Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 417 Rigid and Soft Flow

  Darryl Vidal is still the same, with curly short hair, wide nose, dark skin, looks like a mixture of Eastern and Southeast Asian, or black blood.

  Although he was still a poor man with no money, what Ronald saw in his eyes was a happy mood.

   "I hope you're happy with the conditions here, Darryl." Ronald drove him to a motel near his apartment, which was good except for the slightly shabby decoration.

"That's nothing, the tempering of the heart is also a necessary training to become a martial arts master." Daryl Vidal went to San Francisco for a year, and his speech was stained with the style of some Bruce Lee apprentices, and he also became Some philosophical implications.

   "What I'm most happy about this time is not the income, but the fact that karate can appear on the American movie screen."

   "Well, you are welcome to join us." Ronald took him to his home again to discuss the history and philosophy of karate.

   "You already know a lot about the history of karate, Ronald. After it was passed from Ryukyu to Eastern Ying, it has developed into four major schools in history. I learned that the oldest one originated in Ryukyu, which is called Gongju-ryu."

   "The flow of rigidity and softness?"

   "Yes, both hardness and softness are combined, and the attack and defense are integrated." After speaking, Vidal demonstrated several basic postures to Ronald.

   "There are eighteen hands in total, which are the 'types' of rigid and soft practice, which means shelf."

  Ronald did a few of them, but it felt a bit like Chinese martial arts and a bit of Bruce Lee fighting on the screen.

"You're right, in fact, the karate of Ryukyu was the first Shaolin martial art spread from the south of China. The actual founder of Gangruliu, Mr. Miyagi Chojun (Miyagi Chojun), studied under a white crane boxing teacher in Fujian, A martial art that combines the karate he learned in Naha and merges it.

   In 1930, his disciple won the championship in the Quandongying Wushu Competition. After returning to Naha, Ryukyu, Mr. Miyagi named the martial art Goru-ryu, which means a combination of strong power and gentle skills. "

   "Well, you speak slowly." Ronald took out a pen and paper and began to write down the secrets inside the sect that Vidal said.

   "When you talk about the combination of hardness and softness, you are focusing on explosive power and fighting skills. So what do you mean by fighting with slack?" Ronald listened for a while, motioned Vidal to stop, and asked.

   "I learned this from Bruce Lee's apprentices who taught him Jeet Kune Do and Wing Chun." Vidal stood up and demonstrated a few more Wing Chun movements.

"There is a big difference between Chinese martial arts and Western boxing, that is, when he makes a move, he does not distinguish between attacking and defending. Boxing's attack includes straight punches, swing punches, and uppercuts, and defense includes head guards and blocks. , Dodge, and dive. Offense and defense are never confused.

   But in Chinese martial arts, and Ryukyu Karate, which is deeply influenced by it, each 'type' is both offensive and defensive. "

   "Well, we may not understand what we're talking about. You might as well hit me with a straight punch." Daryl Vidal invited Ronald to attack him.

   "Then be careful." Ronald stood up, took a punching attack stance, and punched Vidal in the face.

   Vidal blocked Ronald's jab with his hand upwards, and rotated his wrist to gently pull Ronald's jab to the side, blocking the attack.

  Ronald's center of gravity was a little unsteady, startled, and stood still. After taking a closer look, I found that after Vidal blocked his hand, the other hand had already attacked his lower abdomen, only "stopping" at the distance of a punch from him.

   "I don't believe it, come again." Ronald felt that he might have hit the opponent's trick. Obviously at the gym in Los Angeles, Vidal couldn't beat himself. So he withdrew his prepared position, and then threw a fist at Vidal's cheek.

Vidal moved his left hand to the side again, took a half step back with his left foot, and then turned his right body around naturally. A slap slapped lightly on Ronald's chest, knocking Ronald back halfway. step.

   "It's really interesting." Ronald played against him twice, and gradually understood the meaning of the so-called continuous elimination. As soon as the go-to-ryu karate moves, the whole body is linked, one side rotates and retreats, defending Ronald's attack, and at the same time the other side rotates forward, it just launches the attack.

   And when Vidal took the initiative to attack, the backhand often hid the preparations to defend the opponent's counterattack. This method may not be very useful in boxing matches won by counting points, but if you can use your feet to attack, or pure street fighting, then this method of defending your vital points every time you make a move can be the greatest Protect yourself to the limit and kill the enemy.

   "Is this what it means to be offensive and defensive?" Ronald imitated Vidal and made a few turns.

