[Taiwan MMA] Why you shouldn't hate Andy Wang
You might not know Andy Wang, of TUF fame. And even if you do, well, you might wonder what he has to do with MMA in China apart from his last name.
For those who don't know him, he got famous on The Ultimate Fighter (a reality tv show where upcoming MMA fighters compete for a UFC contract) for apparently disregarding his coach BJ Penn's advice and implementing a very bad game plan in his fight. A lot of people got very angry, as they thought he threw his chances away by refusing to bring the fight to the ground and insisting on a stand-up war.
Well, since then I learnt that he is actually the head instructor of Taiwan BJJ. As you all know, Taiwan is actually a province of China (or is it China who's a province of Taiwan ?) so it stands to reason that I should cover Taiwan's MMA and BJJ scene even if I don't know anything about it.
On top of that he has his own blog, where he comes across as a pretty nice guy. For starters you can check out his post on wrestlers, with which I agree 100%. When he's in Taiwan I'd advise him to go check out Taiwan's Shuai Jiao if he hasn't done so yet.
Edit: I almost forgot what made me think about Andy Wang in the first place, he's interviewed in episode 59 of the excellent Fight Opinion Radio podcast. Go check it out ! (unless you're already coming from FightOpinion like 90% of my readership).
7 comments:
"...Taiwan is actually a province of China"
What's with the China propaganda here? Everyone knows that Taiwan is a de facto independent country which has never been ruled by the PRC, not even for a single day.
The whole "province of China" thing just encourages the PRC's aggression against Taiwan.
Peace!
Taiwan is part of China as much as Hawaii is part of the US.
100%.
Hawaii has its own President, its own Constitution, its own military, its own currency? I don't think so!
I thought that it was clear enough that I was being sarcastic.
Just because I cover Chinese MMA doesn't mean that I'm an outlet for the Communist Party's propaganda.
Unless they're willing to pay me, of course.
Anyway, mentioning Taiwan and China in the same sentence got me more comments in one day than all my previous posts in one month, so maybe I should do it more...?
I find it fairly humorous that the first time a post made here received more than 3 comments, it was due to an obvious (in my view) joke on political issues in China.
Come on. You can't spell "propaganda" with "China MMA".
Ha, ha, ha...Taiwan is a part of China. Why would you say this? Do you think it makes you a funny guy?
Hahaha the Taiwan politics... Well I think he meant that Taiwan is part of china because the people in charge of Taiwan (political group) was in charge of China before WW2. Then the communism and stuff came and they went to Taiwan
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