The earliest creation of the Eight Immortals Gate can only be traced back to the late Ming Dynasty. Born in 1790, Mr. Li Bao, Weihui Prefecture, Henan Province, went out to learn boxing since childhood. After his success, he traveled around the world, visited famous teachers and friends, learned martial arts, learned from the strengths of various schools, enriched and perfected the Eight Immortals, and was known as the master of Wulin. "Drunken Eight Immortals", as a wonderful flower of Chinese Wushu, has a long history and is widely circulated among the people. It has both practical value and high artistry. It is often mentioned in some stories, poems and Quyi in the Tang, Song and Ming Dynasties, especially in the book "A Guide to Boxing Classics and Boxing" written by Qi Jiguang, a famous military commander in the Ming Dynasty.
Drunk Eight Immortals Boxing is a boxing method that imitates the name of Taoist Eight Immortals and is drunk by drinking. It belongs to pictographic boxing. My legs are gossiping, my eyes are hazy, I stumble and stagger; In fact, the shape is not drunk, the fist is not drunk, and it has its own unique hand, eye and body movements. It consists of basic skills, coordination, routines and skills. It includes landing techniques such as kicking and grabbing, and landing techniques such as locking and falling, so it is also considered as a kind of "landing boxing".
Boxing originated from Yi, and "Drunken Eight Immortals" is rich in content and profound in cultural heritage. It is divided into five parts: knife, gun, sword, stick and fist. There are eight simple boxing routines, that is, eight moves, which are the basic boxing methods of Drunk Eight Immortals, and can be practiced by all ages. It is based on five behaviors and has high health care value. Thus, the eight types evolved into eight types respectively, that is, the eight-eight-sixty-four types. The technique is one point, grasping, splitting, inserting, grasping and deducting; Body posture includes hitting, squeezing and leaning; Leg methods include hook, hanging, coiling, cutting, lifting, pedaling, bouncing, winding, sweeping and killing; Footwork includes sliding, fork, cover and jump. The contents of its somersault include "turning over", "twisting the column with an own goal", "hitting carp", "scratching the back", "cross-legged falling" and "rolling back and forth".
In the process of development, drunken boxing absorbed the technology of "stepping on the ground", thus forming its own style and characteristics. His fist classic should be decided: "Earthworms are really good at attacking at the bottom, and lying on the ground is full of strength and agility." You can stretch it into a curve and stop, but you can also do it. Bend like a crouching tiger and stretch like a dragon. It stretches and bends without trace, and its body is as strong as iron law and as dense as rope. It turns tigers and leopards into sick eagles, and there is a clear distinction between before and after. "