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Jeff Burger
08-20-2004, 22:34
The Octagon thread got me thinking ... what movies (if any)inspired you.
My first martial arts hero was........
Captain Kirk of Star Trek. He would get beemed somehwere and end up taking out 5 bad guys with a couple of chops his (Bruce Tegner) side kick, shoulder throw ( followed by chop) and a spin under wrsit lock throw.
The Kung Fu series with David Carradine fits in there.
BUT THEN I SAW....... ENTER THE DRAGON.
This was the first Bruce Lee movie I saw and it totally blew me away.
I remember walking home in a daze ... I was changed.
I just HAD to see it again. I watched that movie at least every other day for month. I returned bottles, did erronds, snuck inside ( early on the weekends so I could hide inside and watching back to back).
My little brother had 2 choices ...either practice with me or Im going to practice on you ( the later meant we are going to fight for real).
I made nunchakus and double sticks.
I just went crazy.
Jeff
When I was pretty young I watched Sidekicks ALL THE TIME. I own it now. I bought it a few months ago actually.
Cliff Hargrave
08-20-2004, 23:03
I was a big Chuck Norris fan. "A Force of One" probably was the most inspiring for martial arts for me.
I never really got into the Bruce Lee movies or the cheap Chinese kung Fu flicks.
reptilist
08-21-2004, 10:47
I prefer his movies most of all, unless they focus too much on automatic weapons and bombs.
But, probably the one movie that inspired me the most, many years ago, was the Van Damme movie "Blood Sport".
Luebbers
08-21-2004, 11:28
I remember always enjoying martial arts flicks, usually Van Damme movies. But then, I think it was in 1996, they released Jackie Chan's Rumble in the Bronx in theatres in America. I was totally blown away. His fight scenes and stunts were unlike anything I'd ever seen before. I remember seeing all of the American re-releases (Supercop, First Strike, Mr. Nice Guy, etc.) on their opening nights, dragging my friends in tow, of course. Jackie Chan is the reason I first got into kung fu.
rubberband
08-21-2004, 12:52
I always liked "Master Killer"... "You only live twice" turned me on to ninjutsu... "Bloodsport" as also a favorite... when I was young I could do the split between two chairs... unfortuantely that kind of flexability makes you vulnerable to leg locks so I had to let it go... "The Master" TV series was also an influence... looking back, I still like "Master Killer"...
steve
Jeff Burger
08-21-2004, 13:34
Master Killer is a classic.
Jeff
De_Franza
08-21-2004, 16:26
What about BEST OF THE BEST?
It's got the, well, BEST ending!
I won't blow it for you if you havn't seen it, but it's really frickin' awesome!
And it's a little cheesey but I did like Karate Kid.
stella fuentes
08-21-2004, 21:07
i watched bruce lee movies and still enjoy watching them. the fight scenes always bring a kind of high. :D i also liked jet li's fist of legend. :karate:
Jeff Burger
08-21-2004, 23:10
Fist of Legend is great.
My favorite Chuck Norris movies are Eye for and Eye and Lone Wolf Mc Quade (Texas ranger fights David Carradine at the end ... always wanted to see him get his butt kicked :up: )
Jeff
reptilist
08-22-2004, 01:22
It is very good!
Kill Bill Vol. 1...pretty good.
Kill Bill Vol. 2...I thought it was lousy! Too much talk talk talk...
not enough fight.
The one that started it all, Billy Jack.
I'm going to take my right foot and kick you on the right side of your face and theres not a damn thing you can do to stop me.
Cliff Hargrave
08-22-2004, 19:39
Hollywood looking to re-make it starring Keanu Reeves. I am sure they will screw it up like they did Walking Tall.
It's interesting to look at how the focus of movies changed back then. In 1967 "The Born Losers" came out Billy Jack was just a loner ex-GI who gets harassed by an evil, drug taking, biker gang :)
Then in 1971 when Billy Jack was released it was hippie, feel good, anti-establishment type flick.
I was born in 1966 so when I watch these movies now they are kind of funny.
I thought the two sequels after that, "The Trial of Billy Jack" and "Billy Jack goes to Washington" sucked.
Oh and Tom Laughlin is a strange guy. http://igoberserk.billyjack.com/
reptilist
08-22-2004, 20:19
I love that line!
And..."I just go berserk!"
He was my first hero!
Now that you mention it, I have an urge to buy a Billy Jack T-shirt!
I had alot of movies that inspired me to go into the martial arts but the one that I give the most credit to was "Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon". I was watching that movie with a friend of mine who studied karate and I was so impressed by Taimak that I asked him if his instructor would mind if I visited class. I really thought you had to be chosen to even stop by the dojo.
Since then, the movies that have inspired me to continue to train is:
Enter the Dragon
Rickson Gracie: Choke
Dragons of the Orient
Modern Warriors
Best of the Best
Black Mask
Above the Law ( I still love the opening scene in Seagal's dojo)
Fist of Legend
Passion of the Christ (I know it's a strange choice but it inspires me to see the pain one man can endure and hold to his convictions)
hey..first of all hi, it's my first statement...
i just startet with kung fu and if there are films that made me curious about it then there are the jet li and j. chan films...i just like the way they combine old traditional thinkin and the fast world today..for example jet li playing the cop in kiss of the dragon and i'm really waiting for hero starting in theatres here..
by the way,crouching tiger, hidden dragon also impressed me..gave a little introduction into the "spirit" that we all just hear of =)
greetings from germany, marco blum
Jeff Burger
08-23-2004, 08:25
I saw Hero about a year ago.
Jet Li has alot of movies out in China that havent come out here yet.
Jeff
De_Franza
08-23-2004, 11:04
HA! How could I forget Billy Jack? My dad's name is Jack, and my parents almost named me William Jack De Franza, so the nickname would have been Billy Jack. (If they had, I might have started training younger, which I wish I had, but anyway)
Instead, I'm William Patrick D. "Billy Pat" doesn't sound nearly as badass. :cool:
Luebbers
08-23-2004, 13:39
By the way, the documentary you were talking about is called Choke. It's about Rickson training to defend his title in the Japan Vale Tudo tournament and it is awesome. I highly recommend it for anyone who is a fan of BJJ or NHB tournaments. There are some pretty good fights that they show from the tournament. Gerard Gordeau (from the first UFC) is in it as well as this awesome little Japanese guy, Yuki Nakai.
I'm with De Franza on a couple of these. I really loved The Karate Kid when it first came out (I was about 8 or 9). Who would've thought that washing cars could teach you Karate? :laugh:
Another favorite of mine, was when I first started Martial Arts in 94, we'd always watch Best Of The Best. I still get chills every time I watch Tommy (Phillip Rhee) put that finishing combination on Dae-Han (Simon Rhee). That, and my friends and I have this running joke where we always say "NOOOO" just like James Earl Jones does at the end.
Probably one of my favorites is still Jeff Speakman's The Perfect Weapon. That movie just makes me want to walk into a dojang in Koreatown, find the toughest guy there (with his friends) and say I wonder if I could kick your ***. Wait...not just you...all THREE of you. That, and you've gotta love the McDojo comparison, in the scene where it shows Jeff going through the ranks, and getting a new belt color every 3 kicks or so.
Jean Claude had a likability that was rare for a martial artist.
