Are they the same thing?
“Pain is merely weakness leaving the body”
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thanks kung lek, always wanted to know what the hell that meant
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Sharky, I should expect this level of immaturity from you after seeing your post titled “Hm.” regarding the woman that lives next door to you. I think everyone who unfortuneatly read that post is a bit more ignorant now for doing so. - Spectre
All i wanted was some RICE CAKES! Now? WE MUST BATTLE.
Spot on topic
Chinese MMA promotion Chin Woo Men under investigation for financial crimes
The rising MMA promotion’s parent company is accused by Chinese regulators of ‘illegally absorbing public deposits’.
By Tim Bissell @timothybissell Sep 3, 2018, 7:30pm EDT
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Guangzhou, China, home of Chin Woo Men’s parent company Guangzhou Elephant Health Technology Co. Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images
Chin Woo Men (sometimes referred to as Jing Wu Men) is a popular Chinese MMA promotion based in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. Since late 2016 CWM has hosted nine events in China, mostly in Guangdong, but also in Henan Province. CWM’s most recent card, in July 2018, included four fights with veterans from organizations such as Jungle Fight and Road FC.
Lee Li of AsiaMMA.com writes that since being founded in 2016 CWM has received a lot of recognition in China, which is currently witnessing an uneasy boom in mixed martial arts. The sport has dramatically grown in popularity over recent years, but is yet to receive serious mainstream attention or any kind of endorsement from China’s government.
In light of that uneasy relationship, AsiaMMA reported last week that Chinese MMA – and specifically CWM – has suffered a serious hit to their reputation. The Guangzhou Municipal Public Safety Bureau has opened an investigation into CWM’s parent company Guangzhou Elephant Health Technology Co. (GEHTC).
Along with operating CWM, GEHTC owns Health Mall – a sports e-commerce platform that provides software to sports coaches and manages sports event intellectual property (per China Money Network).
GETHC’s CEO Yang Huali has been arrested along with nine other executives from the company after accusations of “illegally absorbing public deposits.” AsiaMMA describes those charges as:
[QUOTE]…companies “engaged in financial credit business not approved by The People’s Bank of China; illegally absorbing public deposits for the purpose to lend the funds for profit; or a legally established financial institution raising or lowering the interest rate of deposits in violation of commercial bank law and relevant laws and regulations in absorbing deposits”.
Chinese outlet EcoSports states that individuals from the sports and sports education industry who invested tens of billions of yuan in GEHTC have formed WeChat groups where they accuse the company of defrauding them.
AsiaMMA’s Li opined that the scandal may have repercussions for MMA in China, writing: “The incidence of alleged mishandled financing will likely increase the scrutiny under which the sport further develops.” This incident, which may have seen hundreds of individuals lose money to an MMA promoter, is not the first scandal that has threatened MMA’s shot at widespread appeal in China.
Last year Chengdu’s En Bo Fight Club made international news when the club’s mysterious owner En Bo went public on his claims that he has ‘adopted’ hundreds of orphans and trained them to be fighters. Former TUF contestant Jeremy May was one of En Bo’s instructors, he spoke to Bloody Elbow about his experience training orphans last year. The local government stated that En Bo’s adoptions were illegal and removed a number of children from the gym so they could attend public schools.
Also marring MMA’s reputation are the controversial activities of Beijing based MMA fighter Xu Xiaodong. Xu, aka ‘Mad Dog’, has gone viral over the past year by beating up Wing Chun and Tai Chi masters, much to the chagrin of traditional Chinese martial arts enthusiasts (and maybe the government).[/QUOTE]
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Had heard shanghai has a jingwu park with a big statue of huo yuanjia; will try visit sometime maybe burn some insense
To simplify the history of the Jing Wu School, the backdrop of several well known films including Bruce Lee’s “The Chinese Connection,” it was a Chinese Martial Arts School in Shanghai that operated in the early 1900’s to about mid-1900’s. It sought to move the practice and teaching of Kung-Fu from private family groups to making it available to the general public. It was a school where various instructors of different styles could teach their art to the public and make a living. Often, instructors of distinct styles became friends and exchanged techniques. Such was the case with Yip Juting (of MiZhong Lohan) and Lau Fat Mang (of Eagle Claw). Mi Zhong Lohan forms, to this day, contain Eagle Claw movements. As many systems proved to be too difficult for the general public, a series of “Jing Wu” forms were created. Each instructor had to teach these forms to their students before they were allowed to teach their specific style. Forms such as “Gong Li Chuan,” “Da Zhahn Chuan,” “Shepard’s Flocking Staff,” and “Tan Tui” were among these. One can look up Jing Wu forms online or on You Tube to see them. Many schools teach these forms as introductory forms or as a part of their style’s curriculum to this day. I believe the Jing Wu school shut down in the 1940’s. It’s legacy is alive and well through those forms and the many instructors who can trace their lineage to someone who learned at that school. When we write Chinese words in English it’s called Pinyin. The spelling is often irrelevant as the focus is more on the sound/pronunciation. So, for example: Gong Fu is the same as Kung-Fu, Chuan (fist) is the same is Kune (fist). It can also get a bit confusing due to there being Mandarin and Cantonese way’s of saying the same words.
Yes, same thing……………….