In the beginning, many patriotic martial artists also had the heart to serve the country loyally, but their strength was not worth mentioning in the face of hot weapons.
The most sighing thing was that thousands of names and regiments besieged hundreds of foreigners in Dongjiaomin Lane, but they stayed for 56 days, but they didn’t attack.
Since then, a large number of martial arts practitioners have become the biggest opponents of martial arts from their original love of the field. The reason is that they have seen a huge gap and realized that they have lost a bullet in their lifetime efforts.
Since then, domestic wars have been perennial, domestic, and foreign troubles, and the speed of weapon development has been getting faster and faster, which has widened the gap between martial arts and weapons.
Therefore, since the Qing Dynasty, martial arts began to go downhill, and it has not really re-emerged until now.
Originally, there were millions or even tens of millions of people in China, out of the total population, who practiced martial arts, but now, there are no more than hundreds of thousands of martial artists in the country out of these billion people.
Many internal martial arts have been gradually lost in this period of time, so that many martial arts practitioners do not have complete internal martial arts to practice, which can be regarded as a great sorrow of the decline of this art.
FAQ Novel
Q: Why did the He family choose to live in a cold region?
A: The He family settled in a colder place because it reduces the risk of internal force disorder during their specific martial arts training.
Q: What was a major reason for the decline of martial arts in China?
A: The introduction of modern firearms by foreign powers significantly contributed to the decline, as martial arts proved ineffective against new weaponry.
Q: What significant event illustrated the ineffectiveness of traditional martial arts against modern weapons?
A: Thousands of martial artists besieging hundreds of foreigners in Dongjiaomin Lane for 56 days without success highlighted the limitations of traditional combat against firearms.
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