As a kyusho practitioner, I was quite impressed by the movie. It popped up on my radar so decided to give it a go not quite knowing what to expect. At the first fights, I saw the hand positions (one blade of grass, claw, blood pool) my curiosity was sparked even further. Then during the movie our hero learns to have a soft (woman kung fu style) of touching, which is exactly what we learn in kyusho, not to strike with strength but rather with heavy feather touch. When even that is not enough to kill the bad guy, he is wounded, cured with acupuncture, and learns the pressure points from an acupuncture manual. The bad guy even goes as far as to show him how to have a penetrating impact to affect the pressure points. His training complete, he can finally attack the bad guy and we learn again of pressure points that should leave the opponent dead after 100 steps. That's dim mak right there for you.
Oh and the story, of course, is fun. The multiple attempts to get to the bad guy, the progressive training... I had a really nice time.
White Crane style is a very very old, traditional, martial arts style described in the bubishi... The movie does it credit while remaining a very entertaining film.
Oh and the story, of course, is fun. The multiple attempts to get to the bad guy, the progressive training... I had a really nice time.
White Crane style is a very very old, traditional, martial arts style described in the bubishi... The movie does it credit while remaining a very entertaining film.