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Chitchat Chink Police Rescues 4 Tai Chi "Experts" From Certain Death By Shutting Down MMA Bout

JohnTan

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Police in Shanghai on Monday closed down an unlicensed fight between two teams – one led by a tai chi master and the other by a leading mixed martial artist – just weeks after footage of a similar, very bloody, contest went viral online.

Mad Dog Xu Xiaodong prepares for the fight that never was on Monday in Shanghai. Photo: Handout

The event, dubbed a “group brawl”, was set to pitch four MMA fighters, led by Xu Xiaodong, against four tai chi experts led by Ma Baoguo, Guangzhou Daily reported.



The planned fight came just weeks after Xu, a fighter and promoter of mixed martial arts, doled out a severe beating to another tai chi master, Wei Lei, in a bout that lasted just 10 seconds. Many commentators described the fight as a clear victory for modern combat techniques over traditional styles.

Monday’s bout, however, failed to get underway after police raided the venue, the report said.

Footage of the incident posted on YouTube shows the would-be combatants preparing for the bout in front of a crowd of spectators, before the lights go out and police come in.

Officers are then seen talking to Xu who can be heard saying: “I will certainly cooperate, but don’t push me. You won’t be able to push me!”
He is later seen being escorted from the premises.
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In late April, Xu – known as “Mad Dog” for his intense fighting style – scored a convincing victory over Wei, after making controversial remarks about tai chi in which he said he wanted to “expose” its lack of merit.

crack down on fake things, because they are fake. Fake things must be eliminated. No question,” he was quoted as saying by state-owned tabloid Global Times after his win.

Wei was once featured in a Chinese Central Television documentary as “one of the greatest tai chi masters in China”.

Xu’s crushing victory in their head-to-head contest led to a passionate debate online about the relative merits of the two martial art forms.


Many people suggested that Wei’s defeat showed that traditional martial arts had been found wanting in a real combat situation.

Supporters of the centuries-old art form, however, pointed to its place in Chinese history and culture. Others, of a more patriotic bent, seemed outraged that MMA, a form of combat championed in the West, could be considered superior to a traditional Chinese martial art.

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The Chinese Martial Arts Association said in a statement in May that the initial match had been illegal, and had “violated the morals of martial arts”.

“Wushu is a traditional Chinese exercise activity, an excellent part of traditional culture, with merits for physical fitness, self-defence and health cultivation,” the statement said.

Other martial arts experts, including tai chi masters Lu Xing and Wang Zhanhai, rushed to challenge Xu to provide “fresh perspective on marital arts”, Lu was quoted as saying to local media.

Meanwhile, Chinese tycoon Chen Sheng, founder of the Tiandi No. 1 drinks company, even offered to raise the stakes by putting 10 million yuan (US$1.5 million) into the mix to “defend the dignity” of traditional martial artists.
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Xu’s microblogging account was deactivated after the national attention, but internet users excitedly referenced the latest incident with the police as his “resurrection” after months of silence. They also complained about the apparent deletion of messages relating to the planned Shanghai bout.

“Blocked again! This is regional politics!” one person wrote.

“[Xu] can defeat all of the ‘fakeness’ across the lakes and rivers, but he cannot defeat the government!”

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Re: Chink Police Rescues 4 Tai Chi "Experts" From Certain Death By Shutting Down MMA

Tai Chi Masters must engage 80 year old ladies to throw coins into the ring to ensure that they will survive the bout.

After chanting by old ladies, the masters can even stop bullets penetrating their bodies with their chi :smile:
 

cocobobo

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Re: Chink Police Rescues 4 Tai Chi "Experts" From Certain Death By Shutting Down MMA

one, or maybe both groups of fighters called the cops.

old trick... lol
 

Narong Wongwan

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Re: Chink Police Rescues 4 Tai Chi "Experts" From Certain Death By Shutting Down MMA

one, or maybe both groups of fighters called the cops.

old trick... lol

Yes likely the cowardly 'tai chi 'masters.'
Similar modus operandi as lhl.....con LHY to buy the house then use secret committee to gazette it.
 

virus

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Re: Chink Police Rescues 4 Tai Chi "Experts" From Certain Death By Shutting Down MMA

one, or maybe both groups of fighters called the cops.

old trick... lol

Leemember call mata to settle is free one send gangster need to pay
 

frenchbriefs

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Re: Chink Police Rescues 4 Tai Chi "Experts" From Certain Death By Shutting Down MMA

If wing Chun u only need one vs four.
 

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Re: Chink Police Rescues 4 Tai Chi "Experts" From Certain Death By Shutting Down MMA

YouTube shows the would-be combatants preparing for the bout in front of a crowd of spectators, before the lights go out and police come in.

Sounds like a WWE setup. Only the undertaker did not show up.
 
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