Does anybody know a movie about karate?

[Gyte]

Hi there,

 

I wonder does anyone know a movie about karate? What I mean is that the martial art in the movie is strictly karate, not kung fu, taekwondo or some other style.

 

The only movies I can think of are the Karate Kid movies. There are so many movies about kung fu, but so few movies about karate. This is strange, since karate is one of the most known martial ats in the world. Perhaps even more known than kung fu.

[dingyuan]

Hi there,

 

I wonder does anyone know a movie about karate? What I mean is that the martial art in the movie is strictly karate, not kung fu, taekwondo or some other style.

 

The only movies I can think of are the Karate Kid movies. There are so many movies about kung fu, but so few movies about karate. This is strange, since karate is one of the most known martial ats in the world. Perhaps even more known than kung fu.

 

Karatekid.

[seersin]

Sonny Chiba has lots of karate flicks.I always wondered why their were so little japanese movies myslef.Most japanese oriented movies concentrate on Samurais and Ninjas.Sonny Chiba is pretty sick though.

[Gyte]

Sonny Chiba has lots of karate flicks.I always wondered why their were so little japanese movies myslef.Most japanese oriented movies concentrate on Samurais and Ninjas.Sonny Chiba is pretty sick though.

Sonny Chiba, I have heard of him. He has played in Kill Bill 1. Doing a search on the internet, I found out that he also has played in lots of ninja and samurai movies. I looked at his pictures and I can say he indeed makes a sick impression.

 

Another martial arts actor that studied Karate is Sho Kosugi. He studied Shito-ryu Karate and Kobudo. But he has mostly played in ninja movies, never in a recognizable Karate movie.

 

Futhermore you could address some movies about Chuck Norris as Karate movies, because in the movie it is said that he practises Karate. For example in the movie "Breaker, Breaker". But Chuck Norris originally studied Tang Soo Do and not Karate.

 

I think that the main reason why there are so few Karate movies is that karate isn't a flashy and spectaculair martial art. Generally Karate has less acrobatics and acrobatics is just what people like in a martial art movie. The same can be said of Ju Jitsu and Judo. These martial arts are also world wide known, but there isn't a movie about them.

[Ben Martin]

Hi there,

 

I wonder does anyone know a movie about karate? What I mean is that the martial art in the movie is strictly karate, not kung fu, taekwondo or some other style.

 

The only movies I can think of are the Karate Kid movies. There are so many movies about kung fu, but so few movies about karate. This is strange, since karate is one of the most known martial ats in the world. Perhaps even more known than kung fu.

 

Karatekid.

 

dont 4get karatekid 2,3 and the next karate kid, there might even be another one but im not to sure.

[kzshin]

isn't there is a japanese Karate movie about the story of O'yama sensei, the founder of Kyokushing ryu????

[jedimc]

Hi there,

 

I wonder does anyone know a movie about karate? What I mean is that the martial art in the movie is strictly karate, not kung fu, taekwondo or some other style.

 

The only movies I can think of are the Karate Kid movies. There are so many movies about kung fu, but so few movies about karate. This is strange, since karate is one of the most known martial ats in the world. Perhaps even more known than kung fu.

When I studied karate I looked for Karate movie but there doesnt seem to any or none, I think it is rare where a movie is all about karate and the characters talk about karate execpt karatekid, the ones you will find are those old american ninja movies where they say the heroe knows ninjitsu but they really know karate and a bit of judo lol.

[seersin]

I would say pick up tha street fighter series starring Sonny Chiba.You can buy tha first three in a bundled set for probably 10 bucks.

[Gyte]

Another martial arts actor that studied Karate is Sho Kosugi. He studied Shito-ryu Karate and Kobudo. But he has mostly played in ninja movies, never in a recognizable Karate movie.

Correction, Sho Kosugi studied Shindo Jinen-ryu Karate, which looks like Shito-ryu karate. He futher studied Kendo, Judo, Iaido, Kobudo.

isn't there is a japanese Karate movie about the story of O'yama sensei, the founder of Kyokushing ryu????

Yes, it starred Sonny Chiba as Masutatsu Oyama. The title of the movie is Kyokuskin kenka karate burai ken.

[kzshin]

Correction, Sho Kosugi studied Shindo Jinen-ryu Karate, which looks like Shito-ryu karate. He futher studied Kendo, Judo, Iaido, Kobudo.

 

I am training in Shindo Jinen-ryu Karate. Actually our style are similar (or maybe I should say "combination" of) to several traditional karate, includes Shito-ryu, Shotokan, and Wado ryu..etc. With very strong influence from Akido (which make us different from other karate styles), as well as influence from Kenjitsu, Iadio.

 

Thanks for telling me taht Sho Kosugi studied Shindo Jinen-Ryu, cuz I didn't know. This makes me want to rent one of his movie to watch.

 

And thanks for the name of the movie, regarding Sensei O'yama.