News and Comments: War of the century between Tai Chi and mixed martial arts

Journal Title: Traditional Medicine Research - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 3

Abstract

On April 27th, the match about a retired mixed martial arts (MMA) boxer Xu Xiaodong knocking out Tai Chi "master" Wei Lei within 20 seconds in Chengdu, China aroused for the national question about the Chinese Kung Fu Tai Chi.

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Editor of TMR Publishing Group

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Editor of TMR Publishing Group (2017). News and Comments: War of the century between Tai Chi and mixed martial arts. Traditional Medicine Research, 2(3), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-45255