Brothers
of
Black Boxing Black Boxing Past
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Li Xiangang said, I think I can find him at any time, within two weeks. I wasted thirteen days of thinking directly.
Knocking on the door, a female voice came from inside: “Please come in.” I was stunned and didn’t think much about it. I pushed the door open and went in. There was no one else in the
office except a woman who was playing with her mobile phone with her head down. At that time, few people had mobile phones, which belonged to the typical petty bourgeoisie luxury. The woman raised her head, painted with thick smoky makeup, the dull color covered up the delicate eyebrows, and there was a kind of fragile degeneration of fireworks. The small and delicate face is familiar to me, and the long and smooth pink neck is not forgotten. Oh, I was a little shocked for a moment. I saw her again.
“Oh, is that you?” The woman looked at me with an expressionless face, but her tone clearly remembered my presence: “What’s the matter?”
“I’m looking for Boss Li.” I stood in the doorway and said.
He is out on business. Sit down first. I’ll send him a message. It’s time to come back. The woman said, holding her cell phone and pressing it. I sat on the sofa farthest away from her, feeling uncomfortable and not knowing where to put my hands. After a long time, I still found that it was more natural to put them side by side on my knees. Then I realized that this was the standard sitting posture in primary school. It seems that the cancer of exam-oriented education has far-reaching influence.
“Smoking?” The woman finished the text message and took out a box of cigarettes from her bag and handed it to me.
“Well, I won’t smoke, thanks.” I waved my hand hurriedly and said.
Perhaps my action let the woman feel a little surprised, her mouth gently up, showing a faint smile. Then he resumed his expressionless face and took out a cigarette and smoked it himself. The smoke curled up, and her smoking posture was much better than Li Xiangang’s. Is
your face all right? It looks a little smaller than before. The woman flicked on the ashtray, her fingers slender and painted with glittering nail polish.
“Well, I was beaten before, and the left side of my face was all swollen. I’ve been cured for a long time.” I smiled and said. Strangely enough, my face was hit like a pig’s head that night. I almost didn’t recognize myself when I stood in front of the mirror. I didn’t expect her to remember who I was.
The woman looked up at me again and said, “This is much more handsome.”
「…… Thank you. Being praised like this, I was a little flustered for a moment.
The woman looked at me like a prehistoric monster without blinking an eye. Confused by her direct gaze, I asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Are you really blushing?” The woman looked at me and asked doubtfully.
Am I blushing? Damn! I immediately lowered my head to look away from him and looked for something in my pocket. But I turned it over and over, and there was nothing in my pocket except a lump of toilet paper that I took when I went out.
“Which high school?” The woman asked lightly.
“Uh, college students.” I buried my head even lower.
College students? No, you look too young, don’t you? Are you in college? First year?
I did not speak and nodded.
I say. I also know a few college students who are about to graduate, and they all look like hooligans. The woman flicked the ash again and said with a sneer.
I suddenly felt very ashamed, not knowing whether it was because of myself or because of those guys who were about to graduate.
“What’s your name?”
“Ouyang Gan.” I said honestly, as if answering a question from a primary school teacher.
“Ouyang, you have a compound surname. It’s rare.” The woman’s tone became more and more relaxed. “Call me Argo.”
Ago. That’s a good name. It sounds good. I looked up at her, and her face had an expression, and it was no longer the kind of cold indifference. I asked her, “Ah Guo, are you from the south?”
“Well, it’s a poor place in Guizhou.” A Guo stubbed out his cigarette and said. As I expected, she spoke clearly and well, with a little southern accent. After
a cigarette, I became familiar with her, and the atmosphere was not as awkward as before. Two people are chatting without a word, suddenly a sound of footsteps came, the door opened, well-dressed Li Xiangang came in, a white casual dress, British breath assailed the nostrils. He was followed by the guy who made me have a dream of inferiority all night-Naikun, a “refugee” with a lazy face as if he could not support himself.
I couldn’t help feeling a little annoyed. I wish they had come a little later. I haven’t talked enough yet.
“Why, have you figured it out?” Li Xiangang was not surprised to see me. He sat down on the sofa, hugged Ah Guo, and gently pinched her face. This action made my heart sour for no reason.
I looked up at Naikun, who was standing there with a bored and sleepy face. He was also looking at me, and his eyes were tired. I swallowed and said, “Think it over.”. I’ll be your fighter and listen to you.
