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At the Wu Lin Feng Ultimate Combat event that took place at the Las Vegas Hilton, a Shaolin Monk named Yi Long fought ex-Marine Shea Ealey.
About Yi Long
Yi Long is a Chinese amateur fighter often promoted as a Shaolin Kung Fu monk by Wu Lin Feng (WLF), a martial arts competition organization. In the past, Yi Long was billed as the number one Shaolin Kung Fu monk.
Is he a Shaolin Monk?
On December 14, 2010, a spokesman of the Shaolin Temple claimed,
Yi Long, who was billed as the No. 1 Shaolin Kung Fu monk, is neither a Kung Fu monk of Shaolin Temple, nor could he be named as the No. 1 Shaolin Kung Fu monk at all.
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Yi Long participated in many international tournaments that Wulingfeng organized. He studied kung fu in Shaolin Temple, where he mastered many traditional Chinese martial arts. He expressed his own opinion in an interview with the Global Times about the difference between Chinese kung fu and other martial arts like American boxing and Korean taekwondo.
“But Shaolin kung fu and Muay Thai have many things in common. Muay Thai is good at steel knees, iron elbows and iron legs, those who master Muay Thai have strong defenses. It’s the same in Shaolin kung fu. In Shaolin we have iron fists, iron legs and iron cloth (means the body is hard enough to defend any attack),” said Yi Long.
Without doubt, Muay Thai is a strong rival. “Thailand is a country of martial arts, a country of actual combat. They were trained to fight in matches since they were children,” Yi Long said.
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About WeLinFeng
Chinese kung fu fighting against various martial arts from other countries in a boxing ring is not just a scene in action movies. Thanks to a program on Henan Satellite Television, Wulinfeng (martial arts trends in Chinese), audiences get a chance to see real life arena bouts.
Wulinfeng is dedicated to combining traditional Chinese martial arts with modern TV art and introducing Chinese kung fu to the rest of the world. After tournaments with countries like America, Japan and New Zealand, this time Chinese kung fu goes up against Muay Thai.
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