Fight Science

[AT]

No idea if it was posted before. But this is good stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAF9J-RmXuc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W0LJK4wmdg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXto_JyVOHE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJc6Ge66p8k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x64YZnIeOiw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeIyhdx2heo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DY_hi0HnkA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk0bws-KaDE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H4mEQtM2Ck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuNTyXlyKSc

[ashworth]

thanks for posting heard about this programme but never got to watch it!

[AT]

i felt that some of the stuff showed is kinda misleading but i still liked it.

[Brandon Fisher]

i felt that some of the stuff showed is kinda misleading but i still liked it.

I agree that a lot was misleading.

The punching experiment for example was. The kung fu guys strike slid off, the karate guys strike was not performed correctly, and yet the boxers punch was perfect. The kicking was pretty much the same but more accurate. Rickson Gracie showed the best example of empty hand defense and attacks. The Tae Kwon Do guy I am sorry he was to flashy with the weapons and I saw many flaws with in the technique. Obata Sensei and his student in my opinion would have been better to use for the test cutting experiment. The bo's were not traditional bo's as I saw it. Also some of the history was not accurate. The Japanese samurai did not attack their own people it was the Okinawan peasants that were attacked. All in all I was not that impressed.

[ashworth]

What was with the TKD guy chopping up the jelly!!

[MisterRadley]

I agree with AT. While elements of the show were misleading (punching experiment) it was overall a fairly entertaining program.

[Karateka_latino]

I didn't liked that they used the TKD guy to show off the effectiveness of the Katana if they already had Obata Sensei there.

[AT]

What was with the TKD guy chopping up the jelly!!

that whole thing probably took weeks to shoot. They probably shot what they could with who they had and whatever equipment they had. If not....then i dunno cause they had people who did Iaido so i dunno.

[Enter the Spaz]

What really turned me off to the show was how they misrepresented the punching power of various styles.

The Wushu guy couldn't have weighed more than 130-140 pounds and the boxer was a bulky guy who looked to weigh 180-200 pounds. Of course a person with more mass is going to hit harder regardless of style.

I'm not saying that Wushu guys hit harder or as hard as Boxers. It's the fact that the size of the puncher wasn't a factor in the conclusion as to which style has the more powerful punches.

It kind of makes the validity of the rest of their conclusions suspect... at least to me.

I thought the Tae Kwon Do guy, although good was in the spotlight way too much. As if he was the show's eye-candy which further makes me suspect of the show's intent.

[Brandon Fisher]

I agree the size of the people should have been closer, technique should have been more precise on all styles not just the Boxing, Muay Thai, Gracie Jiu Jitsu. Rickson Gracie and Obata Sensei did not get enough spotlight at all. The karate rep should have been someone like Morio Higaonna, Fumio Demura,Tak Kubota, George Alexander or other numerous hard hitting karate technicians. At least someone to do it performing correct technique.