Vengeance (1970) - Mala fight - GIFs and video

Friends, it's Friday and you know what that means? It's "Flexible Friday"! I can hear you asking what is "Flexible Fridays"? LOL On some Fridays this year, I will post a video and an animated GIF set from Movies/TV featuring a flexible weapon in use. Today's Flexible Friday features a fight from the Shaw Brothers classic film, Vengeance (1970), where a BG (bad guy) uses a mala (a string of beads) on David Chiang. Enjoy! The...

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How Bruce Lee may have improved skill using biofeedback by Badger Johnson

The method of improving a skill… In martial arts, a skill would be a way to be more effective. 1) Identify the skill needed correctly. That means applying a criteria set to assure one is not working towards a relatively unhelpful skill. 2) Find a way to measure the skill, establish a baseline, then find a way to measure the skill improvements. Ideally, this method of measuring should be similar to the human paradigm and be able to break...

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Some of the Major Misconceptions or Fallacies of JKD by Badger Johnson

This essay is not designed to denigrate Jeet Kune Do (JKD), its standup skills, or various aspects which are quite valuable to learn, including short power, fast close footwork, trapping skills, and over-development of various muscle and core systems. It is an outline to provide practitioners a set of guidelines to help individuals to understand the system and even work on methods to deal with holes in the pure standup game. A layered skill...

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