Fred Thomassen (right) practices jiu-jitsu with a student at Big King BJJ gym in Beijing. (China Daily/Yin Di) |
Thomassen says there are similarities across the various forms.
"There are only so many ways the human body moves," he explains. "So if you go into the Chinese system you are going to find the same way to break an arm," he explains.
Thomassen first came to China eight years ago to study martial arts.
"I started doing some Chinese styles in Norway and Europe and I wanted to come over here and check out how good I could get, how real it could get, and when I came to China I tried to find a good school, there are some good schools, but for every one good school there are a hundred dancing academies, they just show you how to dance, it's not real, and all of us are more into competing or defending ourselves."
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