Mmmmpppssstthhhhh! [excuse me while I unwillingly spew Mountain Dew on my monitor from my nasal cavities]
I guess...if you're into guys who lie about their martial arts backgrounds, get caught drunk and disorderly, beat their girlfriends, and then tell Playboy that his "kicks are deadly and they will kill".
Jeff Burger
08-25-2004, 09:52
Kelly Le Brock said Seagal smacked her around too.
Jeff
I would have to say all of the HK kung fu flicks were the first films that I saw since I was born there.
But then, my dad did also take me to see the second Star Wars movie.
But the one movie that really inspired me was Gohatto with Beat Takashi.
The #1 most inspirational movie I've yet seen (though no martial arts).
One can accomplish anything.
JujitsuFreak
08-26-2004, 13:54
I'm with De Franza on a couple of these. I really loved The Karate Kid when it first came out (I was about 8 or 9). Who would've thought that washing cars could teach you Karate?
Another favorite of mine, was when I first started Martial Arts in 94, we'd always watch Best Of The Best. I still get chills every time I watch Tommy (Phillip Rhee) put that finishing combination on Dae-Han (Simon Rhee). That, and my friends and I have this running joke where we always say "NOOOO" just like James Earl Jones does at the end.
Probably one of my favorites is still Jeff Speakman's The Perfect Weapon. That movie just makes me want to walk into a dojang in Koreatown, find the toughest guy there (with his friends) and say I wonder if I could kick your ***. Wait...not just you...all THREE of you. That, and you've gotta love the McDojo comparison, in the scene where it shows Jeff going through the ranks, and getting a new belt color every 3 kicks or so.
:D :laugh: Couldn't have said it better myself, stole my thunder... did we grow up together?
Karate Kid at a young age was very inspiring.
B of B, I didn't really believe Eric Roberts knew anything, but I liked his fight stance... and that part when he popped his shoulder back in... the music added to this flick made it better too, albeit cheesy in hindsight. Tommy, with the clock breaking spinning back/side kick... heh. I liked Sonny the deaf opera enthusiast, he was too funny. The bar brawl scene. Eric saying 'Tommy, dont do it" when he took his lineup stance against(I later learned), his brother. I watched that movie too much... I liked the team aspect.
Perfect Weapon. I took up Kenpo because of that movie. :laugh: The dojang scene was great then and hysterical now. I liked how he had to learn the difference between dragon and tiger... had a crush on that brunette chick too, I actually had this whole movie memorized, line by line... sad. My favorite scene was when he was in the store and it was being robbed... he took on those guys with the bo that broke to become arnis sticks.
Nowadays, it's Segal. I can't stand the dialogue, plot, guns/explosives, etc etc additions to his movies... I only care for the moves/techniques and nothing else.
Ill stop in to catch some Walker once in a while, quickly! cause his acting sux... the whole show sux, but Im always curious to see who else is on.
And the UFC's, especially with Royce or Rickson... and just about anything reality based today will do.
Tribalweapon
08-26-2004, 15:05
Yeah, Drop him like a toilet seat Tommy!!!
My favorite line of the movie :D
Jeff Burger
08-26-2004, 21:05
There was more than one woman who made the claim and filed charges.
One was former pro body builder Gladys Portugese.
Jeff
Jeff Burger
08-26-2004, 21:49
"Body builder woman? Sounds like she could take it? "
Would you think that if it was your mother or your sister getting hit?
Jeff
PooterMan
08-26-2004, 23:31
I could have swore I heard he died a year or so ago. Thats what I get for believing internet gossip. As a kid I always liked his "calmness". Both before and after any of the action scenes he always just seemed as calm as a minister.
He's apparently now in his 70's. I wonder if he still stays in shape?
My dad is 70 and still plays basketball 2 nights a week with college kids. I swear he will probably outlive me!
Happy Trails
Seven Samurai of Kurosawa (well, almost anything from Kurosawa, but this one especially)
Once Upon A Time in China -movie serie of those more recent movies.
Of course Karate Kid.
Vaguely MA-related, (old) sword movies, like Scaramouche
Not MA-related, but effective were:
Dead Poet's Society
Ed Wood.
I guess there would be more if give a bit time for thinking.
Riku Ylönen
JujitsuFreak
08-27-2004, 05:53
Dangit, shame to me to hear Seagal winding down. I haven't seen his latest flick and am in no rush to... he's been getting really low budget lately. The 7up commercial was funny though. Usually when I think of Seagal, I think of Out for Justice, Hard to kill, and Above the Law - this one really showed great respect to Japan in the beginning which I was greatly inspired by.
Send Van Damned back to jail on that island.. what the heck was that movie?? The only movie that I cared for of his was Bloodsport cause it showed alot of different arts and the plot was strictly martial arts, which was cool. Other than that, hes a known and an admitted cokehead whos been married more than a handful of times cause he can't be civil with women, not to mention his arrests for assault. I personally cant say I don't like or like him, I don't know him... however, his actions speak louder than words which is why he still remains on my rather growing boycott list.
Keelhaulhim
08-27-2004, 08:52
The Yojimbo movie put the hook in me. Then it was Bruce Lee in the Green Hornet. Then I believe it was 'Five Fingers of Death' which kicked off the martial arts craze in the U.S., finally all the television 'Kung Fu' programs which kept up my motivation in the martial arts and Eastern philosophy.
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Allen J. Sullivan
I think Lethal Weapon inspired me the most although Mel is not a martial artist. His brutal showdown with Gary Busey at the end is a classic fight scent, and I heard that one of the Gracies might have been the fight choreographer on it. I wouldn't doubt it, doesn't he finally win the fight with a triangle choke?
Pooterman, the man that portrayed Billy Jack is Tom Laughlin. He is not in shape anymore...years of heavy drinking took a toll on him. He is still alive though. The man that did stunts and was Tom's stand in for the fight scenes was Grandmaster Bong Soo Han who is still very active in the hapkido community.
Ramirez...Rorion Gracie was the Lethal Weapon fight choreographer. It was one of his first big breaks in America. After he did LW, many powerful people in Hollywood came to know BJJ and started to train under him. He got alot of press for that movie. The rest in history. :)
PooterMan
08-27-2004, 20:43
Yes, I knew his real name, just hadn't done any looking on the internet regarding him lately. Looks like he is quite the politician. So how much of it was actually him in the movie action scenes? What I mean is, does/did he practice martial arts? Or is it all just implied?
Happy Trails
Yes, I knew his real name, just hadn't done any looking on the internet regarding him lately. Looks like he is quite the politician. So how much of it was actually him in the movie action scenes? What I mean is, does/did he practice martial arts? Or is it all just implied?
Happy Trails
I remember him saying that studied hapkido with Grandmaster Han after seeing his demonstration but he didnt continue to study through out the years. Basically, every fight scene that you dont see Billy Jacks face is indeed Grandmaster Han.
In a weird way, knowing how great and talented Han is actually enhances the movie for me. Nowadays, if I know the actors uses a double for the martial arts scenes really bothers me. Billy Jack was just that great of a movie. :)
redqueen290
09-02-2004, 21:53
for me it was the Godfather. I watched that and i said to myself "dude! i wunna beat people up!" Its such a violent yet saffisticated plot, i think thats why its so great.
For me, Jackie Chan's early movies are just awesome. These old movies, made in the seventies and eighties when he was in his prime are unbelievable. It's just so sad he only made it in Hollywood in the '90's.
My favourite and an absolute must-see is DRUNKEN MASTER 2 - You have GOT to see it - SERIOUSLY!
