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Thursday, July 05, 2001, updated at 08:02(GMT+8)
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Chinese Kongfu Beats Japanese Karate by 3:1


Chinese Kongfu Beats Japanese Karate by 3:1
The contest between Chinese martial arts and Japanese Karate was concluded on July 3 in Langfang City of Hebei Province. Chinese players beat their Japanese rivals by 3:1.

Chinese 65-kg Cui Chen defeated Japanese Karate middleweight champion Akihiko Hasegawa, Chinese 70-kg Lin Jianshen outplayed Masato Kitade, and Chinese 80-kg Xue Fengqiang edged out Japanese Karate heavyweight champion Shinichiro Hamamatsu. Unfortunately, Chinese 75-kg Zhang Zhen dropped out of the match with Masaaki Watanabe due to injury in the fourth round.



Chinese Kongfu is a kind of physical fitness exercises developed in ancient China as early as 2,500 years ago, when medical practioners and philosophers recognizes the therapeutic benefits of controlled breathing and physical movements. Today, in China and the West, millions of people are deriving immediate and lasting results from taijiquan (tai chi chuan), qigong, the most popular forms of traditional execises, and their combination taiji qigong.


By PD Online Staff Deng Gang

 


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The contest between Chinese martial arts and Japanese Karate was concluded on July 3 in Langfang City of Hebei Province. Chinese players beat their Japanese rivals by 3:1.

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