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Post by fujicolt on Aug 2, 2011 14:30:42 GMT
::Aren;t Martial arts films of old full of such b*llsh*t - but we all paid our money and lapped them up! Good Grief! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Paul Bedard on Aug 2, 2011 21:44:36 GMT
Ah come on!! Where is Tom Laughlin in Billy Jack or with him in trial of Billy Jack, Bong Soo Hon??? Osu Paul B
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Post by fujicolt on Aug 2, 2011 22:10:33 GMT
Billy Jack remains one of my favouraite ever Martial arts movies - 'I'm gonna take this foot and whack you on that side of your head and there aint a damn thing you can do about it' - slow realisation of impending doom on the Bullies face and then WHACK = a kick in the head!
Originally released in 1971 it became a cult classic in the UK before it's re-release in 1973 when it had international fame - It really hit buttons for me and a group of us from our dojo would go to the late night viewing everynight for a week after training. We were all green as Grass kyu grades then BUT we were fortunate in that we had an INstructor - John Tattum who could kick like the character in the film so to us this was achievable as John had done it and was now teaching us how to - pure heaven at 14-15 yrs old!
It actually inspired us far more than the Bruce lee stuff which had clearly been Hollywoodised wheras this was rough and raw!
to prove to you what i mean play the fight scenes in (for example) Enter the Dragon BUT turn the sound off. without the sound effects, i am very sorry to say the Famous Bruce Lee physically moved NO FASTER than many Martial artists of his day -
for us Brits that would mean Oniel, Cattle, Haslam, Poynton, Sherry, CRystal Enoeda, Tomita, Shirai, Kawasoe, Ochi etc the list was already long even then.
and we were seeing this for real up close and personal week after week!.
For example I distinctly remember Glen Haslam walking into our dojo - a school Gym and after a two minute warm up he took hold of the middle of the folded back Gym Bars with the ribs from floor to ceiling - I am sure you know what i speak of here -
and proceeded with lightening speed to hit every rib from floor to about 7' plus height with piston like Mawashi Geri's first with his right leg and then with his left leg !
Awesome to see but totally real - he was European Kumite Champion before moving to Dubai to teach the Shar/Kings Bodyguards and family! A great loss to european Karate but the money offered was obviously great cos he rarely came home for many many years!
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Post by nathanso on Aug 3, 2011 6:51:48 GMT
Billy Jack is definitely up there on the list! Another one I liked was Chuck Norris doing tobi yokogeri through a car windshield . While I haven't seen it in ages, I recall that "An Officer and Gentleman" had some good fight scenes. Finally, a great MA movie, and based on a true story, is Beautiful Boxer," about a professional Muay Thai fighter who fights to earn enough money to pay for a sex-change operation.
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Post by fujicolt on Aug 4, 2011 0:13:34 GMT
when i worked the doors I would use elbow strikes, throws, headbutts swweeps, back fist and hammer fist strikes etc that in the 70's were hardly known outside the MA community - when the steven segal film: Nico came out, one of my doorman (an ex boxer ) said to me 'Bloody hell steve have you seen that 'Nico' fellow he fights just like you do!' out of pure vanity I have loved that film since HAHA!
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