Ikuken, who was the junbu (local government official) of Shandong Province and was sympathetic to Giwa Martial Art since their attacks targeted only institutions related to Christianity, dismissed 蒋楷, the government official of Pingyuan County in Shandong Province who tried to suppress the Boxers, and even tried to acknowledge Giwa Martial Art as a danren (a vigilance committee of local community).
山東巡撫毓賢（いくけん）は、義和拳の攻撃対象がキリスト教関連施設に限定されていることをもって、彼らに同情的で、義和拳を取り締まろうとした平原県知県蒋楷を逆に罷免し、義和拳を団練として公認しようとすらした。