Article on the future of Kung Fu in China

[anerlich]

http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2014/kun...entity-crisis/

It mentions Emei, though the basic thrust is that most if not all of the 19th century arts from around there vanished during the Cultural Revolution.

Interesting. Largely concurs with my own experiences there in the early 1980s and current view.

[Vajramusti]

http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2014/kun...entity-crisis/

It mentions Emei, though the basic thrust is that most if not all of the 19th century arts from around there vanished during the Cultural Revolution.

Interesting. Largely concurs with my own experiences there in the early 1980s and current view.

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Thanks for the interesting article. Modern wushu displaced traditional wushu under Mao. The changes began even before the cultural revolution.
The traditional teachers were often identified with feudalism and the Kuomintang. Many Southern stylists fled to Hong Kong,Macao and SE Asia-
northerners often to Taiwan. Some exceptions- here and there. Chen village was visited by the Red Guard but some dedicated Chen stylists kept the faith and practiced and taught
in private and kept Chen taiji alive. Ip Man helped keep wing chun alive.

[BPWT..]

"Nevertheless, Wulinfeng has a fan base of more than 40 million and is flush with cash. Top fighters can earn $50,000-$60,000 per fight. Wulinfeng is televised weekly on Henan Provincial Satellite Television in China, and has staged international shows in Las Vegas, Tokyo, and Dubai."

That's a nice purse!

[Paddington]

I enjoyed reading this article, thanks for sharing.

[Jimbo]

Good article.

I lived in Taiwan for nearly a decade, until '93, and the most popular MA there BY FAR was TKD. Also, judo, kendo, etc., were/are very popular there. I worked for a while at a MA supply store in Taipei, and we set up the mats for the judo dojo in a newly-built police station.

I remember some guys there telling me that for a time, the Taiwan military hand to hand combat was CMA (Baji? I'm not 100% certain), but that sometime in the 1960s or '70s, a TKD breaking demo convinced the military brass to adopt TKD for their H2H.

*to add:

In Taiwan, many people seemed to have a rather low opinion of kung fu, considering it 'hua quan, xiu tui' ('flowery fist, embroidery legs'; a showy dance useless for fighting), or something that gangsters do.

[Grumblegeezer]

...In Taiwan, many people seemed to have a rather low opinion of kung fu, considering it 'hua quan, xiu tui' ('flowery fist, embroidery legs'; a showy dance useless for fighting)...

Just like a lot of people here.

...Now the gangster thing is different. Here in the States, a gangster, street-thug, or prison association gives cred.

[Eric_H]

"Nevertheless, Wulinfeng has a fan base of more than 40 million and is flush with cash. Top fighters can earn $50,000-$60,000 per fight. Wulinfeng is televised weekly on Henan Provincial Satellite Television in China, and has staged international shows in Las Vegas, Tokyo, and Dubai."

That's a nice purse!

Not compared to top fighters in boxing or MMA here.

[BPWT..]

Not compared to top fighters in boxing or MMA here.

The article gave the amount in dollars, so I was assuming US$. It seems like a decent amount to me

What does a typical MMA fight have for a purse (in the US)?

Earlier this year I was approached by a publisher about a Creative Director position (based in Hong Kong), which offered a salary of US$140,000 per year, plus benefits - so I was basing my shock at the MMA earnings based on that.