Author: Liqiu Ying
"Quickly use a nunchuck to hum ..." How many people can't help humming while watching this lyrics?
The sport of nunchakus was promoted by Bruce Lee, and many people fell in love with the sport because of Bruce Lee.
Xie Desheng, a "90s" Guangdong guy living in Zhongshan Street, Songjiang District, Shanghai, is one of Bruce Lee's "iron fans". He has 11 years of stick practice experience, multiple martial arts festival medals, and three Guinness World Records ... The nunchaku devoted all his energy.
Xie Desheng demonstrates nunchaku fancy play
The nunchaku gave me confidence
"My figure is thin and small. In the beginning, I actually practiced sticks to protect myself ..."
Unexpectedly, the nunchaku never let go after training. Since 2009, Xie Desheng has been sticking to the nunchaku for 11 years.
Wearing a green sportswear and holding the nunchaku in his right hand, he quickly "attacked" ... We met Xie Desheng, who practiced the nunchaku "very good" in a fighting club in Shanghai.
Xie Desheng demonstrates nunchakus playing table tennis
He is showing everyone how to use a nunchaku to catch a table tennis ball sent by a mobile serveer with a high frequency. The seemingly easy and simple striking action is actually not simple at all. It is a great test of the combined physical strength, control and instant judgment of nunchaku users.
On December 6, 2019, Shanghai Xuhui completed 32 nunchakus to hit the table tennis ball server, and served 32 mobile tees. On January 18, 2020, Nantong, Jiangsu challenged the nunchakus to open 10 caps within 40 seconds. Gai, the final result is 34.80 seconds. Due to the epidemic situation, Xie Desheng only really got the paper certificates of the two Guinness World Records on April 24, 2020.
Xie Desheng showcases Guinness World Records certificate
Coupled with the previous record of using a nunchaku to extinguish 52 candles in a minute, the 28-year-old has become the creator of three Guinness World Records.
Xie Desheng showed the nunchaku to destroy the candle earlier
Although Xie Desheng now uses nunchakus as easily as his own arms, Xie Desheng did not endure hardships in the early days. "When I first started learning, I was often injured and knocked."
Dripping through the stones, training for more than a decade, from light to heavy sticks, from normal routines to pondering fancy, nunchakus made Xie Desheng from shy to confident, "I now use nunchakus as my lifelong career. struggle."
"Idol gave me inspiration and motivation"
At present, Xie Desheng is mainly engaged in the teaching of nunchakus in Shanghai. In his spare time, he constantly researches and practises various "fancy" ways of playing nunchakus.
The Chinese have special emotions for table tennis, and what fans love most nowadays is Xie Desheng ’s video of the challenges of hitting table tennis with nunchakus.
Xie Desheng demonstrates nunchakus playing table tennis
"I really admire Bruce Lee's unyielding spirit. I have been watching some clip videos of Bruce Lee imitators. Several times I saw a video imitating Bruce Lee playing table tennis. I was greatly touched by it. I especially want to challenge . "
Xie Desheng dressed in Bruce Lee's characteristic costume
After watching so many videos, Xie Desheng also started to contact table tennis with nunchakus. "I started practicing in 2018 (playing table tennis)."
However, table tennis requires two players to play against each other, and the turn-based style of play cannot be standardized for nunchakus. Where can I find training staff? How to customize the standard of nunchaku to play table tennis? These questions are placed in front of Xie Desheng.
Xie Desheng Photo by Kang Yuzhan
"The serve machine used now solves many problems encountered before." For Xie Desheng, the machine sparring will not be tired, and the two shots can be quantified. In this way, one person and one serve machine have been training for nearly two years. At the end of 2019, Xie Desheng won the Guinness World Record for nunchaku table tennis.
"Hope to carry forward the nunchaku martial arts"
The nunchaku has a long history, with soft and hard belts, soft and steel, short and sturdy, and great power. It is an emerging fashion sport that integrates fitness, self-defense, performance and competition.
Xie Desheng said that he would always adhere to the nunchaku martial arts teaching work, let more people understand the nunchaku, and spread the Chinese martial arts spirit to the world.
Xie Desheng Demonstrates the Power of Nunchakus——Cracking Marble Slabs
"I hope that the cultural spirit of Chinese martial arts can be further developed, and then the essence of it can be more fully displayed. There is also Chinese martial arts, the biggest point is that our martial arts spirit, continue to carry forward the spirit, go to the world, become China ’s A best business card, "said Xie Desheng.