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DBMA Martial Arts Forum => Martial Arts Topics => Topic started by: Karsk on February 08, 2009, 12:40:02 AM
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I came across this recently http://vorschau.iepe.net/wcbo/content/index_en.html (http://vorschau.iepe.net/wcbo/content/index_en.html)
Apparently it is a genuine sport with pros. It combines 4 minute rounds of chess with boxing rounds in 11 round fights. You can win by checkmate or knockout!
Karsk
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Sounds like a case of, to much Wu Tang on the brain! :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoWvNuXiZt8
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That looks like an awesome sport! I'll have to try it some time.
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Anyone remember a Harry Harrison SF novel where a human colonized planet had an Olympic-like 20event contest that combined combat sports with chess and poetry reading? The winner for the year was called simply a Winner.
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http://twistedsifter.com/videos/trash-talking-chess-hustler-unknowingly-challenges-grandmaster/