The 2010 Qingdao China-Thailand-Russia Martial Arts Competition will be held on June 5th in Qingdao, during which 6 Muay Thai and martial arts champions from Thailand and Russia will challenge China’s top kung fu masters.

According to the organizing committee, the three countries will send their best fighters to the match. China will send six fighters, headed by Sun Wu, a famous martial artist from Henan Province, and Guo Wenshuo, the champion of the 70kg class in the 2009 Beijing Free Combat and Fight Championships. Thailand will send a team headed by Tong Ah, the 2-time Muay Thai King and 3-time International Combat Contest champion. Russia will send 3 first-class fighters, including Baja, the 95kg class champion of the Russian Boxing Championship.

The rules of the contest make no restrictions with regard to knees, elbows or combating forms, and a point is given when the rival is beaten. In other words, there are no rules. Meanwhile, the sponsors will also arrange 3 ground-level matches, in which the fight continues after the rival has been beaten to the ground, which will make the game fiercer.

The organizing committee said the game is held to deepen the communication and friendship among different countries’ martial arts practitioners, as well as introduce Chinese martial arts to the world and make athletic martial arts more influential. Therefore, the younger generation will have a new idea of Chinese Kung fu, and it will be easier for Chinese martial arts to be accepted by the world.

By Dai Yan (Shandong China Daily)

Editor: Yan Fei