"Yeah, Gojo-ryu does not advocate active attack. Our philosophy is that karate is for defense, and if attacking, you may want to have a weapon in your hand. Karate is just a means of self-defense when someone is attacked in a hurry. ” Vidal explained.

  Ronald finds it very interesting that this philosophy is exactly similar to the philosophy of Danny Weber, the protagonist in the story he wrote. Learning martial arts is for self-defense, not to be bullied by bullies, and not to actively bully others.

   "Yes, yes, you teach me how to fight", Ronald asked Vidal to teach himself eighteen-hands "types", which are basic stereotypes.

   "Okay, you can follow me. This is the 'three battles', which is the representative type of 'gang' in the flow of rigidity and softness. When fighting, imagine that the enemy is in front of you, and your nerves and muscles are on high alert.

   This is 'turning the palm', the representative of 'soft' in the flow of rigidity and softness. You must control your fighting spirit from showing it, and make it quietly hidden in the body, as if waiting for an opportunity to explode. "

   "The meaning of this turn is that when you defended my fist just now, your grasp was off-center?"

   "Yes, you are very savvy, Ronald. This is actually the characteristic of Chinese martial arts, which relies on small movements of the center of gravity to relieve force. You have to experience it well."

   "Why do I think this move is a bit like Tai Chi?" Ronald remembered Coppola's Tai Chi practice in "The World's Urchin" crew and let them watch the video.

   "Haha, do you still know Tai Chi? That's great. That's the truth. All martial arts thoughts in East Asia are the same."

   "Okay, let's see if my posture is standard."

  Two people, one to teach, one to practice, and it was a lot of fun. After a while, Ronald dodged and spilled the coffee on the table.

   "Let's find a chance to practice at the clubhouse." Vidal helped to clean up the broken coffee cups all over the floor.

   "That's right, don't fight at home. What other schools of karate do you have?" Ronald asked.

"It's all old schools, and now the more prosperous one is the Jigen-style Karate Club created by Oyama Beida. Their philosophy is different from Ryukyu Karate, and they focus on aggressive attacking and knocking down opponents with full contact. By the way, I haven't asked you, what movie are you making now?"

   "There is a 'Night of the Comet' playing. If you are interested, I invite you to watch it."

   Soon came the second weekend of "Night of the Comet", and Ronald pulled Daryl Vidal to see his movie again.

   I went to Sherman Oaks Department Store, where parking is convenient and there are a variety of delicious food. The two of them practiced karate for a day, and they just had a good appetite. They enjoyed eating at burgers and pizza restaurants in the United States.

   "Here, here..." Ronald, who was eating, saw a loud shout coming from the opposite side. He looked over and saw a few fat men with glasses at the entrance of the movie theater. They saw a man holding a card with the words "MISC.

   "Did you post in the NewsGroup that you met here? I'm Dave."

"Ah, hello, hello, I'm Kessel. We have a few more people, so we can go in together. These are movie tickets. You want to give me three yuan and fifty cents each." Ronald found the sign. The person was the nerd who looked like a student who I saw last time.

"It seems to have a good reputation. There are still so many people going to some newsgroup to call friends and friends. It's probably the kind of bulletin board at the entrance of the university dormitory. It seems that they don't know each other." Ronald took a bite of the burger, A good reputation is a good sign.

   Today's attendance was good, Ronald looked around and took a closer look, it was similar to the first game he watched last week.

   Seeing his director's film in a movie theater for the second time, Ronald fell into self-criticism again. He kept taking out a pen and paper, jotting down areas that could be improved. If you encounter similar scenes and performances in the future, you will be able to better command and guide.

   "It's a really good movie. Would your karate movie be so good?" Vidal admired Ronald's directing skills.

   "I don't know. I'm just a screenwriter. It depends on whether Columbia and the producers ask me to be the director before we can talk about it."

   "Do you think there is such a long return period comet?"

   "It's hard to say. In the Kuibo belt at the edge of the solar system, there are many, many comets with super-long elliptical orbits, the kind that come only once every few million to tens of millions of years."

   "The extinction mentioned in the movie, will this happen?"

"I'm afraid not. The comet tail is actually very sparse. Last year, a comet's tail once swept the earth, and no one felt it. But if the comet's orbit is too close to the earth, it is not possible. bump up.

  A professor of geology in my department has always suspected that the Gulf of Mexico was created by a comet hitting the earth. "

"No way, it's just a movie, why is it discussed so deeply?" Ronald saw the group of young people who looked like college students with eyes. Could this movie be bad for people like Nerd? Students, particularly attractive?

   (end of this chapter)