Richard :bow:
I'm surprised no one has said Rocky yet. Rocky is definetely up there for me. Perfect Weapon was probably one of the first MA movies I've seen. Then there was a big Bruce Lee/Jackie Chan/Jet Li time period that I went through/still going through.
Some other mediums that got me interested were comics. I've always loved Batman and I love Robin even more. Robin's character was so great. It had all the teenage problems that Spider-man had when he first popped onto the comic scene way back when. Plus, Robin wasn't some crazy mutant with super powers. He learned his martial arts from the best in the (comic) world.
One more medium: Video games. Games like Tekken and Virtua Fighter have influenced me a lot. Especially some of the newer games. Virtua Fighter Evolutions has some of the best realistic and diverse styles of any game. But all that falls short in comparison to Street Fighter II. Probably the very first form of martial arts I ever saw as a little kid was this game.
Definitely Bloodsport...all the different MA's represented and despite his bizarre life and dubious MA skills, Van Damme brought a physical presence to the screen that inspired many to study the arts. They may have not been deadly, but those kicks sure were pretty! Also, early Seagal films and Best of the Best. Bump what Ender said about video games too...I grew up wanting to be Ryu from the SF games lol :) peace
Actually martial art movies didn't motivate me at all. This is because of knowing that they are basically choreographed moves speeded up with camera to impress the mass audience, kind of blown the whole movie watcing experience. When you are always told by your dad that "that is only how people fight in the movie", it kind of turns you off.
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Kenneth Ku
it has to be rumble in the bronx!
Definitly best of the best 1 and 2 (philip rhee) just blows me to shame with his kicks. Yeah bloodsport and double impact are good in my opinion too.
Both in Japan and abroad I think you'll find a great many judoka who were inspired to take up the art by Akira Kurosawa's first film "Sanshiro Sugata" also known as 'The Judo Saga'.
This film deals not only with the challenges encountered in training but also in practising and competing with sincerity in order to show respect for one's opponents.
This film reaches for bigger goals than merely who is the toughest hombre in town. I think that is what makes the film inspirational in a very true sense.
Any of Jacky Chans movies (especially the older ones).., Fist of Legend, and just about any of the HK kung fu flicks from the 70's & 80's.
Budderfly
11-29-2004, 02:39
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
LOL.
Seriously.
And of course, the Karate Kid. Who didn't want to start MA after watching that?
Nicholas Berkeley
11-29-2004, 16:26
I know there are a ton of movies that inspired me, but I can't think or one or two that tipped the boat for me off the top of my head. There are a lot of animes that inspire me as well. If I ever start watching a martial arts anime for more than a couple hours, I'll spend the rest of the day on a martial arts high. Of course, I don't think I'll ever accomplish the 15 ft. jumps or the building-leveling chi blasts, but at the very least, it makes me wonder how far I COULD go.
There's a few video games as well. I've always been a fan of Street Fighter and King of Fighters. Gen and Dan are my favorites, though Sakura is most certainly up there. Watching Gen fight is something else for me, though he doesn't get a lot of notice in the media.
I would be lying if I said that Shenmue 2 didn't inspire me. I think I can almost solely credit my current zeal to that game. It wasn't just about the fighting, but about the other aspects of martial arts. And they don't have to flash most of it up to make it look good.
I'm sure there are others that I'm overlooking, but It's sometimes difficult to find what I'm looking for while I'm looking for it.
Nicholas
Steve Wright
11-29-2004, 20:44
Rocky, Galipoli(Mel Gibson), Raw Deal(Schwartzeneger -how do you spell his name anyway?), Last Man Standing(Bruce Willis, I think), Unforgiven(Clint Eastwood), The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly(Clint Eastwood)
I could go on for ever...
I always thought Karate Kid was a great movie with a positive message....but the scene where Mr. Miyagi steals the black belt at the tournament boggles my mind. The little old honorable karate man stealing...who would have thought. :eek:
The Transport with Jason Statham. O man, i know that movie Word fo' Word.
Such a great movie, does all of his stunts too.
Charity Lopez
12-01-2004, 16:35
Haha I liked all the chick fight movies. I remember watching 'Kickout' a long time ago and I was like I WANNA BE LIKE THAT!! I saw it again a few years ago though and it was rather cheesy. Also movies like "Enough" just because it is refreshing to see. The Last Samurai.
Yeah but JLO stared in enough, i mean cmon dude in a real fight. It'd start off and she'd me moderatley agressive, midfight, she'd want to stop, and get a new partner, just like 5 of her marriges.
And hopefully her form, would be better than gili :laugh:
For me it was TV shows like Wild, Wild West with the judo throws, Green Hornet and a show called Longstreet, James Franciscus played a blind detective who is taught Jeet Kun Do by Bruce Lee. Capt. Kirk was good, but the best was a detective show called Honey West, the opening had a shoulder throw and the actress was :wink2:
Peace
Dennis
Actually, it's Older School, and it gets older every day.
Peace
Dennis :D
Nicholas Berkeley
12-02-2004, 10:49
Nothing wrong with Old School. :up:
Charity Lopez
12-04-2004, 02:23
Yeah but JLO stared in enough, i mean cmon dude in a real fight. It'd start off and she'd me moderatley agressive, midfight, she'd want to stop, and get a new partner, just like 5 of her marriges.
And hopefully her form, would be better than gili :laugh:
Haha yes; it drove me crazy in the movie because she'd just hit him on the cheek and then run away and then come back and do it again. I kept thinking, if she's afraid of him killing her, why doesn't she just hit him in the temple instead of the cheek?? I don't know, maybe she still didn't plan on killing him yet? If you think about it, though, she was a battered woman.
It is hard ish to stand up to your abuser, much less beat him or even
kill him. I admired that strength. I liked it anyway though! Maybe it is because I wish some people I know would do the same.
YES are you talking about Gigli? Wow that was a pretty bad movie.
i just saw fightclub, anyone wanna start one :D This movie is so awsome. Definitly an inspiration to stop really caring about materials, and just do it.
stella fuentes
12-08-2004, 22:11
just saw "fighters of the wind" it's a korean/japanese movie and it was subtitled. but the fights were really good.! it was like non stop action all thru out the movie..the storyline was good too. i think its new.
black-gi
01-04-2005, 12:42
bloodsport..... end of story!
Jason Bryant
i just saw fightclub, anyone wanna start one :D This movie is so awsome. Definitly an inspiration to stop really caring about materials, and just do it.
If you dig the movie, pick up any of the books by the author, Chuck Palahnuik. Truly amazing stuff...his perspective on life just blows me away. peace.
jakmak52
01-05-2005, 14:01
First it was Kato in "The Green Hornet", and then Jet Li in "Romeo must Die".
Eric Roberts and Phillip Rhee in the "The Best of the Best"...
Blue Dragon
01-06-2005, 18:41
yeah i know a movie that i love "the good the bad and the ugly" you do see some figths i like movies with less talk more action :) :t2:
Mandeigh Wells
01-07-2005, 04:06
Well saw an old one last night that I had totally forgotton about..
