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Hi guyz,
im new to the forum.
Im really posting in this forum in the hope to gain a little more knowledge on a subject I'm unsure of.
That is K1/UFC or Pride (or any other tornament ie. Muay Thai?)I know what they r in general rulez/regulations etc. though there r a few areas, im not 100% sure of.
Perhaps before i should tell u a little about what im talkin about,
I have been studying under Shifu Shi Yan Zi (aka -Mighty Steel Leg), Yan Lei (aka - Big Monster), Yan Jiang and Yan Chang, in Traditional Shaolin for a while now. Recently a friend of mine has suggested the idea of one of the monks competing in 1 of these tornaments; he also has the necessay contacts to arrange the fight. Though i would like abit of feedback from others before we choose a particular tornament.
The 2 most likely to fight would be either Shifu Yan Zi or Yan Lei both have tremendous experience in fighting and (Shifu Yan Zi also holds an undefeated record as China's San Shou Champion).
We have had offer an offer from Black Belt magazine to do a full cover story too, as the idea may finally settle the age old arguement "which is better Modern martial arts or traditional".
So basically the situation is this; i have the above idea which i think will be of great benefit to my school (Shaolin Temple UK) and its reputation. And i have to sell this idea to the monks soon, Yan Lei has thought about competing in K1 before but never persued the matter because of hassle of arranging contacts and the time demands.
For their to be a fight their must be good reason, so ideas of money and publicity for the school (the school desperately needs more money to expand) come in to play. Also The monks have a huge demand on their time as they must maintain their training, as well as teach the school and assist in the running of the school. This is the major problem....... time, they dont have the time to work themselves up the ladder.
The suggested method that was offered to me by the contact says that "the quickest way to gain reputation is perhaps an exhibition match with a Gracie, for which their would be no money offered for the fight, but then after and if the Gracie is beaten there will be plenty of high priced fight offers on the table as well as promotion money available".
Putting that method aside i would like to hear any suggestions of what i could tell the monks, bearing in mind the demands on time so a maximum of a few months out of the school tops.
Important:
I would also really appreciate any ideas on tornaments that dont allow full grappling also (ie. muay thai and san shou) incase the monks don't like the idea of grappling in a tornament.
Thankyou for any help
Alex.
PS: feel free to express ur opinons on shaolin monks entering one of the tornaments, or how u'll think they'll fair, or feel free to ask me any questions about shaolin in general the monks or my training
im new to the forum.
Im really posting in this forum in the hope to gain a little more knowledge on a subject I'm unsure of.
That is K1/UFC or Pride (or any other tornament ie. Muay Thai?)I know what they r in general rulez/regulations etc. though there r a few areas, im not 100% sure of.
Perhaps before i should tell u a little about what im talkin about,
I have been studying under Shifu Shi Yan Zi (aka -Mighty Steel Leg), Yan Lei (aka - Big Monster), Yan Jiang and Yan Chang, in Traditional Shaolin for a while now. Recently a friend of mine has suggested the idea of one of the monks competing in 1 of these tornaments; he also has the necessay contacts to arrange the fight. Though i would like abit of feedback from others before we choose a particular tornament.
The 2 most likely to fight would be either Shifu Yan Zi or Yan Lei both have tremendous experience in fighting and (Shifu Yan Zi also holds an undefeated record as China's San Shou Champion).
We have had offer an offer from Black Belt magazine to do a full cover story too, as the idea may finally settle the age old arguement "which is better Modern martial arts or traditional".
So basically the situation is this; i have the above idea which i think will be of great benefit to my school (Shaolin Temple UK) and its reputation. And i have to sell this idea to the monks soon, Yan Lei has thought about competing in K1 before but never persued the matter because of hassle of arranging contacts and the time demands.
For their to be a fight their must be good reason, so ideas of money and publicity for the school (the school desperately needs more money to expand) come in to play. Also The monks have a huge demand on their time as they must maintain their training, as well as teach the school and assist in the running of the school. This is the major problem....... time, they dont have the time to work themselves up the ladder.
The suggested method that was offered to me by the contact says that "the quickest way to gain reputation is perhaps an exhibition match with a Gracie, for which their would be no money offered for the fight, but then after and if the Gracie is beaten there will be plenty of high priced fight offers on the table as well as promotion money available".
Putting that method aside i would like to hear any suggestions of what i could tell the monks, bearing in mind the demands on time so a maximum of a few months out of the school tops.
Important:
I would also really appreciate any ideas on tornaments that dont allow full grappling also (ie. muay thai and san shou) incase the monks don't like the idea of grappling in a tornament.
Thankyou for any help
Alex.
PS: feel free to express ur opinons on shaolin monks entering one of the tornaments, or how u'll think they'll fair, or feel free to ask me any questions about shaolin in general the monks or my training
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