Saturday, August 18, 2007

Bogus Masters Nabbed

One day of training? Sure, what's the problem? Isn't that the average for a master title here in the West anyway? Grand master ... like, one week?

Story:
China -- State media reported that, in a failed plot to sneak into Canada by masquerading as kung fu masters from the famous Shaolin Temple, a dozen Chinese teenagers have been caught.

The 12 had no martial arts experience but joined a team of genuine kung fu performers from a school in Henan province, also home to the 1,500-year-old temple, that was leaving for a tour of Canada, the report said.

They had paid up to $90,000 each to a human smuggler, called a "snakehead," and two coaches from the martial arts school who often accompany students on trips abroad.

The teenagers, ages 17 to 19, had a one-day training session at a hotel on June 24 to learn the basics of the art of Chinese lion dancing.

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