Secret Ninja Movie Club (aka what have you watched lately)

[christophera]

we have another filing cabinet

[Motorway to Roswell]

we have another filing cabinet

[christophera]

we all have google. let's use some other circuits. just sayin.

[Motorway to Roswell]

we all have google. let's use some other circuits. just sayin.

Werd.

[christophera]

i'm mostly talking about this book http://www.amazon.com/Prometheus-Rising ... 1561840564

[Motorway to Roswell]

i'm mostly talking about this book http://www.amazon.com/Prometheus-Rising ... 1561840564

I'll grab a copy of that.

Cheers.

[Motorway to Roswell]

Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

Excellent film. Has, possibly, the best theme of all time.

Got a smoke?

[borrowed]

pure kung fu steeze

Tony Jaa does taekwondo and muay thai.

....and kung fu

and even if he didn't actively practice KF like he does, it would still be a kung fu flick. Stop being pedantic.

He doesn't do Kung Fu.

How is it a Kung Fu film if there is no Kung Fu in it? It's a martial arts film.

Yeah?

So whats that kata hes doing at :14?

[borrowed]

Isn't Kung Fu Chinese Martial Arts, as in not at all what Tony Jaa does. Tony Jaa is a Muay Thai guy through and through

It's like the new Karate Kid film should have been called Kung Fu Kid, not Karate Kid, the style is the film is Chinese not Japanese

Come the fuck on, have any of you ever trained? I feel like I'm shouting at children on a playground right now.

[aspect-dubz]

Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

Excellent film. Has, possibly, the best theme of all time.

Got a smoke?

i swear i've heard those exact same chords in another film.. possibly gladiator

[capo ultra]

Isn't Kung Fu Chinese Martial Arts, as in not at all what Tony Jaa does. Tony Jaa is a Muay Thai guy through and through

It's like the new Karate Kid film should have been called Kung Fu Kid, not Karate Kid, the style is the film is Chinese not Japanese

Come the fuck on, have any of you ever trained? I feel like I'm shouting at children on a playground right now.

no no your totally right, Jackie Chan doesn't know what he's talking bout

No, in going to China, it had to be kung fu. And we just had to figure out how to make people understand that we know China is kung fu and karate is Japan. And we decided to keep the title because when you see the movie, you'll understand that it is a stigma. They are teasing him by calling him the karate kid. That's why it made total sense to us. In the movie, also the mom who doesn't really know the difference, she says, 'didn't you like that karate class?' And he goes, 'it's not karate mom.' So we all know it's kung fu. For me the big difference physically, was that in karate, there is a lot of the mechanical, this and that and you can just rehearse things over an over again. Kung fu is a lot more of a ballet. So when we came up with the jacket on, jacket off thing, there are like twelve moves buried in one single swooping move. And that's what I loved about the whole idea, that you can learn one thing and what you discover is that you've actually learned twelve different kung fu moves within that one little thing.

apology accepted

[wizeguy]

[cityzen]

Tony Jaa does taekwondo and muay thai.

....and kung fu
and even if he didn't actively practice KF like he does, it would still be a kung fu flick. Stop being pedantic.

He doesn't do Kung Fu.
How is it a Kung Fu film if there is no Kung Fu in it? It's a martial arts film.

Yeah?

So whats that kata hes doing at :14?

It's Thai martial art, can't remember the name atm. And to be extra picky, 'Kata' is a Japanese word and wouldn't be used in the context of Kung Fu.

[Motorway to Roswell]

Tony Jaa does taekwondo and muay thai.

....and kung fu
and even if he didn't actively practice KF like he does, it would still be a kung fu flick. Stop being pedantic.

He doesn't do Kung Fu.
How is it a Kung Fu film if there is no Kung Fu in it? It's a martial arts film.

Yeah?

So whats that kata hes doing at :14?

It's Thai martial art, can't remember the name atm. And to be extra picky, 'Kata' is a Japanese word and wouldn't be used in the context of Kung Fu.

Muay Thai

[wub]

it's actually really great.

I agree. I saw this in the cinema in 3D and it was one of the most RAAAAAAAAWR cinema experiences ever. Like you were properly inside a comic book. Came out feeling like we were coming up on mandy.

[cityzen]

Muay Thai

No, it's not Muay Thai. I know he does Muay Thai but the form he does in that clip is from something else... I'll get back to you.

[Motorway to Roswell]

Muay Thai

No, it's not Muay Thai. I know he does Muay Thai but the form he does in that clip is from something else... I'll get back to you.

Ah, ok. Cheers.

Please do. Curious now.

[davwuh]

Anyone seen 13 Assassins yet? Was thinking about goin to see it.. I love samurai films and I liked Ichi The Killer (only Takeshi Miike film i've seen), so seems like a good combination for me

[cityzen]

Muay Thai

No, it's not Muay Thai. I know he does Muay Thai but the form he does in that clip is from something else... I'll get back to you.

Ah, ok. Cheers.

Please do. Curious now.

It's Muay Boran which means ancient boxing. It's the forefather of Muay Thai but essentially it's 'Muay Thai extra'.
In fact, if you watch the Muay Boran movements, it's clear this is what Tony Jaa is doing in his films.
Watch this from 5:13...

[borrowed]

Isn't Kung Fu Chinese Martial Arts, as in not at all what Tony Jaa does. Tony Jaa is a Muay Thai guy through and through

It's like the new Karate Kid film should have been called Kung Fu Kid, not Karate Kid, the style is the film is Chinese not Japanese

Come the fuck on, have any of you ever trained? I feel like I'm shouting at children on a playground right now.

no no your totally right, Jackie Chan doesn't know what he's talking bout

No, in going to China, it had to be kung fu. And we just had to figure out how to make people understand that we know China is kung fu and karate is Japan. And we decided to keep the title because when you see the movie, you'll understand that it is a stigma. They are teasing him by calling him the karate kid. That's why it made total sense to us. In the movie, also the mom who doesn't really know the difference, she says, 'didn't you like that karate class?' And he goes, 'it's not karate mom.' So we all know it's kung fu. For me the big difference physically, was that in karate, there is a lot of the mechanical, this and that and you can just rehearse things over an over again. Kung fu is a lot more of a ballet. So when we came up with the jacket on, jacket off thing, there are like twelve moves buried in one single swooping move. And that's what I loved about the whole idea, that you can learn one thing and what you discover is that you've actually learned twelve different kung fu moves within that one little thing.

apology accepted

Thank you for clarifying that you have, in fact, never stepped foot in a ring or gym.