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Apparently, one common theme in martial arts at the moment is for people like taiji masters to challenge MMA fighters. They end up getting the manure kicked out of them.
This reminds me of a story I read some 25 years ago. I forgot the exact details. At that time, people didn't talk about MMA, but the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) was becoming increasingly popular, and was dominated by the Gracie family who practiced Brazilian jiu-jutsu and claimed that their martial art was the best, since they could beat everyone else. One Wing Chun master disagreed, and kept arguing against the other party until one from the jiu-jutsu camp proposed to settle the dispute on the octagon. The wing Chun master reply was like "nono, why would I accept the challenge, the octagon is not a real fighting condition and the rules favor your discipline; for instance attacking the eyes is forbidden, whereas Wing Chun has a half a dozen techniques for attacking the eyes".