On the money!
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On the money!
Djuan,
Verifiable, meaning historically verifiable (and when I say that, I mean by rigorous Western standards). If you think folk history is devoid of political agenda then we live on completely...
Agreed on the staining. Most likely staining their own pants ;)
OK, fair enough that the definition of purity is your own. In reality though, the majority of CMA that’s around today is actually...
100% agree with everything you said. Why so sensible?!!
'Additionally, a significantly higher increase in salivary oxytocin followed ground grappling, as compared to "punch-kick" sparring, indicating an added benefit of close contact and interaction.'
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XXD’s not staining TCMA. The idiots he’s beating are the stains, if anything.
Where are these plenty of ‘real fighters’ who train pure TCMA, and what is pure TCMA?
Don’t get me wrong. Like...
If you want to see fighters with a sanda background who have most successfully transitioned to MMA its in One FC, the best of all coming from the Philippines. Along with those already mentioned, Geje...
Eduard Foloyang, Kevin Belingon (most of Team Lakay), Zhang Weili, Zhang Tiequan, Zhang Lipeng, Yao Zikui, Li Jingliang, Muslim Salikhov, Shamil Abdurakhimov all come from sanda. There are many other...
Cast not pearls before swine!
There's not much future in MMA for him (in fact unless he gets out of China, not much history for him in anything), however he has a long history in Chinese MMA and can be considered one of the first...
I agree about how it's being reported.
The people Xu Xiaodong is bashing are charlatans at worse, or deluded idiots at best - regardless of their age, physical condition or lack of ability. We should be asking ourselves why we have so...
Interesting hypothesis! There's no doubt of Han Tong's prominent place in the 7 Long. We should revisit the 7 Long. Which version are you referring to? There are a few versions (mainly differences in...
Hi KB,
The link between old Mantis and Ming popular culture/literature is clearer. The difficult part will be linking 7 Long to Beng Bu. Although most of 7 Long techniques appear in Beng Bu, they...
Hi MB,
Xiaohuyan came into Tanglang only in the Republic Era (introduced mainly via the Qingdao and Jinan Guoshuguan) and is certainly not listed in any of the old manuscripts. It's really a...
Yep, the timing is certainly right.
BT
Cool. Hence my rhetorical question about art imitating life, or vice versa. It's clear that there was a fair amount of life imitating art going on. These novels and the related plays/operas...
Nothing wrong with zombies! ;)
Pretty interesting assessment of Tongbi by the author. I can see where this is going, as these (tongbi/tongbei, wrapping and sealing) are both pretty much components...
Hi KB
As far as I know he's a character from a story set in the Warring States period. Will be good to hear what you've found. Good luck convincing me about Han Tong being the origin of Beng Bu...
Hi LtN,
KB knows more, however of the forms you mentioned - TL Shou, Lanjie, Xiao Fanche and Zhaiyao are the only ones that are really found in greater MH family, but BBTL Zhaiyao is completely...
Lei Lei is a clown. Here's his latest bout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3oOFoT9ZYk
These guys are not exactly advancing TCMA, ha ha...
At least it sounds like he finally got some sense...
No worries. Glad to be of assistance!
Here's Yu Tianlu's Beng Bu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVtlMlqdbX4
Very nice article Gene!
FYI the Qixing Tanglang master you learned from in Yantai was Yu Tianlu, brother of Yu Tiancheng and disciple of Lin Jingshan (who was also the master of Yu Hai, before he...
The first few 'Shaolin' tours to Australia were all from Shandong as well (though of course not billed that way). Funny that when I got a chance to speak to the team members, almost all of them came...