Chapter 1 The Power of Moves

Xu Jingming's live broadcast ended, and people all over the world were waiting for his courses to go online.

Many people had set up notifications in the martial arts arena to follow 'Xu Jingming', 'Liu Hai', and 'Di Tianuo'. As soon as their courses went online, they received alerts and immediately went to the martial arts arena to start learning.

"Martial arts first lesson, the power of moves." Xu Jingming appeared in the evolved teaching scenario.

First, he explained the basic theory for about ten minutes.

Then came the practical exercises, which lasted about five minutes.

After that was a detailed training method, lasting about thirteen minutes.

The first lesson ended.

"Xu Jingming's lectures are different from others. It feels like attending a math and physics class, with theory first, then examples, and then teaching methods." Countless people found it fresh and clear about martial arts all of a sudden.

"I used to think physics was difficult, but now I find it very simple. The power of moves is just greater mass and faster speed." Many former underachievers in school also found it easy to understand.

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Xu Jingming's courses were like this, each lesson mainly consisting of three parts: theory, practical exercises, and training methods. Of course, during the live broadcast, the main focus was on conveying theory, supplemented by practical demonstration.

Training methods were still the main draw to 'download the courses'.

"The number of downloads is increasing very quickly, and now it has rushed into the top five." Li Miaomiao had been paying attention to the sub-panel of the martial arts arena, checking the download volume of each martial arts course.

"Master's courses have really high downloads, reaching more than 3.6 billion. The second place barely broke 1 billion, the gap is so obvious." Xu Jingming also looked at the download data.

Li Miaomiao smiled and said, "Liu Hai, Di Tianuo, and Jingming, you three are the strongest, so you naturally have the greatest appeal to people all over the world. And this is the free download volume... In terms of paid downloads, Master Liu Hai's paid downloads are now more than 1.9 billion, and the rating is 8.7. His total points are also far ahead. Of course, Jingming, your course has just been launched, and it will definitely gain momentum later."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

The two courses he taught today were free because the first hour was free, and the subsequent content was charged.

The number of paid downloads and ratings determined the total points.

"Although you started live streaming a few days later than Master Liu Hai, Di Tianuo hasn't even started live streaming yet." Li Miaomiao said with a smile.

"Master has been teaching disciples for decades, so he already has a mature system. I have also been teaching disciples in the fighting gym for three years, so I have some experience." Xu Jingming said with a smile, "Di Tianuo is only twenty years old after all, and has no teaching experience, so he may still be preparing teaching materials."

Li Miaomiao nodded.

As time passed, the download volume of Xu Jingming's courses continued to soar, one hundred million, three hundred million, five hundred million, six hundred million, eight hundred million, one billion... By nine o'clock on the second night, the download volume had reached 2.8 billion. It was believed that with time, it would get closer and closer to Liu Hai.

At nine o'clock on the second night, Xu Jingming began his second live broadcast.

"Yesterday was my first live broadcast, and I talked about the most basic first lesson of martial arts, 'The Power of Moves', and the second lesson, 'The Speed of Moves'." Xu Jingming said, "Today, I will talk about the third and fourth lessons of martial arts."

"The third lesson of martial arts, footwork!" Xu Jingming said, "The importance of footwork, I believe many people know."

"If footwork has the advantage, then you have a great advantage in battle. You can attack when you want, and retreat when you want, completely controlling the initiative." Xu Jingming said with a smile, "The training of footwork, in a word, is to master space."

"Footwork is also the key to whether everyone can become a god-level expert." Xu Jingming said, "With powerful footwork, combined with the power and speed of moves, it will be easier to reach the god level."

Xu Jingming explained and demonstrated at the same time, allowing countless people to feel the charm of footwork.

"The key to footwork is the mastery of space, body balance, and nerve reaction." Xu Jingming said, "Up and down changes, front and rear, left and right changes, these are all spatial changes... Let me demonstrate."

"Body balance is also very important. No matter how you move, you must maintain your balance at all times. Even if your body is tilted and retreating violently, you can still make a move."

"Nerve reaction, you must make your nerve reaction fast enough. If the reaction is slow, it is easy to be slow to dodge."

