https://www.scmp.com/rss/326814/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The last time we saw Tian Ye, his head was wrapped in bandages as he shuffled through a Chinese airport having had his face and legs brutalised by the punches and kicks of Xu Xiaodong. Well, the 56-year-old kung fu “master” decided he wanted another taste of the action, and was back to take on Chinese taekwondo black belt Zhang Long last weekend. Chinese MMA fighter Xu Xiaodong breaks balding wing chun master’s nose in brutal beat down The fight took place in Karamay in Xinjiang on the same... https://www.scmp.com/sport/mixed-martial-arts/article/3011241/kung-fu-master-tian-ye-returns-xu-xiaodong-beating-face?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/mixed-martial-arts/article/3011241/kung-fu-master-tian-ye-returns-xu-xiaodong-beating-face?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 May 2019 02:37:47 +0000 Chinese taekwondo officials and media have demanded an apology and a lifetime ban for the referee who disqualified their Olympic champion Zheng Shuyin and denied her gold at the world championships. Zheng was penalised by Moroccan referee Tarik Benradi for racking up 10 fouls in the +73kg heavyweight final against Britain’s Bianca Walkden in Manchester last Friday. A series of unquestionable penalties were given when Walkden repeatedly pushed the Chinese fighter off the mat, a tactic perhaps... https://www.scmp.com/sport/mixed-martial-arts/article/3011100/taekwondo-fighter-zheng-shuyin-cries-china-demands-apology?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/mixed-martial-arts/article/3011100/taekwondo-fighter-zheng-shuyin-cries-china-demands-apology?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 May 2019 07:00:13 +0000 It looks like a scene from a martial arts movie, but a video that has gone viral on social media is actually footage of a brawl breaking out at a Chinese shopping mall between a taekwondo school and a group of gym workers. The original video shows the fight from several different angles filmed by stunned onlookers at a busy mall in Jiangsu province, north of Shanghai. The taekwondo practitioners are seen giving a demonstration to promote their school, but were being too loud which reportedly led... https://www.scmp.com/sport/mixed-martial-arts/article/3008854/chinese-shopping-mall-brawl-breaks-out-between-taekwondo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/mixed-martial-arts/article/3008854/chinese-shopping-mall-brawl-breaks-out-between-taekwondo?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 May 2019 09:20:10 +0000