Posted on 04/15/2023 5:06:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Most of us have seen highly-skilled Shaolin monks in movies, where they punish their opponents with an array of slick moves.
Well, in a recent kung fu boxing championship match in Guangdong, a Chinese man claiming to be a Shaolin monk was unceremoniously knocked out by his opponent in under two minutes.
The self-claimed Shaolin monk, Shi Yongjun, was up against a boxing amateur known as Ah Jun.
The match took place at a shopping mall in Guangdong last Friday (April 7), reported Chinese media.
Among the participants were professional boxers, traditional martial artists and even influencers.
Videos of Shi's embarrassing performance quickly circulated on Chinese social media, earning laughs from netizens.
In the clip, Shi, dressed in a monk's robe without gloves, started off the match by moving around Ah Jun, and gesturing frantically.
Unfortunately, his 'moves' were no match for the boxer, who knocked him down easily with two punches in the face.
Despite being floored, the 'monk' regained his composure, got up and proceeded to chase Ah Jun around the ring for another minute before getting knocked out.
While he was lying on the ground, someone asked if Shi could continue the match, and the latter shook his head, with a defeated expression on his face.
After the video of his defeat went viral, netizens started questioning if he was a real monk in the first place, reported 8world.
Even his opponent, Ah Jun, took to Douyin to call his bluff, saying that he was trying to fool others with his fake moves.
Others also began scrutinising his moves in the ring, pointing out that they were nothing like actual Shaolin kung fu.
Chinese MMA fighter knocks out two kung fu 'masters' Unfortunately, Shi isn't the only self-proclaimed martial arts practitioner to have been ridiculed online.
In 2019, a Chinese mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, A Hu, knocked out two kung fu 'masters' in one night.
A Hu fought a Wing Chun 'master' named Ding Hao, whom he easily defeated by landing a punch flush on the latter's temple, sending him crumpling into the ropes.
His second opponent that night, a Tai Chi practitioner Song De Cai was also dominated in a similar method, receiving several punches to his face and body.
I guess the monk wasn’t Kwai Chang Caine.
Apparently he did not do the pebble out of hand thing.
“The secret to Martial Arts, is not style but training.” “Practice a hundred moves five times, it is of no use whatsoever. But practice one move every day, and it’ll be your lifetime protector.”
Dad, and I never missed “Kung Fu” when it was aired. Good times.
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.
Mike Tyson
I am Caine.
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.
The problem with most martial arts is that most do not practice “full contact”. They have nice moves, but are not used to taking a hit.
Boxers are trained to take hits and keep fighting.
Kung Fu was before my time. However, I did enjoy “Kung Fu: The Legend Continues” in the mid 90’s.
Argument by exception.
The left does that all the time.
Abortion: what about the 12 year old girl that was raped by her uncle?
Climate change: look at this one spot somewhere on earth and how it’s gotten hotter, ignore the snow blizzards elsewhere.
Guns: look an assault weapon was used for a crime (small percent).
Abortion: Once upon a time, 35 years ago, there actually was someone that bombed an abortion clinic. It’s not common. But you’d never guess that reading the media which still mentions this constantly.
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They use the 1% exception and pretend that’s an argument to make a rule. It isn’t. It actually shows they’re stupid, or their readers are stupid and those writing that garbage are manipulative.
Fake martial arts work great until you try to use them on people who aren’t your students.
Huh?
I believe I read that David Carradine was drinking a 1.75 liter jug of vodka or other spirits daily while he played the older relative of the star in that series.
Wouldn’t surprise me. But as a teenager, I still enjoyed the show.
Carradine had his share of demons that got the best of him.
That being said I liked his work.
Yes, but you’ve got it opposite.
The exception is if a king fu master beats a boxer.
King fu is movie stuff.
Bruce Lee. nuf said.
It always comes down to the fighters in question. Some people are simply more adept than others at fighting. I doubt that this boxer could defeat the Shaolin monks of the past, who dozen Shaolin monks have held off an army.
The Mao Chinese destroyed probably 97% of what used to be taught in the Shaolin temples.
Gotta admit Mike Tyson could turn a phrase. That one’s a classic.
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