In fact, when I chatted with Ah Guo, I had not made up my mind, and even felt that I could leave at any time. But at the moment I saw Naikun, my determination to wander around was immediately settled. At that time, I didn’t promise Li Xiangang for money.
I don’t want to let myself feel inferior to live, I don’t want someone in front of me all my life. At that time, I was still a teenager, although I did not have fresh clothes and angry horses, I was still full of vigor and vitality.
“Oh, I knew you would come back for me. My judgment was not wrong.” Li Xiangang spoke with a smile and molested Ah Guo in his arms, which really made me feel uncomfortable.
“I have a question.” I say.
“Oh?” Li Hsiang-ang looked at me curiously and said, “What’s the problem?”
“Why did you pick me?” I glanced at Naikun and paused. “My kung fu..” It’s not good.
Master Li, when I pick people, the most important thing is not their ability, but their temper. As a man, you have to have a temper. If you don’t have a temper, even if you have the ability, it’s nonsense. As soon as Li Hsiang-ang was satisfied, he would speak with a strong Tianjin accent, as if he were performing a cross talk. He pointed at me and said, “Your temper is quite to my taste. I like it.”
Wipe. I said to myself, if I really have a temper, can I still sit here?
Naikun, you take him back to the base first and arrange accommodation for him. I’ll go back and have a look in the evening. Li Xiangang’s hand touched Ah Guo at random, then took out the car keys and threw them to Naikun.
Base? That sounds like a cool name. I stood up and looked back when I was about to walk out of the door. Ah Guo was pandering around in Li Xiangang’s arms, not noticing my departure at all.
Grass! I raised a big middle finger to Li Xiangang in my heart.
Nai Kun drove me out of the city, saying nothing all the way.
I think, a Guo is a southerner, this Nai Kun’s accent is not more authentic than a Guo, it must be more southern. To break the silence, I asked, “Are you from the south?”
Naikun turned to look at me. “I’m Thai.”
The car drove for more than half an hour, and the surrounding area gradually became desolate, almost like a slum, with all the residential houses connected, dilapidated, and wild dogs running around. Outside, two dead trees were hung with nylon ropes, and clothes were hung outside, drifting in the wind, with socks, bras, underwear and other close-fitting items. Looking at this scene, I can’t help feeling that there are corners in big cities where the sun doesn’t shine. All living beings are suffering. So what if they were born in a municipality directly under the Central Government. My eyes swept over the dirty garbage dumps and flying plastic bags, and my heart was filled with compassion.
As it turns out, I’m definitely an underdraw player. In a few years, the tide of demolition swept in, and all of these sitting households were transformed into sunglasses and suits. Wrapped in a hundred thousand, he rode a crane to Yangzhou. Which great man said that if you want to succeed, you must endure loneliness first. The
car stopped in a very remote place, and it was hard to find a wire pole. When Nai Kun put out the fire, I asked with some trepidation, “Which district is this?”
“Suburbs.” He answered simply and neatly. There is a big house
in front of me, which is not beautiful and rustic. There are no comparable buildings around, and it looks a bit out of place. There is only a small shop not far away, which is not much bigger than toilet. An old man lay squinting in a chair, enjoying the warm sun. In October, the weather is a little cold.
“Is this the base?” I asked. In fact, I was thinking about how to be like a warehouse.
Naikun nodded and pushed the door open. I followed, stepped in, and immediately smelled a sense of pressure mixed with the smell of sweat.
I observed that the inside is very large, it should be a small abandoned factory, the elevation is very ideal, there is a professional fighting mat below, it feels good to step on it. Several chains hung down from the roof more than three meters high, and several huge sandbags were scattered. Although they were beaten very old, they were not out of shape. They were the best sports goods at a glance. In another corner, there is a pile of foot targets, gloves, protective equipment and other things. The most exaggerated thing is that there is a banner hanging in the place facing the door, which reads: Blood and sweat do not shed tears, skin and flesh do not fall behind. I was stunned when I
saw the slogan. This is not black boxing, this is a typical professional team style ah!
To tell you the truth, as soon as I got inside, I felt my blood getting hot and dry. Such a place is the place to practice martial arts, the place to fight, and the place where people can fully devote themselves to improving their strength quickly. Although there was no one, the residual smell of sweat, the slightly sour smell of protective equipment and gloves, and the inexplicable and indescribable sense of oppression all made my blood flow.
A long-lost feeling.
Naikun turned to look at me, and I knew that he understood my emotions.
