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
That Chinese chap has got some balls to keep going, his last fight needed VAR.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