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Sengra
Green Belt
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
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Location: Philippines
Styles: Fencing
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Anybody here watched DOA?
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Shotokan-kez
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Joined: 13 May 2006
Posts: 1874
Location: Manchester uk
Styles: shotokan karate
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Don "the Dragon" Wilson movies... lol. As a matter of fact.. i think all movies starred by an "all Star" cast of retired kickboxers are bad. lol
So far the only American Kickboxer that looks cool in movies is Benny Urquidez. |
I agree with this. I have seen a couple of Don Wilson movies and the acting is awful.
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 11994
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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| Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:02 am Post subject: |
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| Shotokan-kez wrote: |
| Karateka_latino wrote: |
Don "the Dragon" Wilson movies... lol. As a matter of fact.. i think all movies starred by an "all Star" cast of retired kickboxers are bad. lol
So far the only American Kickboxer that looks cool in movies is Benny Urquidez. |
I agree with this. I have seen a couple of Don Wilson movies and the acting is awful. |
Yeah, but it is like watching a Segal movie....you don't watch it for the acting. 
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Shotokan-kez
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Location: Manchester uk
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Yeah thats true Brian. Sometimes you can get a really cheesy MA film with rubbish acting, but the fight scenes can be brilliant.....Just like 'bullet proof monk'!
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
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Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Shotokan-kez wrote: |
| Yeah thats true Brian. Sometimes you can get a really cheesy MA film with rubbish acting, but the fight scenes can be brilliant.....Just like 'bullet proof monk'! |
Quite true, Kerry!
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dreambig73
White Belt
Joined: 28 Dec 2006
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI
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| Anyone ever see "Gymkata" with Michael Dudikoff? Very out there. |
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mantis.style
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Joined: 04 Oct 2006
Posts: 177
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My problem with the karatekid films:
Machio's character: trained non realistically with esoteric exercises with the only the testing shown as a few punches that were in no danger of hitting him, done singularly with no change in direction, angle or reach.
Cobra Kai; trained hard, fought hard, trained by fighting.
Who wins the silly point sparring match?
The ones who trained traditionally or the one who trained in a modern, non-realistic way?
It is my opinion that Karate Kid, the film, created mcdojos
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bushido_man96
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| dreambig73 wrote: |
| Anyone ever see "Gymkata" with Michael Dudikoff? Very out there. |
I have seen bits and pieces of this movie. It was an interesting idea.
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IcemanSK
Purple Belt
Joined: 12 Oct 2005
Posts: 504
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Styles: Tae Kwon Do Chung Do Kwan
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There was a rash (& I mean that) of pro kickboxers in the 80's that made straight to video films that were awful. Not only Wilson, but Anthony "Amp" Elmore, Jerry Trimble, & even "Bad" Brad Hefton got his mug in at one that I saw.
Sad but true, I'm probably the only person (outside of their mommas) who watched em 
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Ace2021
Blue Belt
Joined: 15 Jun 2006
Posts: 277
Location: Texas
Styles: Kyokushin Karate, Brazilian Jujitsu, Mixed Martial Arts
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As Bushidoman and Shotokan-Kez mentioned, there are good MA films with good fighting but bad acting.
My example would be The Kumite. The Martial Arts is incredible, someone creates a mixed style of Thai Boxing, Hung-Gar, and Wing Chun kung fu, they enter a tournament, etc. but the cheesy love story ruins it, I bought it to watch some MA's...not romance.
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on the post.
