Hanzou
Grandmaster
1. Liar.
2. What is you point in the constant and repeated attacks on everything that isn't MMA?
Still waiting for an answer.
If I say that Kung Fu is declining and provide articles to back up that statement, you view that as an attack?
How sad.
Again, don't shoot the messenger. I'm merely reporting what other people have found. I don't know why you feel the need to create excuses why Kung Fu is declining. Everyone understands that the cultural revolution had an impact on Chinese martial arts, and those effects have rippled down to the present day. However, we also can't discount the fact that Kung Fu experienced a pretty healthy resurgence in the 80s and 90s that quickly dissipated once MMA came on the scene.
kuniggety bought up an old film showing a tournament between Kung Fu fighters and MT fighters where the KF guys got eaten alive. I saw a similar film, but it involved Kyokushin Karate guys versus a set of KF fighters from China. The film was called Fighting Black Kings and just like the film kuniggety saw, the KF fighters got eaten alive. If I find the video I'll be sure to post it. It's quite amusing.
Anyway, I truly feel that if we start seeing some authentic Kung Fu stylists enter MMA competition and do well (and actually doing Kung Fu instead of doing something you can't discern from standard kickboxing) you'd see that trend reverse itself. Unfortunately, I think we both know that that's never going to happen for an entire host of reasons.
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