Big Trouble in Little China......now when you doubters have developed your chi as good as the guy who flys and has lighting coming out of your finger tips.....I will be impressed! :p
Blue Dragon
01-07-2005, 04:10
:laugh: yeah i will be able to do that soon :)
Luebbers
01-07-2005, 19:22
Just a little side note, but the girl in Big Trouble in Little China is Kim Cattrall, of Sex in the City fame. Weird huh?
jakmak52
01-08-2005, 09:40
Oh I forgot, Kill Bill Volume 1, I have a thing for Uma Thurman :cool:
Humble78
01-18-2005, 12:34
Has to be the movie that made me want to learn TKD. Also Bloodsport I think was the first MA movie I watched at a theater, and was so amazed by the movie. I believe the first MA movie I ever watched was Enter the Dragon and that movie alone made me want to learn MA more than any other.
Other Favorites:
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Best of the Best 2
Snake in the Eagles Shadow
Drunken Master
Dwayne H. Raper
STORMCROW34
01-20-2005, 09:41
Remember CIRCLE OF IRON? Co-wrote by Bruce Lee. Carradine was the blind man that guided Jeff Cooper on his quest for The Book of Knowledge? A bit far fetched, but it was the greatest when I was a kid.
ff7isbest
01-20-2005, 20:36
A movie that really inspired me to get into martial arts is "Looney Tunes: Back in Action". Miss Jenna Elfman was in that and she really showed her martial arts skills in all their glory.
SteyrAUG
01-22-2005, 10:30
Remember CIRCLE OF IRON? Co-wrote by Bruce Lee. Carradine was the blind man that guided Jeff Cooper on his quest for The Book of Knowledge? A bit far fetched, but it was the greatest when I was a kid.
Another project (like Kung Fu: The Series) that was Bruce's idea and created with Bruce in mind that ended up being done by Carradine.
STORMCROW34
01-22-2005, 11:44
Another project (like Kung Fu: The Series) that was Bruce's idea and created with Bruce in mind that ended up being done by Carradine.
Was it my imagination, or did Carradines moves always seem EXTREMELY SLOW? Was he an actual martial artist?
Not really a MA movie perse' but certainly one that brings out the ideals that many of us enjoy about the martial arts. Black Hawk Down...
Jeff Burger
01-22-2005, 17:15
Good vs evil...
Evil inspired by - greed, insecurity, jealousy...
Good inspired by doing the right thing.
I tell my young students not to bully or fight unless theny have to for 2 reasons. #1 its just wrong. #2 you wont fight your best. When you know your right your just coming from a better place.
Movies...
Keep a look out for "Ong Bak" a Muay Thai flick. It came out in China about a year ago and heard it will be coming here soon.
I wouldnt call it inspiring but its a good flick.
Jeff
KiniroKyoshi
01-22-2005, 17:32
with out a dought blood sport is the most inpspireing movie i have ever seen, even if for nothing other then the song. But i only enjoyed the orignal, all the others upset me that they mocked the first so, they where no where near the same.
-bryan owens
jakmak52
01-22-2005, 18:12
And of course "Wolf" with Jack Nicholson and Michelle Phieffer....Mmmmmmmm
Good ;)
KiniroKyoshi
01-24-2005, 07:58
oh and of course i almost fergot rocky, everyone knows the rock, i liked 1 best, but outside 1, i would probley say 4 was my favorite cus it had the robot :D but yea i think rocky is what got me first intrested in fighitng which lead to the martial arts latter.
-Bryan Owens
Bad Karma
01-24-2005, 23:37
Sorry, but any Bruce Lee movie still does it for me. Walking Tall is another good one - No! Not the one w/The Rock! The "real" one!
Peace
Bad Karma
01-24-2005, 23:42
Omigawd! How could I ever forget GymKata and Bruce LeRoy (can't remember the name of the movie)! LOL!
Peace
Bruce LeRoy (can't remember the name of the movie)! LOL!
Peace
The Last Dragon.
The Last Dragon.
I thought that was actually a pretty good movie.
stella fuentes
01-31-2005, 22:31
hi,i am really sorry to be so late to correct my post about "fighters in the wind"
it is actually "fighter in the wind"(no"s") and the story of the man who is important to kokyushin karate ... they call him choi beadal in the movie. lots of fighting action..and it is his story.
it has subtitles, though.
Although this is a little unfair, The Crow is what did it for me. I had just gotten into martial arts, and had yet to see Rapid Fire, but knew that Bruce Lee's son was making a movie that he actually acted in and that was my thing. When tragedy struck, it just made it all the more a part of my counter-culture. I'm actually reading a pretty interesting book about it now...
Aside from that, Rapid Fire is awesome, mainly because of the cinemaphotography at the end with the music and Brandon doing the sticky hands....
And yes, while Karate Kid was great, Best of the Best (1 really, but 2 was good also) was what did it for me. I mean honestly, who can forget "Pop it Tommy, pop it!!!!" Makes me want to hop on a plane and get my butted kicked by a Korean just to live that line...
The Perfect Weapon was good too, although it's probably his only good one. I also liked (movie versions) Fist of the Northstar, No Retreat No Surrender, and The Hunted (both the Japanese themed Christopher Lambert one - great sword play in that, and the Bennecio del Torro/Tommy Lee Jones kali inspired one - awesome knife play in that).
What about the rest of you?
Humble78
02-01-2005, 10:19
Which No Retreat No Surrender are you talking about. The first one was good but the rest were not as good to me. Other good ones Wing Chun with Michele Yoeu(excuse the spelling) was an interesting movie, lots of wire work and camera tricks. A typical Hong Kong movie. :D
Dwayne Raper
I actually kind of liked 1 and 2 (No Retreat No Surrender)....
I liked "Best of the Best 1" and recently watched some nice judo and jujutsu moves on "Blood on the Sun." Its a pretty old movie but the fight seens are realistic. Not forgetting "Fist of fury" with Bruce lee, "Kiss of the dragon,"with Jet li , "Game of Death" with Ji Han Jae, "Above the Law" with Steven Seagal.
Men this list just goes on and on. :D
"Rush Hour"and must of Jackie Chan's movies
"The Green Hornet"
"The Transporter"
"Maximum Risk" with van damme
DungeonWorks
02-05-2005, 08:38
Enter The Dragon hooked me then the Green Hornet. I was a Big Bruce Lee fan as a kid. Then when I was in elementry school At West Univercity Elementry there was an old movie theater on the corner of Weslayn and Bissonette that showed Kung Fu Movies three a week in rotation. I used to ride my bike there every saturday and watch all three back to back they had egg rolls and fried rice at the concession stand. The movies where imports with subtitles lot of wire work.
I watched The Kung Fu Series and always wondered why they had a White guy playing the role. Really sad they ripped off Bruce Lee with that one. Then THe Octagon yes huge impression on me.
I was not as familure with Mr. Norris as I am now.
He is one of the finest human beings I know.
He is one of the greats who doesn't get enough credit IMO.
Walker Texas Ranger has some great fight scenes and he invited alot of his martial arts friends so you never know who the bad guys is.
I hate the new style of jerky camera work and close ups where you cant see the skills or techniques of the fighters. It's like they hide all the mistakes with the camera tricks now.
I like the Borne Identity fight scenes, very clean good combos and skilled fighter in the scenes. The Borne Supremecy I didnt like as much to much jerky camera work.
My favorite most recent is Kill Bill 2. Yeah baby that is awsome stuff 1 was to off the hook for me.
Then a documentry can't remember what the title was but it was Rickson Gracie training to fight in the UFC and then the UFC fights. Great back ground on behind the scene in a no hold barred event. Very impressed with him.
