Let's talk about martial arts and movies
Hi! I have just finished my Saturday morning workout tonight, because I have to work tomorrow. Now that I am done I feel like relaxing and chatting. So- grab a seat, light a smoke (stop being a hypocrite if you smoke. I smoke!), grab a beer(yikes!)and let's talk about how the martial arts in movies have changed over the years. Well- I was born in 1978. By the time I was old enough to notice what's going on on television I could see that some secret agents (sometimes beautiful ladies) made men collapse with a well placed chop on the shoulder with their bare hands. In a society where honourable men did not use kicks when they fought people who used kicks in screen fights stood out. Little Annie swept a grown man's leg with a low kick in the shin while some boy in a Disney movie threw a thug to the ground using a Judo throw. Have you seen these movies as a kid? Back then Karate and Judo grasped the imagination of Western audienc...