wondering about that 1928 tournament that got stopped

[JetLi'sFearless]

I know that wai lan something guy is sitll alive and some others from it so why hasn't anyoen itnerviewed them about it and asked how it compard to mdoern ufc's why is it all speculation at a time where those guys are still alive adn cane asily be reached and interviewed?

[Meat Shake]

After Ashida Kim sent a massive blast of 1.21 jiggawatts spiraling through the time rift, the wai lun something guy exploded and was forgotten.
He should have never shamed his family.

[firepalm]

If you are referring to Wan Lai Sheng, he actually passed away well over ten years ago.

[JetLi'sFearless]

well in a recent tai chi kung fu magazine I was reading there wer epictures of him and the article amd eit sound liek he was alive and all, i think it even said someone talked to him recently.

[firepalm]

Not sure if we are talking about same person but here is some info on Wan Laisheng (note about third paragraph or so mentions him passing away)
http://www.nardis.com/~twchan/wan.html

[Blacktiger]

Wan Lai Shen is dead no doubt about that -unfortunatley:(

[SifuAbel]

wondering about........


..........what the point is.

[Jingwu Man]

Is this the same infamous 1928 tournament with no rules and no weight classes, and where a number of people died in the ring? If so, it was probably good gongfu, but I wouldn't recommend it. True no holds barred fighting.

[Akronviper]

Well if you were 20 at the time of the tournament that makes you 99 now, thats a long time to still be around. Good luck in the search.

[GeneChing]

It's in our 2007 March/April issue (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=693) - Ziranmen Kung Fu By Liu Deming. The article acknowledges that Wan is deceased.

Renowned for his fighting skill and combative nature, Master Wan is generally remembered as a hardened fighter, who travelled the length and breadth of the country to engage with other martial artist. p. 25.

[lkfmdc]

NO one died in the 1928 tournament, just a bunch of injuries that made the gov't officials nervous so they stopped it, my bet is a lot of messed up hands and feet, like the early UFC's

[Blacktiger]

It would have been great to be a fly on the wall that day :)