Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi

Chapter 473 - 332: We Went Through All This Trouble for Training, and You’re Teaching Us Tai Chi? (2)

They could only guess that Su Bingtian had come early to warm up.

At this moment, Su Bingtian was slumped in a corner resting, sighing to himself,

Worthy of Wang Ye, to make him feel so rewarded in such a short time.

It seems this training camp was indeed the right choice.

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By nine o’clock sharp.

Wang Ye had already changed into the coach outfit provided by the track and field team.

He slowly walked out from a side room and appeared before everyone.

Behind him followed Jiang Yuan, the original track and field team coach,

Once everyone noticed Wang Ye’s appearance, they couldn’t help but stop what they were doing,

and turned their heads. They all wanted to see what this legendary sports Divine actually looked like.

But after seeing Wang Ye’s real appearance and physique, everyone’s hearts tightened involuntarily.

Is this... momentum?

Does a person really have such a thing as momentum on them?

Though it’s indescribable, everyone felt a sense of fear and distance the moment they saw Wang Ye,

as if a ferocious tiger with a fishy breath was standing in front of them roaring.

Moreover, this momentum was not an illusion created by his physique or face, because besides the fear, they also felt the air around them becoming thick and heavy with Wang Ye’s arrival, like a blanket laid over them, stifling their breath.

But these athletes had excellent mental fortitude, and after a moment, they adapted to the pressure Wang Ye brought, and their breathing became smooth again.

Then, Jiang Yuan organized the entire team’s order, helping the fifty-one athletes present arrange their positions.

Once everyone was assembled, Wang Ye stood in front of the not-so-neat formation, hands behind his back, and said slowly:

"Let me introduce myself first, I’m Wang Ye, the marathon world record holder. For the next half-month training camp, I will be leading your training, and I hope you will cooperate."

"Yes!" responded all the athletes in unison, their fifty-one voices combined like thunder. Though they were not soldiers, they had something of a military bearing, since most sports students were trained in a military style during school.

Standing next to Wang Ye, Jiang Yuan quietly asked, "Wang Ye, what do you plan to train them on first later? Should I get some equipment from the side?" Seeing that Wang Ye had brought nothing and most of the equipment in the training field had been moved by him, Jiang Yuan could not help but feel a sense of foreboding, so he asked to reassure himself.

Wang Ye waved his hand, saying calmly, "Let’s go without equipment for now; I’ll lead everyone in a set of movements first."

Jiang Yuan could only reply, "Alright, let me know if you need anything, I’ll be nearby."

Wang Ye nodded, "Thank you."

Next.

Wang Ye said to the fifty-one trainees in front of him, "Next, I’ll guide you through a set of movements, they’re not very difficult, and some of you may have even learned them. But I will slow down so you can learn."

Hearing this, many athletes immediately showed expressions of excitement, was the sports Divine Wang Ye finally going to lead them in training? They wondered what movements he would teach them?

Yet some felt disdain in their hearts, seeing that Wang Ye seemed intent on training them in body-weight movements, did he take them for children? At their level, it was hard to gain much from body-weight exercises; they figured their time would be better spent following their scientific training methods rather than wasting time here.

Only Su Bingtian seemed to guess what movements Wang Ye was about to train them in.

From the one-on-one guidance earlier, he already knew that Wang Ye’s current training system was mainly derived from traditional Chinese martial arts and medicine, with much of it specifically from Tai Chi,

since many of the terms Wang Ye mentioned were movements and techniques from Tai Chi. Though Su Bingtian was not very familiar with Tai Chi, he had heard of its basic terminology, some from movies and others from novels.

So Su Bingtian could roughly guess what movements Wang Ye would train them in next,

At this moment, standing at the front, Wang Ye, did not bother with the minds of the fifty-one athletes before him, he turned, paused for a moment, and slowly took up the starting stance of Tai Chi. Feet shoulder-width apart, knees slightly bent, elbows bent and pressed downward.

Seeing this movement,

The fifty-one trainees behind him were immediately taken aback,

What kind of movement is this?

Doesn’t it look like horse stance training?

Could it be that Wang Ye intended to train them in the manner of martial arts practice?

Many of them had heard that Wang Ye was from a martial arts background, and even after professional sports training, he never gave up martial arts practice. He was now even the vice president of the Shenzhen Tai Chi Association, so while it might be a bit absurd for Wang Ye to have them standing in horse stance, they could somewhat understand.

But... can traditional martial arts training techniques really be applied to scientific sports training?

The trainees hesitated for a moment, but eventually followed Wang Ye’s movements and began to move their bodies slowly.

Most of them were not optimistic about traditional martial arts today, but maybe Wang Ye only intended to teach them some techniques from traditional martial arts. Techniques such as explosive power from fierce boxing like Baji Fist, Xingyi Boxing, or Tongbei Fist might have some reference value, and certain Qi Lifting and Light Body techniques could perhaps inspire athletes in high jump and long jump. Even top mixed martial arts fighters sometimes seek out traditional martial arts masters to learn force application techniques for more powerful attacks. Despite traditional martial arts not being particularly effective in combat comprehensively, it’s still a practice steeped in thousands of years of history with many techniques worth examining closely.

But because Wang Ye’s movements were very slow, and the moves hadn’t shown themselves yet, he seemed to be just aimlessly swaying his arms and body on the spot. So for now, they couldn’t see what martial art Wang Ye was performing,

but it wasn’t until the move progressed to the second move, Parting the Wild Horse’s Mane, that they finally saw the clues.

"Is this... Tai Chi?"

Most of them had not formally studied Tai Chi,

but they’d seen elderly people practicing Tai Chi in parks,

and were very familiar with its movements and style.

And now, the movements Wang Ye was teaching them were unmistakably Tai Chi.

In an instant,

an idea appeared in everyone’s mind simultaneously—what is this guy doing?!

We, so many top athletes, went through so much to come to Chengdu for training camp with you, and you’re teaching us to practice Tai Chi?

It’s not that they’re belittling Tai Chi, mainly that on the surface, Tai Chi doesn’t seem to hold any reference value for sports.

The widely known Olympic spirit today is "Faster, Higher, Stronger."

Which of these relates to Tai Chi?

Immediately, even the once earnest trainees stopped in disbelief,

unable to understand, as sports divine Wang Ye,

why he would teach so many top athletes Tai Chi?

Standing to the side, track team coach Jiang Yuan also stood dumbfounded at this scene.

It seemed his premonition was correct; Wang Ye really had something big up his sleeve...

Among everyone present, only Su Bingtian was earnestly following Wang Ye to learn Tai Chi.

Most others found it difficult to understand Wang Ye’s actions and weren’t inclined to seriously learn this so-called Tai Chi.

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