OT- Favorite Karate flick

Submitted by Eastside Maize on

On this Father's Day I thought about my uncle. He was a strong father figure for me while I was a kid. He introduced me to UM football, Savage Sword of Conan comic books and karate flicks. 3 of my favorite Karate flicks are Super Ninjas, Shaolin vs. Lama and Ninja Scroll (animated). What are your favorite Karate flicks, MGoBlog?

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borninAnnArbor

June 21st, 2015 at 8:04 PM ^

Having said that, I really like the one about the guy who is kind of a looser, really down on his luck.  Then he meets a martial arts master who agrees, somewhat reluctantly, to train him though use of a montage.  He then succeeds at his task and gets the girl.  Oh, and the Matrix.

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superstringer

June 21st, 2015 at 8:33 PM ^

Enter the Dragon. Because I was 24 when I first saw it and it was a smoming hot petite busty blonde from Georgia who wanted to watch the movie with me. i, uh, dont actually know what happened in the movie however.



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I Bleed Maize N Blue

June 21st, 2015 at 10:44 PM ^

Enter the Dragon. The Chinese Connection. Bloodsport.

Does anyone else remember "Martial Arts Theater" on what was Detroit's UHF ch 20 back in the day? Late weekend nights, often bad movies.

There was this one movie, the name of which I forget, and I might not have the plot exactly right, but anyway, a guy goes to fight the villain, who has long white hair, beard and eyebrows. He knows the villain has a vulnerable spot, but after fighting for a while and getting his butt kicked, he manages to strike it. Only to have Whitehair laugh and inform him he's only vulnerable there between the hours of a and b. And he deals a mortal blow, leaving the guy to die.

But of course, he doesn't right away, and manages to get back home and inform his young son. Who of course swears vengeance and trains and goes to fight Whitehair, against all advice. He's not even as good as his father, so gets his ass kicked, and isn't even worth the trouble of killing.

So he heals up, trains even harder, and goes back to fight Whitehair. And he's doing better this time, though still losing. But he manages to hit the vulnerable spot at the right time of day - or does he? Whitehair laughs, and says, "I see you have been training. But I have been training, too, and have learned to move my vulnerable spot."

At the time that floored me. Villains can train and get better, too??? WTF?!?!?!

Our young hero survives, trains super hard, learning different styles, and goes back to fight Whitehair, striking at various places until he finds the new vulnerable spot and kills him.

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WestQuad

June 21st, 2015 at 11:35 PM ^

Loved 13 Assassins. The first half is fairly slow, but is a necessary setup.  The second half is all kick-ass.  Highly recommend.

IP Man 1, 2, and 3 are pretty good, but was disappointed to find out that they are mostly fiction.

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DMack

June 22nd, 2015 at 1:46 AM ^

I had to respond to this question and as you can see I just joined the site. I have only heard two or three good ones throughout the entire post and I thought I would here some serious responses. Am I the only serious fan???????

1. The Jade Green Statuette

2. Ninja in the Deadly Trap

3. Chinese Super Ninjas

4. The Hot the Cool and the Vicious

5. Kid With the Golden Arm

6. The Five Deadly Venoms

7. The Loot 

8. Master Killer (36 Chambers)

9. Seven Steps of Kung Fu

10. Shaolin vs. Lama

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BlueRy

June 22nd, 2015 at 6:39 AM ^

The Raid: Redemption. Some of the best fight scenes I've ever seen. Do yourself a favor and watch the movie. It's an awesome action/martial arts watch.

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