This week on Sinica, Jeremy Goldkorn and David Moser are pleased to be joined by Sascha Matuszak, a Chengdu-based expert on Chinese martial arts and the producer of a new documentary on Chinese MMA (mixed martial arts), a competitive tournament series where competitors combine different styles from varying schools of combat in a frenzied quest to pummel their opponents into submission.
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Mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters He Nannan, center left, and Hu Rige, center right, training with other fighters at a gym in Beijing. The group are among China’s growing ranks of MMA fighters, many hoping to punch their way out of poverty by reaching the sport’s higher-levels.
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