“Why is there no one?” I looked around.
“What day is it today?” Naikun asked me.
“Sunday.” I thought about it and was sure I was right. Because just after the National Day holiday, the school moved the course to Sunday for fear of making us relaxed. Public courses are so annoying that one after another is like exorbitant taxes and levies. In the first two years of university, those who studied art did not draw, those who practiced track and field did not run, and spent all their time on English and politics-the cancer of exam-oriented education.
“On Sunday, today is a rest day. If you don’t train, these guys must have gone to the city to drink.” Naikun said. In a
flash, I almost had tears in my eyes! This is not a black fist, this is more merciful than university!
Naikun led me into the back room, where the dormitory was divided into two suites with several bunk beds. “This is your bed,” he said, pointing to a clean top bunk.
“The dormitory is quite clean.” I looked around, everything was neat and clean, and I couldn’t help restraining my movements.
“It doesn’t matter. You can just throw things around. Every morning an aunt comes over and cleans them.” Naikun saw my restraint.
And a cleaner? I strangle a wipe. I couldn’t help comparing it with the university. Then he asked, “How can I solve the problem of eating?” Three meals
a day are delivered, so don’t worry about that. You just have to train well.
I was so excited for a moment. Who says this is black boxing? This is simply serving the people. It seems that I have made the right choice. When I was excited, Naikun said lightly, “There are no rules here. Whatever the coach asks you to do, you just do it.”. But there are two rules that must be observed.
“First, don’t smoke.”
Hearing this, I nodded my head. Smoking will affect vital capacity, this is common sense, we all know.
Second, boxers are not allowed to fight with each other without the permission of their coaches. Otherwise, whoever it is will be kicked out of the base.
I nodded again to show that I understood, “I am not a master who likes to fight. I have been a pacifist since I was a child.”. But here, you can’t avoid fighting.
“Absolutely forbidden!” Naikun’s tone suddenly increased, and his stiff Mandarin was like steel falling to the ground. “When you come here, you have to understand that your life is not your own, but the property of the base!”. As soon as
I was stupefied, I was excited by Nai Kun’s suddenly sharp eyes.
Outside, there was the sound of a car stalling, followed by the sound of disorderly footsteps. Nai Kun’s face returned to its usual languor, and he said lightly, “These guys are back.”
I was a little excited, as if I was going to meet a new classmate at the beginning of school.
Eight or nine people rushed in from the door, and when they saw me, their expressions were all stunned. Nai Kun glanced at his watch and said, “I’m late. I’m five minutes behind schedule.”
A tall guy scratched his head sheepishly and said in a hollow voice, “Coach, who is this?”
Coach? I was startled!
“This is a new comer. I’ll train with you later.” Naikun pointed to these people and introduced them to me. “This is the big tiger, this is the kidnapper, and this is the little demon.”
He introduced me one by one, but I didn’t remember any of the names at that time. First, the names of these people were so strange that they were either tigers or demons, just like the journey to the West. The other is that I was completely shocked, can it be said that Naikun is their coach, the same is. My coach?
I positioned my coach as a goal to surpass and defeat!
All right, I’ve finished introducing you. It doesn’t matter if you don’t recognize all of them. You’ll get to know each other as you get along. Naikun patted me, who was in a daze, and said, “Please introduce yourself to us.”
“Well, hello, everyone. My name is Ouyang Gan.” As soon as the words left my mouth, I felt like a fool.
As I expected, everyone was in a daze when they heard my name. Naikun patted me again and whispered, “No one here is used to calling out full names. Just use nicknames.”
「……」 I hesitated for a moment and said, “Let’s call me West Poison.”
West Poison, the murder weapon is the captain. In the future, when I am not here, he will lead the training. Get to know each other. When Nai Kun finished, an energetic young man, who was a little taller than I was, came out and shook hands with me. “West Poison, welcome.”
I nodded my head in silence. What is this feeling? Is this really a black boxing base? Why do I feel like I’m joining a school of thought?
After a long time, I also understand that, in fact, black boxing is not all the cruel and bloodthirsty people in everyone’s imagination, but a handful of such people, in order to be bloodthirsty, in order to vent, in order to seek the pleasure of destroying the opponent and active in the world of black boxing. Most people, like normal people in society, have flesh and blood, affection and love, but their occupations are different. Others rely on work to eat, they rely on boxing to make a living. Another car stopped
outside, and the murder weapon said with a smile, “At this point, it must be Brother Li.”
