Kung Fu Inspired Swallowing

Start small with kung fu inspired swallowing!

In our 'Blast from the past' series of martial arts shenanigans we have come to one of the absolute best of the lot. And first off, I have to say this out loud: "I love any serious martial arts nutcase!" There, I said it, had to get it off my chest.

Anywho... It seems this Chinese wanna-be kung-fuka was so impressed with the feats of kung fu sword swallowers that he decided to follow suit.

As any smart (?) kung-fuka in training would do, he started out small - swallowing smaller items like nail clippers, nails and stuff. Only thing is - he didn't consider taking the items out after swallowing them. It should perhaps ring a bell that you would be very surprised if you were to find any real sword swallower leaving the sword there permanently...

Over a period of a month, the nut-job was able to gather quite a cargo of metal in his stomach - a cargo that finally led to massive pains and an admission to hospital. It reportedly took surgeons several hours to remove the rusted metal items from his stomach.

Reports said the nitwit was looking for work as a stuntman after the unfortunate affair. "I think I've proved that I'm tough and willing to do anything," the man allegedly told reporters. Truer words have probably never been spoken :-)

Kung fu inspired swallowing of swords - Image from Flickr.com