Fighters mix kung Fu And bullFighting

BEIJING/JIAXING: Kung fu teacher Ren Ruzhi has mixed martial arts and bullfighting, and while his mother is worried, the 24-year-old has never been hurt. Besides, he says, grappling with a snorting bull is exciting.

“It symbolizes the bravery of a man,” said Ren in Jiaxing in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang. Unlike Spain’s more famous sport, the Chinese variant of bullfighting involves no swords or gore but instead fuses the moves of wrestling with the skill and speed of kung fu to bring down beasts weighing up to 400 kg. 41-year-old Hua Yang, who watched a bullfight during a visit to Spain said, “The Chinese variety is truly a contest pitting a human’s strength against a bull. There are a lot of skills involved and it can be dangerous.”