Hi guys,
As a lot of you probably know by now - I'm a techie for the site and know very little about martial arts, but I'm still very interested in them.
I was watching Kill Bill 2 today and it got me thinking, do techniques like the 1 inch punch and the "five punch palm exploding heart technique" actually exist in real life? I'm guessing the latter is a lot less likely (for those who've not seen the film, it's where you hit someone with the tips of your fingers in 5 different pressure points across the body, leading to death in 5 steps).
Might sound like a silly question, but I'm sure there has to be at least some sort of old myth that inspired these to be used on the film, and would love to find out more!
I look forward to hearing your replies!
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Yer, the one inch puch is a technique. Ican break an inch of pine with it. It's down to body weight and technique. As for more bizarre stuff i've never come across it. Would be nice to think these fabels existed.
One of those artsy martial arts films like house of flying daggers or crouching hippo squatting squirrel has a technique with five pressure points that freezes your attacker and you need to reverse them in a certain order or the heart explodes. Ace!!
Though i have seen some strange stuff though pressure points and there is alot of mystery surronding these things.
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All I can say is don't believe all you see in kung fu films. A lot of it is simply movie fu! Apart from Gordon Liu who plays Pei Mai in Kill Bill II, he actually studies hung gar. Yeah one inch punches can be done but there are also a lot of stories that are just that,stories. If you want to learn th3 r34l gong fu get down to a proper school!
Inch punch....well the origins are lost in the mists of time, but you find a similar principle in Tai Chi, where you have 'Fa Jing'(explsive power).
It's not rocket science.
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DanK wrote:
One of those artsy martial arts films like house of flying daggers or crouching hippo squatting squirrel has a technique with five pressure points that freezes your attacker and you need to reverse them in a certain order or the heart explodes. Ace!!
Though i have seen some strange stuff though pressure points and there is alot of mystery surronding these things.
The five pressure points technique sounds very similar - exploding hearts were mentioned in KB2 - think I might have to do some research!
Good to hear that the one inch punch is real though. I saw an episode of Mind Body and Kickass Moves where Chris Crudelli was doing close range punches and it looked impressive (I seem to remember he punched a guy back by about a meter from about an inch or two away!)
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I should know, spent a day getting beat up by him for the benefit of Martialedge... stay tuned for that one kids.
I love the Kill Bill movies.
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Elle Driver: Hello, Bill.
Bill: What's her condition?
Elle Driver: Comatose.
Bill: Where is she?
Elle Driver: I'm standing over her right now.
Bill: That's my girl. Elle, you're gonna have to abort the mission.
Elle Driver: WHAT?
Bill: We owe her better than that.
Elle Driver: NO YOU DON'T! YOU DON'T OWE HER SHIT!
Bill: Will you keep your voice down?
Elle Driver: [whispering] You don't owe her shit!
Bill: May I say one thing?
Elle Driver: Speak
Bill: Y'all beat the hell out of that woman, but you didn't kill her. And I put a bullet in her head, but her heart just kept on beatin'. Now, you saw that yourself with your own beautiful blue eye, did you not? We've done a lot of things to this lady. And if she ever wakes up, we'll do a whole lot more. But one thing we won't do is sneak into her room in the night like a filthy rat and kill her in her sleep. And the reason we won't do that thing is because... that thing would lower us. Don't you agree, Miss Driver?
Elle Driver: I guess.
Bill: Do you really have to guess?
Elle Driver: [sighs] No. I don't really have to guess. I know.
Bill: Come on home, honey.
Elle Driver: Affirmative.
Bill: I love you very much.
Elle Driver: I love you too. bye bye.
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As you travel to the mountain, there may be people ahead of you. You may pass some of these people on the way, and some of them may pass you. You are all going to the same place, so it is as well to be civil to each other on the journey!
Good luck on your journey, I hope that our paths cross, and we may travel together for a time!
If you touch my Llama, I WILL kill you!
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I have serious issues with Kill bill Vol 2 but its purely from a filmic point of view. I did think the 5 point exploding palm trick was possibly the silliest part of the film, and that's saying A LOT
"I have been the whole day without eating, and the whole night without sleeping — occupied with thinking. It was of no use. The better plan is to learn."
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It's a daft film anyway and not an amazing martial arts film as far as they go.
But what about techniques which don't leave a mark on the outside but do massive internal damage.
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