Wushu Performance with Donnie Yen & Wu Jing @ 2021 Spring Festival Gala

What is a good martial art/artist? Is it someone who are good at fighting?, or is it someone who are good at a certain specific traditional martial art?, or is is someone who are good at several different modern or traditional martial arts?
I often see alot of comments questioning the effiency of Wushu/Kung Fu, in regards to using it as a self defence, or fighting in a ring against an MMA fighter for example...
The whole subject of calling out wushu or kung fu as a bad martial art. Because it supposedly doesn't work in the ring against for example an MMA fighter, is just as silly and ignorant as it is wrong.
First of all martial arts is not only about fighing inside a ring. Martial arts holds many more aspects than just ring-fighting. Martial arts or selfdefense is first and foremost about not fighting, and while learning to defend yourself indeed is the whole principle and foundation of it. It is only meant to be used as a last resort. So just because some martial artist are bad at fighing inside a ring against an MMA fighter. Well that doesn't automatically make them bad martial artists, or the style, a bad martial art. It only makes them a bad fighter, and usually only in that regi (MMA regi for example).

Yes, sure some styles are to some degree more suited for combat. But that depends on how the style is being used, and how the training is being done.
Yes, sure we have yet to see a kung fu fighter making it to the top within MMA regi, and the likes (Well maybe except for Zhang Weili "Magnum" who started with Kung Fu). And sure we have also seen a fair amount of wushu or kung fu practitioners being "annihilated" inside the rings. And yes, even "masters" of wushu/kung fu, who where pretty bad against fighters such as MMA fighters. But that doesn't mean, that it doesn't work in the ring.
This only shows, that those fighters have been bad representatives of their style, in regards/relation to, understanding how to apply their knowledge and adapt to the circumstances.


I mean any kung fu practitioner who expect to be able to go inside the ring against an MMA fighter, and use/apply traditional techniques, such as "Tiger returns to mountain" or "Snake creeps down", are surely naive and has misunderstood one very basic principle of self defense, which is, to adapt to the situation and to use what ever works in your favor.
Almost all of these kung fu fighters which i have personally seen in the ring, seems to have been more focused on trying to use/apply their techniques accordingly to their specific style. And also it would seem, more focused on looking good or technically correct, while they try to perform their techniques. Or else, it looks like that they havn't trained fighting scenarios properly outside their traditional way of fighting, meaning they simply lack the practical experience of adapting their style to using/applying it, outside their traditional ways. This is never the styles fault, but instead, always the practitioners fault.
The best way to utilize a traditional martial art like Kung Fu, against an MMA fighter, is to find/use some of the most simple dodging, parrying and hitting techniques from the style, and learn to master them, adapting them to ringfighting and have a lot of practical training in that regi. And then sometimes when the moment is right, you would maybe be able to apply a certain traditional technique, against your opponent, even inside the ring and against a MMA fighter.


When i trained karate about 30 years ago, i heard a story about a karate champion winning the karate world championships in the UK, and that he was miscredited by most of the present karate world back then. Because he had fought and won in an untraditional way, seen from most karate practitioners perspective. He won by using the same technique against all his opponents. With a simle side- or backstep, with a simple sideways parry followed by an attack (the attack was executed instantaneously while parrying) either to the torso or the head.
Some argued that he shouldn't have been named the winner because he wasn't as "technical" as the others, and some felt that he was kinda "cheating", or not fighting within the rules. But the fact was that while he certainly didn't followed the norm, or fighing in the standard karate way, as almost all others did, with a greater technically variety. The fact was, that he did follow the rules, and what he did worked, it was effective, and he landed the most points because of it.
So you could say that it was the fault of the other fighters, because they didn't manage to adapt to his fighting style.

There are basically/typically three kinds of warriors/combatants seen in ring fighting:
Good/great fighters who are bad (or mediocre) at a specific type of traditional martial art. - (Most ring fighters).
Good/great martial artists who are bad (or mediocre) at fighting. - (Some ring fighters).
Good/great fighters who are also good/great at martial arts. - (Some ring fighters).
In this example, when i use the term martial arts, i refer to specific traditional styles such as karate, kung fu, aikido, tae kwon do etc.


The most dangerous fighters there exist, are those who first and formost, are natural born fighters without any prior training, who then become ring fighters, while they at the same time learn martial arts. And you know what, that doesn't necessarily makes them a good martial artist either. Just a good fighter.

Idol Donnie yen 🎉

Thank you for sharing this epic presentation.

WOW! SIMPLY AMAZING!!..PLEASE BRING THIS PRODUCTION TO NEW YORK....ITS GONNA BE SOLD OUT!!! CHEERS FROM NYC!!

I would pay to watch this

Oh my God..this is so cooool..

very good🎉

What did I just watch, MAGNIFICENT

非常陽剛的中國武術演出 台灣應嚮往之

I am not Chinese but wow 😮😍😍

I'm here because my son want to join in this sport in his school ,,i was curious what wushu is ,thats why i search ,,,and i never expected to this.

Wow😮😮

Lindo está apresentação ❤

Wow this was awesome.. loved it

It's an amazing 😮😮☯️🈵🐲

They surely perfect their performance unlike us africans

Perfect

Oare de ce am văzut mai multi băieți decât fete ?

JOAO PAULO

Well that was fun. Thanks.

* 날마다 좋은 날 되시길 바랍니다 ~~~~🍀🤍☘️

* 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🔥

Uau...sem palavras 👏👏👏

Wow, this propaganda even has a Donnie Yen vs Wu Jing fight. Trash but peak at the same time.

Did they just exchange styles at the end

Loved how the ending Donnie Yen and Wu Jing swapped their style as they spar. Began with Wing Chung end with Tai chi Donnie Yen badass!!

武技.布景一流！

These guys, these guys right here; they are TRUE masters.

Daaaa?munatisha sana wakuu

Thanks ❤

wow❤😮

Somente eu não consegui respirar até terminar o vídeo? maravilhoso

😊😊😊

Beautiful to watch and love that hold it.🙏🏽📖😇

This is artistry at it's finest. This was beautifully done and the scenery was spectacular with the people flying around too. Just loved this and hope to see more videos such as these released.

👍👍💪💪💯💯

Quel art !!! Quelle maîtrise !!! J'ai reconnu qu'un seul Donnie Yen qui est un grand maître et grand acteur de cinéma. Bravo à tout le monde❤❤🎉 vous êtes les meilleurs et force et courage à vous pour la suite.

Apik tenan

lúc nhật bản đánh sang sao ko thấy dùng công phu

What a great show 😊
I love the Chinese people

Tre enteressen😍

Incredible

WHERE IS THAT GOLDEN BUZZER!!!!! WOW!!!!!!

لكوم الحب والتقدير موعلام🙏🏻🌲💐

❤❤❤❤❤

😁👍🌟🙏🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

china dancer 😆😆😆😆😆

Thank You🌞🙂🌹