| How many of us became first inspired to learn | | | | Telegraph Their Blows For The Audience - Any |
| martial arts after we saw the grace, beauty and | | | | beginning martial artists knows that he or she |
| smooth moves of Bruce Lee, Jet Li or Jackie | | | | should never telegraph a strike, that is, a blow |
| Chan (well, Jackie Chan when he isn't doing comic | | | | should be quick and unexpected. If a director can't |
| Kung Fu)? There are many martial arts | | | | show the audience where the strike begins and |
| enthusiasts who regularly go to all of the martial | | | | ends, the audience will not be impressed. In the |
| arts movies in particular to check out the latest | | | | streets, telegraphing your blows means that you |
| fight scene and cool moves. They use the movie | | | | will land very few. |
| standard which is based on fantasy play-fighting | | | | Reason #3 Why Movie-Martial Arts Can Get You |
| as a way to learn real self defense where their | | | | Hurt Or Killed - Actors Always Know Exactly |
| lives and that of their loves ones are at stake. | | | | What Move Their Fellow Actor Will Make - In real |
| There are 4 reasons why imitating martial arts | | | | life street fighting, you never know what move |
| movie technique can get you seriously hurt or | | | | your opponent is going to make ahead of time, |
| killed: | | | | so doing techniques based on the movie |
| 4 Reasons Why Movie-Martial Arts Can Get You | | | | predictability of actors for a real street attack can |
| Hurt Or Killed: | | | | be very hazardous to your bodily health. |
| Reason #1 Why Movie-Martial Arts Can Get You | | | | Reason #4 Why Movie-Martial Arts Can Get You |
| Hurt Or Killed - Almost All Movie Directors | | | | Hurt Or Killed - On The Movie Screen You Must |
| Emphasize High And Leaping Kicks. Though | | | | Do The Spectacular Technique vs. The Most |
| impressive and nice for tournaments, in real | | | | Effective Technique - When real martial artists |
| street fighting confrontations, high and aerial kicks | | | | start out as movie actors, the techniques that |
| are the most unreliable because they are hard to | | | | they would naturally do for a particular fight |
| land because your opponent's body is always | | | | situation are substituted by the director for |
| moving in and out of the line of the kick. When | | | | techniques, though less practical or not very |
| you jump into the air to spin then kick, you are | | | | effective in real street fighting, are used |
| presupposing that your opponent will still be there | | | | nonetheless to impress a naive and very ignorant |
| by the time you are ready to land the kick. What | | | | audience. |
| if he steps inward as you spin? You will miss | | | | Remember, movie fights are made to only |
| every time, and the chances of your leg getting | | | | entertain. They are not meant to be audio-visual |
| intercepted or caught on your way back down to | | | | instruction for fighting. I assure you one thing. Jet |
| the ground increases very highly. | | | | Li, Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee would not fight on |
| Reason #2 Why Movie-Martial Arts Can Get You | | | | the street as they do in the movies. And neither |
| Hurt Or Killed - Movie Directors Train Actors To | | | | should you. |