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    Wushu in ringling bros circus

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    Quote Originally Posted by GeneChing View Post
    Why is Kung Fu so caught up with circus tricks?
    There's a long history of kung fu done for performance in similar venues. The history of Wing Chun inevitably brings us back to the Red Junk Opera Companies, and well before that Marco Polo describes that Kublai Khan had martial arts performed together with acrobatics at imperial banquets. Oh, and then does anybody remember the name of that funny kung fu movie/porn where these guys have a sort of traveling-circus where they take on challengers until they meet this women that wears them down. I've got it somewhere in a banker's box of old VHS tapes...

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    wait...wot?

    Quote Originally Posted by YinOrYan View Post
    Oh, and then does anybody remember the name of that funny kung fu movie/porn where these guys have a sort of traveling-circus where they take on challengers until they meet this women that wears them down.
    Dude, I'd love to see that. That sounds hilarious. Let us know if you remember the title...
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