December 17, 2020 12:12 AM PST
The Chinese Wushu Association, a powerful body that oversees all of
China’s traditional martial arts, recently made a stunning decree. From
now on, no martial artists in China will be permitted to advertise
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The surprising move from the CWA is a direct response to the surge in
MMA vs. traditional martial arts circus fights that have been happening
all over China since 2017.
The first of these incidents to gain widespread attention happened in
a gym in Chengdu, where the now infamous ‘Mad Dog’ Xu Xiaodong took on
self-proclaimed ‘Thunder-style Tai Chi Master’ Wei Lei.
That fight, which exploded over Chinese social media platforms,
lasted about ten seconds and ended with Wei Lei being knocked
unconscious by Xu. After the fight there were ugly scenes with other tai
chi practitioners trying to fight Xu.
That duel was born out of an internet feud between Xu and Wei. Xu, a
Beijing based MMA trainer, had argued that traditional martial arts were
not useful for either combat sports or self-defense. Xu also took issue
with traditionalists who claimed they possessed supernatural powers. Xu
accused those individuals of faking their powers for profit.
After he beat Wei, Xu went on to fight many other traditional martial
artists; defeating each of them in embarrassing fashion. As he did this
he became a target of both the Chinese Wushu Association and their
close-ally the Chinese government.
Xu was consistently de-platformed on social media sites like Weibo,
which takes its orders directly from the government. Xu was also sued
for slander by a tai chi ‘grand master’, with the backing of the CWA.
That lead to Xu having his social credit rating slashed, meaning he
could no longer own property or travel on high speed rail.Despite all
this Xu fought on, taking on so-called ‘masters’ and speaking out about
the Chinese government. In recent months Xu has defended activists in
Hong Kong and advocated for critics of China’s handling of COVID-19 in
Wuhan.
While Xu’s ability to compete in more spectacle fights were hampered
by the aggressive stance against him by the CWA and the government, that
didn’t stop these types of contests from happening.
Across China there have been multiple viral videos uploaded showing
various experts in tai chi and wing chun fighting with combat sport
athletes. Most of the time, the traditionalist gets knocked out cold.
The Chinese Wushu Association, a powerful body that oversees all of
China’s traditional martial arts, recently made a stunning decree. From
now on, no martial artists in China will be permitted to advertise
themselves as ‘Masters’.To get more news about [b][url=https://freewebnovel.com/invincible.html]Read Martial God Asura online free[/url][/b], you can visit freewebnovel official website.
The surprising move from the CWA is a direct response to the surge in
MMA vs. traditional martial arts circus fights that have been happening
all over China since 2017.
The first of these incidents to gain widespread attention happened in
a gym in Chengdu, where the now infamous ‘Mad Dog’ Xu Xiaodong took on
self-proclaimed ‘Thunder-style Tai Chi Master’ Wei Lei.
That fight, which exploded over Chinese social media platforms,
lasted about ten seconds and ended with Wei Lei being knocked
unconscious by Xu. After the fight there were ugly scenes with other tai
chi practitioners trying to fight Xu.
That duel was born out of an internet feud between Xu and Wei. Xu, a
Beijing based MMA trainer, had argued that traditional martial arts were
not useful for either combat sports or self-defense. Xu also took issue
with traditionalists who claimed they possessed supernatural powers. Xu
accused those individuals of faking their powers for profit.
After he beat Wei, Xu went on to fight many other traditional martial
artists; defeating each of them in embarrassing fashion. As he did this
he became a target of both the Chinese Wushu Association and their
close-ally the Chinese government.
Xu was consistently de-platformed on social media sites like Weibo,
which takes its orders directly from the government. Xu was also sued
for slander by a tai chi ‘grand master’, with the backing of the CWA.
That lead to Xu having his social credit rating slashed, meaning he
could no longer own property or travel on high speed rail.Despite all
this Xu fought on, taking on so-called ‘masters’ and speaking out about
the Chinese government. In recent months Xu has defended activists in
Hong Kong and advocated for critics of China’s handling of COVID-19 in
Wuhan.
While Xu’s ability to compete in more spectacle fights were hampered
by the aggressive stance against him by the CWA and the government, that
didn’t stop these types of contests from happening.
Across China there have been multiple viral videos uploaded showing
various experts in tai chi and wing chun fighting with combat sport
athletes. Most of the time, the traditionalist gets knocked out cold.