just finished watching the entire series of 'fight science' on youtube; which i believe many have ald seen, and i must say, its impressive..though, i got stuff to say abt it..

first of all, why are all the top martial arts exponents on the show 80% caucasian? even when many of the martial arts discussed there are east asian ones, stuff like karate, taekwondo, ninjitsu, are all being demonstrated by caucasian masters..whatever happened to masters of these martial arts who are indigenious folks from the asian countries? even the wushu guy is an american born chinese..although i admit he's pretty good, but i do believe there are true masters of wushu, indigenious chinese i mean, who would have been better able to showcase the style.

and secondly, that very first segment of the show, the one abt the strongest punch? tt was damn stupid can? why do they have the boxing guy compared to all others, and proving through the machine thingy tt his style has the strongest blow? and tt statement made by the narrator? "the boxer's punch is almost 2 times tt of the kung fu one-inch punch" or sth like tt, was even way stupider. just look at the boxer..he's also two times the size of the kungfu guy..and some one-inch punch..what he demonstrated was so weak, bruce lee would be crying in his grave if he knew.. haiz..

and last but nt least, the aussie taekwondo guy just really pisses me off. he's like damn irritating with his shirt off and all those "hoo", "haa" "waa", etc..exclamations whenever he's doing anything tt he just comes across as damn poseur, although im nt abt to question his expertise at the style, seems like he's some champion somewhere after all, so i'll leave it at tt..

but what's with him also demonstrating the japanese bo and the katana? its totally contradicting can?

kendo(the art of the japanese katana) and the bo are very obviously, part of jap martial arts disciplines, whereas the style he is representing from the beginning of the show, taekwondo, stems from korea..two different countries, two totally different styles of martial arts..3 forms in fact, the bo, kendo, and taekwondo, all being showcased by one guy?

now tt is really absurb, as i seriously don't believe anyone, even indigenious masters of the arts, are able to study and master so many forms of martial arts in one lifetime..why, many kendo masters take a lifetime of study and practice to achieve their expertise with the katana..and now along comes a young punk who's proficient in all 3? what a fucking joke.. i myself am a great fan of the katana, which is why i feel tt showcasing it all together by one guy who's also doing two other forms of martial arts is a great injustice..

now, don't take me wrong though, im nt criticising the credibility of the show; and i am also nt any great martial art exponent myself, i just feel tt they could have done it another way, a better way..and anyway, what's written here is really just my two cents abt it..so if anyone out there is nt happy, pls feel free..im nt asking anyone to subscribe to my views, though if u do agree with me, pls feel free to let me know also.

and finally, if they plan to produce a sequel to the series, someone pls tell the narrator to get his pronounciation of east asian terms like karate, taekwondo, NOT tai-kwan-do, dao, NOT dou etc..right..its terrible..

i caught an episode of that once on either discovery or Nat Geo. its so stupendously horrendous and untrue, conforming to typical sterotypes, and painful to watch-due to pronouciation, i question the credibilty of the chn allowing such a messed up thing to air. eeeech
» merrick on 2007-06-18 12:44:40

yeah..nat geo's actually bringing their own std down by doing such a show..they're are totally out of their element here.
» HellSinG on 2007-06-19 09:54:11

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