KickChick Posted January 2, 2003 Posted January 2, 2003 http://www.chud.com/graphics6/eq/eqbaletough.jpg "Gunkata is a close quarters gun-based martial art. It emphasizes kata, or body positioning and movement exercises. This is important because each kata of Gunkata is designed for maximum efficiency in both lethal force and defense. It is of course impossible to see an oncoming bullet and dodge it, but an advanced Gunkata practitioner, known as a Tetragrammaton Cleric or Grammaton Cleric, can put himself in the least statistically possible place to be hit at each moment of a gun fight. Gunkata is based on a scientific analysis of bullet trajectory and range based on the mathematical possible outcomes of a gunfight." "Gunkata forms can be used soley as a form of meditation and self-centering. In civillian applications, Gunkata can greatly increase your chances of coming out a gun fight alive. Sports such as paintball are a good applictaion for Gunkata techniques without the use of deadly force. Gunkata also teaches how to disarm an armed opponent, and has forms for using a weapon that has run out of ammo." Okay, so " Gunkata" is in fact fictional .... and comes from the mind of the director of a new film called "Equilibirum" http://www.chud.com/news/oct02/oct28equilibrium.php3 Check out the site! http://www.gunkatta.com/ Fictional now .... but what do you think? Is there a future for Gun Kata?
Zlatan Posted January 2, 2003 Posted January 2, 2003 The movie looks pretty cool, like the text said its gonna be compared to the matrix, so it must be something special. As for gun kata, im sure if the world entered a state of martial law, it would be a worth while form to learn. There are some systems that teach gun self-defence ( systema is a really efffective and cool art) but as for tactics to help you win a gun fight, you will have to join the army or go paintballing.
omnifinite Posted January 2, 2003 Posted January 2, 2003 I thought swinging the guns around was silly until I saw the movie and they explained why they were doing it, then I thought it was rather clever. I don't see it happening in real life, but it was fun in the movie. They didn't really call it "gunkata" in the movie did they? Ugh. I'm pretty sure that's just this gunkatta.com guy. That site looks really, umm, well, sad, for lack of a better word. I doubt he's done any research on the statistics of bullet trajectories and preferred firing angles and such. So basically he's showing his appreciation for what he liked in the movie by completely throwing away the entire point of it. Great... 1st Dan HapkidoColored belts in Kempo and Jujitsu
kchenault Posted January 2, 2003 Posted January 2, 2003 Everybody was GUN FU fighting! Those clips were fast as lightning! Everybody was GUN FU fighting.... Ken ChenaultTFT - It does a body good!
SaiFightsMS Posted January 3, 2003 Posted January 3, 2003 I supposed it had to happen sooner or later.
Pacificshore Posted January 3, 2003 Posted January 3, 2003 You sure that isn't a re-release of Madonna's................Vogue video Di'DaDeeeee!!!Mind of Mencia
SBN Doug Posted January 6, 2003 Posted January 6, 2003 Didn't Jet Li block (with special effects of course) a bullet with the barrel of his pistol in either "The One" or "Leathal Weapon 4"? Kuk Sool Won - 4th danEvil triumphs when good men do nothing.
ZR440 Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 Gun Kata? Maybe for entertainment purposes only. Anyone even thinking about trying that would be better off spending the money on a NRA approved home invasion handgun course. Actually, anyone thinking about taking gun kata should not even own a gun. It's that stupid. It's happy hour somewhere in the world.
rb Posted January 16, 2003 Posted January 16, 2003 as quoted above by KickChick, the gun katas were based on the analysis of thousands of gun fights. The practioner who studies these katas can then stand in the spot that is statically least probable to contain bullets. Apparently in the movie this spot is in front of a line of men with automatic weapons. Another place is the centre of a circle of men, also with automatic weapons. As a movie element it serves to elevate the cleric characters into almost invincible enforcers. I don't think it has a real life application If perhaps you examine markmanship, tactics, and the psy and physical conditioning necessary to kill then I think that as a whole could be considered a kata/formless martial art.
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