Michael Jai White Breaks Down Why "Shaolin Monks" are Fake
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From what I’ve read there were “warrior monks” and “shaolin monks”. “Warrior monks” protected the temple. Shaolin monks were more religious leaders. There’s a story behind the temple burning down. It didn’t just burn down. There was a fight and it was intentionally burned down. I wonder if Michael Jai White knows about Pai Mei “white eyebrow.” Who turned on the monks and killed a few of them.
Hes talking about movies. Now how much of what was there originally, was preserved and made it to today, he may have a point.
Hes talking about movies. Now how much of what was there originally, was preserved and made it to today, he may have a point.
But if the temple burned down 400 years ago....?
That’s the thing about almost any of the original martial arts. They all get diluted when they are passed down. But he’s making it seem like there was no such thing as Monks who fought. Documented history says otherwise.
I took what he said as there weren't Shaolin Monks actually walking around wearing robes prior to the 80's. Life imitated art. Dumbass cacs went to China thinking they were learning in an ancient temple but generational Shaolin Monks when most of them niggas just applied for a job in the tourism industry.
Lol.
Well, I’m not sure how he can come to that conclusion. Unless he believes all the stories about sixteenth century China, were fiction. The details are a little inconsistent, but there were monks, and he himself admits that there was a temple. Who does he think was in the temple? He said the temple was burned down 400 years ago, and then jumps to how monks were popularized in movies.
In the 16th century there were monks who practiced fighting.
I see what he is saying, good interview.
i think what he meant was after it burned down there was no one left to continue the teachings.
thats why he used the example of the knights. and after the movies became popular they build a fake temple and put some people in it to represent the monks.
OK. I see. But there were supposedly some monks that survived.
the thing is they only brought back the fake temple and monks because tourists paid money to see them.
so yeah monks survived but what you will see there are not real trained monks. they are basically well trained actors.
i think thats what he was trying to say.
Buddha bless you
He did more than challenge him...
White boy called MJW a "bitch ass nigga" on Twitter and told him he'd fight him in Dana White's backyard.....
I dont really mess with Vlad like that, but I will watch some of his clips depending on who he's interviewing...i thought this was really interesting and I'm going to do some research because MJW doesn't seem like the type of dude to embellish things...
Also F#@$ Vlad for trying to throw shade at Jackie Chan...5'9 and 160...I think Bruce Lee was only 5'6 or 5'7...both of them would destroy Vlad..
Also F#@$ Vlad for trying to throw shade at Jackie Chan...5'9 and 160...I think Bruce Lee was only 5'6 or 5'7...both of them would destroy Vlad..
Me neither. Which didn't bother me til this set of interviews where he got so much to say about actual fighting. His ego is through the roof for someone we've never actually seen fight.
Who is the MMA fighter and is he doing more than chasing clout?
MJW is legit, I believe he won some tournaments when he was younger. The MMA fighter calling him out is Mike Perry. MJW acknowledged on Twitter that he studies martial arts & he is not a professional fighter. He acknowledged that he would more than likely lose to a professional fighter pending the circumstances.
I listened to the Vlad interview and I have no fucking clue what Perry was upset about.
All MJW said was that they were shooting a scene and Kimbo wasn’t reacting to the fake punches (because he didn’t see it), which led to MJW demonstrating those punches. After showing Kimbo how to react, he invited Kimbo to train with him. I don’t think MJW was trying to train him on how to be an MMA fighter, he wanted to show him a technique that would improve his awareness.
Recall, Firaz had GSP learn how to do a spinning back kick from Joe Rogan, and there was no uproar with that.
All MJW said was that they were shooting a scene and Kimbo wasn’t reacting to the fake punches (because he didn’t see it), which led to MJW demonstrating those punches. After showing Kimbo how to react, he invited Kimbo to train with him. I don’t think MJW was trying to train him on how to be an MMA fighter, he wanted to show him a technique that would improve his awareness.
Recall, Firaz had GSP learn how to do a spinning back kick from Joe Rogan, and there was no uproar with that.
not sure if serious
dude actually got his start fighting.
By whose account? I beat a man twelve feet tall yesterday. Do you believe me?
Mike Perry is the fighter. MJW backed away from commenting because this dude has a history of taking shit too far on Twitter and in interviews in the name of hyping up a fight. He said a lot of shit before because he feels he has a hood pass because of his upbringing and some DNA tests that show he's like 2% African... he's let that n word slip a few times but this time when he did it calling mjw a bitch ass nigga a black female ufc fighter got pissed and got on his ass...
You talking about the Boxers and the Boxer rebellion who were of the same nature as Shaolin but a more modern and volatile personality "55 Days in Peking". The one interesting thing that Jai mentioned is that technology catches up with everything".
Thanks for the info.
You try too hard. You’re not African by any stretch of the imagination.
Either you are a dumb african or not an african.
It's a video of him showing Kimbo some techniques, as far as the way he throws his punches.
Is it the video where he's showing Kimbo how he was telegraphing his punches by bowing his shoulder before throwing a punch?
That was a great teaching moment that any fighter could learn from....
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