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【鄭子太極拳】英雄所向無敵 郭琴舫

Cheng Man Ching’s deciple: Guo Qinfang(郭琴舫)

(Chinese Boxing Champion and first Taichi Boxer in the world)

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Known as the Three Wonders. He was the first full-time newspaper photojournalist in China. He was awarded the “Master of Art in Swiss International Photography” and was one of the few war reporters who was born and died during the War of Resistance against Japan. Both of his Chinese and Western paintings have profound knowledge and are widely collected, especially the sketches of characters. He was once praised by masters such as Lang Jingshan, Liu Haili, Cheng Man Ching( Prof CMC ), Huang Junbi, and Zeng Xubai.

He studied praying mantis and Shaolin from Luo Guangyu in the early days, practicing iron sand palm and iron fist skills. He was once the champion of Chinese boxing competition and was known as the lightning striker. In the 1930s, Prof CMC served as the head of the Chinese Art Department of Shanghai University. Guo Qinfang was taught by him. Ten years later, during the Sino-Japanese War, the lightweight Guo Qinfang participated in a leapfrog challenge boxing match. His competitor Jiang fouled him. Prof CMC was impressed by Guo’s demeanor and technique, so he indirectly asked him if he was injured and invited him to dinner. Later, he became a student of Prof CMC , but he did not fully apply the style of Tai Chi, but applied the principles of Tai Chi to boxing.

Once in Chongqing, Prof CMC told him that he would take him to see a strange martial artist (Wang Xiuai). As soon as he entered the door and saw a coolie answer the door, Prof CMC asked him to stand in front of the coolie. Coolie held his hand and smiled, and Guo fell to the ground. Guo immediately got up, clenched his fists and prepared to fight, but the coolie immediately appeared behind Guo Qinfang’s body in a trance. The three of them drank some tea and left. Prof CMC laughed and Guo Qinfang was fascinated and full of confusion. There was another time in Chongqing when Guo was queuing up and the opponent jumped in. Guo said a few words, and the opponent punched him. Guo dodged and injured him with a punch. The man reported to Guo for damages for compensation. Prof CMC helped Guo pay the fine, and volunteered to heal the man. Prof CMC told him that you were playing the Chinese boxing champion. Fortunately, he only used 50% of his skills.

Guo had a positive view of Le Huanzhi, who was well-known for his volleying power at the time, but Prof CMC was at odds with him, so Bob Smith commented on the difference between the two people’s perspectives that Guo was looking up, while Prof CMC It is looking down.

In Prof CMC ‘s film, there is a gentleman who makes people beat his stomach, but he can’t cut Prof CMC ‘s arm. He once challenged Guo to knock each other’s arms and high-five, but because Guo had practiced some iron sand palms and qigong, the opponent was defeated. Guo said that Prof CMC is always willing to learn from people with superb skills, and is also willing to teach those who are inferior. He once saw Prof CMC practicing making multiple layers of tofu. The upper layer of tofu had no effect, but the lower layer was rotten. Prof CMC practiced acupuncture for a while and asked Guo to play with him. Guo said that you have to wear gloves because he thinks Prof CMC has learned acupuncture, but he did not learn how to solve acupuncture. He once mentioned that Prof CMC saw an advertisement in the newspaper claiming that Kung Fu was superb and invincible, so Prof CMC asked him to try it out, but the person was bloody.

When he and Prof CMC were learning boxing, he also instructed his younger brothers Chen Zhicheng(William C C chen), Huang Xingxian and others in boxing techniques.

Unique experience and inheritance

Guo Jiaoquan first teaches to avoid or separate the opponent’s punches and protect the head. He has practiced anti-beating, and other parts can be beaten by people, but the head is absolutely to avoid being hit, especially the eyes. His enlightenment boxing teacher Chen Hanqiang (the earliest boxing coach in China) had his ears crooked.

He encouraged to practice some anti-slaps, using utensils to pat his body from light to heavy. But he didn’t practice halfway through the iron sand palm, because he found that when he was holding a brush, he seemed to be holding a nail, which had a lot of influence on his touch. (Note: I also heard from Teacher Wang Jie that he had practiced iron sand palm but he did not practice it because of his eye injury).

