That night, the three of them were at Guyue Tower. Chen Kan rarely drank alcohol, and only drank a little when he was in college and graduated with a master's degree to thank his teacher.
Chen Kan's alcohol tolerance was not very good. He basically fell down after less than five cans of beer, and he could hardly drink more than a few sips of white wine.
Today, because he worshipped Huo Yuanjia as his master, he didn't want to lose his master's face, so Chen Kan drank a lot, but it was strange that Chen Kan didn't fall down.
"It's probably because of the gene repair!" Chen Kan thought in his heart.
That night, they didn't get drunk. The three of them ate a lot, but they drank more moderately.
The next morning, Chen Kan got up at five o'clock.
"You're here!"
"Master!" Chen Kan thought he had gotten up very early, but he didn't expect Huo Yuanjia to be practicing boxing.
"Not bad, you got up early!" Huo Yuanjia nodded with satisfaction.
Chen Kan was a little embarrassed and said, "I'm still later than the master!"
"In the future, if you don't have anything special, you must get up at least at this time every day, understand? Practicing martial arts is a very hard thing."
"Yes, Master!" Chen Kan nodded solemnly. Chen Kan had paid the tuition yesterday. For this intermediate package, Chen Kan chose a scholar whose family had fallen on hard times and still had some money on him.
Paying tuition for school was a matter of course for Chen Kan, and Huo Yuanjia did not refuse. This was indeed the right thing to do. Now Chen Kan lives in the Huo family.
"Well, you are a little old, but it's okay. As long as you practice well, you can still practice kung fu well."
Then Huo Yuanjia used himself as an example and told Chen Kan his story.
Huo Yuanjia in this world was in poor health when he was a child. His father and doctor did not allow Huo Yuanjia to learn martial arts, worried that his body could not bear it.
However, Huo Yuanjia refused to admit defeat. He practiced secretly. Although Huo Yuanjia did not say much during the process, Chen Kan knew that Huo Yuanjia must have suffered a lot because his starting point was much lower than other children.
After listening to Huo Yuanjia's words, Chen Kan felt his blood boiling, a bit like eating chicken soup. Huo Yuanjia could become one of the top ten masters with such a poor foundation. Chen Kan has no reason not to succeed now. He still has the advantage of the intermediate package!
"You haven't practiced martial arts before, right? Your waist, legs and feet are all sparse, so if you want to learn, you have to start with horse stance. Horse stance is also the basic of Huo family boxing!"
"Horse stance?" Chen Kan was a little confused. He knew how to stand in this horse stance. Does he need to learn this too?
"Try it!" Huo Yuanjia raised his mouth, obviously he saw Chen Kan's idea.
"Oh!"
Chen Kan opened his feet, shoulder-width apart, stretched his hands straight, half-squatted, and just stood there. Huo Yuanjia said nothing and looked at Chen Kan with a smile.
Huo Yuanjia didn't say anything, and Chen Kan didn't dare to stop. After about three minutes, Chen Kan felt his knees sore, and then his feet began to tremble, and his calves felt burning.
"Stop, it's wrong for you to stand like this!" Huo Yuanjia pressed Chen Kan's shoulder with one hand, and Chen Kan stood up unconsciously.
Chen Kan looked at Huo Yuanjia with doubt.
"If you stand still like this, you will only strain your lumbar muscles in the end. The real horse stance is to stand out of thin air!"
"Stand out of thin air?" Chen Kan said he didn't understand what it meant.
"Have you seen people riding horses?"
"Yes!" Although I haven't seen it in reality, there is something called TV in the future, which can be seen often.
"When standing in horse stance, you should stand in that posture, galloping on the horse, with your body rising and falling with the horse, and coordinating with the breathing formula. This is the foundation of internal martial arts, Hunyuan Posture!"
As Huo Yuanjia said this, he stood with his feet apart and demonstrated to Chen Kan. There were really ups and downs. If you don't look at the lower body, but only the upper body, you will really think Huo Yuanjia is riding a horse, and he doesn't need to pull the reins.
"When people ride on horses, they rely on the power of horses, so you can't see the kung fu. But when standing on the ground, there is no horse to rely on. If you want to stand like a horse, you must integrate the energy into yourself."
"You try it!"
"Yes!" Chen Kan squatted down imitating Huo Yuanjia's posture, and Huo Yuanjia used his hands on Chen Kan's body to "practice teaching".
"When squatting, the strength should reach the soles of the feet first. When standing up, remember that the five fingers of the soles of the feet should grip the floor tightly, and then pull the calves, the knees can naturally stand up, the knees are straightened, the thighs are tightened, the waist is lifted, and the abdomen is contracted. This is to exert strength."
"When falling, the five fingers should be loosened, so that the knees and thighs are loose, the waist is sitting, and the abdomen is bulging. In this ups and downs, the center of gravity should be constantly changed, otherwise if you do it like you did before, your knees will have problems sooner or later!"
Chen Kan had to concentrate all his energy at the beginning to get it right. Huo Yuanjia was watching next to him. If Chen Kan did not do it right, Huo Yuanjia would gently use his fingers to touch it. Chen Kan felt that the touched place would be like being pricked by a needle, and the place that was not in place would be in place immediately.
"Remember this feeling, the strength must be in place, and breathe, follow my rhythm to breathe." Huo Yuanjia patted Chen Kan on the back.
After about half an hour, Chen Kan basically remembered all the key points Huo Yuanjia said. The most important thing is that after half an hour, he did not feel the pain of standing in the horse stance for a few minutes before.
"Stand still, calm down, follow the breathing method I just taught you, stand for 20 minutes, don't close your eyes, look forward." Huo Yuanjia stood behind Chen Kan. He was very satisfied with Chen Kan's performance this morning. He really didn't make a mistake. Although Chen Kan was a little old, his physique and talent were very good. But the only pity was that it was a little late. If it was five years earlier, or even three years earlier, Chen Kan would have achieved more in the future. You can't practice martial arts too early. If you practice too early, your bones and body will not be fully developed, which will lead to deformities. When you are young, you can only do some relatively simple exercises. But you can't practice too late either. If you practice too late, your body will get old and many movements will be difficult to do. The most obvious one is "splits". Children can basically do it easily, but adults, if they have not practiced as teenagers, it is very difficult to do it at this time. The same is true for martial arts. However, Huo Yuanjia did not say anything. Firstly, he did not want to dampen Chen Kan's confidence. Secondly, there were martial artists who learned martial arts as adults and achieved great success. It was just that there were very few of them. But they still existed. Maybe Chen Kan could be the next one!
Chen Kan followed Huo Yuanjia's requirements and squatted in horse stance for half an hour. After every half an hour, he would rest for ten minutes and then rest for ten minutes.