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Xu Xiaodong, the Chinese MMA fighter challenging fake kung fu, gets backing from Shaolin Temple monk
South China Morning Post ^ | 08/19/2019 | Nick Atkin

Posted on 08/20/2019 9:30:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 08/20/2019 9:30:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Xu Xiaodong takes on tai chi master Wei Lei, Flattens the master in 10 seconds


2 posted on 08/20/2019 9:34:29 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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Xu Xiaodong bludgeons another kung fu ‘master’


3 posted on 08/20/2019 9:35:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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Get this guy on the Joe Rogan show!


4 posted on 08/20/2019 9:36:26 AM PDT by PGR88
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MMA Fighter Defeats Wing Chun Fighter


5 posted on 08/20/2019 9:36:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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Everybody no Wing Chun tonight?....................


6 posted on 08/20/2019 9:37:46 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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Martial arts should be used to buy enough time to draw your handgun, which should be used to buy enough time to get to your car.


7 posted on 08/20/2019 9:38:10 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (This Space For Rant)
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So apparently China really is EXACTLY like you see in old kung fu movies...


8 posted on 08/20/2019 9:38:39 AM PDT by cpt jack 1
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This is gonna be one awesome thread!


9 posted on 08/20/2019 9:38:43 AM PDT by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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first their mouth moves ... then you hear what they said ...


10 posted on 08/20/2019 9:40:26 AM PDT by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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To be fair, Tai Chi is not really a combat style of martial arts.

Furthermore, I’d say that pitting any single martial art style against an MMA fighter is very likely going to end in defeat for the single martial art style, because the fighter isn’t well rounded, and probably hasn’t ever faced anyone who is well rounded.


11 posted on 08/20/2019 9:40:50 AM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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Trump is MMA


12 posted on 08/20/2019 9:42:48 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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“Everybody is Kung Fu fighting.”
Unfortunately they’re losing as fast as lightning.


13 posted on 08/20/2019 9:43:21 AM PDT by StormEye
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Fake Fu??!


14 posted on 08/20/2019 9:45:39 AM PDT by DannyTN
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Xu said he had to go into hiding for several months in 2017 after claiming he was assaulted by two strangers who represented traditional martial arts.


If traditional martial arts are a scam, why would he need to hide from a mere 2 purveyors of the same?


15 posted on 08/20/2019 9:47:02 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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kung POW chicken. where is Cain when we need him.


16 posted on 08/20/2019 9:48:35 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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If traditional martial arts are a scam, why would he need to hide from a mere 2 purveyors of the same?

Perhaps because they were carrying firearms?

17 posted on 08/20/2019 9:58:08 AM PDT by flamberge (The wheels keep turning)
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It is traditional form Purism Vs “Mixed Martial Arts”. It is a pure discipline against a mixed and unorthodox style. One has traditional form and discipline and the other is mixed and has no adherence to to any particular style at all.


18 posted on 08/20/2019 9:58:46 AM PDT by Openurmind
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‘One has traditional form and discipline and the other is mixed and has no adherence to to any particular style at all.”

It’s not that MMA has no adherence to any particular style, but that well rounded MMA fighters are skilled at striking, skilled at wrestling and skilled at submissions.

Someone who has only studied striking is at a significant disadvantage to someone who has studied at all aspects of fighting.


19 posted on 08/20/2019 10:09:29 AM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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Absolutely. This is my gist. It would be like taking a baseball player and throwing him into a game of football. While the two are both considered ball games, in reality the two are nowhere near the same in how they are played. Someone proficient at the one cannot be rightfully compared to someone proficient in the other.


20 posted on 08/20/2019 10:38:10 AM PDT by Openurmind
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