American Shaolin: Characters

Meet (1) Doc, Lipeng's father, and his student, Cinderalla; (2) Baotung, my sparring partner; (3) Monk Chenghao, Shaolin's coolest person and an instructor in Houston, TX. For more go to www.mattpolly.com

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Shaolin
• Temple
• American
• Lipeng
• Chenghao
• Matthew
• Polly
• China
• kung
• fu
• martial
• arts
• travel

[monkeyusa111]

hey mr. matt dont want to offend you or anything but...I always wondered and i'm curious, who would win a mix martial artist or a chinese kick boxer like coach cheng?

[MatthewPolly]

@monkeyusa111 No offense taken at all. It depends completely on the rules. If they were fighting under Chinese kickboxing rules than Coach Cheng. Under MMA rules, then a MMA fighter. Coach Cheng didn't train in wrestling or Brazilian jiu-jitsu, so once the fight went to the ground, he'd lose. Styles make fights, but rules make styles. MMA is the most realistic combat sport because it has the fewest rules.

[CodenameLan]

Hey Mr.Polly, have you ever seen the video of Bruce Lee playing ping pong with nunchakus? You would probably really enjoy it.

[MatthewPolly]

@CodenameLan No, never, but I'd love to check it out. Do you have a link?

[EstoniusMaximus]

Ni hao, Mr. Polly,

I am curious; do you know what became of Cinderella? Did she actually end up doing something in the martial arts' arena?

Xie xie,

Eric Olenslager

[MatthewPolly]

I don't know what happened to Cinderella. But I'm meeting Lipeng's father this week, so I will ask him.

[USAmartialartss]

Its not bruce lee - It's a look a like. Cool none the less though.

[MatthewPolly]

the wushu tourism center had a hotel. the Temple did not. so i stayed at the wushu center which is where this video was taken.

[aaronjie]

did you sleep there or found a hotel?

[sirhighlanderdude]

hey matt, i live in houston tx. where does monk chenghao teach?