Fantasy/Unusual Martial Arts

vasch_ro

Did you know that the Transformers have a number of different martial arts
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strangely enough there are actually loads of fictional martial arts
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just wondering whats the strangest martial art that you have ever heard of
(be kind lets have another happy thread !:) ), I remember reading about some viking one in Terry O' Neils Fighting arts mag that was taught to some guy by his dad( basically the art was only known by him ) and seemed to involve a lot of weapon training. Maybe Clive might like to give us a glimpse in the secret world of scaldy jitsu ?:). Also do people actively try and improve the martial art they train in , like Bruce Lee, and the gracie family ?Are you engaged in an active analysis of the art you train in as such .....

Musashi

There's a mention on that second link of my two favourite arts, "Gun Kata" and PerSev" or "perforate and sever", a Brazilian Knife style taught by Tcheky Karyo in the movie "High Art".

I'd dearly love a copy of this movie, but have so far been unable to track one down If anyone taped it off RTE when it was shown a few years ago we can come to some arrangement! :eek:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101834/


View Trailer will give you a glimpse of one of my favourite cinema moments, when the fledgling knifer is taken to choose his fighting knife. I recognise most of those on the table Randall for the win though!

Other made up arts I liked were "Ecky Thump" from the Goodies, rank being awarded in larger and larger Flat Caps, and "Yuck Foo" from Monty Python. A mainly Scottish style of mainly Head Butts followed by a right good kicking!



Actually, found the movie under the title "High Art" on the Bay of Evil!

Happy Days lads!

Clive

I'm afraid scaldy jitsu is too much for public consumption - maybe at a later date I'll arrange seminars and sell belts to further fuel the scaldy fire...

Anyway I think the Viking martial art you're talking about is called Stav - pretty much the equivalent of the Americans cropping up on the internet teaching "Irish Stick Fighting". Some dude thinking - "hmmm ... how might that have gone".

Strangest arts I've heard of - Kino Mutai, Joe San Do, Jailhouse Rock (of Lethal Weapon fame!) , Hwa Rang Do and the Keysi Fighting System have always struck me as odd. No disrespect to them, they just strike me as unusual.

vasch_ro

actually your dead right it was stav ! I also remember Joe San do. i believe it was exhibited in the UFC possibly by one of Kimo's students and wasn't Keysi used in Batman , its like a fantasy martial art that really exists type thing ?

Scramble

There's a pretty bizarre Welsh sport which involves two guys grasping each other's shoulders and then kicking one another in the shins. When a kick lands they are then aloud to try to throw the other guy on the ground. In the old days supposedly they used to condition their shins, but nowadays soft shoes are worn and they stuff wads of straw into their trousers.

Not sure if this qualifies as a martial art, though, but I did see it on TV a while back. Looked pretty painful, soft shoes or not.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/4605157.stm

Of course, there's also the deadly art of Llap Goch...

pearsquasher

I befriended an Irish biker on the set of "King Arhtur" who studied Swedish archery, as used by the vikings, for a few years, as well as sword and shield while he lived in Sweden. He said a lot of the info was extraploated from Viking saga's and chronical so i'm not dure how much was tranmitted generationally, as in Classical Japanese budo.

I also met a Polish chappy there who was into Polish cavalry sabre fighting, in a re-enactment sort of way and there was also an Italian duelist who did study under a lineage of master swordsmen and they used grappling and in-fighting in their duels. I'd class all these as unusual I suppose. Not all together different from each other in basic priciples of course.

Jimkel

Ryu,Ken and Akuma from the streetfighter series are all supposed to be Shotokan masters. Their styles bear little resemblance to the real thing so I think it qualifies as a fantasy martial art. As for unusual, the French Gentlemans Martial art of la savate, the same one the main guy in the original avengers did with an umbrella, Is actually a very effective form of self defence. Tried and tested on dangerous streets in France during the revolution.

Nothingcompares

I practice Ryu's style of fighting. I can do all his moves from the game. Except the fireball but i'm working on it. Ryu is judo and kyokushin. In my opinion anyway.

Im2Lazy

No one can defeat REX KWON DO !!!!:D From Napoleon Dynamite



" Rex – Although he was not a central character, Rex’s character and costume was quite memorable. Donning his characteristic USA pants (“Nobody wants to get a roundhouse from these pants”), Rex is a former ultimate fighter who is now the teacher and owner of Rex Kwon Do. His scene demonstrating his martial arts prowess to Kip (as an interested student) is classic. "