Chris,
Would be cool to belly up to a bar for a Vernor's/Beer sometime! When I was young, my buddy and I used to go to the local Showcase Cinema's near my Dad's house in Sterling Heights Michigan. Man, we would ride our bikes EVERY weekend in the summertime to see double and triple Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan features....rain or shine! :) Now that all the corporations own all of the theatres, you never see those retro movie festivals anymore. Thanks for bringing up some GREAT memories! :wink2:
Gary
DungeonWorks
02-05-2005, 08:48
Movies/TV Shows that inspired as a 70's/80's kid:
Enter the Dragon
Game of Death
Billy Jack
Charlie Rum's Kung Fu Theatre
American Ninja
Gymkata
Movies/TV Shows that inspire at present (90's to present day):
The Last Samurai (GREAT MOVIE!!!)
Kickboxer
Out for Justice
Ultimate Fighter (Been watching this every week...seeing the training gets me pumped up!)
Walker Texas Ranger
Mortal Kombat
Bulletproof Monk (an underated movie I think)
Elektra :up: (Took my daughter and my niece to see Jennifer Gardner fight super mystical magical Ninja in a nice red teddy and red leather pants! :eek: It was VERY (ah-hem) inspiring, just not in a "Martial" sort of way! :laugh: )
Bulletproof Monk (an underated movie I think)
I agree. The best part is when Chow Yun Fat is training Seann William Scott in the warehouse.
Dennis Monk
02-05-2005, 14:14
Elektra :up: (Took my daughter and my niece to see Jennifer Gardner fight super mystical magical Ninja in a nice red teddy and red leather pants! :eek: It was VERY (ah-hem) inspiring, just not in a "Martial" sort of way! :laugh: )
That was Electra you say? I might have to check that one out, for the inspirational aspect of it or course. :up:
That was Electra you say? I might have to check that one out, for the inspirational aspect of it or course. :up:
Watch it and let me know how you like it, Dennis.
Note: I said "it", as in the movie. Notice I didn't say "her", as in Jennifer Gardner.
DungeonWorks
02-05-2005, 18:21
Watch it and let me know how you like it, Dennis.
Note: I said "it", as in the movie. Notice I didn't say "her", as in Jennifer Gardner.
Jonathan,
I thought it was a good movie to be totally honest (NOT just Jennifer Garder's outfit...although she is one beautiful lady! :D ). If you do NOT require realism in your fight scenes to be entertained, then you may like it. the fight scenes are okay, but as a comic fan most of my life, I found it to be entertaining and fun to watch with my 11 yr old daughter. It is not very often that theymake movies that a dad and pre-teen daughter can enjoy together equally. I was hoping it would inspire her with some interest in the Martial Arts. She wants the DVD when it comes out along with Daredevil. It wasn't a Spiderman, Batman, or a Daredevil, but it was still good.
DungeonWorks
02-05-2005, 18:23
Sorry, but any Bruce Lee movie still does it for me. Walking Tall is another good one - No! Not the one w/The Rock! The "real" one!
Peace
Tony, you didn;t like the Walking Tall remake? I thought it was pretty good...in that Hollywood way.
It wasn't a Spiderman, Batman, or a Daredevil, but it was still good.
You actually thought Daredevil was good?
DungeonWorks
02-06-2005, 00:16
You actually thought Daredevil was good?
Aside from that dill-weed Ben Afleck, yes. I got lots of the old Daredevil comics so I may be biased there....but Afleck did a good Matt Murdock, even if I cannot stand him. Not only that, Jenniffer Gardner is in it and she wears that Black Leather (Oh MAN! :cool: :D ) outfit which she makes red (even better! :up: ) in the Electra movie! :t2: :D
In all seriousness, realistic fight scenes in MOVIES mean nothing to me and look like crap. I watch movies for entertainment and fantasy purposes only. The choreographed fight scenes look good, especially if the actors make it look as if it "could be" real. As I said before, I like comics, so others may not be as easily satisfied...and that is cool too, just stating where I am coming from. I'd hate to waste anyones money on my own opinion. ;)
Electra was more along the lines of the old Kung Fu movies with present day technology and a REALLY hot chick with comic book type violence....take it for what that is worth, but I liked it! ;) Then again, I just ain't like the other kids! :laugh:
Good to see I'm not the only one who doesn't really care for Ben.
bakTObasics
02-06-2005, 21:43
Jackie Chan in "DRAGONS FOREVER"!. Made in 1972 I think - I grew up watching that movie, despite the fact that it was made 11 years before I was born.
Angelo Cpauano
Iron Monkey
02-19-2005, 05:48
When I was 15 my cousin finally let me see one of the most coolest movies that hit before I was born the 1983 movie the shogun assassin, oh how I love this movie and other was king of the kickboxers.
Hwoarang
02-22-2005, 07:34
Some movies like "No surrender, no retreat" or Karate Kid.. inspired me when i was a kid.
Today movies like "Fighter in the Wind" or "Ong Bak" inspire me.
Patrick Hayes
03-21-2005, 16:11
Surprised that no one's voted for Only the Strong. OK, not the best script, but how often do you get to see Capoeira on film? Some great fight scenes, good training sequences, lively music, and a good message about loyalty, integrity, and honor. Of course, I cringe during the "climax" when a group of skinny, barely-trained students take on a huge gang of armed drug dealers on a beach. Don't drug dealers carry guns anymore? :t2:
chickenmonkey
03-21-2005, 18:37
I can't remember the name of the movie that first made me think "yeah, martial arts are cool", but it was set in a school and this chinese kid kicked a knife out of another kids hand. It could have been a TV show, but after I saw that, I was inspired. But the TV series The Master was absolute class for me. Incidently, if anyone knows where I could get hold that, I'd be most grateful. Since then, No Retreat, No Surrender, although when I watch it back now the gang of bullies are hardly threatening.
Enter The Dragon & Karate Kid, of course. I even watched the Karate Kid cartoon series :eek: . Bloodsport and Kickboxer were pretty encouraging, although I don't think the stretching techniques should be regarded as good practice. Best of the Best encompassed the spirit of Martial arts very well I thought, I still get choked up (not literally) at the end, and it had some great fight scenes.
One of the best fight scenes I have seen though, is at the end of Gross Point Blank.
Best of the Best encompassed the spirit of Martial arts very well I thought, I still get choked up (not literally) at the end, and it had some great fight scenes.
Yeah, I really like how they ended that movie. I almost cried at it, myself. The sequels, however, definitely didn't live up to the first one.
miz_sammi_girl
03-21-2005, 22:13
i recently saw elecktra, which i loved, but it's a real chick flick i think!
topgun3442
03-22-2005, 09:14
"Fists Of Fury" started it all. After that anything with Bruce Lee in it. When I really got hooked was when I began to watch and study Steven Segal's older movies, Above The Law, Marked For Death, Hard To Kill, Out For Justice. Watching the hand trapping and throws really inspired me to get into martial arts and learn as much as possible.
Kentucky Fried Movie
Ed Boyd
i recently saw elecktra, which i loved, but it's a real chick flick i think!
You're probably the first one I've heard that said that they liked it.
Humble78
03-22-2005, 11:46
Enter The Dragon & Karate Kid, of course. I even watched the Karate Kid cartoon series :eek: .
Did you have the action figures with the breaking action. I know I did. Ha, Ha, Ha. :laugh:
I can't believe I forgot to mention Only the Strong. I love that movie. I can still do the one handed kick.
Dwayne H. Raper
DungeonWorks
03-22-2005, 15:21
You're probably the first one I've heard that said that they liked it.
