kung fu as a combat sport

[r.(shaolin)]

Some of you might find this wire interesting.
(Guangchow Station: Sept. 24th wire)
Last night a 8 pm, the long-awaited professional tournament between the national Chinese Kung Fu team and the Tai Boxing team finally took place at the Canton Gymnasium. A fter 7 rounds, and close to 3 hrs. of intense competition, the Chinese national team won over the Thai team by a score of 5:2.
The participants of this professional competition were selected from the best members of both Chinese and Thai teams. The Chine se team was represented by 5 national san-shou champions, while the Thai team was led by its professional champion " Golden Belt" winnner. The Thai team was further made of 3 other "Golden Belt" winners. Both sides gave their best in the competitions culminating in the final round when the Chinese team member threw the Thai member outside the ring.ˇ

[This message was edited by r.(shaolin) on 10-02-01 at 12:44 PM.]

[Daelomin]

That tournament was a fad. Full of unfair judging from the chinese judges. I think that the Thais would have won if there would have been better judging and not some stupid point system. There were matches where the sanda fighter was beaten really badly and the Thai was in perfect condition then the judges gave the win to the sanda guy because he had gotten in more hits, ineffective hits that did nothing. Stupid

[Yuen]

Chinese kung fu practicioners won because they were better, not because of any judging problem. Both kung fu practicioners and thai boxers were aware of the system. Hurray, long live China! :)