This was a stage for the strong. The contestants represented a country, a nation, and most of the leaders and guards were soldiers, so they knew what the honor of their country meant to them. Therefore, each country had prepared a rich variety of special skills, and they were all wonderful performances with their own characteristics.
In the stunt performance, the focus of the first round was mainly on contestants from China, the United States, Japan, and other countries. These countries had a long history of martial arts, and among the contestants on the stage, there were hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Each performance had its own merits, and they were evenly matched, so they received higher scores and warm applause.
The appearance of the American bodyguard, Mike, made the audience boil.
As soon as he went on the stage, he took off his shirt, revealing his strong muscles.
The strong masculine beauty attracted a burst of cheers from the audience. Several American girls even began to shout, "Mike, Mike, I love you, Mike, Mike, we love you."
Mike's expression was a little funny. He threw a "wink" at the audience and the leaders of the organizing committee on the rostrum, and then began to introduce himself. "Hello, everyone, my name is Mike. I'm from the United States of America. I'm going to perform for you, and it's a very interesting thing.
The name is … The name is … Fist Smashing Wood. "
As Mike spoke, he clenched his thick fist, waved it in front of his face twice, and then said, "That's it. I'll use my fist to smash wood.
I think you'll like this performance.
If anyone wants to learn, I'll be happy to teach them at any time. As you all know, I'm a warm-hearted person! "
Mike's opening was very humorous, and it won the thunderous applause of the audience.
But to be honest, we weren't very interested in Mike's performance.
Because the skill he was going to perform — Fist Smashing Wood — was too simple and too common.
It seemed too cliché.
In other words, this performance had been performed by the performers countless times, and there was nothing new about it.
As early as a few decades ago, Mr. Bruce Lee had caused a sensation by punching and kicking wooden planks. Later, whether it was in TV shows or movies, many people began to imitate Bruce Lee by breaking wooden planks with their fists and feet to show their excellence.
We usually see this kind of performance in movies and TV shows. To be exact, this kind of performance is no longer mysterious and is no longer considered a stunt.
Why would Mike perform such a performance that was almost obsolete?
This is what I don't understand.
But Mike's performance made us gradually understand the truth of the matter.
The assistant brought the wooden board onto the stage. First, it was checked by the rostrum, and then by the audience below the stage. After confirming that it was good solid wood, Mike's performance officially began.
Mike stretched his wrist and cracked his knuckles.
The assistant held the thick wooden board. Mike focused his attention and punched the wooden board.
The wooden plank was held quite tightly by the assistant, so it didn't budge after the blow.
However, there was a fist-sized hole in the center of the wooden board!
To be exact, at this moment, everyone was shocked.
Including me.
Most people could only break a wooden board with their fists or kicks, but Mike could punch a hole in it with his fists!
This was definitely not something an ordinary person could do.
This required a very fast fist speed and fierce explosive power, and the average person's fist speed could not reach this level.
This required the speed and explosive power of a bullet!
Otherwise, with the thickness and hardness of this wooden board, it would be impossible to punch a hole in it.
Only then did I understand that Mike was using the performance method of 'new wine in an old bottle' to completely create a miracle and achieve a shocking effect.
His punch was very successful.
But Mike didn't seem to be satisfied. He took the wooden board from the assistant's hand and threw it into the air. He turned around and did a side kick like a wild dragon swinging its tail. With a 'bang', the wooden board was instantly kicked into several pieces.
Perhaps stimulated by Mike's performance, I suddenly decided to perform an additional skill.
Originally, I had prepared a card trick, but after seeing Mike's performance, I suddenly had a very good idea. Maybe with my strength, I could create a more shocking miracle than Mike.
The Japanese security representative performed Karate and Devil's Shooting. Karate might be more familiar to everyone. The movements were very accurate and very powerful, especially the leg techniques in Karate, which could be called a classic.
Everyone present was an expert in the world of fighting, so they could certainly see the power of Japanese Karate.
The Devil's Shooting was a Japanese security guard with a black cloth covering his eyes and a gun in each hand. An assistant continuously threw plates into the air, and the Japanese fighter used his sensitive hearing to shoot continuously, hitting the target with every shot.
I really couldn't think of where the Japanese security guard learned this move!
However, it was really like a competition in the Olympic Games.
Thailand's Muay Thai security guard, Kim Bilu, performed breaking a big rock with his knees. Holding a big rock in his hand, Kim Bilu's face tightened, and his knees fiercely exerted force, breaking the rock with his knees.
