The name "ziuquan" is translated as "drunk fist." The unusual name "drunken master style" makes many beginners interested in it. Many consider him a fiction. But it really exists. This style is not too famous, any information about it is perceived with some surprise, and the original name only contributes to this.
Features
Style masters use movements that mimic a drunk person. Moving with an uneven gait, stumbling, the fighter pretends to fill the glass, wriggles in zigzags, like a drunkard ready to fall. Incredible and unpredictable movements. Unique skills were transferred from one master to another.
The main features of the style: fighting techniques are performed as clumsy movements, most of the attacks are enclosed in falls. Stumbling contains blows, quick work of hands and methods of attack and retreat, deceitful, hurt movements, shocks, dodging. Throws, somersaults are hidden in the falls. A drunk fist combined the technique of boxing, fighting and moving a drunk. And this fascinating, incomparable style was formed.
Style popularity
The famous filmmaker Liu Jialian sparked widespread interest in a drunken fist. He worked at the Shaw Brothers studio in Hong Kong. The idea of applying style in cinema came about by chance. Liu Jialang made films in which the actors used Wushu techniques. He understood that to shoot the same thing means to fail. Therefore, his fighters needed a find that would bring originality and surprise to the movie, make the film more interesting.
The director decided to use the "tsui ba hsien" - "intoxicated 8 celestials" complex. He presents a story about the saints, telling that nothing human is alien to them, so once they got drunk. The heroes of the story were 8 saints from Taoist myths. The complex contains 8 chapters, in each of them the movements of one of the celestials are given. Other filmmakers adopted the idea of Liu Jialian, and so the picture “A Drunk Shaolin Monk” appeared, which astounded the audience. In the movie "The Drunken Master", the main role was played by Jackie Chan. The "Drunken Master Style" has become very popular. Such militants began to come out more and more often, their producers, evaluating the advantages of these films in their pocket, did not want to stop shooting.
"Style drunken master" in Wushu
They also decided to use the success of the films in order to increase the number of people who want to learn martial arts. Including the "drunken master style" in kung fu. Masters Shao Shankan and Cai Longyun, based on the famous "drunk" complexes, developed a new one - "zujiquan". They made changes to the old complexes so that the style was accepted into the competition program. Movements that were not particularly effective were excluded. And falls and other "drunk" elements had to be added to give the style more entertainment. After some time, another zujian complex was created - "drunk with a sword." At the same time, the developers of the “drunken master” as a kung fu fighting style did not want to deprive him of his effectiveness. They claimed that his strange movements played an important role in the battle.
The features of this style include the fact that with the apparent instability of the fighter, the latter never loses his balance. The direction of the performer’s gaze is often opposite to the direction of his movement. In technology, captures and punches are more often used. In style, a large role is given to the gaze. He convinces the enemy that the fighter is intoxicated and does not pose any particular danger. During the competition, such a tactic is unlikely to help, but in a normal fight it works flawlessly.
Complex sections
Sections of a drunken style indicate the degree of "intoxication": slightly drunk; drunk more than necessary; drunk; drunk "to hell". Beginners quickly learn them. “Image drunk - sober mind” is the main principle of this style. He explains that the skillful combination of clear movements with the movements of a drunk will bring the desired effect of surprise and victory.
Execution of techniques requires special flexibility, dexterity and coordination, which are developed in the process of mastering the technique. An important feature of the style is the ability to disguise the blow as a clumsy movement in battle. Masters must have excellent eyesight and trained hands. They move in incoherent poses, combine in them the flexibility of the body with the plasticity of movements. Artists must move quickly, but at the same time be able to slow down the bout.
The tactics of style at first glance are simple: to pretend to be defensive, but to attack, aim at one place, but strike at another. This hones skills to the subtle art of controlling movements in order to confuse the adversary.
Buddhist style
The drunken master Buddhist style was created in Shaolin. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, 13 monks participated in the war with the rebels to help Emperor Li Shimin. Their help was decisive, so the emperor endowed the monks with the rank, bestowed lands and sent rich gifts to the temple. By permission of the ruler, the monks began to drink wine. This happened in 621 AD. e., and since then some monks have been drinking wine. The "drunken master style" was first applied during the reign of the Song Dynasty (960-1279).
History
The famous artist Liu Qiyang accidentally killed a man and hid from the court, adopting Buddhism. Despite the rules of the monks, he drank wine. For this behavior, they decided to expel him from Shaolin. After drinking a large amount of wine, he managed to defeat 30 monks in battle. The abbot praised the technique of Liu Qiyan, and the master of the temple adopted the drunken style. The drunken fist technique has been honed over the centuries.
The style is not narrowly focused, it includes techniques of hand-to-hand and armed combat, contains the principles of traditional chuan. A monk must possess two styles of combat and several types of weapons. The main weapon of a drunken style is a pole. But it also uses other weapons.
Taoist style
The Taoist style of a drunken fist imitates the behavior of the Eight Celestials. The style contains 8 sections, each of which illustrates the technique of one of the saints: Lu Dongbin, the main celestial possessor of a magic sword, disperses evil spirits, swaying to deceive the enemy. It has tremendous magical power.
Li Teguay is a cripple, leaning with a stick of iron while walking, pretending to be weak. It has only one leg, but its power is enough to win the battle.
Zhongli Quan - a woman armed with a fan, the owner of the elixir of immortality.
Doe Tsaihe - accepts both female and male guises. Patronizes soldiers and gardeners.
Zhang Golao is an old man portraying strange poses mounted on a donkey, a master of powerful kicks.
Cao Guoju - has castanets with a jade plate, which gives the right to enter the emperor's chambers. Young and smart celestial. Applies captures and techniques that affect the enemy’s weaknesses.
Han Xian Tzu is a celestial man who plays the flute. Cleverly defends itself and reflects blows.
He Xianggu is a woman with a flower in her hands. Flirts with the enemy during the battle.