Yesterday on the East Coast on either the National Geographic Channel or Discovery Channel they showed a special documentary called "Fight Science". Basically they took masters from a couple different martial arts, and put the different styles to the test to see which one was the most deadly. As it turned out, boxing delivered the most powerful punch at 1200lbs of force, equivalent to a person in a 35 mph car crash into a brick wall without a seat belt on. The fastest strike was given to the Chinese Kung Fu style, where the dude struck the target 3 times faster than the average speed of a snake bite. The most deadly strike, however, didn't go to any of the martial arts you see these days, but to one very old and very rare type, Ninjitsu, Ninja style martial arts. The dude spent 25 years perfecting one move, the hammer fist, and when he struck the target (the chest of a crash test dummy that had electrodes in it to detect the power of the strike), it didn't seem like he delivered much force or anything; he was also very slim and lanky. The force and precision of his strike, howevr, was so deadly that if he performed it on the average human being, the force of the strike would push the chest 2 inches backwards into the body, sending frantic nerve signals from the brain to the rest of the body to immediately stop the heart from beating. Thus, the opponent dies on impact. Pretty crazy, huh?
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i saw that it was pretty awesome. my favourite part is when the ninjitsu guy was taking the balance test.
i wonder about the ninjitsu too..if they taught it i would take it in a heartbeat..it would be incredible to have balance like that
true dude, now that i tihnk of it, i realize that there cant be a defenite measurement between two styles; each style has their weaknesses and strengths. that drunken kung fu thing was pretty sweet though; the principle of purposefully acting off balance to distract your opponent is pretty sweet.
Well it would be more accurate to have some one person versed in all those styles. That way everything stays constant but the power generation. The makers of the show knew this, but also knew it wouldn't make for good tv, because in the end, a punch is a punch.
Having the Wushu guy in there to represent CMA was a ****ing joke.
Having the Wushu guy in there to represent CMA was a ****ing joke.
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Is this the same one that had weapons? I was watching a part of it when they were determining the striking force of weapons.
I thought it was pretty cool. It wasnt really meant to teach someone who is studying martial arts anything, more of a validation of claims and what not. As just a survey of different aspects of martial arts its pretty neat and anything that gets the public interested in MA is cool in my opinion. I think it would be sweet if they made it into a series of 1 hour shows, each going into quite a lot more depth than they were able to in this one special. Like if they were to go into the training methods used to aquire the balancing acts they showed, that would be totally awesome. Also I was REALLY impressed by the cast. Rickson Gracie, Dan Inosanto, and Glen Levy are all really cool to watch.
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I kind of agree. What they were really doing was testing individuals against each other and saying they were representative of their styles which is a little silly (especially that crazy ripped TKD guy, dude stands a head taller and way more muscle mass than most korean practitioners I have met =p).
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