...second...I wrote awhile back how much I enjoyed seeing Jennifer Garner doing Karate-Esque fight scenes in that really sweet lookin' red teddy and red leather pants. Oooowwww!!! ;) :cool: :D
...second...I wrote awhile back how much I enjoyed seeing Jennifer Garner doing Karate-Esque fight scenes in that really sweet lookin' red teddy and red leather pants. Oooowwww!!! ;) :cool: :D
Oh, yeah. I remember that now.
chickenmonkey
03-23-2005, 17:21
"Enter The Dragon & Karate Kid, of course. I even watched the Karate Kid cartoon series .
Did you have the action figures with the breaking action. I know I did. Ha, Ha, Ha."
No, I never did get the figures, but you'd be surprised how well Luke Skywalker in Bespin outfit doubles up. STorm Troopers and Tie Fighter Pilots make excellent ninjas too.
Meant to mention Perfect Weapon. I am surprised that it hasn't made it to DVD.
and there's nothing wrong with liking the Karate Kid, I find it rather odd that the older I get the better that movie is, plus its great to show to the youngsters in class.
I almost bought the four DVD set for $40 the other day.
Iron Dove
04-13-2005, 03:25
my first inspiration was my uncle when i was 2, later it was the actors rather than the movies that inspired me, like jean claud van damme, steven segal, bruce lee. But my fav. ma movie is best of the best.
Wow this thread went far with out my input.
For me as I was growing up was the Saturday afternoon Kung Fu flicks on chnnel 5, now Fox T.V.
I was hooked on them, and of course I was a Bruce Lee fan and went to see all his movies also.
Bruce Lee died and then Chuck Norris started making movies.
I remember his Good Guys Wear Black movie and thought his flying side kick through a windshield was cool (even though I know better now).
All those inspired me, at one level or another, when I was growing up.
Now my reasons that inspires or motivates me to train are totally different.
breaksallaround
04-13-2005, 14:14
remo williams is a good one, although i'd never even heard of it until my dad showed it to me. i also dig the seven samurai (even if it is a bit long, that's what intermission is for!), iron monkey and NINJA TURTLES!
starhawk
04-13-2005, 14:34
Here's one I'm surprised no one has mentioned: The Bushido Blade, with Richard ("Palladin") Boone, Toshiro Mifune, Frank Converse and Sony Chiba. Reviewers on Amazom.com panned it, but I thought it was a historically accurate portrayal of the time when admiral Perry was trying to open up Japan to the west. I remember being impressed with the fight scenes and realistic portrayal of costumes, society and cultural differences of the time period. If anyone else has seen this movie, I would like your opinions from the standpoint of people who (presumably) know more than the average joe about Japanese culture at that time.
Wm. Joe Batterton
04-13-2005, 23:01
The first Martial arts movie that I remember inspiring me was "The Legend of Billy Jack" with Tom Laughlin and the TV series Kung Fu. I remember recreating one of the Kung Fu scenes where "grasshopper" deflects the spears with his arm. I had my cousin throw one of Grandpa's cane fishing poles at me. I tried to deflect it but he nailed me right in the head and made me bleed and cry. :eek: I can still hear Tommy explaining to grandma... "he told me to throw it at him!" :laugh:
ninjandrew
04-15-2005, 03:55
All the Bruce Lee movies got me into it. Some Jet Li movies to, and misc. other kung fu cinema.
Ninja Scroll and some other similar animes got me into the history.
The greatest martial arts movie of all time was bloodsport. I have watched it so many times from when I was a little kid till now. I know most of the dialogue (Sad but true)
Whats the hold up? He say senso Tanaka is is his Shidoshi. Shidoshi Tanaka trained me Whats the difference if Bruce Springstein is his Shidoshi? If Senso Tanaka is his Shidoshi then show us the Dim Mak. What the hells a Dim Mak. Deft Touch
(Tense music)
Hey Lin pick a brick. How about that one Frank. No! Bottom on
(Tense music)
John Lucas
04-28-2005, 17:12
I can remember being 12 years old when someone who was a bit of a mentor to me and got me involved in the arts suggested "Twin warriors" an oldschool Jet Li movie. I have been hooked ever since. I also like "Fist of Legend," The final scene where the general pulls out his katana and Jet Li uses his belt buckle to trap the sword and cut the generals head off was amazing. I also like how Jet Li fights with a kick-boxer kind of style in that movie.
Bruce Lee movies, of course are wonderful. Enter the dragon had everything you could want, fast-paced action, naked girls, and opium.
It wasn't inspiring, but sure was funny.
they call me bruce. it has one of my favorite lines from any martial arts movie.
"with this foot i can kick that knife out of your hand...
with this foot i can kick your nose...
with this hand i can poke out your eyes...
with this hand i can break your neck...
take a gooood look at me, I am an oriental."
Gene Williams
04-29-2005, 05:40
South Park: The Movie
If you mean media that had a lasting and profound effect on how I approach the martial arts...well I can remember Tarzan. And he was pretty cool to my young eyes. The books were good too.
But if I look back and pick out any moments from any movies, or characters that had a profound impact...they were not martial arts related.
Spock to me will always be 'the man'. Futuristic samuri...intelligence, strength and honor.
Also, there have been many moments that have deeply shaped my perspective, some of them from movies. For instance, in "The Fugitive" (I liked the tv series as a kid as well)...there is one moment when the Doc saves the little boy. As he passes the kid off to the medical staff...there is a focus on his hand. That one moment in the movie has the entire meaning of life in it for me.
South Park: The Movie
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Gene Williams
04-29-2005, 10:23
Ahh....sir, you will respect my authori-ty! Step out of the car, please. :nono:
ShakeyOneTKD
05-09-2005, 21:34
I respect Bruce Lee, but I haven't been really in to his movies. Growing up my dad would rent a bunch of the old Jackie Chan movies. At first I thought they sucked because they were older and lower quality, then I realized how good they were. Other than those old Jackie Chan movies, the movies that have inspired me are more recent; Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and Last Samurai. They have made me look at my life in a different way. Another good movie, Ong-Bak. Not really in a philosophical way, but some of the best fighting I have seen in a while.
Has anyone seen Twilight Samurai?
J_eremiah
07-17-2005, 20:13
Fist of Legend with Jet Li. Some of the best fight scenes on film.
Go rent 'Unleashed' (subtitle: Danny the Dog) - movie with Jet Li and Morgan Freeman. Story is a bit overly sweet but the fight scenes are a feast on the eyes.
Classics:
Karate Kid - M: "Focus powah Danniel-san...concentrate!"| D: "You think you could break a log like that?" M:"Dunno, never been attacked by tree."| M: "Wax on, wax off."
Enter the Dragon - "Don't think! Feeeeeel. It's like a finger pointing away to the moon."
Blood Sport - "That's not Dim-mak"
Steven Seagal films - "I'm just the cook."
Eldritch Knight
07-31-2005, 10:00
Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei) was awesome. Great scene in there with tachi vs. kodachi. The whole Musashi taiga drama on NHK (2 years ago) was pretty cool. A lot of insights on martial philosophy by the Yagyu and Takuan.
CMA-wise, I've gotta say Fist of Legend. There are just too many awesome and original fight scenes in there to discount it.
Webmaster
07-31-2005, 10:17
Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Brilliant depliction of ancient European sword fighting, taunting, and riding imaginary horses to the sounds of coconuts being banged together.