He listed some essentials for Sanda(free style) practice, such as being loose, not double, not moving first and while people moving a little, we are fighting on behalf of others, circuitous footwork, enticing the enemy to go deep into anti-siege, etc…

He has helped a handful of Tai Chi masters portraits, including Cheng Man Ching and Tao Ping Siang.

沈大白教授中英介紹 邱敏祥教練編輯

郭琴舫 中國拳王、世界上第一個太極拳擊手

拳之因緣與鱗爪

人稱三絕奇士 他是第一位報社專職攝影記者,曾獲「瑞士國際攝影藝術碩學」也是在對日抗戰時少數出生入死的戰地記者。他中西繪畫均有高深造詣,廣為珍藏,尤其是人物速寫,曾為郎靜山,劉海栗,鄭曼青,黃君璧,曾虛白等大師嘉許。

他早期向羅光玉習螳螂與少林,苦練鐵沙掌與鐵腕功。曾獲中國拳擊比賽冠軍,號稱閃電手,在1930年代,鄭曼青擔任上海大學中國藝術系主任,郭琴舫就被他教過。十年後中日戰爭時,郭琴舫參事加一場拳擊賽,對手犯規,鄭子對他的風度和技術印象深刻,就間接問他是否有受傷並邀他餐敘。後來成為鄭子的學生,不過他並未完全應用太極拳的打法,而更是把太極的原理應用到拳擊上。

在重慶有一次鄭子和他說,帶他去見一位怪武術家(Wang Xiuai),一進門看到一位像苦力的人應了門,進去後鄭子要他站在苦力面前,苦力握著他手,一微笑,郭就倒在地上。郭馬上爬起來,雙手握拳準備應戰,可是苦力竟然立刻出現在心神恍惚的郭琴舫身體後面。三個人喝些茶就離開了,鄭子大笑而郭琴舫是入神而充滿了困惑。在重慶還有一次郭在排隊對方插隊,郭說了幾句,對方一拳揮來,郭反射動作閃避同時一拳把他打傷。那人報警郭傷害要求賠償,鄭曼青幫郭付了罰款,義務幫那人療傷,和他說,你打的是中國拳王,還好他只用了五成的功力。

郭對當時以凌空勁知名的樂煥智持正面看法,但鄭子與他相左,所以Bob Smith 對他們看兩人看人角度的差別評論是,郭是向上看(looking up)的,而鄭則是向下看(looking down)。

在鄭子影片有位施漱方前輩讓外國人打肚子沒事,但砍鄭子手臂卻不行的。施漱方先生曾向郭琴舫挑戰互敲手臂和擊掌,但因郭練過些鐵砂掌與氣功,施都敗北了。郭說鄭子總是願意向有高超技巧的人學習,也願意教那些較差的人。他有次看到鄭子在練習打多層的豆腐,上層豆腐沒影響,下層卻爛了。鄭子有一陣子練習點穴,要郭陪他玩玩,郭說你要帶拳套才行,因為他覺得鄭子有學點穴,但並沒有學如何解穴。有一次鄭子看到報上有個人登了廣告宣稱功夫高超地表無敵,鄭子於是約他出來試試,結果留下那人滿臉是血。郭和鄭子學拳時,也指導他師弟陳志誠,黃性賢等人拳擊的技術。

獨到心得與傳承

郭教拳先教避開或隔開對方的拳,保護好頭部,他練過抗打,其他部分還可讓人打,但頭部是絕對避免被打到,尤其是眼。他的啟蒙拳擊老師陳漢強(中國最早拳擊教練)就是耳朵被打歪了。

他鼓勵練些抗打,用器物拍打身體由輕到重。但鐵沙掌練一半他就不練,因為他發現拿畫筆時竟好像拿釘子,對他觸感影響不小。(註:也聽王傑老師說他曾練鐵沙掌但因傷眼也就沒有再練下去)。

他列了一些散打的練習要領,例如要鬆,不雙重,彼不動己不動彼稍動己仙動,連消帶打,迂迴步法,誘敵深入反包圍等等……

很難得的,他也曾幫他老師鄭曼青與他師弟陶炳祥畫過唯妙唯肖的素描。

素描唯妙唯肖比較真實照片

郭琴舫教授與陶炳祥老師

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