Sure enough, it was Li Xiangang who came in with a forced smile on his face-at least I looked at him. “Brother Li, Sister Guo,” they said respectfully.
“Boss Li..” I saw Li Xiangang walking straight towards me and said hello unnaturally. Some flustered eyes passed over Ah Guo’s face, and I didn’t know whether to look at her or not. What’s your
name, Boss Li? That’s very kind of you. You’ll be on the base, and you’ll be on my staff. Just call me Brother Li! Li Xiangang patted me on the shoulder like a buddy. In front of so many people, I was really flattered. Then he took something out of his pocket and gave it to me, saying, “There’s no telephone here. I’ll use it to contact the outside world in the future, and it will be convenient for me to find you.”
I took a look and almost fainted on the spot.
A mobile phone! What he put into my hand turned out to be a brand new Ericsson flip phone! Comrades, it was 2001, and a mobile phone meant as much as a Mercedes Benz now. I opened the screen with trembling hands and almost suffocated when I saw the legendary color screen.
“Well, do you still feel comfortable here?” Li Ge continued to pat me on the shoulder, like a leader who went to the countryside to inspect the work, holding the hands of fellow villagers and asking kindly.
“Adapted, adapted, too adapted.” I also entered the role, so excited that I almost bit my tongue, as if the old man in the countryside facing the camera could not express his excitement thoroughly. It’s a pity that there are no reporters around to take pictures of all this, wasting a group of good subjects for the underworld bosses and younger brothers to spend the weekend together. Haven’t you had
dinner yet? Murder weapon. Call the chef who delivered the meal and ask him not to come here tonight. I’ll treat you to a big dinner tonight. As soon as Li Ge’s voice fell, everyone cheered. When I was walking out, there was a person who particularly attracted my attention. Naikun seemed to call him a kidnapper when he was introduced just now.
The name is so appropriate-he doesn’t walk very well, his left leg is crooked and a little lame. I thought to myself, can you fight like this? That’s ridiculous.
In the car, I took out my cell phone and made a phone call to the dormitory, telling Xiaoqi, the monitor, to ask him to take a long vacation for the counselor for me, saying that I was ill. Xiaoqi was very responsible and asked me where I was. I said I was living in a distant relative’s house. I had appendicitis surgery and had to stay for half a month. Xiaoqi was silent for a moment and said that Ouyang needed a sick note from the hospital. I was stunned for a moment, and the weapon closest to me whispered, “It doesn’t matter. Brother Li will help you when the time comes.”
I was immediately relieved and asked Xiaoqi to help me ask for leave first, and I would give him the sick note later. Qi seemed to have guessed something. When he hung up the phone, he said, “Take care.” I didn’t speak, but my heart was already warm and hot.
Then I called Wang Hui again and asked him to write down my number and call me if he had something to do. The dinner in the
evening was not very smooth, although the food was very rich, the atmosphere was very harmonious, and everyone’s mood was basically stable, but I was distracted by Ah Guo’s smile, and I didn’t know what was in my mouth. Whenever I see her around Li Xiangang, I feel that the beer in my mouth is like horse urine. In the box, only this pair of men and women kept puffing, and none of the others smoked. I had nothing to say all
night, and my mind was full of Ah Guo. After sleeping in the middle of the night, he had to move out Yang Meng to dilute it, and soon fell asleep.
“Jingle Bell..” Suddenly a harsh voice sounded, and I was startled in my sleep. The murder weapon got out of bed and shouted, “Get up and run!”
I was still in a daze, thinking that I was in the dormitory of the school, and I stared for a long time before I came to my senses. At six o’clock
in the morning, everyone was woken up by the alarm on time. After getting dressed and simply going to the toilet, he was dragged outside for a morning run. I breathed the crisp air in the bright sky and thought, how long has it been since I got up so early? Two months of decadent life in college is almost the sum of all my decadence in eighteen years.
Naikun led the team and ran around the inaccessible suburbs from the early morning to the dawn of the day. About ten kilometers, I almost panted like a dog. I was surprised to find that I was a good athlete in my class, but I was the one with the worst endurance here. At the end of the race, even the kidnapper rushed ahead of me.
After washing, eating breakfast and resting for half an hour, the morning training began.
“Coach–” I’m a little uncomfortable with Naikun calling me that. I put on my shorts and asked, “Haven’t you been following Brother Li all the time? Why do you have time to train now?”
