The most well-known of the kung-fu matches was the highly publicized "death match" in 1977 with Lee Man Chin, Grandmaster of The Seven Animals System. Upon arriving in the U.S., Chin issued a challenge to all American martial artists. At the request of the Grandmaster of the Fu Jow Pai system, Ng Wai Hong, Vizzio accepted the challenge. The fight was broadcast on a Chinese radio in New York. Vizzio won by a knockout in 6 seconds. A Chinese language publication that annually named the 10 biggest news events in the Chinese-speaking world, ranked Vizzio's victory number three for the year.
Steve James wrote:In NYC, a sifu named Wai Hong began teaching Fu Jow Pai (Tiger Claw school) in the 60s. In China, some got upset and wanted him to stop. So, a challenge was arranged between a representative from the Chinese school and one of Hong's. The guy chosen was Paul Vizzio. Here's the story:The most well-known of the kung-fu matches was the highly publicized "death match" in 1977 with Lee Man Chin, Grandmaster of The Seven Animals System. Upon arriving in the U.S., Chin issued a challenge to all American martial artists. At the request of the Grandmaster of the Fu Jow Pai system, Ng Wai Hong, Vizzio accepted the challenge. The fight was broadcast on a Chinese radio in New York. Vizzio won by a knockout in 6 seconds. A Chinese language publication that annually named the 10 biggest news events in the Chinese-speaking world, ranked Vizzio's victory number three for the year.
http://www.ikfkickboxing.com/PaulVizzio.htm
Anyway, after the term "kickboxing" was invented and a professional kickboxing (karate) association and league were formed, Paul was a champion in a couple of divisions for over 20 years. Plenty of videos on Youtube. Paul coached the people from Hong's school that fought in the open tournaments we entered.
johnwang wrote:Which strategy do you like better?
1. This clip shows a fight can last for a long time. You attack, I retreat. I attack, you retreat.
2. This clip shows you can end a fight within 7 seconds.
Any time I hear "but this looks like kickboxing... " I want kick or punch the guy.
wang xiangzhai wrote:Not an expert by any means but here is my take as a fan of both MMA and CMA: I believe we will see a taste of "real CMA fighting" when a talented chinese MMA fighter with a background in CMA - most probably Xingyi - enters the octagon and wins the UFC lightweight belt - and this is, by the sheer force of numbers, bound to happen sooner or later. But it wont be "diferent"(after all, we all have the same body, same muscles, etc), the CMA essence will show in a subtle manner, in the same way one can see the Machida or Wonderboy "are" karatekas.
windwalker wrote:Any time I hear "but this looks like kickboxing... " I want kick or punch the guy.
why, its just an observation that people often note about those who say they practice CMA, that what is trained is often not what is used.
there's a disconnect. Either it works "as trained" and one can use it, or doesn't and never did...
There are what are called trademarks of a system "movements or strategy's" unique to it that make it different from anything else used.
Otherwise why name it? why call it anything?
This was a common complaint in the 70s
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