Taiji teacher KO'ed by MMA
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2017 1:27 am
Not sure if this has been posted already. Basically recently on the Chinese internet an MMA coach from Beijing (Xu Xiaodong) who runs a regular live-streaming webcast has been taking every opportunity to denigrate and cast aspersions on TCMA, especially taijiquan, saying things like "taiji has tricked people for hundreds of years", and laying down an open challenge. Naturally, a lot of taiji people were unhappy about this but until now no-one had actually accepted the challenge.
A few days ago a teacher called Lei Gong from Sichuan (this is a nickname, don't know his real name) accepted the challenge and got knocked TF out in less than 30 seconds, video here:
Apparently Lei Gong is a grandstudent of Li Yaxuan, i.e. Yang style taiji. Definitely a wake up call for the taiji-ists out there who think push hands practice is enough!
A few days ago a teacher called Lei Gong from Sichuan (this is a nickname, don't know his real name) accepted the challenge and got knocked TF out in less than 30 seconds, video here:
Apparently Lei Gong is a grandstudent of Li Yaxuan, i.e. Yang style taiji. Definitely a wake up call for the taiji-ists out there who think push hands practice is enough!