the Next competition in martial arts, recently in China’s Shandong province, ended with the defeat known Chinese masters of traditional martial art tai Chi Chuan Mao Bagua. The defeat he inflicted a mere Amateur unarmed combat van Cinimini. The incident sparked a debate in China, which is connected even the newspaper Renmin Ribao, the official newspaper of the CPC Central Committee.
it is Noted that this is not the first time masters of traditional martial arts lose fights, that makes you relate to the ancient battle practices (and in China there are more than 300 schools) with a grain of salt.
the Traditional martial arts could be outdated, according to “people’s daily”. They are directed primarily to physical training in General and perform spectacular tricks, not a real fight. While modern martial arts like MMA, judo, Boxing, Krav Maga and others threw all the scenery, leaving only the functional part. Their goal is to win the battle, not show. Therefore, the struggle between the traditional and the new areas even compared to duel opponents, one of whom the ancient bronze sword, and the other – modern steel.
Plus, the newspaper notes, damage the image of traditional martial arts cause different quacks. For example, one was represented by fighters from Shaolin and was hired for the money of foreign Champions boxers to lose to him in battle.
However, as told “RG” Alexander Fedin, a sinologist, is officially listed by the 7th generation of the tai Chi Yang family, is unlikely to raise the issue of combat advantage for one school over another. Question practice and preparation. “On the record of the battle of Mao Bagua and van Cinimini shows that “tai Chi master” Mao, a middle-aged man clumsily mince feet that says, in essence, about the lack of any skills and experience in fights. And who is he, Mao Bagua hard to say. “Before the introduction of this video about this man in the world of traditional Chinese martial arts, knew nothing, – said Fedin. But we must remember that in tai Chi Quan there are different styles and schools, there are areas where practiced hands-on skills, and there are those where all the preparation is limited to the execution of formal systems”.
Any martial arts, says Fedin, consist of set of techniques and quality of training of the fighter. The second factor is extremely important, as a set of techniques outside of the fighter itself is of little use. “So there is no best or worst martial arts, there are those who are able or not able to use the techniques and adapt them to the specific situation, – the expert believes. In the traditional schools of martial arts in the second half of the twentieth century, more attention is paid to formal combinations, and very little is producedthe whence practical skills. Probably Mao belongs to such a direction. But it should be noted that any modern martial art, if we consider for example the format of the MMA, contains in its Arsenal of many techniques come from traditional martial arts, but if MMA will be turned into a contactless show, then there will very quickly be eroded and the loss of application efficiency.”
