You're probably thinking of a similar event that happened in Japan a few years ago where a "kiai master" claiming a 200-0 record challenged an MMA fighter.
The actual video (it's on YouTube) is really quite sad. It opens with a clip of him 'sparring' with his students and it just the most compliant thing you have ever seem. His students are literally throwing themselves onto the ground as soon as he gets close to them, clearly feeding his delusion.
Then the real fight happens and the 'master' just looks so lost and confused when he realizes his techniques have absolutely no effect. At the end of the day it's just a video of a very delusional old man getting punched in the face and having no idea what just happened.
Well, the current display is not much better in my opinion...
Xu is right, if you're presenting your "craft" as something you do for health reasons, great. If you're presenting it as something which should save your life in a dangerous situation... then that's a problem.
The actual video (it's on YouTube) is really quite sad. It opens with a clip of him 'sparring' with his students and it just the most compliant thing you have ever seem. His students are literally throwing themselves onto the ground as soon as he gets close to them, clearly feeding his delusion.
Then the real fight happens and the 'master' just looks so lost and confused when he realizes his techniques have absolutely no effect. At the end of the day it's just a video of a very delusional old man getting punched in the face and having no idea what just happened.