VIDEO: $120,000 for Anyone Who Can Beat MMA Fighter

Fighting is art.

Does that sound weird? Well, it’s true. That’s why they’re called “martial arts”. It takes strength, discipline and, believe it or not, creativity to be able to practice them.

But Xu Xiaodong seems to disagree.

According to Viral 4 Real, the MMA fighter claims these martial arts masters are frauds.

We’ve seen martial arts masters take down dozens of enemies in movies and TV shows, that we idolize these masters, hoping to fight like them someday. We’ve seen one old man take down a bigger guy with just one blow—and these scenes always amazed us. But in real life, some of these martial arts aren’t meant for fighting.

Kung Fu masters are lining up to fight Xu Xiaodong after he destroyed and insulted a Chinese martial arts tradition. Apparently, Tai Chi master, identified as Lei Wei, takes on MMA fighter Xiaodong Xu in a viral video—and loses big time.

Xiaodong Xu claims that he can take down three masters at a time just to prove that these masters are actually frauds.

A Chinese tycoon was triggered and is now encouraging martial arts masters to fight the said MMA fighter, and promised to sponsor RMB10 million for the fight. The multi-billionaire beverage and food magnate Chen Sheng, the founder of the Tiandi No 1 drinks empire reportedly told reporters from the South China Morning Post:

“I want him to understand, he used this kind of extreme method to provoke Chinese traditional culture, and will need to pay the price.”

Xiaodong Xu’s opponents have not been announced, but the tycoon is hoping that one of these masters take him down and defend their discipline.

According to Wikipedia, the oldest works of art depicting scenes of battle are cave paintings from Spain dated between 10,000 and 6,000 BCE that show organized groups fighting with bows and arrows.

Chinese martial arts originated during the Xia Dynasty more than 4000 years ago. It is said the Yellow Emperor Huangdi (legendary date of ascension 2698 BC) introduced the earliest fighting systems to China.

The Yellow Emperor is described as a famous general who, before becoming China’s leader, wrote lengthy treatises on medicine, astrology and the martial arts. One of his main opponents was Chi You who was credited as the creator of jiao di, a forerunner to the modern art of Chinese wrestling.

The foundation of modern Asian martial arts is likely a blend of early Chinese and Indian martial arts. During the Warring States period of Chinese history (480-221 BC) extensive development in martial philosophy and strategy emerged, as described by Sun Tzu in The Art of War (c. 350 BC).

Legendary accounts link the origin of Shaolinquan to the spread of Buddhism from India during the early 5th century AD, with the figure of Bodhidharma, to China. Written evidence of martial arts in Southern India dates back to the Sangam literature of about the 2nd century BC to the 2nd century AD.

The combat techniques of the Sangam period were the earliest precursors to Kalaripayattu. In Europe, the earliest sources of martial arts traditions date to Ancient Greece. Boxing, wrestling and pankration were represented in the Ancient Olympic Games.