Do you like Kung Fu movies? "Ten brothers of Shaolin" (1979)
By RealIolo
@RealIolo (1854)
United States
6 responses
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
5 Nov 06
My favourite Kung Fu movie was Enter the Dragon, simply because the fight sequence in the tunnels was a phenomenal demonstration of Kung Fu by Bruce Lee at his best.
Of course, as soon as Enter the Dragon had appeared at the cinema there was a great upsurge in demand for Kung Fu movies. Since there were not that many made in the west at the time, dozens of japanese and chinese movies flooded into the cinemas. These may be appreciated by cinema goers in their own country, but I found most of them to be seriously unrealistic, with people flying through the air every 5 minutes.
I have not seen Ten brothers of Shaolin, so I cannot comment on that film.
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@RealIolo (1854)
• United States
5 Nov 06
You get a plus for such a good response with content! Now about the movies... We seem to have a lot of them that are over the top on the abilties of the fighters. Crouching tiger, Hidden dragon/ Hero/ Bulletproof monk/ The one/ The suit/ are a few that come to mind.
But then again I have a really smart Vietnamese friend who talked as though these incredible abilities were actually possible. He said "if you can learn to control your breath and learn how to channel your chi". I do believe that we have a lot of potential and untapped ability, you never know what could be accomplished with concentration and developed skills.
Thanks again for your thoughtful response!
@RealIolo (1854)
• United States
31 Jan 07
I liked the Ten brothers of Shaolin as it was very realistic in the way it was done and the martial techniques used in the film are techniques we can actually learn and use. It did not have any flying or any of the unbelievable stuff. The story was very good too. IMHO
@scrubradio (182)
• United States
5 Nov 06
I haven't seen Ten Brothers of Shaolin. I remember as a child I would watch all of the Bruce Lee movies and then me and my brothers would commense to beat each other silly. Later in life, I began training with nunchucks without a teacher and figured out real quick how I could hurt myself trying stupid stunts with them.
I have always been fascinated with martial arts but to lazy and undisciplined to do anyting but watch the movies and then think I understood or knew what they were doing.
Just like the first poster, Enter The Dragon sticks out in my mind as the most influential martial arts movie I have ever seen. I love the way that add a little comedic touch to the film.
Bruce Lee rules!
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@RealIolo (1854)
• United States
5 Nov 06
Your responses are always good! Filled with content and thought. You get a plus too.
Hope you and your brothers didn't get hurt much. I remember one of the things my Sensei emphasized is that we should relax when performing a technique, punch or kick. He said that speed was much more important then having Umph behind the blow. I think the formula was something like:
Force(effect of the impact)=Mass(strength)*Speed^2(squared)
Therefore, the speed increased the total effect of the blow more then the power behind it. And tensing up, trying to be real powerful, just slowed one down.
I liked the chucks too and practiced with them some. Just enough to get myself hurt.
I really like Jackie Chan. He is a good actor as well as being a great martial artist! Thanks again for your response scrubradio!
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@scrubradio (182)
• United States
6 Nov 06
That was one thing I learned from watching those movies. A punch that tenses upon impact delivers a harder blow. You have brought up so many memories (nostalgia).
Now you bring up Jackie Chan. That guy has my respect. Anyone who can be an actor AND perform all of his own stunts even though from time to time he gets injured is quite awesome in my book. I get lost just watching the acrobatic style of martial arts he uses. He make the impossible seem possible and that can be dangerous for me (see above post about what happens when I watch Bruce Lee).
I am really quite a movie junkie but that is another topic all together.
Peace
@macubx (11414)
• Philippines
5 Nov 06
oh yeah i remeber that movie.. yup i like shaolin movies too.. its Once Upon A Time In China on which i mostly watched..
go Wong Fei Hong! Yeah
@suzieque (2334)
• Canada
6 Nov 06
I've never seen "Ten brother os shaolin"" but I do love to watch kung fu movies. I do love Crouching Tiger and Hero. I love the way they choreagraphed the moves. It looks like they're dancing. I also love how Hero uses of colour in the film. It made the film beautiful.
@abhishek_sohal (56)
• India
3 Feb 07
In my opinion the best Kung-Fu movie is certainly 'The 36th Chamber of Shaolin'- It's called the mother of all Shaolin movies and stars one of the best Chinese actors- Gordon Liu.
The actual training which the students at Shaolin undergo has been shown which is just amazing to look at!
