"Canne de Combat" - French stick fighting style.
Monday, August 6, 2007
Japanese Art of Sword
Video of Grand Master Seong's (7th Dan Kyosa) sword demonstrations, and classes in New Jersey.
Friday, August 3, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Majatnik
A really weird Russian style of martial arts called "Majatnik" (a pendulum). Do you think it's even remotely possible to use such movements in a "real fight"? Utter crap I think.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Meditation
Sit back, relax and meditate a bit while watching this animation. The message is deep, try to figure it out for yourself.
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Amazing unedited fighting sequence
From the movie "The Protector", featuring Tony Jaa (of Ong Bak fame), this stedicam shot lasts about 4 min.
The crew spent over 1 month preparing and choreographing before they were able to get a perfect shot. When it came time to shoot, they could only do 2 takes per day because of the set repairing and prop replacement that needed to be done. It took 5 takes to get it right. A foreign cameraman was needed because the stedicam mount was built for american / european operators who are typically much larger than asian operators.
The foreign operator they hired could only do two flights of stairs at a time and simply gave up. They decided to use a Thai stedicam operator who physically prepared for a month for this job.
The reason the shot is 4 minutes is because reels of 35mm film are only about 4 min in length.
They shot the first take which had a number of problems with stuntmen cues, and even a stuntman bumping into the stedicam operator. After choreographing more dynamic action, an increase of extras and improving the set, the next take they did was 17 days after the first take.
The second take was better but when the stuntman was supposed to be thrown from the 3rd story, the safety mattress was not completely in place yet so Tony Jaa stopped the shot and saved the stuntman's life.
The third take was just about perfect but just before Tony Jaa was supposed to bust through the last doorway, the film ran out. The director finally decided that instead of simply cutting there, they would try again for perfection.
They thought the fourth take was perfect but after review there were some parts that weren't as good as the pervious takes. They decided on one more try.
On the fifth try, it was almost perfect. But there were 2 miscues. On the 2nd floor, Tony Jaa slams a door into the head of a stuntman and the small glass window on the door was supposed to break. It failed to do so, so they used CGI to fix this. The 2nd issue was the fight just before the sink gets thrown. The timing was off as planned but the end result looked natural so they decided this was the take to use in the final film. Simply amazing.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Complete self-defense for women
OK, this one is classic. Jim Carrey as Bob Jackson, instructor of complete self-defense course for women, black belt in Karate and a former world champion. He even sparred with Elvis!
Friday, June 22, 2007
Kung-Fu vs. Yoga
A funny clip from a movie "Kunf-Fu vs. Yoga". Look what it takes to beat real flexibility. ;-)
Kiai master vs. MMA
A good exapmle of what happens when someone starts to believe his own bullsh... err... fairy tales about deadly non-contact techniques. A Kiai master offered a $5000 challenge that he can beat any MMA fighter. Challenge was accepted.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
The most brutal NHL fight
This is the most brutal fight in the history of the NHL. Aaron Downey squares off against Brad Norton, the fight changed the NHL forever.
Turkish ninjas
Ninja action from a Turkish movie. Most funny thing I've ever seen. They are... deadly... haha... can't stop laughing!
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Muay Boran
This is a Muay Boran demonstration. This isn't actually a fight and the guys aren't trying to kill each other, but it really looks like it! Muay Boran translates from Thai to "Ancient Boxing" and is predecessor to modern Muay Thai. Many techniques from Muay Boran are forbidden in present day because they are considered too brutal and even in Thailand it's very difficult to find a school teaching old Muay Boran.
About this blog
Hello all!
I'm a big martial arts fan. I practice martial arts myself, and when I have free time I love to surf the 'martial' web, read about martial arts, talk on forums and of course watch videos. Every day I come across many funny, crazy, brutal and sometimes even shocking martial arts videos, so I decided to set up this blog and share the best of them with everyone.
Have fun watching!
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