In fact, it was normal for a top Muay Thai fighter to be able to reach this level. Almost everyone knew that Muay Thai training was very difficult. The Thai Samurai's resistance was world-renowned, and breaking bricks and stones was nothing difficult for them. But to be able to break such a big rock with their knees was really rare.
The performance of the Thai security representative, Keszew, was even more eye-catching. He performed two moves.
One was similar to the Thai security guard, breaking a big rock with his elbow.
Keszew was the same as Pablo. Although he wasn't a Thai, his Muay Thai training was quite exquisite. Thus, he could skillfully grasp many of the Muay Thai performances, and even create new ones.
Just imagine, how spectacular and shocking would it be to break a big rock with your elbow?
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The performances of the security guards of each country had their own characteristics. They were all very exciting, and also had their own style.
I was the eighteenth person to go on stage.
My appearance was very low-key, and I walked on stage in an ordinary manner. Then, I greeted the rostrum and the audience.
At this time, an assistant walked on stage with a wooden board.
As the assistant walked on stage, the audience was filled with contemptuous smiles and discussions.
Moreover, I could clearly see the mocking eyes of the security representatives sitting in the first row, especially Mike.
It was no wonder. Mike had just performed this stunt, and if I followed up with a wooden board performance, it would be a bit suspicious.
However, only I knew that my performance would definitely be more difficult than Mike's.
After the assistant stood next to me, a leader of the organizing committee on the rostrum stood up and asked me, "Oh, this representative, are you doing an imitation?
It seems that this performance has already been performed before, right? "
I replied, "It's not the same.
Although it's the same use of fists to break a wooden board, the effect and difficulty are different. "
The leader of the organizing committee said with interest, "Alright, let's continue."
I nodded and began to introduce myself, "Hello, everyone. My name is Zhao Long, and I come from China. My performance is also a wooden board punching performance."
The audience burst into an uproar again.
Perhaps many people would think that I was crazy to perform a performance that the American security guards had once performed.
It was like chewing on someone's leftover steamed bun. It wasn't nutritious at all.
I stood in a suitable position, my legs separated at a certain angle, and my clenched fists stopped an inch in front of the wooden board.
What I was going to perform was One-Inch Punch.
One-Inch Punch was about one-inch strength. It required the punch to be extremely fast and explosive.
My legs were in a horse stance, and my right hand was clenched into a fist. There were no large movements to gather Qi, and there was no movement to increase the speed of the punch. My fist stopped five or six centimeters away from the wooden board, and with rapt attention, it struck forward with lightning speed.
With a crisp sound, the wooden board was split into two.
Even the assistant holding the wooden board was pushed back four or five steps by the strong force.
On and off the stage, everyone was shocked.
No one would believe that a fist could break a wooden board at such a short distance.
This was the power of One-Inch Punch!
In the past, Mr. Bruce Lee had performed One-Inch Punch many times, and every time he performed, the audience would be shocked.
After Mr. Bruce Lee's death, there were very few masters who could perform this difficult skill, unless they were senior disciples of Wing Chun.
However, in fact, Bruce Lee had made some improvements to Wing Chun's One-Inch Punch, making it more lethal.
The external reason for the power of the One-Inch Punch refers to the use of some external training methods to achieve a strong punch or to make every part of the body be able to perform Kung Fu.
In other words, the training was not only to make the muscles beautiful, but more importantly, it must have enough lethality and destructive power to hurt the opponent.
Mr. Bruce Lee believed that the human body should first have good speed, agility, flexibility, and attack accuracy, and then it should have the greatest absolute strength.
On the surface, One-Inch Punch seemed to be the release of partial strength, but in fact, it was the result of the coordination of the whole body.
Bruce Lee had also said that a person who could bench press 400 pounds (about 180 kilograms) may achieve good results in heavy equipment events (such as shot put competitions), but he could not coordinate and mobilize the muscles of all parts of the body to show his attack power.
In other words, Bruce Lee's extraordinary strength and extreme speed, coupled with his excellent body coordination and cooperation, made him a leader in close-range force and close combat.
Although Bruce Lee looked a little thin, as long as he raised his hand, the lethality was enough to be fatal.
Although the principle of One-Inch Punch was simple, there were very few people who could really understand its essence.
Of course, my performance of One-Inch Punch shocked everyone on the scene.
Many people cheered in unison, and many people began to shout.