Mizongyi

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Mízōngyì ( Chinese  迷 踪 藝  /  迷 踪 艺  - "ability to go astray") or simply Mízōng is a style of Chinese martial arts that is based on deception and mobility. Mizong is also known as Mízōngquán ( 迷 踪 拳 ) and Yànqīngquán ( 燕青 拳 ). There are many subspecies of this style.

Mizong Lohan ( Chinese  迷 蹤 羅漢 , Pinyin mízōng luóhàn ) is a combination of the styles Mízōngquán and Luóhànquán . The beginnings of Luóhànquán can be traced back to the Shaolin monasteries at the time of the Tang Dynasty (618–907).

In northern China, mizong (as an external martial art ) belongs to the group of Changquan styles, although according to some traditions it is an internal martial art that was developed by Yue Fei and is considered to be a forerunner of Xingyiquan .

description

Mizong Luohan is mostly described as an "external style with pronounced internal influences". It contains many aspects of the northern Chinese martial arts styles as well as the inner styles Taijiquan , Baguazhang and Xingyiquan . Characteristic are misleading hand movements, complicated footwork, varied foot techniques and high jumps, which alternate very quickly during execution.

As with other North Chinese styles, flexibility is the guiding principle of the Mizong, which is particularly evident in the versatile attack techniques. Flexibility is seen as reducing strength, Mizong compensates for this with dynamism.

Legend

As with most styles, there are colorful stories of how mizong was made. One of them tells of a day in the Tang Dynasty when a Shaolin monk met a bevy of monkeys in the mountains, who were playfully chasing each other. It struck him that the movement and posture of a dominant monkey were in many ways very similar to the techniques and attitude of Kung Fu. Impressed by what he saw, the monk returned to the monastery and integrated his new knowledge into Shaolin Kung Fu. This is how Mizong came about.

Another legend takes place during the Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127). The famous and rich kung fu master Lu Junyi learned Mizong from Shaolin monks and then taught it to his disciple Yan Qing . Yan Qing's mastery of mizong earned him fame and prestige, and he joined the Liang Shan Moor rebels , a Robin Hood legend-like gang that robbed the rich and helped the poor. The gang consisted of 108 legendary martial arts heroes who rebelled against the emperor. Each of them knew about Yan Qing's skills, but none of them knew what style he was practicing. So they simply called it Mizong , meaning “lost track”. Yan Qing describes a variation of the fairy tale in a snowstorm on the run from the emperor's soldiers. To cover his tracks, he walked backwards and waved snow over his own tracks with his hands. In his memory, the name "lost track" was created, which is still used today to honor him by the fighters in the Chinese province of Shandong .

history

Historically, the origin of the mizong lies in different styles from different regions. Sun Tung ( Chinese  孙 通 ) from Tai'an in Shandong Province seems to be of central importance . He is considered to be the founder of the style in the time of Emperor Yongzheng (1722–1735, Qing Dynasty). In his younger years he studied Kung Fu for several years under Master Chang from Shandong. He then went on a hike to deepen his kung fu training and to look for new friends and a teacher. Eventually he met a Shaolin priest and kung fu master who had been a member of the nobility during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) and who had gone to a monastery after the Ming was overthrown by the Manchu / Qing dynasty. This taught him for more than ten years until he mastered the style. When he got home, he found that his former teacher Cheng's daughter was not welcoming him. So it came about that he finally moved to Cangzhou in Hebei Province and began teaching Mizong there. His reputation spread quickly and he was nicknamed the "Almighty Hand". All modern styles of Mizong are attributed to him.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Chinese master Huo Yuanjia made a name not only for himself but also for his fighting style. He defeated challengers from all over China (and Shanghai, then considered foreign ). In 1909 he founded the Jin Wu Sports Federation as the first kung fu association to teach publicly and recognize all styles of kung fu.

A decade later, Yu Yeh Teng , who was also a great master of the mizong, drew attention to himself through a life and death fight with a gang of criminals ("highway bandits"). In 1931 he went to Shanghai to teach there; two years later he was appointed head coach for Shaolin Kung Fu for the South China sports organization.

The name Mizong is now closely associated with Lu Zhen Duo (1903–1980). He came from Cangzhou in Hebei Province and began learning Kung Fu (especially Mizong fist and Qingping sword fighting) from Yang Kunshan at the age of 7 . In 1922, Lu Zhen Duo went to northern China. There he taught and founded the ZhenWei Martial Arts Association . He became famous for his skills with long guns and his palm strikes. He later also became the bodyguard of General Zhang Xueliang , whom he also taught martial arts. In 1932 he won the Tiajin Wushu Challenge Competition and in 1934 the Chinese National Championship in two disciplines. Lu Zhen Duo practiced traditional Chinese medicine (specifically Tuina ). As a functionary, he worked for the Cangzhou Wushu Association as vice president and for other similar associations as head coach and advisor.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ R. Hill: World of Martial Arts. Publisher Lulu.com, 2008, chap. 5, ISBN 0557016630 , online here
  2. ^ M. Shahar: The Shaolin monastery: history, religion, and the Chinese martial arts. University of Hawaii Press, 2008, ISBN 0824831101 , p. 123. online here