Posts Tagged ‘martial arts’

Best martial-arts fight scene EVER

May 20, 2009

Just……just awesome.  So very bad that it’s brilliant.  Terrible camera work, inexpensive gore, bad fight choreography, and 1 awesome line delivered after the bad guy has been dispatched.  This is a must watch from the film Undefeatable.

Many, many thanks to Abe for sending this in….

Epic stop-motion fight: Bruce Lee vs. Iron Man

April 2, 2009

Thanks to Mikey for sending this one in.

“How to Fight” with Gavin McInnes

February 9, 2009

Learn some time-tested moves in this self defense video.  You’ll certainly be able to defend yourself against any 5 yr. old after watching this.

Best talent portion of a beauty pageant ever

February 1, 2009

Cool painting.

Karate Master vs. coconuts. Since it’s on here, you can guess who may have won.

December 15, 2008

Some European martial arts enthusiast attempts to set a world record for breaking coconuts while on live television.  Notice the apparatus that the coconuts are resting on.

How to audition for a martial arts DVD

December 7, 2008

I’m sure this was probably a joke, although I have some friends in the film industry who have told me stories of terribly untalented actors auditioning for roles and the results are quite similar to the ones you’ll see here, minus the kicking.

Ninja cats-now that’s a car commercial I can appreciate.

November 20, 2008

I now need a Toyota Corolla..for absolutely no reason other than perhaps my cat will learn martial arts. Also, I need a cat.

Via Geekologie

Nunchaku baseball player awaits obscene contract offer from New York Yankees

October 26, 2008

We anticipate a fierce bidding war between the Red Sox and Yankees over this guy.

Via Japan Probe

Charley the Karate Chimp

October 14, 2008

Cuban Taekwondo participant faces lifetime ban after kicking referee in face.

August 25, 2008

CNN/SI

BEIJING (AP) — A Cuban taekwondo athlete and his coach were banned for life after Angel Matos kicked the referee in the face following his bronze-medal match disqualification.

Cuban coach Leudis Gonzalez offered no apology for Matos’ actions during the men’s over-80 kg (176 pounds) match.

Matos was winning 3-2, with 1:02 in the second round, when he fell to the mat after being hit by his opponent, Kazakhstan’s Arman Chilmanov. He was sitting there, awaiting medical attention, when he was disqualified for taking too much injury time. Fighters get one minute, and Matos was disqualified when his time ran out.

Matos angrily questioned the call, pushed a judge, then pushed and kicked referee Chakir Chelbat of Sweden. Matos then spat on the floor and was escorted out.

“He was too strict,” Gonzalez said, referring to the decision to disqualify Matos. Afterward, he charged the match was fixed, accusing the Kazakhs of offering him money.

“This is a strong violation of the spirit of taekwondo and the Olympic Games. The sanctions are the following and are effective immediately: Lifetime ban of the coach and athlete in all championships sanctioned by the (World Taekwondo Federation) and at the same time, all records of this athlete at the Beijing Games will immediately be erased,” said the announcer, reading a WTF release.

In his first match, Matos defeated Italy’s Leonardo Basile, then beat China’s Liu Xiaobo 2-1 in the quarterfinals. But he lost to South Korean Cha Dong-min in the semis to land in the bronze-medal match.

“To me it was obvious he was unable to continue,” Chilmanov said. “His toe on his left foot was broken.