On the fifth day of “Stars in Military Uniform”, the star class was arranged to learn military boxing, fighting and grappling.
“Oh, doesn’t this touch on the strengths of Teacher Chu and Xiao Dao!” Cheng Zhiyi was immediately excited. “Instructor, will we have actual combat? We want to see how Teacher Chu and Xiao Dao compare to soldiers!”
The instructor was also quite curious.
He knew that Chu Yinlong was an action star and learned real kung fu, so he always wanted to find a chance to spar with him. But considering Chu Yinlong’s status as a star and his role as the instructor of the star class, this matter isn’t easy to ask, so he never mentioned it.
However, after a day of combat training, inviting him to actual combat practice is no longer abrupt.
Repeating physical actions is not difficult for entertainers, especially those who debuted in idol groups. Almost every movement can be learned after a couple of times, and after morning training, everyone was able to remember the movements by name without exception.
Before starting to learn grappling and combat in the afternoon, an exhibition match was arranged.
Looking at the neat fighting movements of the soldiers on the stage, Jiang Dao poked Chu Yinlong and asked, “Do you think you can win?”
“It’s hard to say. I’ll probably lose against an expert.” Chu Yinlong replied truthfully.
As an action movie actor, he has to pay attention to his body while training strength. Some muscle groups will not look good if they are too developed. Therefore, he deliberately avoids certain muscles when exercising. However, combat is different. All muscles must be developed, otherwise there will be shortcomings.
After the exhibition match, the members of the star class began to practice fighting movements.
After the instructor made two moves, Jiang Qiulin, who was paired with Chu Yinlong, couldn’t stand it. He threw away the foam target in his hand, shook his wrist, and said depressedly: “Teacher Chu, your force is too strong, my hands are numb.”
After a moment of silence, Chu Yinlong asked the teacher, “Can you change him with Jiang Dao?”
Before the instructor spoke, Cheng Zhiyi also raised his hand and said, “Instructor, just switch them. Jiang Dao also beat me to the point of numbness.”
The instructor looked over and nodded in agreement after seeing that Chu Yinlong and Jiang Dao were both relatively forceful types.
As soon as the pairs changed, Chu Yinlong and Jiang Dao’s momentum immediately changed. Each hit on the target hit was a thud, making onlookers worry they would destroy the form targets.
The fighting instructor turned his head to look at the chief instructor standing under the stage, and said with a smile: “They’re a bit interesting.”
The chief instructor of the star class: “Both of them are martial arts stars, so they must have basic skills. I’ve watched videos of them fighting, it’s not bad. But I can’t tell what’ll happen until they face each other head-on.”
They didn’t have to wait too long.
The fighting moves the star class learned are all basics, including basic boxing, leg, knee and elbow skills, as well as more dangerous joint locks and counterattacks. Afraid they might injure themselves, the program team and instructors didn’t arrange actual sparring practice.
After practice on targets, the opportunity the instructor had been waiting for came.
Due to the special nature of combat training, the program team only arranged for Chu Yinlong and Jiang Dao to fight with the soldier class.
“I’ll go first.” No challenger had been assigned on the soldier class side, so the instructor of the star class stepped forward.
He took off his jacket and said to Chu Yinlong with a smile: “Don’t worry, although I’m your instructor, I haven’t trained for a long time and am not as strong as these guys. Let’s have a round first.”
Of course Chu Yinlong didn’t have stage fright. He nodded with a smile, and put on a fighting posture.
Neither side knew each other’s bottom line, and most moves were tentative at first.
After a few tries, the instructor discovered that Chu Yinlong had a few skills, so he asked again, “Ready to be serious?”
Chu Yinlong nodded: “Yes.”
In the next second, the two suddenly collided.
The soldier class who came to watch was suddenly in high spirits and shouted to cheer on their instructor. The star class did not back down. The clear, high-pitched voices of the female stars immediately suppressed the voices of the soldiers on the opposite side.
Under the stage, Jiang Dao’s face became more nervous as he watched. His eyes locked on the two in the field, not daring to move the slightest.
“Hey!” Cheng Zhiyi suddenly patted Jiang Dao, “Why is your face so bad?”
“I…” Jiang Dao slowly smiled and smiled wryly. “…This fight is too dangerous, I’m a little nervous.”
Cheng Zhiyi was puzzled: “Dangerous?”
Jiang Dao nodded. “The purpose of military combat is to incapacitate the opponent. Haven’t you noticed that every move of the instructor is aimed at a deadly spot?”
Cheng Zhiyi watched for a long time, and shook his head: “I can’t see it.”
Jiang Dao didn’t explain. He continued to look at the situation in the ring, and relaxed a little before saying in a low voice, “It’s okay, the instructor went easy. It’s over…”
“Ah?” Cheng Zhiyi was surprised.
