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Chapter 90 - 88 Teaching Boxing and Assessment

Chapter 90: Chapter 88 Teaching Boxing and Assessment

In the following days, Wu Li did not accompany his parents on their visits to friends and relatives but stayed at home to practice boxing and search online for a suitable venue to teach boxing.

He had thought it through and decided to open a branch in Shudu, given that Shudu was among the top second-tier cities, and it was destined that he would open a boxing gym there in the future.

If they were only renting storefronts rather than buying them outright, the funds currently in Bo Yuan Company’s accounts were sufficient to allow Wu Li and Liu Yuanbo to open many branches simultaneously. However, due to insufficient time and manpower, the two eventually decided to prepare a total of eight stores nationwide before the opening of the gym in March this year.

Two of these were in Qi City, and one was already in Chuhua City, leaving five with four in first-tier cities, and the last one Wu Li now decided to set up in Shudu.

Eight stores, 35 coaches, which were barely enough, and more instructors would definitely need to be recruited later, leaving much work for Wu Li.

However, once the first batch was trained, Wu Li could relax a lot more.

While choosing venues online, Wu Li began to consider whether he should hire an assistant, as he would have less time to handle these trivial matters later on.

"Should it be a female assistant, or a pretty female assistant, or a super pretty female assistant?"

Wu Li fell into deep thought ...

On January 27, the third day of the lunar year, Wu Li found a Muay Thai Boxing Hall for rent online, over 400 square meters with an annual rent of 450,000 Yuan, and the location was not bad. He decided to rent it immediately and spent another 30,000 Yuan buying the equipment in the venue, which saved on decoration and equipment purchasing costs.

Apart from the two stores in Qi City and the one in Chuhua City, Wu Li and Liu Yuanbo planned to rent existing boxing gyms directly for the other stores in first-tier cities, which would save on decoration time and costs. As for the equipment, Bo Yuan Company had already signed an order with Haohan Fitness, who would sell a batch of equipment to Bo Yuan Company at an internal price.

So, as long as the coaches were available, Bo Yuan Company could open 8 stores at the same time in March!

On January 29, the fifth day of the lunar year, at 3 pm, Wu Li was practicing boxing early in the boxing gym, waiting for Liu Yuanbo to bring people over.

After a while, there was noise from outside the door, and Wu Li packed up his stance and looked up.

He saw Liu Yuanbo walking in front, followed by dozens of people dressed in uniform black gym jackets.

Tsk, that momentum, if one didn’t know better, they might think they were here to challenge the gym.

When Liu Yuanbo saw Wu Li, he stopped, and the dozens of people behind him also gradually halted in a straight line.

Liu Yuanbo bowed to Wu Li with fists clenched and shouted loudly, "Master!"

The thirty-five coaches did the same, all bowing their fists in unison and shouting, "Master Wu!"

These people had robust energy, and their voices were loud. The call of "Master Wu" sounded almost loud enough to break the ceiling.

Wu Li knew with his heart that this scene must have been orchestrated by Liu Yuanbo, so he also clasped his hands and greeted everyone.

"Master." After being serious for two seconds, Liu Yuanbo ran over happily, "How is it, cool, isn’t it?"

Wu Li laughed, "Haven’t you seen my interview?"

Liu Yuanbo: "Huh?"

Wu Li patted his shoulder, "Go and review it."

After speaking, he walked toward the thirty-five coaches.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you all should know me. Starting today, I will provide a one-month training on the introductory and advanced courses of Xingyi Fist. After one month, I hope everyone present will pass the assessment and be qualified to take up positions." Wu Li stated directly.

This year he was twenty years old, still a college student, but the coaches standing in front of him were at least 24 years old, with the oldest being 41. Liu Yuanbo had recruited them according to high standards. Most of them were professional athletes who had retired and then became coaches. Every one of them was qualified and capable, yet when Wu Li spoke, they all listened seriously, not feeling anything wrong with learning boxing from a twenty-year-old.

There was no choice, reputation carries weight, and though Wu Li had debuted for only a short duration, everything he had done so far was tougher than the last, earning him resolute respect!

Beating up a few thugs was nothing special, but defeating Ren Donglai was a minor showcase of his prowess, and winning the Lightweight Champion at the Extreme Martial Arts Tournament was truly remarkable. The competitors Wu Li defeated included signed athletes from Asian ONE. Just this fact alone put him above all present, commanding respect.

And not long ago, Wu Li, facing over twenty knife-wielding thugs, daringly fought back by himself and severely injured four individuals in an instant! Just looking at the news description of those four thugs’ injuries was deeply intimidating.

