David Carradine 1936-2009

f.Channell · Post by **f.Channell** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:47 am

When I was 9 I totally bought the fact he was half Chinese.

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Bill Glasheen · Post by **Bill Glasheen** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:46 pm

Has anyone spent time looking at the Kung Fu video clips? I was wondering if anyone else found the posturing in the fight scenes to be anachronistically tedious.

I can understand why Carradine got bored with it all and moved on. This way he avoided his "jump the shark" moment.

- Bill

f.Channell · Post by **f.Channell** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:10 am

The fight scenes were influenced big time by the FCC. There was only a certain amount of violence allowed. By slowing it down in spots it got through. The best part of the show was the fights, although then through uneducated eyes.

The entire first season only had Judo techniques, later on a Kung-fu expert was hired. Kam Yuen if I recall correctly.

He now seems to focus on Chinese Medicine.
http://www.holistichongkong.com/HK-Visi ... -Yuen.html

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Bill Glasheen · Post by **Bill Glasheen** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:42 am

Somewhere buried in my library I have a book by Kam Yuen on three section staff. In it is an impossibly and impractically gymnastic form that I spent a little time trying to learn before I decided it was a waste of my time. It was less martial study and more Wushu - not quite my thing.

I did have a terminally cute girl in one of my UVa karate classes who used to twirl baton in high school band. I was able to teach her most of the moves in Kam Yuen's book. Go figure... I don't know if she could have ever defended herself, but she sure looked good twirling that staff.

- Bill

f.Channell · Post by **f.Channell** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:12 pm

He fights in some of the fight sequences during Kung Fu.

It appears from that website he is more into medicine now, not the first martial arts teacher I've heard of doing that. Must be more money in Holistic medicine.

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JimHawkins · Post by **JimHawkins** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:43 am

f.Channell wrote:When I was 9 I totally bought the fact he was half Chinese.

I used to think he looked slightly asian at times...

EDIT:

Actually I realized, it wasn't so much his features but his state of mind, how he carried himself--softly in a loud world. He was at one with the Tao (priest)--that, made him very 'different' in stark contrast to others, especially the old West's greedy capitalists we meet in the show.

I loved that show though and I thought some of the choreography was cool too.. Of course, the show wasn't about the moves...

jorvik · Post by **jorvik** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:20 pm

Hi Jim

"Quickly as you can, take the butterfly from my hand...when you can take the butterfly from my hand it will be time for you to leave"

................I wonder how many butterlies died making that series

f.Channell · Post by **f.Channell** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:54 pm

I agree Jim.

but I think he might have just been stoned!!

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Topos · Post by **Topos** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:13 pm

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David Carradine 1936-2009

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