On the side, Lin Chu asked with a smile, “Why does he release water? Don’t you have a good relationship with Teacher Chu? Why do you have to say that the instructor released water?”
Jiang Dao was too lazy to deal with him.
Not long after, the two people in the ring stopped, but Chu Yinlong, who seemed to have the upper hand, smiled and shook his head: “I lose, I’m convinced.”
The star class suddenly became suspicious.
Chu Yinlong glanced at them and explained, “If the instructor didn’t stop, I would’ve been injured several times.”
The instructor smiled and said, “You practice traditional martial arts, right? You started with some martial art stances first, and later learned to fight?”
Chu Yinlong replied: “Yes, I started from stances to fighting later.”
“I can tell.” The instructor nodded. “Your moves are beautiful and accurate, but not ruthless… Ah, yes, you’re an actor, not a soldier. As long as your fists are beautiful, you don’t need to be too ruthless.”
After chatting for a while, Chu Yinlong and the instructor walked off the ring. Jiang Dao moved his joints, passed Chu Yinlong, and walked towards the field.
“Be careful,” Chu Yinlong said quickly in his ear. “Pay attention to safety.”
Jiang Dao pursed his lips and nodded, looking very serious.
In the second match, Jiang Dao had the opportunity to choose his opponent. Without hesitating, Jiang Dao pointed out: “Just your squad leader.”
The little soldiers roared: “Are you sure you want to challenge our squad leader? He is the best in our squad!”
Jiang Dao responded quickly: “Yes, yes, I’m just looking for the most powerful one. That way I won’t be ashamed if I lose, and will upset you guys if I win. How wonderful.”
When the battle began, Jiang Dao didn’t throw any testing moves out – he directly attacked..
The squad leader’s response was very fast. At first glance, he’s very powerful in actual combat, and his response was fast and precise. Jiang Dao’s movements were also very smooth and distinct.
The instructor of the star class stood side by side with Chu Yinlong under the stage. After watching for a while, his interest suddenly rose. “Huh? Jiang Dao’s style is a bit interesting, it doesn’t look like he started from martial arts, but actual combat… There’s a shadow of military and police fighting, but it’s more wild, or in other words, a little… not upright enough.”
Chu Yinlong asked with a smile: “Like a gangster?”
The instructor said: “It’s much more advanced than that. It looks like it’s been practiced for many years… But his style is not suitable for the arena. It takes too much physical strength, and without enough strength, even a sneak attack won’t be fatal. He has no chance of winning once it consumes him.”
“There is no chance of winning against him head-on.” Chu Yinlong explained. “It’s better to fight like this, if they drag out a few more rounds, the fight will look good.”
“Hahaha that’s true.” The instructor laughed.
On the stage, the squad leader actually had a headache.
This is the first time against such an opponent. He doesn’t confront him head on, hides if he can, and strikes suddenly. He can’t relax his vigilance, and has to keep his attention focused. After several minutes, he was physically and mentally exhausted.
However, Jiang Dao’s style is also really exhausting, and he soon felt a little weak. In the end, he was seized by the little squad leader and pinned to the ground.
Jiang Dao was not sad to lose, and smiled. “Amazing.”
The soldier squad leader let go of his hand and wiped his sweat. “You just don’t have enough strength to attack effectively. If you were stronger, this style would probably consume me to death.”
Jiang Dao spread his hands helplessly. “I also want to improve my strength, but unfortunately, the shaping coach does not allow it. My fans will also cry and call for me to stop lifting irons…”
The squad leader scratched his head, not knowing how to comfort Jiang Dao.
After two practice matches, the program team was satisfied.
But other guests couldn’t be left out, so the instructor arranged for the soldiers to guide members of the star class, teaching them how to attack and defend in slow motion.
After the day’s training, Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong followed the instructor to the playground for evening training as usual.
In the female guest tent, Sun Qi opened the door flap and watched Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong walk away side by side, then lowered the flap, walked slowly back to the bed, and changed her training shoes back into slippers.
Zhang Xiaoyuan lay on her upper bunk and said with a smile, “Sun Xiaoqi, have you fallen in love with Jiang Dao? I think you were very enthusiastic about him today!”
Sun Qi said nothing.
Beside her, Yi Bailu hummed.
Wu Rui put down the phone, her face full of surprise: “Sun Qi, you?!”
“But I don’t dare chase.” Sun Qi sighed helplessly.
Wu Rui was suddenly startled: “Don’t chase!”
The eyes of the other three people all fell on her.
I kinda wish the author would let JD shine more physically instead of all this BS about keeping shape for entertainment value
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