On June 3, 2022, the classic fighting game “Street Fighter” series released their orthodox sequel trailer.
If you are a fan of fighting games, you must not be unfamiliar with the words “Street Fighter”. As the world’s first fighting game, its birth opened a new chapter in the history of video games. Long The imposing “Hao yo root” is a precious childhood memory of many players.
Our topic today is related to Ryu, the No.1 protagonist of the “Street Fighter” series.
Anyone who has played “Street Fighter” knows that Takashi is a master of karate, and karate, as Japan’s national martial arts, naturally has a unique feeling for him, and Capcom has carefully crafted every move for Takashi. , so that his fighting style is full of the shadow of karate, and many people from all over the world are influenced by Takashi and worship karate.
However, there is one thing about Long’s action style that has bothered me for many years.
I was influenced by fighting games when I was young, and became a martial arts fan when I grew up. Studying the moves and routines of various martial arts has become my hobby in life. Karate is also one of my research objects. Tan, Long’s stand has always been something I can’t figure out.
From the first generation to the fifth generation, although Long’s attacking moves have changed a bit, Long’s static stand has never changed. He always stands on his side, with one shoulder facing the opponent, his left arm in front of him, and his right arm on his chest. Front, right next to his chin:
This is not a karate stand in the traditional sense. I have looked through karate books and competition videos, but I have never seen a stand like Takashi. In most cases, traditional karate stands are like this of:
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A posture like Takashi’s body sideways and his arms hanging like this has never appeared in mainstream karate competitions, so I once thought that Takashi’s stance was purely original by Capcom’s animators. What a realistic prototype.
It wasn’t until I started watching boxing that I realized I was wrong. Takashi’s stand is a realistic prototype, but rather than a karate stand, it’s more of a boxing stand called:”
Shoulder roll
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The picture above shows the legendary American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, who shows a standard shoulder-raised defensive posture in the picture
Let’s make a comparison:
It can be seen that there are indeed many similarities. Both are sideways, with one shoulder facing the opponent, the left arm is across the front, the right arm is hanging on the chest, and the right hand is close to the chin.
There are different opinions about the origin of this stand, and there is no exact official statement. Most boxing fans believe that this stand originated in the Philadelphia boxing circle in the United States in the last century.
In the 1950s and 1960s, the legendary Philadelphia boxer George Benton (George Benton) was considered by many to be the inventor and biggest promoter of this type of stand. Killing the Quartet, winning streaks in consecutive battles, and raising the shoulders for defense have made him famous in the world of boxing. George Bent is also regarded as the godfather of shoulder defense by the majority of boxing fans.
Students who haven’t practiced boxing may not understand at first glance, what exactly is this posture, please allow me to explain it to you in detail. The most vulnerable part of a person’s head is his chin, because the position of the chin is just right to transmit force into the person’s brain stem and cerebellum to cause a concussion,
In boxing, the chin is the most common way to KO.
Therefore, how to protect your chin has become an important issue that has made generation after generation of boxing phones close and scratch their ears.
Early boxing seemed to be defended by the way of the hands. If a person hits, he will lift his arms to block the blow, protect his head, and at the same time bend his body so that his elbows and arms are free. Protect your torso:
Over time, the boxers figured out another defense—
shoulder defense
, the core idea is to turn your body sideways and lift one shoulder,
Then use the shoulder directly to block the opponent’s fist to the chin:
This is a very shameful tactic. Since the shoulders are at an upward angle as a whole, there is a high probability that the punches coming in will slide away in the direction of the shoulders, or hit the shoulders directly and fail to hit the opponent’s head.
As they lift their shoulders, they bend their forearms over their stomachs to protect their stomachs:
The back hand on the other side of the body will be next to your chin, giving your chin an extra layer of protection.
If at this time the opponent changes direction and punches the other side of their face, they can immediately change the direction of the back hand to defend.
The flexibility of shoulder-lifting defense provides excellent protection for players in boxing techniques, and can be attacked and defended. It has been imitated by generations of boxers and carried forward.
A generation of master Bruce Lee also used a similar stand in his movie:
Speaking of the highest level of shoulder-lifting defense, it is the American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather mentioned above.
The shoulder-lifting defense in his hands has become an omnipotent weapon. The 360-degree defense without dead ends makes his opponents miserable.
He himself became the only undefeated boxer in American history with a 50-game winning streak, and his excellent shoulder defense skills also earned him the title of “Old Shoulder Cunning”.
As mentioned above, the shoulder-lifting defense was famous in the 1950s and 1960s, so we have reason to believe that the first generation of Street Fighter born in 1987 is very likely to refer to this old boxing technique in the design of the stand against Long. And in the 1980s and 1990s, it happened to be the era when Japan combined traditional karate and modern boxing and launched “Japanese kick boxing”.
If you look closely at Long’s attack action, you will find that Long’s hand attack animation does indeed contain some boxing shadows, such as Long’s front punch:
Conclusion:
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