All these combined, engendered awe, so the thirty-five trainers appeared very honest in front of Wu Li.

"Master Wu."

When Wu Li finished speaking, a girl with ponytails suddenly raised her hand timidly.

Wu Li then noticed there were three female coaches among them. He nodded, "What is it?"

The female coach with a ponytail spoke up, "Master Wu, may I ask, what did you mean by the assessment you just mentioned?"

Master Wu nodded, "President Liu might have already told you, but we will be setting up three classes for all students: a beginner class, an intermediate class, and an advanced class. To move from the beginner class to the intermediate, you must pass the assessment, and the same goes for advancing from the intermediate to the advanced."

"I have the same requirements for you. If you want to be a coach for the beginner class, you too must pass an assessment, and the difficulty will definitely be greater than that for the students."

After finishing his explanation, another male coach asked, "Master Wu, could you specify what the assessment will include?"

"The assessment is divided into two parts, physical fitness assessment and techniques assessment," Master Wu said slowly. "I believe that the physical fitness assessment won’t be a problem for you all; the focus is on the techniques assessment."

"Xingyi Fist beginner course consists of eight lessons. I expect you to master this in 60 hours. The standard for mastery is being able to master the Five Elements Fist’s power, basically master the Three Body Formation and the Twelve Forms’ stance, and master the accompanying techniques in the beginner course," Master Wu explained while looking at everyone.

"As for the standard of mastery, let me give you an example."

Saying this, Master Wu walked over to a human-shaped target standing beside him, then he stepped forward and harshly punched out from his lower abdomen, fiercely hitting the target’s chest.

Bang! A huge muffled sound echoed in the empty boxing gym, and the target bent backwards nearly 60 degrees.

"For example, this Beng Fist. I don’t expect you to reach my level, but at the very least you should be able to make the target bend backwards. At the time, we will install a force gauge on the target, specify a numeric value, and all techniques must hit the target with specified movements and reach the specified numeric values to be considered satisfactory."

After Master Wu finished speaking, another male coach, who looked quite young, asked, "Master Wu, may I try hitting this target?"

"Of course," Master Wu stepped aside, indicating that he could come and try.

The coach approached the target, warmed up his body, got into a boxing stance, and then fiercely launched a straight punch at the target’s chest.

Bang! The sound was much quieter than Master Wu’s punch, and the target only slightly shook back a bit.

"Hmm," the male coach seemed a bit unconvinced and looked at Master Wu, "Can I use a hook punch to hit the head?"

Master Wu nodded.

So he moved to the left side of the target, warmed up his arms, and then swung a powerful hook punch that hit the target’s face.

Bang! The sound was much louder this time, but the amount of backward motion of the target was at most a few degrees, creating a stark contrast to the visually significant backward lean caused by Master Wu’s punch.

"Master Wu, I want to try too!"

"I’ll give it a shot!"

The male coach’s defeat seemed to ignite everyone else’s competitive spirit, and they all expressed their desire to give it a try.

Master Wu gestured for them to go ahead.

Thus, aside from a few female coaches and some older male coaches, the rest of the coaches all took turns trying.

However, no matter what techniques they used, none could replicate the effect of Master Wu’s earlier demonstration. The strongest among them only made the target shake about 40 degrees, still far from reaching Master Wu’s level.

Watching everyone try their punches, Master Wu found it quite amusing. Through system detection, it was evident that these people’s muscle strength wasn’t much less than Master Wu’s, with some even exceeding him. However, the reason they couldn’t replicate Master Wu’s effect was that Master Wu had employed Dark Force.

All Internal Fist systems blend hardness with softness, with Xingyi’s Five Elements Fist’s power generation mainly focusing on Dark Force, supplementing it with Ming Jin. While these individuals possessed muscle strength not inferior to Master Wu’s, they lacked the use of Muscle Bone Power, naturally unable to achieve Master Wu’s result.

"Master Wu, will there be an assessment after we complete the intermediate course too?" the same female coach who asked earlier inquired timidly.

As her words fell, everyone looked at Master Wu.

If initially, Master Wu’s mention of an assessment had seemed somewhat trivial to everyone, experiencing it firsthand now made all feel the real challenge.

Master Wu answered with a smile, "For the intermediate course, the students’ assessment is to use Xingyi Fist to last three minutes without being taken down by a coach, so I hope you all will train well, otherwise it would be embarrassing if you end up being knocked down by a student."

"As for your intermediate assessment, it’s simple. Just use Xingyi Fist to last three minutes without being taken down by me, and you’ll have passed."

After Master Wu finished speaking, a silence fell over the place.

Everyone looked at each other and suddenly felt an immense pressure...

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