So there's this charlatan martial artist who claims he can knock people out or immobilize them using just psychic abilities. The video is below:
One journalist, who also happens to be a mixed martial artist rightly called BS and challenged him to a fight. Stupidly, the charlatan agreed. Here's what happened:
Also see this:
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And more generally, a good video on the bizarre world of fake martial arts (which ranks up there with those evangelicals healing people who then pass out with the wave of a hand):
The article from which the videos above were taken (sans the Seinfeld one) is here:
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Fake martial arts: The psychology behind 'no-touch' knockouts
What leads people to believe in "chi" attacks and "no-touch" knockouts?bigthink.com
So there's this charlatan martial artist who claims he can knock people out or immobilize them using just psychic abilities. The video is below:
One journalist, who also happens to be a mixed martial artist rightly called BS and challenged him to a fight. Stupidly, the charlatan agreed. Here's what happened:
Also see this:
l
And more generally, a good video on the bizarre world of fake martial arts (which ranks up there with those evangelicals healing people who then pass out with the wave of a hand):
The article from which the videos above were taken (sans the Seinfeld one) is here:
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Fake martial arts: The psychology behind 'no-touch' knockouts
What leads people to believe in "chi" attacks and "no-touch" knockouts?bigthink.com