In his lecture General Li urged the students to take up boxing for the sake of their physical wellbeing. He, because of his devotion to that sport, had been able to continue his duties for thirteen days without sleep during the Revolution two years ago, General Li declared that he could, at any time, go back into military service, Dut he preferred to devote his time to boxing. The art of Chinese -boxing, General Li declared, "was "ithe best in the world but very few people know it" He also advised women: to take up boxing.
At the end of his lecture General Li began his exhibition. Although only one man performed at a time the ensuing exhibits were not examples of "shadow" boxing inasmuch as movement took the form, not of combativeness, but artistic grace and beauty. The first example by General Li, was like Tanguorous Oriental dance. One! could picture Salome dancing before: Herod for the head of her prophet with precisely the sane movements.
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