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Bruce Lee wannabe breaks bricks in training video before MMA fighter breaks his face in 12-second KO

  • ‘I will break you like I broke this brick,’ says wing chun ‘master’ in trash-talk training video
  • But Tan Long’s bravado is thrown back in his face – quite literally – by a couple of vicious head kicks in 12-second KO

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The ‘fake Bruce Lee’ Tan Long shows off the bricks he broke in training (left) before his bout against MMA fighter Xuan Wu. Photos: YouTube/Fight Commentary Breakdowns
Nicolas Atkin
In Enter The Dragon, Bruce Lee uttered the famous words “boards don’t hit back”. But someone forgot to tell a Chinese wing chun “master” who seemingly idolises the Hong Kong martial arts legend.
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Tan Long went viral this week for his 12-second knockout at the hands of Chinese MMA fighter Xuan Wu – a friend of Xu Xiaodong, who has made it his mission to expose “fake kung fu”.

What’s more, Tan was dressed in the Game of Death star’s iconic yellow jumpsuit, with the wannabe Bruce Lee even trying one of his idol’s trademark flying kicks at the start of the fight in Yinchuan’s Xixia Wanda Plaza.

Now a new video has revealed Tan’s hilarious “training” regime ahead of the bout, as well as his initial challenge to Xuan Wu.

Tan shows off his supposed skills with the “nunchucks”, a traditional martial arts weapon, in what seems like his basement, before using it to smash a couple of bricks on the stairs.

Tan Long breaks a brick with nunchucks.
Tan Long breaks a brick with nunchucks.
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The use of strength to break bricks and boards is a staple of traditional martial arts, but the real Lee knew it meant nothing.

Lee’s jeet kune do style of martial arts blended parts of multiple different disciplines to create a stronger whole skill set – something that helped earn him the nickname of “the godfather of MMA”.

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