Wang Hong found it ridiculous.

No matter how much money you give, it is not worth his trip to Thailand, right?

But when he gets to know, hey!?

Chinese boxers were really beaten miserably by Thais.

In 1921, Chen, a famous eagle claw master from all over the country, fought against Thai boxers. Shortly after the game started, Chen was knocked to the middle of the chin and fainted.

The next year, the Chinese in Thailand asked Fujian boxers to take revenge. The Fujian boxers were as strong as a cow, proficient in hard qigong, and able to open monuments and crack stones with bare hands. As a result, they only supported two games, and were injured all over, defeated and were hospitalized for several months.

After that, a martial artist from Hainan was exiled to Thailand. He had a martial arts foundation and became a master of Muay Thai boxing master. He then tied with a general of Jinquan. This was the best result of a Chinese martial artist fighting Muay Thai master at this time!

During the Spring Festival in 1924, a Muay Thai boxer competed with a Huoqin master. When the two sides fought fiercely until the second round, the Huoqin master was kicked in the neck. When he fell to the ground, he hugged the Thai boxer's leg. As a result, the other party urgently used both knees and elbows and hit the "Tianling Gai" of the Huoqin master with one elbow. Poor, the Huoqin master died on the spot.

China and Thailand have not played any competition in the years since then.

This incident has made the overseas Chinese in Thailand and surrounding areas very embarrassed.

Wang Hong has been in a very popular spot recently. Foreigners are pursuing his swordsmanship. In the eyes of Southeast Asian overseas Chinese, it is like a god coming.

These people went around to find out that Wang Hong was a true master of swordsmanship, recognized by the Japanese, and also recognized by the United Kingdom. They also knew that Wang Hong had learned internal martial arts with Sun Lutang, the master of internal martial arts, so they raised huge sums of money and wanted to invite Wang Hong to compete in Thailand.

Some people also say that Wang Hong’s sword skills are good, can he do boxing?

Someone immediately said: "Sword skills are so good, can't boxing skills be better?"

They were all laymen, and after hearing this, no one asked again.

Wang Hong understood the whole story and said to the person who invited him on behalf of the Chinese in Thailand: "When I was a child, I practiced murderous arts and always focused on swordsmanship. If there are swordsmen in Thailand, I can invite them to try it. I may not be the most powerful swordsman, but I can also carry one out one. Forget fists and feet, I will practice the things that you want to find fun by yourself. You have to fight ten times. Don't use me as an actor."

This man passed on Wang Hong's words back.

Unexpectedly, the Thais really followed Wang Hong's words.

It turns out that the history of Muay Thai fighting is propaganda in modern times. The main source of this boxing was the custom of Siamese nobles raising boxers to win by winning gambling. After the evolution of the game, it became a special competition.

According to Thais, Muay Thai is a kind of gambling in Thai law, boxers fight and win bonuses, and they share the same outline as cocks and fish.

In the face of the new firearms with strong Western ships and powerful guns, the Boxer-style personal bravery had no advantage. Siam also encountered the same problem, and was successively invaded by colonists of Portugal, the Netherlands, the British and French, and became a semi-colonial.

However, the two countries have different agreements. In order to improve national morale, one has introduced national skills and the other has introduced Siam Fist.

Because there is no suitable platform for Chinese martial arts, there are only a few experts who are holding on to the portal.

However, because of Siamese Boxing, the boxers have practiced a lot of gladiatorial skills because of their long-term participation in national gambling.

It's funny to say.

It is said that in ancient Siam, the whole country was martial, and during the slack season, he practiced boxing. Many kings and princes were masters of Siam boxing.

Yet, it's all over the place.

Speaking of which, in Siam history, famous Siam boxing masters have emerged, but this country has been repeatedly invaded by other countries, and even the capital Bangkok has been attacked and led by the Myanmar army.

When the Myanmar occupation army heard that the captured Siamese boxing master Nakon Dong Daming arranged a competition. This master was indeed powerful and defeated nine Burmese boxing masters.

The national war was a mess, but the boxer was extremely brave, which made the Burmese people look at each other.

In the end, it was the Chinese hero Zheng Xin who led the Siamese to defeat the Burmese army, restored Siam, and established the famous Thonburi dynasty in Siam history. After World War II, Siam was renamed Thailand, and this boxing naturally became Muay Thai.

Strictly speaking, Muay Thai emphasizes the body's anti-strike training and the intensity of the attack parts of the hands, feet, knees and elbows, which is similar to the Chinese external horizontal practice. However, high-intensity training and attacks over the long term will inevitably cause damage to the internal organs and bones of the body. Therefore, Muay Thai masters have basically ended their careers when they are in their thirties.

To put it nicely, its tricks are simple and powerful, but real but as the British comments: "brutal and monotonous", vivid and in place.

The scenes of warriors fighting each other with their lives to offer the nobles a happy gambling and winning. There was a scene in ancient Roman times in the West, and the sword fighting was popular during the Warring States Period of the Former Qin Dynasty in China. Later, this kind of culture did not appear in the East and the West.

Thailand has promoted Muay Thai for the sake of national gambling, but its martial arts system is not only Thailand, but also has unique traditional weapons.

In other words, each country in Southeast Asia has its own complete martial arts system, such as Shira in Malaysia, Binze in Myanmar, Kubabolan in Cambodia, etc. There are both bare-hand technology and weapons content.

The weapon with a relatively large influence in Southeast Asia should be the Philippines' short stick technology. With the help of Bruce Lee's performance in the movie, it attracted the attention and research of martial arts enthusiasts from all over the world.

Don’t underestimate the martial arts systems of these small countries. Their technical and practical value should not be underestimated in their respective application environments, and they are stronger than the general Chinese martial arts.

Take the Philippine short stick as an example. Mountains, plains, hills, swamps and other terrains are like ancient Chinese martial arts, with different changes and killer moves according to local conditions. It involves wealth, life, and no one can do a trick that can be eaten all over the sky.

The traditional Thai weapon is called "krabi-krabong", which is composed of two main weapons names: "krabi" refers to a Thai sword, and "krabong" refers to a long stick.

Other weapons include daab   song     mue (double knife), lo (shield), phlong (short stick), ngaq (long-handled knife), mai    sok    san (double knife), etc. When used, they are usually used with both hands, and in combination with kicking, joint skills, locking skills, and casting skills.

It is said that on the battlefield, these weapons are used together with Siamese Fist. When holding weapons, they use krabi-krabong to defend against the enemy. When they lose their weapons, they use Siamese Fist to fight.

After the popularity of gunpowder, the krabi-krabong technology began to be lost. No one can use kris (dagger), hawk (spike), trisul (trident), vajra (double-headed hammer) and other weapons anymore.

In the past, these weapons were mostly taught by monks in Buddhist temples. In the house of Buddhist worship, monks had the function of enlightenment teachers. When young boys were sent to temples to learn various knowledge about Buddhism, language and astrology, martial arts was also one of them.

With the contact between Thai overseas Chinese, Wang Hong, who was in Hong Kong, soon received a challenge letter.

Five Thais who are accomplished in weapons will visit Hong Kong, one of whom will fight with Wang Hong, regardless of life or death.

However, in the challenge book, it did not say which person was fighting and what weapon was used.

------
Chapter completed!