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Why is it difficult for Chinese martial arts to go beyond China’s borders and reach the world?
Hehe, martial arts – it’s best to associate them with those who sold strength-enhancing pills on street corners back in the day. There are so many exaggerations involved that it’s almost unbelievable. Looking at the \"martial arts\" competitions held in sports events, they are not much different from international gymnastics competitions; and when combined with the \"performances\" characteristic of Peking Opera, well… Now, they talk about integration – you call it boxing, and I call it sanda. You can’t win; I’ll leave you a chance to live. Teach Chinese kung fu to those who can win it – it’s actually just talk. Last year, there were two such challenges – masters like Yongchun and various boxing legends ended up with swollen noses and faces after being beaten by Western-style fighters, yet they still tried to justify their actions.;P Those who are interested in this topic can go and look for reports on it: lol
The adoption rate in the domestic market isn’t high either! Learning martial arts also costs money!
Have you seen \"The Warrior\"? It is starring Wang Baoqiang and Donnie Yen. Feng Yuxiu, played by Wang Baoqiang, says, \"Kung fu is a skill for killing; it originates from fighting and killing others.\" But in modern times it is called martial arts, a skill for making a living, with schools opening to take students and earn money. Only Bruce Lee was able to go global; that was true kung fu. It’s a shame that he was used in movies.
Search for Xu Xiaodong or Xu Donggua – the videos of them facing off against those martial arts masters are almost all under 1 minute long; those masters get defeated even faster than in cases of premature ejaculation.