Zhao Yitang is famous for his oil paintings because of his talent and persistent efforts. He also has a very high attainment in calligraphy. He advocates flexible concepts and the use of elements of different arts by analogy in the creative process. This work is one of Gulangyu's series of paintings with humanistic themes. Zhao Yitang takes John Ma, the pioneer of modern Chinese sports, as the prototype, vividly and vividly reproduces the expression and posture of the characters through bright and strong colors and lines rich in tension. From the works, we can feel the strong resonance of the author's struggling spirit of John Ma, the new Chinese sports educator.