London 2012 Olympics: China's Yi Siling wins first gold medal of the Games

[Chinese-Dragon]

Not one MMA-type champion is a Kung fu practitioner.

And what is MMA?

Ask anyone in the world what Martial Arts is. The answer they give will be Kung Fu, not some random Vietnamese thing.

If you can come to China and beat us in our own martial arts, then go ahead. We don't win Gold medals at the Olympics for nothing, we have proven we can compete in anything, even Western sports.

 

[ChinaToday]

good enough to punch up some indian taxi drivers with your vietcong scratches when trying to run away from paying your fare!



shoot! what? just a silver? I missed the match talking to trashes! damn!

watch taekwondo women 57kg now mate we are fighting for a place in the final

 

[shuttler]

When anyone in the world thinks of Martial arts, they think of Kung Fu. They think of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.

Not Judo, where you're not even allowed to punch or kick. Only grapple.

Nobody says, "Let's go watch a Judo movie!"

Donnie Yen - just this one of over 1.3 million hit on youtube!

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Anyway, Wushu is the same thing as Kung Fu.

I look forward to the day when it is made into an Olympic sport.

I will be happy if others can beat us too, because that will only make us more determined to win the Gold.

 

[shuttler]

watch taekwondo women 57kg now mate we are fighting for a place in the final

The Taiwanese girl lost to a Brit. We have to beat the Frenchwomen and revenge for our Taiwaniese sis by beating the Brit in the final!

Taiwan has to fight for a bronze! Go Chinese Taipei!

 

[Korean]

When anyone in the world thinks of Martial arts, they think of Kung Fu. They think of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.

Not really.

The movie's titled "The Karate Kid", even though Jackie Chan's teaching Kung Fu to Will Smith's son in China. The movie studio actually considered the title "The Kung Fu Kid", but decided against it.

I look forward to the day when it is made into an Olympic sport.

Not in your life time, perhaps in heaven.

 

[BigDaddyWatch]

Politics play a significant part in the decision of whether the games could get enlisted.

by Shutter

And China has none. No one else supports Wushu's selection.

By Korean

As long as table tennis remains on the Olympic roster shows you the political power of China in the Olympic movement. Since China has won 24 out of the 28 available medals since it's inclusion in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. It's simply there on the roster to help China rack up it's medal total.

And Korean is right there are simply not enough Wushu practitioners outside of China for it to be included in to the Olympics.

 

[theniubt]

That's not the point of having Taekwondo in the Olympics. It is really about having a "Korean sport" in the Olympics. They couldn't care less about winning medals, at least not at this time.

Likewise China's trying to put Wushu in the Olympics for exactly the same reason, putting a Chinese touch to the Olympics.

That's exactly what I'll say if I can't stay on top of the competition.

Unlike China, where all Korea cared about is the world having to know what Taekwondo is, and where Taekwondo is from. Thus including it in the Olympics is such a big deal to Korea. But the irony here is that the Koreans failed to stay competitive in their own martial art against other nations.

Oh, and the world actually knows that Taekwondo is useless compared to Chinese Wushu. So having China simplifying Wushu down for the Olympics and increase it's popularity, will only humiliate the Koreans.

Not really.

The movie's titled "The Karate Kid", even though Jackie Chan's teaching Kung Fu to Will Smith's son in China. The movie studio actually considered the title "The Kung Fu Kid", but decided against it.

And this shows how much you know about making money.

 

[anarchy 99]

absolute bullsheet that we got the silver medal in boxing, farking daylight robbery. the judges awarded the british boxer the win.
so biased.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

The movie's titled "The Karate Kid", even though Jackie Chan's teaching Kung Fu to Will Smith's son in China. The movie studio actually considered the title "The Kung Fu Kid", but decided against it.

That's the point, everyone knew he was teaching Kung Fu, just from the name Jackie Chan.

Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan are names that everyone in the world knows.

The only thing people will say if you mention Taekwando is that it is some form of Japanese martial arts.

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

Go China Go

 

[888jamie888]

absolute bullsheet that we got the silver medal in boxing, farking daylight robbery. the judges awarded the british boxer the win.
so biased.

Did you even watch it? Your girl got knocked down. No contest.

 

[qinglong-china]

Not really.

The movie's titled "The Karate Kid", even though Jackie Chan's teaching Kung Fu to Will Smith's son in China. The movie studio actually considered the title "The Kung Fu Kid", but decided against it.


Not in your life time, perhaps in heaven.

Shortsighted person as same as a frog living at the bottom of a well

 

[anarchy 99]

Did you even watch it? Your girl got knocked down. No contest.

This London olympics is now becoming a total farce. From the horrible opening ceremony to the farcial incidents to the outrageous judging, we can conclude this is now the single worst olympic games in modern times.

This is what happens when you let a bankrupt country host an olympic games.

 

[Korean]

Oh, and the world actually knows that Taekwondo is useless compared to Chinese Wushu.

Wushu too is useless against Jujitsu.

So having China simplifying Wushu down for the Olympics and increase it's popularity, will only humiliate the Koreans.

Well, China has a long way to go.

America is flooded with McDojos where white senseis serve Taekwondo and Karate dumbed down enough that 5 year olds participate in fights, but you never see a McDojo teaching Kung Fu/Wushu to children. So as long as Wushu is something that is hidden in the back alley of Chinatowns catering only to ethnic Chinese people, it will never become popular enough to goto the Olympics.

Wushu in its current form is just too complicated for non-Chinese to take up. Instead of wasting money on Confucius Institutes, Chinese government should invest in Wushu dojos giving free lessons on simplified version of Wushu. Now that's the real soft power.