Re: More brutal thatn UFC
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Originally posted by reemul
In China town (San Fran) back in the day, the Tongs held tournements in which there where no rules people got seriously hurt and from what I understand the winner had to take on any audience member that wish to challenge this final match was with weopons.
Long before, the UFC and much more brutal.
The participants where old school TCMA.
Sounds interesting. How many of these did you see?
Re: More brutal thatn UFC
Quote:
Originally posted by reemul
In China town (San Fran) back in the day, the Tongs held tournements in which there where no rules people got seriously hurt and from what I understand the winner had to take on any audience member that wish to challenge this final match was with weopons.
Long before, the UFC and much more brutal.
The participants where old school TCMA.
That's the problem with most of TMA - everything happened back in the day. back in the day, masters fought challenges to the death. Back in the day, they trained 7 hours a day. back in the day, challenge matches may have even involved weapons, like the one you described. Back in the day, all practitioners were serious and had mastered fa jing and various other jings. What about now? Everything that happened back in the day has very little relevance if it doesn't apply now. Where are the students of these guys? you would think the tradition would live on, since everything else has. it could simply be modified slightly, since killing is frowned upon now.
Look at muay thai - it's always been a brutal art - back in the day, there weren't as many safety rules and equipment to prevent deaths. yeas, on occasion, hand wraps were dipped in sand or glass - typically only grudge match type instances, where a beef had to be settled - today, the sport is still brutal - that has lived on, even though it is safer.
I did just fine in MMA
Excellent. Which organization? what was your record?