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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 12844
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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Hey, I sorta liked the first Bloodsport and Kickboxer movies, although Van Damme didn't appear to actually do any Muay Thai in Kickboxer. Still, Tong Po was awesome 
"Legs?!? Dis guy was kicking one of deeese with his legs! Until plaster was falling down!" |
 Very nice!
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¶ARADOX
Yellow Belt
Joined: 02 Jan 2007
Posts: 52
Location: somewhere in England, I hate not living In Scotland any more
Styles: Shotokan Karate and some form of aikido/aikijutsu which incorporates strikes and weapons
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I Don't think Karate Kid was responsible for generating the McDojo, Please don't hurt me for saying this but, Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee came before Karate Kid and during that era more people began learning MA than any other in America, and his Kiai, oh man his Kiai was one of the worst things thjat has ever happened to the Martial Arts, how many times have one oyou mentiones the martial arts and someone has gone WWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH, just like Bruce Lee, now everyone associates martial arts with that horrible chicken sound, the popularity of the nunchaku has Bruce Lee to blame as well, now Massachusetts (pardon my spelling) and New York have banned this weapon (but not firearms) because of Bruce Lee.
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DWx
KF Sensei
Joined: 17 Jan 2007
Posts: 1149
Location: UK
Styles: Tae Kwon Do & Yang family Tai Chi
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 10:21 am Post subject: |
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| ¶ARADOX wrote: |
| .... oh man his Kiai was one of the worst things thjat has ever happened to the Martial Arts, how many times have one oyou mentiones the martial arts and someone has gone WWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH, just like Bruce Lee, now everyone associates martial arts with that horrible chicken sound.... |
I gotta agree on this one. I have never seen anyone kiai like Bruce Lee in real life yet all my non-martial arts friends think thats how its done!
Oh and I hate any of the 3 Ninjas! The Aiyaaa!!! kiais in that were really bad too.
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Sengra
Purple Belt
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Posts: 521
Location: Philippines
Styles: Fencing
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Also. how come in many MA movies I see, even in animes..The fencer (western swordsman) is the bad guy?  Maybe a bit historical, but the image is just stuck..the dark lord..the black knight...
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YoungMan
Blue Belt
Joined: 14 May 2007
Posts: 258
Location: Somewhere in Michigan
Styles: Tae Kwon Do Chung Do Kwan, some Aikido
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The one thing about Karate Kid I didn't like, and it's not the movie's fault, is how many people couldn't get past Crane Technique to understand the philosophy the film had to offer. All they remember is Daniel-san balancing on one leg.
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DWx
KF Sensei
Joined: 17 Jan 2007
Posts: 1149
Location: UK
Styles: Tae Kwon Do & Yang family Tai Chi
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| YoungMan wrote: |
| The one thing about Karate Kid I didn't like, and it's not the movie's fault, is how many people couldn't get past Crane Technique to understand the philosophy the film had to offer. All they remember is Daniel-san balancing on one leg. |
I hate it when people find out you do MA and all they can do is real bad imitations of the crane coupled with Bruce Lee-esque noises. Drives me crazy! 
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YoungMan
Blue Belt
Joined: 14 May 2007
Posts: 258
Location: Somewhere in Michigan
Styles: Tae Kwon Do Chung Do Kwan, some Aikido
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You know, when people do that, or otherwise goof on martial arts, I just think "at least I'm practicing and going to class 2-3 times a week and trying". What do you do besides play video game sports?
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dete
Orange Belt
Joined: 07 Oct 2007
Posts: 138
Location: gotham city
Styles: full contact Karate and grappling
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I think many people start martial arts for the wrong reasons.
we want to win a street fight, look tough, get girls, impress people, intimidate people, do tricks, get muscles, do splits, etc.
many movies portray that,
and that is what draws people to hard training. as they undergo years of training they are suppose to mature, get humble & improve character.
not many people go into martial arts because they want to increase patience
most of these movies encourage the 1st few steps into martial arts training.
I don't think it's so bad, but if you get stuck there or think that is all to it, then it's sad.
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PunchYourFACE
Yellow Belt
Joined: 25 Apr 2008
Posts: 26
Styles: Freestyle / Wing Chun
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Youve never seen crap until you see Street Fighter.
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Kagerou
White Belt
Joined: 24 May 2008
Posts: 18
Location: NW Georgia, USA
Styles: United Karate
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Six pages and no mention of Surf Ninjas?
The choreography is good.
The plot and story...not so great.
But it's one of those B movies that you can watch over and over again, laughing all the way.
I don't think it portrays the MAs in a bad light; just an overly comedic one...so please forgive me being off topic a bit.
However, I do deem it an awful, corny movie.
The trailer alone cracks me up every time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tAZUQwKa0A
Then we have:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iYu0AY2eek
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on the post.