“You think I’m Lee’s bodyguard?” Naikun also changed into shorts, revealing his calves, which were not thick, but absolutely strong. I saw his swarthy legs and a pain between his ribs for no reason.
“Aren’t you Brother Lee’s bodyguard?” I asked in reply.
Of course not. There were enemies who wanted to make trouble for him in those days. I was only with him for a few days, and now it’s all right. I am mainly responsible for training at the base. Brother Li doesn’t normally use a bodyguard, and he has two skills. He used to retire from the professional judo team.
I nodded, no wonder Li Xiangang’s long physique, naturally with a strong demeanor. It seems that the great man is right, the body is the capital of the revolution.
Loosen the tendons and move the joints. Instead of training with them, I was called by Naikun alone and opened a small kitchen.
West Poison, I have fought with you. You have a good command of Sanda skills, and it seems that you have trained for a long time. But you have to understand that in the ring of standing combat, it is almost the world of Thai boxing. Sanda is good for professional competition, but it doesn’t have any advantage in the ring of free combat, so you have to turn around now. I could hear that Naikun’s tone was as euphemistic as possible.
This should be put in peacetime, I have already jumped up to scold, what, unexpectedly said such words! Don’t you know that China has five thousand years of history and culture, which can blind your titanium alloy dog’s eyes? Don’t you know that the world’s martial arts come from China, Chinese martial arts come from Shaolin, and Shaolin martial arts come from.. Oh, no, Shaolin Kung Fu was passed down from Bodhidharma, and it went to India again. Anyway, no matter so much, as long as foreigners say I am not good, I must shout a fart, you see clearly that we Chinese are not sick man of Asia! If the Chinese say that I am not good, I will be even more justified and shout, “So you are a traitor!” It will definitely push him into the abyss beyond redemption. But this time, I stood quietly and did not speak.
Because I played against him, and I lost. I can’t get angry. Change
from the actual combat posture. In fact, compared with the fighting posture of Sanda, there is not much change-the double boxing frame is higher, and the protection of the head is strengthened. The center of gravity is slightly shifted to the back foot, and the forefoot is facing 90 degrees in front of the front foot, so that the front leg can be pushed out at the fastest speed. In this way, the whole body is not completely side to the enemy, but has some sense of body position. The fighting posture
of Sanda is that the front foot is slightly buckled inward, not forward, because then the whole body is more lateral, easy to kick the front leg side, which is a key technology of Sanda. Nowadays, Sanda movements have become free combat, but this was not the case at that time. I couldn’t help asking, “It’s not a good position to kick from the side of the front leg.”
Naikun didn’t even look at me. “Are you going to kick me sideways or kill me?” After
practicing the stand, I began to learn the Thai sweep.
Said to sweep the legs, in fact, this is the name given by the Chinese themselves. However, the name is very appropriate, because this leg is swept over like a stick, full of energy and force. It is not a kick with the top of the foot like a whip leg, but a hard “chop” with the whole shin of the calf, which is extremely penetrating. In the practice of air strike, never emphasize the leg, but require the whole leg to swing completely in the past, and strive to kill with one blow.
The most subversive reform is the use of front legs. In Sanda technology, when you take the front leg, you take a step on the back foot, or a step up, and then the front leg takes advantage of the situation to attack. But in Thai boxing, it’s a cross step, change the front foot to the back, and then sweep it out hard. This kind of sweeping leg, which changes the front foot into the back foot in an instant, can be said to be the exchange of speed for strength.
Here, I want to seriously admit that I am really a fighting genius. I understand these movements and practice them several times with ease. It seems that this is thanks to my uninterrupted semi-professional training for so many years. Nai Kun saw that I accepted it quickly, and he was not ambiguous. He taught me all about the front leg prick, the rear leg tread, the inner embrace, the knee method, the elbow method, and so on. I am like a newborn baby, sucking desperately with fighting nipples, sucking out all the essence inside, making it free from the mother’s body, and then infiltrating into my blood and bone marrow.
In fact, several times I wanted to say to Naikun, “You taught me, and now you are my coach, but you are the goal I want to surpass.”. I came here to defeat you one day. One day, I will defeat you. But these words were held in my heart for a long time, and I swallowed them. I’m not afraid that he will be hostile to me if I say it, but I’m afraid that after I say it, he won’t care about me at all and let me feel inferior again in vain.
Record No.: YX01v0LEbM4kqemBr Ouyang Gan
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