MMA in Straits Times today

[Ysc3]

Tai Chi vs MMA - the fight everyone in China is talking about!

[Victor68]

Tai Chi vs MMA - the fight everyone in China is talking about!

 

:yeah-im-not-drunk: How on earth he stand a chance? His dressing also restrict his moment and with no rules? But I like his courage.

[Throttle2]

wow any pic of this 320 pounder? hard to imagine a local can get so big (unless he's just fat).

 

Ronnie coleman was around 260lbs only during competition. I think he can only get to over 300lbs off season.

 

During the days when i was more enthusiastic abt bodybuilding, i could only get to 190lbs, and i'm 6ft tall. In pics with frens, I already looked double the size of the ladies standing beside me, so can;t imagine how large of a 320 lbs guy can be, especially in sg context.

Wah Bodybuilding, 190lbs, 6ft!!

I better siam far away and not disiao you anymore, before you bash me up into a pulp.

 

I am only 180lbs 5'7" although highly skilled in most ball games and racquet sports.

 

Better run far far.....

 

Respect your determination and vanity......hee heee

I wish i could be as determined and vain too.

[Ysc3]

:yeah-im-not-drunk: How on earth he stand a chance? His dressing also restrict his moment and with no rules? But I like his courage.

not to mention the age, size and build, speed and intensity difference.

 

the taiji master is only showing off a set of rehearsed skills whereas the MMA is just out for a kill - no matter what. 

[Enye]

means all kung fu bluff one

 

law of the jungle prevails

 

ladies better not learn any defensive skills... don't get lulled into a false sense of security

 

train to run fast and far is the best thing to do

 

 

[Jman888]

the master haven't had chance to slowly hypnotize the opponent.

[Leinad8919]

means all kung fu bluff one

 

law of the jungle prevails

 

ladies better not learn any defensive skills... don't get lulled into a false sense of security

 

train to run fast and far is the best thing to do

 

 

[Wyfitms]

Wah Bodybuilding, 190lbs, 6ft!!

I better siam far away and not disiao you anymore, before you bash me up into a pulp.

 

I am only 180lbs 5'7" although highly skilled in most ball games and racquet sports.

 

Better run far far.....

 

Respect your determination and vanity......hee heee

I wish i could be as determined and vain too.

Don't modest lah

U also very dense

So much shorter but only 10lb less

If charge at me I also cannot take it

Pang chance pls

[Yewheng]

320lbs?

Ronnie Coleman is one of the biggest bodybuilder, much much bigger than Arnold Schwarzenegger.

His weight is between 300-330lbs.

With the body its just too extreme. Why torture body until like that? Haha

[Throttle2]

Don't modest lah

U also very dense

So much shorter but only 10lb less

If charge at me I also cannot take it

Pang chance pls

[Ender]

Can prepare more popcorn and jiak as more traditional martial arts experts are accepting this MMA guy's challenge. A couple of them are taiji master, so would be interesting to watch.

 

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2092285/chinas-kung-fu-experts-step-out-challenge-mma-fighter-who-beat

Kung fu experts next in line for MMA fighter who whipped tai chi master in just 10 seconds

 

More kung fu masters have risen to the challenge posed by a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter in China after the man defeated a tai chi master in just 10 seconds.

 

The duel last week between MMA fighter Xu Xiaodong and tai chi master Wei Lei in Chengdu, Sichuan province, sparked heated debate over which is superior – modern combat tactics or traditional martial arts – after a video of the fight was widely shared online.

 

Xu told The Beijing News on Monday that a handful of other kung fu masters had since responded to his open challenge.

 

“I will surely accept the challenge,” he said.

 

Xu had issued the challenge to various kung fu masters and even said on his Weibo account that he could defeat two or three of them together.

 

Among Xu’s challengers were two tai chi masters Lu Xing and Wang Zhanhai; Guangzhou native Li Shangxian who specialises in the Shaolin Meihua Zhuang form of Chinese boxing, and Yi Long, a monk known for his martial arts prowess.

 

Lu, who is president of the Sichuan taichi pushing hands research institute, told the Chengdu Business News that he had invited Xu to a public duel to “teach him a lesson”.

 

“He is deeply biased against the traditional martial arts and his words were insulting. I challenged him so he could have a fresh perspective of tai chi and the true traditional martial arts,” said Lu, who specialises in a form of tai chi known as tuishou, or pushing hands.

 

Lu said he was 80 per cent sure of winning the fight as tai chi masters had “iron fist, air foot and iron back, which need more than 20 years of hard practice”.

 

Xu’s form of martial arts was more about projecting an explosive force, he said.

Xu is a trained kung fu free-combat sportsman who taught himself MMA fighting.

In his duel with Wei, who also calls himself Lei Lei, last Thursday, he pummelled the tai chi master to the ground within 10 seconds.

Wei is a practitioner of the Yang style of tai chi, characterised by its slow, steady movements.

Xu said traditional Chinese martial arts were all about form but not practical. Tai chi could not be compared to real combat tactics, he said.

 

 

 

[Thaiyotakamli]

Wah Bodybuilding, 190lbs, 6ft!!

I better siam far away and not disiao you anymore, before you bash me up into a pulp.

 

I am only 180lbs 5'7" although highly skilled in most ball games and racquet sports.

 

Better run far far.....

 

Respect your determination and vanity......hee heee

I wish i could be as determined and vain too.

Cant u guys use kg and cm? Lol

 

I am 6ft but 250lbs

[Atonchia]

With the body its just too extreme. Why torture body until like that? Haha

To look big and strong.

[Atonchia]

Can prepare more popcorn and jiak as more traditional martial arts experts are accepting this MMA guy's challenge. A couple of them are taiji master, so would be interesting to watch.

 

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2092285/chinas-kung-fu-experts-step-out-challenge-mma-fighter-who-beat

Should get the Grand master or his disciples

https://youtu.be/ppuz3ktDYvc

His style is both slow and quick, smooth and hard.

[Atonchia]

https://youtu.be/LLhw9NnL2pY

 

This guy talk about real fighting and competitive fighting with rules.

[Datsun366]

Chey. Tot Malaysian Medical Association simi daiji associated with a rag...

 

Anyway, the mama fighter has hurt people before and is willing to hurt, the Taiji fella is used to sparring, the loss is not the martial art, it's the individual.

Anyway, the fellow in the film was not quite five feet tall and weighed maybe forty kilos. Killed a samurai in a duel before and was an exclusive IJA instructor. He was in Manchuria for a number of years. The real deal.

His understanding of how long a fight lasts, in the blink of the eye.

 

Enjoy exclusive rare footage by a small Giant.

 

[Victor68]

means all kung fu bluff one

 

law of the jungle prevails

 

ladies better not learn any defensive skills... don't get lulled into a false sense of security

 

train to run fast and far is the best thing to do

 

 

[synthez]

The kung-fu master needs to be familiar with grappling techniques. The advantage of MMA are their grappling techniques, which many mainstream martial arts do not teach. At least the watered-down ones that are taught in school. Once the tai chi master was down, game over. 

In any case martial arts comes in many forms la. Some for art and history, some for keeping healthy. A lot of the deadlier techniques are not practiced as the world became more civilised. Everyone loves the Ip Man vs 10 karate masters scene. The reality is many of those injuries he inflicted would have been permanent.