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I would say Judo is one of the most important forms of fighting in an actual street fight....more often gets overlooked for it's more glamorous counter-parts. Most policemen and women are trained in Judo,Most MMA fighters too.....I would say knowledge of Judo and wrestling(Not the WWE kind) are probably the 2 most possible fight-forms that one might use in a street fight

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Why Martial art movies usually suck otherwise - story, direction, performance, production value, art direction - mostly everything looks disgustingly cheap.

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Why Martial art movies usually suck otherwise - story' date=' direction, performance, production value, art direction - mostly everything looks disgustingly cheap.[/quote'] cause noone's really watching a martial arts movie for the story... its simply about the stunts..and that is where all the money is spent too I can't really think of a single movie in this genre which had a good/unique storyline..
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cause noone's really watching a martial arts movie for the story... its simply about the stunts..and that is where all the money is spent too I can't really think of a single movie in this genre which had a good/unique storyline..
A movie like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon had a decent story, very good production value and good acting (for a long time I thought chinki people just cant act at all). Karate kid 3, with Jackie Chan had a good story, a brilliant screenplay, great acting (one of Chan's best) and very good production value. It's like sci-fi and super hero movies. Earlier there was nothing more than some typical sci-fi wonders. Now we have movies like The Matrix, Dark Knight, K-pax, Batman begins, Inception - all movies with depth in story, great performances, plenty of quality drama, great characterizations, good production value, high class CGI - and it has totally changed sci-fi movies are look at these days. People even criticized Avatar which had some superb graphics and animation. Why can't the same happen to martial art genre films? Why can't such films have a soul alongside some damn good action?
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cause noone's really watching a martial arts movie for the story... its simply about the stunts..and that is where all the money is spent too I can't really think of a single movie in this genre which had a good/unique storyline..
To name some movies with a great story..ones that can be carried on with the story without the need for excessive martial arts - The Hero The House of Flying Daggers The Curse of the Golden Flower The Myth Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon I guess the new ones are focusing more on storyline, cinematography, and other such film arts
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Some interesting facts about Bruce Lee:

Lee's speed in terms of reacting + punching from a distance of three feet away was determined to be around five hundreths of a second (0.05 second); from five feet away it was around eight hundreths of a second (0.08 second).[84][85][86] Lee could take in one arm a 75 lb barbell from a standing position with the barbell held flush against his chest and slowly stick his arms out locking them, holding the barbell there for several seconds.[87] In a speed demonstration, Lee could snatch a dime off a person's open palm before they could close it, and leave a penny behind.[88] Lee performed one-hand push-ups using only the thumb and index finger.[83][89] Lee performed 50 reps of one-arm chin-ups.[90] Lee could cause a 300-lb (136.08 kg) bag to fly towards and thump the ceiling with a sidekick.[83] Lee held an elevated v-sit position for 30 minutes or longer.[82]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee#Physical_feats
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Ipman 1 & 2 - A must watch for all martial arts fans. Watch the Donnie Yen versions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ip_Man_(film) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ip_Man_2 3rd part is also coming.. However, lot of others joined the bandwagon and there are few other movies about Ipman. While not as good as the above movies, but still they are decent ones. They don't overlap and show a different version. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grandmaster_(film) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ip_Man:_The_Final_Fight http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_Is_Born_%E2%80%93_Ip_Man

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Ipman 1 & 2 - A must watch for all martial arts fans. Watch the Donnie Yen versions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ip_Man_(film) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ip_Man_2 3rd part is also coming.. However, lot of others joined the bandwagon and there are few other movies about Ipman. While not as good as the above movies, but still they are decent ones. They don't overlap and show a different version. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grandmaster_(film) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ip_Man:_The_Final_Fight http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_Is_Born_%E2%80%93_Ip_Man
IPMan 1 was awesome....Havent watched 2 so far :sad:
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^ Akki is the only one in Bollywood with some decent martial arts skills. He can make some moves look really cool. Others like Ajay Devgan and Suneil Shetty have been very average. Now with harnesses, CG and some cool editing, even Salman Khan pulls off good fight scenes. But back in the old days when there was no CG and no harness, nobody could pull off the kicks that Akki could.

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