Showing posts with label taiwan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taiwan. Show all posts

Saturday, August 18, 2007

[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).

Sunday, February 18, 2007

MMA in Taiwan and Hong Kong

Not everybody thinks that Taiwan is part of China. Some people consider the two countries separate. And other people even say that it's actually China that is part of Taiwan. Anyway, without going deep in geopolitics, I think since Taiwan is close enough to China and has its own MMA activities going on, it's only fair enough to include it in this blog. So here's a short list of places where you can train MMA and BJJ in Taiwan.

Taiwan Brazilian Jiujitsu Club

Evolution Combat Taiwan

Hong Kong has a lot of places to train:

Hong Kong BJJ Association

The One Martial Gym


Gracie Barra Hong Kong

Kylin Martial Arts & Combat Club

HK MMA

HK Jujitsu