Chapter 239 - 216: Grasping the Sparrow’s Tail, the Bear-Eagle Combined Attack
In fact, many Kung Fu styles are related to Spear Technique. Baji has its spear, Xingyi has its spear, and Tai Chi also has its spear.
Tai Chi’s Spear Technique originates from the Big Spear, and Tai Chi Shaking Pole is one of the basic skills of Tai Chi Fist. Beng, Pi, Thrust, Shake—the four Shaking Pole movements are similar to the Gun Block, Grappling, and Zha in spear technique, and this is why Spear Technique gradually evolved from them.
Unlike martial artists like Watanabe Ryosuke, who focus solely on sword training, Wu Li and Li San prioritized Fist Technique, spending far more time on hand and foot skills than weaponry, although they would also use the Big Spear during the process of training their Power.
Whether it’s Xingyi or Tai Chi, shaking the Big Spear or the long pole are both very important basic skills. Once mastered, practicing hand and foot techniques afterwards could double the results. Conversely, once hand and foot techniques are mastered and the variations of Power are grasped, using a spear would also become formidable.
Therefore, when Li San proposed comparing spear techniques, it wasn’t merely an act of using short to strike long; he was confident that even with the spear, his Tai Chi would not lose to Wu Li’s Xingyi!
However, a spear clash is far more dangerous than a fistfight. Unlike swords, where slicing skin, cutting flesh, picking tendons, and stabbing acupoints may look bloody yet pose no immediate threat to life, a spear is different—a single thrust could create a hole in the body! Hence, martial artists do not easily engage in spear duels, and only those in the Master Realm like Wu Li and Li San, with enough control and confidence, would dare use spears in a bout.
On a single line, both men charged at each other with their spears!
Wu Li held his spear with both hands at his waist, the tip slanting upwards.
His posture was like a charging horse, stepping forward aggressively, his entire presence exuding a sense of power and oppression.
Horse Form Stepping!
In an instant, Wu Li’s momentum rose to its peak. In the eyes of Li Li and Tina, Wu Li was like a warrior charging into battle on horseback, alone with his horse and spear, storming through the ranks!