Drunken Boxing is one of the practices done by professional boxers to display extraordinary feats in martial art. Worldwide, in most athletic sports, using drugs including alcohol is forbidden, because it gives a temporary stimulant that helps overpower the opponent who is not taking any drug to get many advantages. Today we will talk about How effective is drunken boxing?
About Drunken Boxing:
Drunken boxing is a legitimate part of Kungfu and is also known as Drunken Fist, and it has a link to the Chinese religion. It is believed that the summoned strength of the drunken boxer originated from the drunken gods.
Before we dig the legends of drunken boxers, we better discuss the alcoholic effect. Alcohol has a myopic effect. It narrows the attention of the drunken boxers but it greatly helps focus on the present task of fighting in the ring. The practitioner of drunken boxing both physically and spiritually becomes more alive with great gait and grace. Drunken boxing is a mingling of practice, science, and religion. Thus the method induces a drunkard boxer to defeat his opponent, fighting fiercely in a short time, ignoring the future consequences. Today, many athletes feel prone to stimulant narcotic substances to have extra energy to win the match in a margin difference.
On the other hand, a regular person intoxicated because of alcoholic drinks is likely vulnerable to an aggressive street troublemaker. An alcoholic with a normal personality trait is an easy-going person. He drinks for relaxation and laughter. He hates violence at home and outside. But the professional boxer who drinks has a different kind of personality. So when he drinks and thinks about his competence he thinks about something else.
Effectiveness of Drunken Boxing:
Drunken boxing is effective as long as it is monitored by a knowledgeable trainer. We have an accomplished but notorious drunken boxer in the US named Emanuel Augustus from Brownsville, Texas who competed from 1994 to 2011 while he was intoxicated by alcoholic drinks. He was well known as The Drunken Master. He entertained the audiences by imitating Jackie Chan films’ acting styles.
There are many legends linked to the Drunken Boxing style. The most credible story of ancient China is as follows: An attack on the celebration of the winning Kungfu team, who were drinking alcohol insatiably after winning a martial art in a tournament. The members of the defeated team came upon them all of a sudden to take their revenge. They thought they could easily overpower their drunk opponents. Instead, the winning team, who were drinking hard, again beat them up. It is believed that those drunk fellows summoned their strength from the immortal gods, and fought back the enemies. As the defeated team was beaten once again, they were puzzled how their opponent managed to fight them back so fiercely while they were drunk.
Drunken Boxing, also known as Drunken Fist belongs to all branches of Chinese martial arts. The art imitates the movements of a drunk person. It is an ancient style of fight that confuses the opponent. So it does not necessarily
For drunken boxing, the boxer has to drink every time he fights. Its origins are mainly traced back to the Buddhist and Daoist religious communities in China. Thus drunken boxing became a spiritual and unbeatable fighting style and became a most essential part of Chinese martial arts. The drunken eight immortal gods’ fighting method is believed to be the Daoist religion while the Buddhist style of fight is related to the Shaolin temple. However, the incorporation of Chinese drunken boxing into Chinese martial arts has been derived from religious beliefs.
Drunk boxing is a relentless practice and it is an extreme one. It focuses on a target with exhilarating power, thinking oneself invincible for the time being, ignoring the future consequences. Drunken boxing shows a man’s ability to endure an alien agent in the blood to remain calm in a dire situation. But as long as it is concerned with martial arts Drunken Boxing is the ultimate sport to watch.