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Drunken Boxing and the Eight Drunken Immortals

Friday, December 29th, 2006

Techniques in Drunken Boxing, also known as Drunken Fist, are commonly believed to pay tribute the Eight Drunken Immortals, a group of mythological figures based on Taoism, who became drunk while at a banquet and managed to defend themselves from guards who wanted to kick them out. The Eight Drunken Immortals were Liu Dong [...]