This 25-minute animation briefly introduces the growth process of the Five Heroes of the World through the method of Panda Apo teaching martial arts to children, and proposes five basic elements for becoming a martial arts master. Of course, these are not limited to practicing martial arts, but also to People's entire life growth process has meaning.
And as Apo said, the meaning of martial arts lies in transcending one's self, and its real realm is excellence (Gong Fu means excellence of self, being the best you can be, that's what it's about).
Let's talk about the five basic elements that connect martial arts:
Patience - Patience
Mantis is very fast, he eliminates violence, punishes bad guys, and protects the peace of the valley. But he's one thing he has, that is, he's impatient, he feels that everything around him is too slow. Until he fell into the crocodile's trap, the world around him finally moved faster than him because he couldn't get out. He also finally realized the importance of patience, and relying on his strategy, he tried his best to maintain patience to cheat death, and finally escaped.
As stated in the film:
Mantis had finally found the secret to excellence of self, The mind-blowing power of patience. –Yeah.
Courage - The Courage
Snake Master stands out from the crowd with his poisonous fangs, defending his village with one attack against a hundred. Later, he had a daughter. When Master Snake was about to let his daughter inherit his great cause, he found that her daughter had no fangs, and of course she did not have the huge offensive power that their family had. And the little snake without fangs did not dare to go out to see outsiders, until one day, his father's fangs were shattered by the poison-proof armor of the gorilla who invaded the village. Subdued the gorilla with the ribbon she used to play with herself. It turns out that there are no fangs, and it can also defeat the bad guys.
As stated in the film:
That night, the snake found courage(, A power far more potent than venom)
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Instead of practicing martial arts, he is responsible for cleaning. Although his dream is to enter the martial arts academy to learn peerless magic, but his foundation is too weak, and his body is weak. However, his work is still very quick, which is precisely because of the academy at that time. Merlin, the highest martial artist, saw it, so Merlin encouraged Xianhe to take the student selection test, but Xianhe still felt unsure, so Merlin said, "Oh, you'll never know unless you try. ." So Crane finally found self-confidence in the exam and fulfilled his wish.
As stated in the film:
But Crane didn't quit. Then Crane had a new harvest, self-confidence (But Crane didn't move. And then Crane felt something new, confidence).
Discipline – Discipline
used to have the best orphanage in China, where children are adopted by kind people, but except for one child, she is a tiger, because she has a fierce shape, sharp claws, the most terrible The thing is, she can't control her powerful strength. So no children dare to play with her, and of course, no adults dare to adopt her. She is very lonely and pitiful. At this time, the master came to the orphanage and helped her through continuous training. Tiger learned to control his own power and discipline. In the end, the master took her home.
As stated in the film:
Day after day, month after month (again), until one day, she did it (And so the weeks turned into months (Again), until one day, she had done it (control her temper)).
Compassion - Compassion
used to be very bad monkeys, always trying to trick people in the village. So the villagers couldn't bear it anymore and let him leave the village, but the monkey didn't want to leave, so the villagers had to invite thugs from the rivers and lakes to drive him away, but these poor thugs were always easily taken off by the monkeys. Of course, these The thugs were embarrassed and angry, and returned without success. In the end, the villagers had no choice, so they invited the turtle master, so the master turtle with strong martial arts defeated the monkey and saved his life at the same time. During the performance, he accidentally dropped his pants and was laughed at by everyone), and let the monkey use his kung fu to help other people.
As stated in the film:
Master Turtle: "Monkey, you have shown me great skills, but I also sense in your great pain." Stay, use your skills for good, young warrior. Find the one thing that you were denied so long ago, compassion.
Perhaps, in addition to these five points, there are some very important things, such as collaboration, positivity, decisiveness and so on. But, perhaps the most important thing is that you need to find the one that you lack the most, and then keep practicing until you master it. For example, for Mantis, courage, self-confidence, discipline and sympathy are all he possesses, but his main lack is patience, and it is this biggest shortcoming (or the shortest board) that affects his normal ability to play. For Xianhe, confidence is the most crucial factor for him to succeed.
In short, everyone needs to face their true self first, find their weakest link according to their specific situation, and constantly make up for these weaknesses and improve themselves, so that they can move towards a better future.
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