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I've got another film weapon question.
I've been looking for a (bamboo?) stick like the green, twisted stick Bruce Lee used in "Game of Death" against Dan Inosanto (I'd be grateful to anyone who can point me to one for sale, by the way.) youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASKPXEJxzfY (action figure picture here, if it helps) Also, does anyone know if it was just a film prop, or are there real sticks as flexible and tough as that? I've never seen actual bamboo in a naturally twisted shape like this, let alone in this color: (screenshot from above video) |
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I think that is a made up weapon it looks like a stick or riding crop to me. Dans stick work does not even strike me as authentic Arnis it seems contrived made up to suit the movies at that time. When you compare it to what you see today on youtube it looks so fake. We have come along way since the 1970s. ![]() |
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The more I watch this clip, the more I get the impression that this stick (whatever it is) has a more rigidity than I first thought; see the part where he taps the tip on the floor in the beginning of his face-off. |
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try a south african sjambok .
the originals are made from hippo hide, tough ain't the word. cold steel makes one in polypropylene they have unfortunate apartheid connections so are not politically correct. (so of course, i have one ![]() ![]() |
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![]() Last edited by Rick; 21st April 2010 at 02:54 AM. Reason: Commercial site link, item for sale . |
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Interesting picture and movie clip. I would look at it keeping in mind Bruce Lee's western fencing background - just take a look at that grip
![]() ![]() In the clip he says it's bamboo!? Can you form bamboo? Shape, boil (or soak), twist, dry in a clamped position, oil? Would some process like that work? |
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The above clip is the chopped version that they edited in to the movie.
Here is the supposed complete version of their duel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c1oZvv1ujM Quote:
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Twisted rod sjambok-like weapons are usually made of ox penis. In the west there is a version made to look like a walking stick of dignity, from well tempered spring steel rods.
The scene from "The Game of Death" made also think of the Portuguese long stick fighting, the Jogo do Pau. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlxWt6sIq3k |
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There's also Chinese hard rods, and I'd guess that's where Bruce Lee's getting his inspiration. Not that I don't like Jogo do pau, but that was pretty unknown outside Portugal until recently.
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