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[Hock]

http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/channel/fightscience/?source=GC01

I hope everyone will watch this National Geographic special coming up this Sunday night, 20 August. And tell me about it! I will be traveling that night and will miss its first run.

Hock

[mleone]

Im putting it on DV-R for record..
Then ill see if I can put it on DVD or something...

[Milldog1776]

This show looks very interesting. Did I catch a glimpse of Rickson?

[jmech]

You probably did see Rickson, he is one of the martial artists that will be featured on the show.  Also look for Dan Inosanto, he should be there soemwhere too.

[JimH]

Looks interesting.
The next step up from when Xtreme Martials arts displayed their body mechanics and power.

The question asked on the video which will generate more power on contact,the Flyng kick by the Wu Shu Master or the knee of the Muay thai fighter?
I do not think this one needs scientific evaluation,once the muay thai Fighter,grabs and stabilizes the head and upper body his knee will generate more contact power as the opponent does not have opportunity to move and displace the energy  of contact as when the opponent is jump kicked with out a base of support.

I imagine the participants in the show will have a great interest generated towards their arts after the show as xtreme martial arts did.

[Milldog1776]

I imagine the participants in the show will have a great interest generated towards their arts after the show as xtreme martial arts did.

Too bad they didn't ask Hock to hit that dummy with a metal folding chair. 

Maybe arnold could go and hit it with a big bag of brussel sprouts or a can of creamed corn! 

[arnold]

Corn should be shot from a good old fashioned potato launcher. multiple times

[Professor]

This show has been on another channel before......


It's now being recycled...not a bad show, but has a lot of garbage segments...

[Hock]

Anybody see this?

I was stuck Sunday night in a Philly hotel with lame cable channels...

Hock

[mleone]

I got it on DV-R havent watched it yet.
If I can find a way to get it on DVD. Ill mail it to you!

[Nick Hughes]

Don't bother Hock...it'll just make your blood pressure go up...and up....and up...and up.

They started off determing (with a crash test dummy) who had the hardest punch out of a Kung Fu stylist, a Tae Kwan Do student (who couldn't afford a shirt), a Karateka, a Muy Thai guy and a Boxer.  The Kung Fu guy was the worst and the boxer was the best.  BUT WAIT A MINUTE...what's this???  The Kung Fu guy weighed about 105 wringing wet and the boxer appeared to about 260lbs!!!! What the Fook???  This was supposed to be scientific right?  Wouldn't you insist all the guys were the same weight with the same years of experience?  In any science experiment I've ever seen (or done at school) you had to for it to be viable.

Next they did kicks...everyone kicked the dummy but the winner was Muy Thai man - who held it behind the neck and pulled it down as he put the knee in.  Well again...duh...it was freestanding for everyone else.

The worst bit was when some guy claiming to be a ninja (who did a bunch of stuff that looked more akin to bad Kung Fu than any ninjutsu H2H I've EVER seen) was deemed the ultimate warrior after doing a hammerfist to a guys sternum and having good balance while walking up a pile of plates balanced on sticks (another Kung Fu training tool)

Now the plot thickens...one of my guys tell me the skinny is that the producers are the same guys who do some martial art segment on MTV or something and are owner of....wait for it...a ninjutsu school.  Because it's kind of funny to name ninjutsu the ultimate warrior if you remember the lamentable performance in the early UFC of the ninja (who wasn't very inivisible to his opponent) who kicked him in the guts and elbowed his prostrate form until the ref hauled him off out of sympathy.

Like I said...don't watch it, you'll just get mad.

Nick

[Hock]

WOW!

Oh well then...

Hock

[mleone]

That Ninjutsu stuff kills me...
Nothing againsts but why does it have to be so damn esoteric?

Esoteric
Mysticism

I just dont under the need..
Unless its to attract a cult-like following..

[Benjamin Liu]

That Ninjutsu stuff kills me...
Nothing againsts but why does it have to be so damn esoteric?

Esoteric
Mysticism

I just dont under the need..
Unless its to attract a cult-like following..

If you are referring to the Bujinkan there are different approaches to training.  There are the mystical types, the practical types, the kata collectors (people learning every traditional technique they can) and probably others, as well as combinations.  I've seen people that are like a bad combination of Yoda, Mr. Miyagi, and David Carridine, and they are in various arts, not just ninjutsu.  The best way to find out if an instructor is like that is to start talking about guns, most (though not all)  of those types don't like guns. 

   

[mleone]

Then why all the Bujinkan Mind control books?
Sounds like they would be doing it to their students.