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After Xu Jingming finished the third lesson of martial arts.

"If the first three lessons of martial arts are the basic part, you can hope to become a god-level expert with this." Xu Jingming said, "But it's only a hope. If you want to truly become a top global expert, you need to study the subsequent courses with dedication."

"The fourth lesson of martial arts, the transmission of power!"

"Your moves are very powerful, but can you transmit 100% of the power to the enemy?"

"When the enemy's moves come, can you block the transmission of the opponent's power, so that the power that attacks your weapon is only two or three tenths, or even lower?"

"First, let's look at some kinetic energy transmission phenomena in real life, which are very enlightening for our combat." Xu Jingming said.

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"Okay, today's live broadcast ends here. The detailed courses and training methods of today's live broadcast will be uploaded to the martial arts arena." Xu Jingming said, "We'll see you again at this time tomorrow."

With that, he closed the live broadcast room.

Countless people in the stands were listening, and many were holding notebooks.

"The transmission of power has many factors, and each factor can be used to weaken the impact." Many people were drawing and writing in their notebooks, "So there are so many force-reducing techniques."

"A person's fist is very powerful, and can break a brick with one punch, but it is difficult to punch through a suspended piece of paper. Paper is definitely much weaker than bricks, but the power of the fist is difficult to act on the paper..."

"A tank, with a huge ram, has great power when it hits an object. But if the tank has a huge foam ram, the power is so low that it can be ignored when it touches."

"If a person falls to the ground from a high altitude, he will be killed. But if he falls on an air cushion, the power of the fall can be removed."

"Rigidity can achieve nearly 100% transmission?"

"Flexibility can greatly reduce the impact?"

"Attack requires rigidity."

"Defense requires flexibility?"

Countless people felt like they had opened a door.

"The power mobilization of my Tai Chi, so there are so many detailed explanations in physics?" Liu Hai listened with a complex expression, "Force analysis? Kinetic energy transmission? These explanations of force and kinetic energy are much clearer than Tai Chi theory."

Xu Jingming had used various real-life phenomena to explain as simply as possible, and then combined with practical exercises in martial arts combat, to make it easier for everyone to understand.

For example, when talking about kinetic energy, he only said greater mass and faster speed.

When talking about kinetic energy transmission, it was also simplified.

Otherwise, a single force analysis would be a high school course. And many more are college courses, so it must be simplified, with real-life common sense as the guide, so that elementary school students can also understand.

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"Jingming, why didn't you teach me in so much detail before?" Li Miaomiao caught Xu Jingming and asked.

"You need to practice the basics more." Xu Jingming said with a smile, "What I taught you is mainly the first three lessons."

"These techniques for increasing lethality and defense force reduction are also very important." Li Miaomiao said eagerly, "Tell me about the later courses. I don't understand your notes. Just tell me simply."

"I'll tell you alone?" Xu Jingming hesitated.

"Just treat it as practice before the live broadcast." Li Miaomiao stared at Xu Jingming, "What's wrong, is it too much trouble?"

"No trouble, no trouble."

Xu Jingming said, "Then I'll just briefly talk about it to satisfy your curiosity. But the most detailed explanation will have to wait for the later courses."

"Just tell me briefly first." Li Miaomiao urged.

"The fifth lesson of martial arts." Xu Jingming said, "Relative speed!"

"Relative speed?" Li Miaomiao was puzzled.

"Everyone says speed is very important." Xu Jingming looked at Li Miaomiao, "But in actual combat, speed is never an isolated existence. It's the relative speed of oneself and the opponent! For example, I'm clearly standing still, but the enemy rushes in front of me and crashes into my spear. He will still die!"

"It seems like I didn't move, but in fact the relative speed is already very high." Xu Jingming said.

"The enemy attacks me, and I retreat at high speed. We are both moving... But when the speeds are equal, we are relatively stationary. He will never touch me, so he can't hurt me." Xu Jingming said, "There are also speeds in different directions, various changes in direction!"

"In battle, a master who can master 'relative speed' is a true combat master! Many moves such as interception and parry, and the use of some of the jingdao (勁道) of Tai Chi use 'relative speed'." Xu Jingming began to tell his girlfriend about the subsequent courses.