314 Basic Wing Chun Kung Fu Wears Away Rock with Water (1/2)

Chapter 314: Basic Wing Chun Kung Fu Wears Away Rock with Water

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Zhang Zian should feel very lucky that Old Time Tea came out from the pet shop in time; otherwise, he wouldn’t have had the chance to show off in front of the pupils, and his newly installed glass door would have been shattered into pieces, so he and his pets would have had to suffer from the cold wind this winter, not to mention he had not fully recovered from his cold. If the glass door was really broken, how was he going to ask for compensation? After all, the society showed more tolerance towards the children.

Seeing the small rock fly towards the glass door, Old Time Tea acted swiftly and caught it in the blink of an eye. It was really discontented about Yi Le’s behavior. How could this boy run away after causing trouble and not shoulder his responsibilities? Young Ye Wen also got himself into trouble all the time, but never would he run away like a coward.

To teach the brat a lesson, Old Time Tea showed off its abilities on purpose. Instead of simply holding up the small rock, it used the Chi Sau (clinging hand) method of Wing Chun to downgrade the momentum of the small rock from moving forwards into spinning right before its paw.

Zhang Zian came out of the shop from behind Old Time Tea. Since Old Time Tea had solve the crisis, he got the chance to appear calm and formidable. He learned from Little Celery that these brats were addicted to playing the Arena of Valor, so he repeated a line that Zhang Liang says in the game.

Through the corner of his eye, he glanced at the rock spinning in front of Old Time Tea’s paw. Marvelous, he thought, but didn’t show his astonishment on his face.

Old Time Tea whispered, in a volume only audible to Zhang Zian, ”Zian, look carefully of what I am doing, this is the Chi Sau method of Wing Chun Kung Fu that I am going to teach you. It’s not a complicated technique, Chi Sau is the entry level method of Wing Chun Kung Fu, and I’m just using it more flexibly. I’ve watched a lot of martial arts movies, but the Chi Sau demonstrated in them are so disappointing. Rather than a fighting method as shown in the movies, Chi Sau is actually a skill to enhance flexibility, sense of balance, and sense of direction of one’s arm. If you can master such a technique, you will be able to see through your enemies’ intentions and anticipate their movements.”

Seeing that the pupils were still stupefied, Old Time Tea continued, ”Chi Sau stresses on the flowing of strength. Zian, look carefully at my elbow: is it stationary?”

Zhang Zian couldn't talk to an invisible cat in front of the pupils, so he just made a quick observation of its elbow and then nodded lightly.

He had seen many NBA players spin basketballs on their fingertips, and what Old Time Tea was doing right now was probably an enhanced version of that kind of movement. Before the rock stopped moving, Old Time Tea had added an external force to change the kinstate of it, yet Old Time Tea’s elbow seemed very stable.

”This is it,” said Old Time Tea satisfyingly. ”Stabilize your elbow, move your palm and forearm as the timing and the momentum takes you, but always keep the strength of your palm and forearm in a state of flowing softness. Though both Wing Chun and Tai Chi empathize on using soft strength, they are different—Chi Sau of Wing Chun is similar to flowing water, while the clinging hand method of Tai Chi is more like cotton. In other words, Chi Sau of Wing Chun cultivates the flowing of strength, through which you can have a keen insight of the psychological changes of your enemies. Do you understand?”

Zhang Zian nodded lightly to indicate he had understood how Chi Sau worked, though he couldn’t do it himself. In front of the mighty Old Time Tea, he seemed so young and naïve. If this was the ancient martial arts world, Old Time Tea would be Zhang Sanfeng, the founder of Tai Chi, who was teaching Tai Chi to Zhang Wuji in front of enemies…

Although they had the same last name, Zhang Zian didn't have the intelligence of Zhang Wuji who could apply what he had just learned immediately; he could only take Old Time Tea’s credit due to its invisibility.

Even so, the pupils appeared very astonished and frightened.

A moment later, because of friction, the small rock gradually slowed down and stopped spinning in front of Old Time Tea’s paw.

Seeing that Zhang Zian had understood, Old Time Tea smiled delightfully. Paw turned upside down, the small rock fell on the ground.

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Yi Le rubbed his eyes, poked his classmates beside him and stuttered, ”Did you... Did you see that?”

All the boys were equally surprised, ”Yes... The rock was suspended in the air...”

”F**k! Could it be a ghost?” Yi Le was not sure what happened and kept cussing. His mom would pull his ears if he spoke such foul language at home, but he felt very cool cussing outside.