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CT reminded me that I've been meaning to remind everyone else that Kung Fu is the best television series ever. That's right. I'm saying that all the other television programs before or since have been nothing but yellow bellied, flaccid shadows of the greatness that is...'Kung Fu'.
*Audacious Show Concept--Kung Fu master in 19th century America wanders around righting wrongs and beating the crap out of people. Doesn't ever get the girl because he's an ascetic.
*Best Introductory Scenes for a Show Ever--Who can forget the young Kwai Chang Caine sparring with the bo, walking over rice paper, and lifting a molten pot with his bare arms?!? I can't.
*Slow Mo Ass Kicking--How many other show's stars use their antagonist's power against them in slow mo? O.K. Walker Texas Ranger, but come on. Karate is for girly men and the show itself was so cheesy old people watched it to keep their calcium levels up.
quote: "It is said a Shaolin priest can walk through walls. Looked for, he cannot be seen. Listened for, he cannot be heard. Touched, he cannot be felt."
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How about that one video of the sedated bear falling out of the tree onto the trampoline and bouncing about a mile in the air before crashing into the ground?
There's a dark side to it, though. The show concept was originally developed by Bruce Lee and was supposed to be a vehicle for him. Imagine the kung fu we would've seen THEN!
Well, the network decided that the world wasn't ready for an actual Chinese man to play a Chinaman on TV. So, the took the concept, ripped off Bruce Lee, and put David Carradine in it.
Still, it was a good show, grasshopper.
I always wondered though why Grasshopper didn't just slap the bottom of the guy's hand and get the pebble that way.
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A friend of mine studied Kung Fu and took his black belt test in the actual Shao Lin temple. He has some AMAZING stories about that trip. He passed the test, which is also pretty awesome considering that they conducted it on a marble floor in the temple with NO padding and the monks didn't hold back.
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My other and I used to watch that show. David Carradine's half brother plays the dad on Lizzie McGuire, and David had a guest part on one of my favorite episodes.
I won't fix my typo, because it makes the next post make more sense.
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Kahn: "Look to the water at your feet. Does not the sage say: "What is more yielding than water? Yet, back it comes again, wearing down the ridged strength, which cannot stand to its strength. What is more forceful than quite water?" "
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quote:There's a dark side to it, though. The show concept was originally developed by Bruce Lee and was supposed to be a vehicle for him. Imagine the kung fu we would've seen THEN!
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Bob: WOW. WOWOW. There are no words to describe how incredibly impressive that is to me... Your friend is awesome...
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Bob, if you are interested, there is a genuine Kung Fu Master with a really impressive lineage just down the road from you in Austin... His name is Scott Leitch, though I don't know if he is currently teaching. I get to meet him on Mar 20th.
you're probably not but I had to do something to make myself feel more adequate after hearing about your friend. My black belt was much less spectacular.
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The only drugs I do nowadays are the kind you sort into those giant plastic pill cases with 7 days of the week and 5 different times of each day.
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It's like asking why he didn't just run around the rice paper, rather than over it. Sheesh. No respect for tradition. These young people. Posts: 13123 | Registered: Feb 2002
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