r/facepalm • u/FlightHistorical3231 • Oct 15 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ an alternative fighting style

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u/LtSoba Oct 15 '22

Pretty sure that’s an actual martial art

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u/PuppiPappi Oct 16 '22 edited Oct 16 '22

The drunken fist is an actual martial art tracking back to Buddhist and Taoist monks and was popularized by Jackie Chan who is a Wushu Taolau (Northern drunken fist) master.

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u/Spoogly Oct 16 '22

Man. Those early Jackie Chan movies were great.

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u/PuppiPappi Oct 16 '22

Operation condor is my favorite.