Go rent 'Unleashed' (subtitle: Danny the Dog) - movie with Jet Li and Morgan Freeman. Story is a bit overly sweet but the fight scenes are a feast on the eyes.
Wait, is that out now?
Wait, is that out now?
Correction indeed. It's now playing in cinemas. Saw it when I was on holiday.
www.unleashedmovie.com
It's now playing in cinemas. Saw it when I was on holiday.
www.unleashedmovie.com
It's still in theaters in the Netherlands? I just saw on Yahoo! Movies that the DVD release date is on October 11th in the US.
Dennis Monk
07-31-2005, 18:45
Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Your father is a hamster and your mother smells of elderberries.
Now, go away or we will taunt you a second time.
Classic!!
:laugh:
RickMatz
07-31-2005, 20:21
Boogie Nights.
StoneBubble
08-22-2005, 21:07
I have to say "Ong Bak" on this one, most impressive fight scenes I've ever seen.
No wires, no computers stuff added, just pure Tony Jaa! It tickles me every time I see some previews or videos of this film.
I just feel kind of sad there's no Muay Thai schools close to where I live.
Breaker Morant,
Gallipoli
and
2010.
Hello everyone, I am new to Budoseek. I was inspired by a true story. Frank Dux of Bloodsport. The guy was and is still "so good and knowlegeable" in the martial arts that apparently jealousy rears its ugly head and people start making things up about him, including some journalists, which inspired me further because if you look at the heros of the bible or science or literature the true greats are always subjected to false accusations and ridicule, sensationalized claims leveled against them, etc. In reading the controversy about him I remind myself how I was falsely accused and it didn't matter that the person slinging those lies was proved a liar and even admitted to making the whole thing up, the damage was done. Anybody else been falsely accused? You know what I am talking about then. How did you mitigate the damage?
Dux seemingly is overcoming all the odds and misdeeds carried out against him. I heard him in a radio interview with martial art great Kelly Warden and all I can say is now I can see why all his critics have to resort to spinning stories about him. Like one guy named Jerry Bell who claims on his website that Bloodsport was really made about him and Frank Dux stole that from him as Bell claims he was the winner of the Kumite, in 1987. Not realizing Dux was featured in the November 1980 issue of Blackbelt magazine winning the event with fight pics and all, documenbting his claims. Not to mention the fact the film's screenplay was written in 1985 and shot in Hong Kong in 1986. I think this kind of behavior is why martial artists are not seen as professionals. You dont see medical doctors talking down each other. What do you think that would do to their profession? I love the martial arts and I respect the people who wont engage in such deceitful and unethical practices and that is why I find Bloodsport so inspiring.
Jeff Burger
09-21-2005, 14:58
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
ezzthetic
09-21-2005, 15:49
Fist of Legend and Kickboxer. Great movies, though one has aged better than the other.
"I want Tong Po! Give me Tong Po!"
Chen Zhen: The object of matching is to beat down the opponent.
Fumio Funakoshi: Wrong kid, the best way to beat the opponent is to use a gun.
Dennis Monk
09-21-2005, 16:06
Frank Dux?
You have to be kidding, right?
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
ezzthetic
09-21-2005, 16:47
Frank Dux?
You have to be kidding, right?
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
:D I was 14 and just liked the fact that the protagonist got the crap beat out of him before he got even. I didn't know anything about Dux being a phony at the time. Let's just say I like it in the same way I like watching "the Lone Ranger."
poetic misjustice
09-21-2005, 16:50
well according to my parents (i was only 3 or 4) it was the big boss
ezzthetic
09-21-2005, 17:06
well according to my parents (i was only 3 or 4) it was the big boss
They let you watch the Big Boss when you were 3 or 4? Bruce cleaves a man's skull with a hand saw in it!
Frank Dux?
You have to be kidding, right?
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
This never ends, does it?
sifurahman
12-01-2005, 10:41
Jet Lee's remake of Fist of Fury was cool (Legend of The Fist).
It shows that both Japanese and Chinese martial arts are as effective.
Musubi Dojo
12-01-2005, 11:16
Unforgiven, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman & Gene Hackman
Gritty, mean spirted, funny at times, no Hollywood happy ending.
Kid: "I guess those cowboys had it coming then"
Clint: "We all got it coming kid"
I also like Gene Hackman's speach about how it just isn't fair, he has this and is supposed to that.....
Eastwood says "yeah" and blows his head off. LOL!
and who can forget English Bob, the Duck of Death? :laugh:
The movie that inspires me the most isn't a martial arts film. The movie is "Lawnmower Man", and It was the story of a retarded landscaper that was able to unlock the hidden powers of the mind through virtual reality. To me, it's a pretty cool concept.
As far as martial arts related films, here is my list
1. Fist of the North Star (anime)
2. Shadow Skill (anime)
3. Chinese Connection (aka Big Boss).
4. Appleseed (cg anime)
5. Old Boy (asian film korean/ some martial arts)
6. 36 Chambers (and anything else with Gordon Liu)
7. Duel to the Death (sword fighting)
8. The Blade Trilogy
9. Ninja Scroll (anime)
10. Grappler Baki (anime)
Eight pages of this over three months, and nobody mentions Kosugi Sho? I seem to remember a flick called Pray For Death...Kosugi as a salaryman in America with a MacGyver ninja son who at one point used a box of tashibishi he kept mounted on his bicycle to slow down bad guys who were after him. Classic.
I also dug Remo Williams, Best of the Best, and The Hunted (the Christopher Lambert one).
baralaba
12-03-2005, 05:53
the best movie is a new one. called ong back. it is subtitles and starts slow but if you are patient enough to wait for his first fight you will be impressed. the dude is impressive and we haven't see'n the last of him. If he learns to speak english he will become a superstar. The new bruce lee. awesome. this bloke goes hard and smashes em. great movie. watch it. this guy is awesome. I bow in humility towards him. truely awesome.
Asechikan242
12-03-2005, 06:36
movies that inspired me to take MA.
Above the law -loved the opening scene
Game of Death - I think that is the name, it starred Scott Glen as an american boxer in japan, and i think Segal was the fight coriographer.
Remo Williams- an all time favorite
Enter the Dragon-gotta love Bruce Lee
The Karate Kid- RIP Mr. Miyagi, some great messages in that movie
and most recently The Last Samurai- for a hollywood movie I thought they did a great job of making a movie entertaining but within a relm of accuracy.
Luebbers
12-04-2005, 13:03
Game of Death was a Bruce Lee movie about fighting different martial arts masters as he worked his way up a multi-leveled pagoda. It's famous for its final fight scene with Kareem.
Jared Sutton
12-04-2005, 16:26
Game of Death
Last Samurai
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Karate Kid, 1
Enter the Dragon
Twin Warriors
and last but not least...
Drunken Master!
Asechikan242
12-04-2005, 17:26
Game of Death was a Bruce Lee movie about fighting different martial arts masters as he worked his way up a multi-leveled pagoda. It's famous for its final fight scene with Kareem.
yeah i know of Bruce Lee's movie, have it on disc actually but there was another movie with a similar name, think it may have also been called sword of the ninja in some circles, but it starred scott Glenn as an american boxer in japan and two samurai brothers were fighting over a family sword. And if I remember right Steven Segal was one of the fight coreographers.
