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.
Mouth. Until they get punched in the mouth. That quote always made me wince!
Was his name, “Wimp Low”?
The style of karate I learned combined both karate and judo.
Kung Fu is dance and little more.
I thought this was another gender bending equality attempt, where they pitch a man against a woman but only where they got a girl to win.
I now realize both were guys.
I guess all this gender nonsense isn’t so popular elsewhere.
The guy was much bigger then that ‘monk’.
Chuck Norris.
Btw:Notice,no gloves, no face shields?
That’s how our ranking matches went.🥴
Tekki Kata’s.
Look them up.
Completely different from heian kata’s.
Used for in close combat.
of note; tx
Bruce Lee would have been killed by Muhammad Ali.
Thanks, I’ll check that style out
There was a karate dude in mma fighting who also dominated for a long time in the heavyweight division- Lyoto Machida-
he was my favorite fighter because of the style he Incorporated into mma fighting. He often fought with hands down, (which is a big no no usually in mma) just out of reach of the opponents striking distance, and leaning backwards to keep his head out of range and would explode with speed and power in a counter punching strike that was really something g to behold.
He also had devestating kicks, and had one of the best front kick knockouts I’ve ever seen in mma.
As he got older though he lost the speed he once had, and the opponents learned to exploit his weaknesses (mostly leg kicks), and eventually he lost the belt. He couldn’t quite connect with his counterpunches anymore, and his hands down, leaning back stance was figured out by the opponents and ended up costing him points eventually.
Everyone scoffed at karate being used in mma- but they dropped their moc,ing when he began destroying his opponents. Many began to imitate his style for awhile after-
I beleive he is now in the mma hall of fame.
“Fung Ku” - the art of kicking ass in slow motion.
Snatch the Pebble from my hand Grasshopper. 😏
Ali wouldn’t have been able to touch Lee.
Dana White has said that Bruce Lee was the father of Mixed Martial Arts in 2004.
All of the giants are dead.
You don’t win fights with “stylized” fighting!
Bruce Lee was not a practitioner of Gung Fu alone.
He incorporated any techniques that enhanced his fighting ability .. including boxing, wrestling and numerous other moves.
A style of No style so to speak.
That is why Dana White called him the father of mma.
And yes He would be a major name in the fights today.
Oh and so would Ip Man.
I mention Ip Man because of your Gung Fu comments.
(Look him up)
Ip man would probably destroy a majority of fighters today .. same as Lee!
As I said, all of the truly great ones are dead!
Yet, watching Lee in the Green Hornet, I, as a young white boy, would have loved him in Kung Fu. Actually, I was disappointed that the Green Hornet was short lived for that reason. I was watching Batman and Robin at that time. There was even an overlap show with the Green Hornet and BR.
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