In this amazing video, Yi Long, the kick boxing Shaolin Monk puts his hands down and let’s his opponent hit him eight times and just takes it like they were nothing.

His ability to withstand these punches is pretty awesome to watch. It almost looks like a Hollywood movie, but it is apparent that the punches are definitely landing!

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.

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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.

source: gg-art.com