟子。在馬來西亞，他除了推展鄭子37式，也教導排打的鐵布衫內功與他編排的「下十八勢」，收錄了37式中沒有包括進去的一些太極長拳招式。他後來到泰國成為一位僧人。

在鄭子十三篇中有記載鄭子伸臂舒掌，請外國人以猛力斫之。安君首以立掌擊之．至十數下，縮手而退，蒲君復舉拳連砍數十下，而曼青行無所事。時曼青衣白荸衫；蒲君能作華語，卷其袖曰：「君之臂是鐵否?」四座掌聲齊發。另參考鄭子早期另一弟子施漱方老師示範之氣沉抗打一樣精彩。蓋太極之氣沉過程中會有抗打擊能力，但專氣致柔才是最後目標。影片中奮力打擊者為鄭子太極拳第一位外國弟子Robert William Smith。但經請教96歲的徐憶中師伯，他表示鄭宗師反對讓人打肚子，施漱方師伯後來要求亞洲拳王郭琴舫師伯打他肚子，結果力量打進去，施漱方失敗。施漱方師伯再三請求鄭宗師本人打他肚子…結果還是被鄭宗師之內勁打透而失敗。慎之！邱敏祥教練也聽過  陶 炳祥大師反對讓人打肚子。原始影片有八厘米轉出聲也讓大家感受，不喜歡請關靜音。

獨到心得與傳承

根據他一位在他家照顧其生活起居順便學拳的學生，後來從不拒絕訪客試手挑戰的李偏磊(Lee Bei Lei)，的說法，他三個月內每天要學習八小時，葉秀挺一直打他，打到他全身各處痛得連蹲都蹲不下去，看起來葉秀挺的手只是輕輕揮來，卻傷得很重，葉秀挺喜愛一種特殊麵包，他要每天五點出門幫忙老師買麵包。

葉秀挺則每天都會先冥想和練習拍打功與氣功，然後繼續冥想，冥想方式包括坐著、站立與躺臥。有一次一個少林拳師上門挑戰，葉秀挺叫他代為應戰，和他說，你只要進去(Step in)就好了，拳師開始踢他，他也照老師說的做，結果拳師被發的老遠。他說葉秀挺其實身材瘦小，剛開始他不信葉秀挺能打敗他，結果卻被打飛，於是就當葉秀挺學生了。

根據另一位與葉秀挺學習推手頗知名的Ho An San師父說，葉秀挺身體會一直移動，但他不接你的力量，葉秀挺聽勁很靈敏發勁也很強。他會等待對手先攻擊，然後讓人落空後再發勁。與一些老師例如盧統寶(曾為葉秀挺啟蒙學生後來再向鄭曼青拜師學習)，會主動讓對手失衡再發，有些不同。

Sutton Nigel, Wisdom of Taiji Masters – Insights of Cheng Man Ching’s Art, 2014.