Its an old movie and dificult to find.
cuguacuarana
12-05-2005, 02:16
Karate Kid
Ninja Turtles and Mortal Kombat (when I was a kid)
Star Wars (not the crappy new ones) Yoda is a legend.
Last Samurai
Kill Bill 1 and 2 (totally amazing)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Iron Monkey
Drunken Master
Once upon a time in China
Not a huge anime fan, but Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away are awesome
Also, Spiderman and Batman
Oh, I almost forgot, everything Kurosawa ever directed, especially
Seven Samurai, Sanjuro and Yojimbo
Luebbers
12-05-2005, 19:20
"In 480 B.C. Xerxes, King of Persia, demanded that the Spartans lay down their arms. Leonides, one of the two Kings of Sparta, responded with two words, Molon Labe.
"Come and get them.""
By the way, is this from the Battle of Thermopylae?
Asechikan242
12-06-2005, 01:22
^
Honestly I cant remember now what it was from (heard it in high school )but seems like it might have been, It just stuck with me over the years.
Ninja in training
12-06-2005, 05:09
Ninja movies starring Sho Kosugi:
Enter the ninja
Revenge of the ninja
Ninja III The Domination
Pray for death
I know, Iknow..................I'm a dork.
Luebbers, Asechikan242's profile signature is a quote or paraphrase from a translation of Herodotus' Histories describing the lead up to Thermopylae.
I wonder why no one has mentioned Return of the Dragon - Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris.
Asechikan242
12-06-2005, 18:02
Thanks kevin, I remembered reading it in some greek histories/lit in high school but couldnt remember exactly where it was from.
Really, I guess it started when I watched Sidekicks with Chuck Norris, ever since then I was a huge Norris fan. Got to say, Walker really bit, though. However, I'd say now, the movie I keep coming to and walking away from would be The Last Samurai.
It's not really historically accurate (hope that's not a spoiler for any of you), but it's still a well done and beautiful movie, and it's actually gives me quite a bit of info as to why I keep training, even though I'm not planning on leading any failed military rebellions against a technologically superior force.
Others would be the latest Hong Kong epic films, such as Hero, good old Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers, etc. However, I'm more about those for the actual artistic side than the actual fighting, even though that's very nice, too.
FightersSpirit
12-27-2005, 12:56
There are a bunch of movies that inspired me.
When I was young I watched alot of martial arts flicks with my dad. (and one tv show)
It started with watching Kung Fu: The Legend Continues. Watching David Carradine beating the bad guys with his Kung Fu was so cool to me.
My first martial arts movie I ever saw (was with my dad) when I was young was Bloodsport. Seeing JCVD fighting for his teacher in a deadly tournament and even after his opponent cheats, he still wins and gets the honor for his shidoshi.
Another flick I saw when I was young was Kickboxer. I watched the Kickboxing champ getting beaten by the bad, evil Tong Po and watching JCVD training hard, breaking down trees with shin kicks, and at the end beating him in an old style type match.
I saw a bunch of other movies from Steven Seagal and JCVD. Then my dad let me watch Chuck Norris movies.
Watching movies like Breaker, Breaker/Lone Wolf McQuede/Delta Force/Missing in Action/ect.
Then when I was a little older (in 3rd/4th grade) I started watching movies of Bruce Lee. But then I started watching movies of Jackie Chan and Jet Li. And Jackie Chan being one of my heroes.
Alot of them inspired me to take up my MA.
When I was young...
He he, you mean when you were younger. You're still young, heck so am I. :)
He he, you mean when you were younger. You're still young, heck so am I. :)
Just keep telling yourself that Tony... :D :laugh:
FightersSpirit
12-27-2005, 13:26
Just keep telling yourself that Tony... :D :laugh:
I guess I am still young. :D
But I meant when I was 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 years old. I still watch those movies that inspired me.
Yang Wei Xin
12-27-2005, 13:44
The Last Dragon
Bruce Leroy had the soul glow, sho' nuff.
ezzthetic
12-27-2005, 13:45
"Shogun of the Harlem!"
Luebbers
12-27-2005, 18:27
It's funny. I think he's pretty cheesy, now, but there is a special place in my heart for Jean Claude Van Damme. He was the first martial arts movie star that I ever saw. He basically introduced me to martial arts movies and, thus, to martial arts.
I moved on to Jackie Chan soon thereafter and I now prefer Chinese martial arts movies infinitely. But, despite all his flaws, JCVD will always be special to me.
Yang Wei Xin
12-27-2005, 18:35
It's funny. But, despite all his flaws, JCVD will always be special to me.
gayest post ever
j/k:cutup:
i love him too. :cry:
Dion Wilbur
12-28-2005, 07:00
Enter The Dragon! is hands down my alltime favourite! and best Martial Arts film ever made! in my opinion..
ezzthetic
12-28-2005, 07:55
It's funny. I think he's pretty cheesy, now, but there is a special place in my heart for Jean Claude Van Damme. He was the first martial arts movie star that I ever saw. He basically introduced me to martial arts movies and, thus, to martial arts.
I moved on to Jackie Chan soon thereafter and I now prefer Chinese martial arts movies infinitely. But, despite all his flaws, JCVD will always be special to me.
I could copy that and post it and it would mean the same to me.
Enter The Dragon! is hands down my alltime favourite! and best Martial Arts film ever made! in my opinion..
Sorry to disagree, but Enter the Dragon isn't even the second best Bruce Lee movie. Fist of Fury (Chinese Connection to you yanks) is the best movie and Way of the Dragon (or Return of the Dragon) beat ETD just on the fight scene vs Chuck Norris.
Luebbers
12-28-2005, 18:01
Sorry to disagree, but Enter the Dragon isn't even the second best Bruce Lee movie. Fist of Fury (Chinese Connection to you yanks) is the best movie and Way of the Dragon (or Return of the Dragon) beat ETD just on the fight scene vs Chuck Norris.
You know, I tend to agree. While it almost seems blasphemous to diss Enter the Dragon, it really isn't my favorite. I like Game of Death and Fist of Fury (Chinese Connection), as well as the Jet Li remake, Fist of Legend.
FightersSpirit
12-28-2005, 18:27
I like David Carradine's shows Kung Fu and Kung Fu: The Legend continues.
Also the Kung Fu movie was good.
And Kill Bill Vol 1 and 2 were fantastic.
ezzthetic
12-28-2005, 18:40
You know, I tend to agree. While it almost seems blasphemous to diss Enter the Dragon, it really isn't my favorite. I like Game of Death and Fist of Fury (Chinese Connection), as well as the Jet Li remake, Fist of Legend.
Are you my clone? :laugh: I absolutely love Fist of Legend and the original scenes from Game of Death. After they released Bruce Lee - A Warrior's Journey in 2002, you never have to watch GoD again!
Jared Sutton
12-28-2005, 20:30
The Blind Swordsman, eh...maybe
DungeonWorks
12-29-2005, 09:22
I got a new one to add to my earlier post. Cinderella Man with Russell Crow as boxer James J Braddock. It's like watching Rocky only with better acting and more substance. Not knocking Rocky, as it is a great fantasy movie, but this is based off James J Braddock's career.
I got a new one to add to my earlier post. Cinderella Man with Russell Crow as boxer James J Braddock. It's like watching Rocky only with better acting and more substance. Not knocking Rocky, as it is a great fantasy movie, but this is based off James J Braddock's career.
I just saw that the other day myself. I actually liked it better than Rocky, probably because it was based on a true story. I did enjoy the last fight very much.
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