Chuck Norris

Dylan Couper · April 26th, 2004, 10:15 PM

If an XL2 was on the line, Chuck might as well throw in the towel before the match is signed. :)

I trained for a few years in the martial arts, before I realized that all martial arts train to fight against themselves, and untrained assailants, but NONE of them teach how to defend against a WWF Pro-Wrestling style opponent.
Try and kick your way out of my Jacknife Powerbomb Chuck!!! :)

Frank Granovski · April 26th, 2004, 10:43 PM

Dylan, you should have trained here:

http://www.tigerclaw.ca

Best school in Canada for over 43 years.

Jeff Patnaude · April 27th, 2004, 08:05 AM

I train in Shuri Ryu Karatedo.

<http://www.tmacenter.com>

Chuck Norris was the original Bad ass guys. Before the movies, as a 19 year old kid in the air force. He fought full contact matches in the late 50's with "old school" fighters in Korea and Japan for a number of years and was undefeated.

Bad ass.
Guess we all have to make a buck somehow these days.

Joe Carney · April 27th, 2004, 09:22 AM

Chucks original style was tang soo do, Korean, pre dates tae kwan do with more circular moves. (it was one of the first styles I trained in). He was stationed in Korea like so many in the Air Force.

Dave Largent · April 27th, 2004, 01:44 PM

So what about Jeet Kun Do? Is it *all that*?
I just saw that movie about Bruce Lee ....

Frank Granovski · April 27th, 2004, 02:08 PM

Jeet Kune Do was Bruce Lee's style, mainly consisting of wing chun, hung gar, fencing and western boxing.

Dave Largent · April 27th, 2004, 03:46 PM

I read a book about it years ago. I remember he had the
1" punch and the 3" punch, which I believe he gave
impressive demonstrations of.

Frank Granovski · April 27th, 2004, 05:11 PM

Those short punches aren't magic. They just require "fajing" (explosion).

Dylan Couper · April 27th, 2004, 09:47 PM

<<<-- Originally posted by Frank Granovski : Dylan, you should have trained here:

http://www.tigerclaw.ca

Best school in Canada for over 43 years. -->>>

Brrr.... Not in Winnipeg! Way too cold for my warm southern Ontario blood. Yeah it gets cold in soutern Ontario, but not WINNIPEG cold! :)

Although I have always wanted to say "Your Crane style is no match for my Tiger Claw. Prepare to be defeated! HA HA HA HA HA HA!"

Frank Granovski · April 28th, 2004, 12:33 AM

That's why Winnipeg is a good place to train, or study. Inside the kwoon (school) is warm. Tiger Claw is also the largest such school in Canada.

Ed Hill · April 30th, 2004, 08:24 AM

Martin,

What is this mysterious and enigmatic video technique called

"instant sex"?

Ed Hill

Martin Munthe · May 1st, 2004, 02:28 AM

Instant sex was originally when you fed two identical streams of video through a video mixer and you blurred the top layer and made it transparent on top of the original video. Invented by David Fincher for George Michaels "Freedom" video in the early 90's.

You can do it in any NLE by just placing a copy of the clip your working with above it and defocus it an add some type of transparency (whatever fit's the shot and your taste best). There are also a lot of filters that does the instant sex thing without the manual fiddling. As seen in millions of wedding videos. It's probably one of the most over used effects and very few use it tastfully (like Fincher did). Most people just crank up the blur and smear everything out into a big soft...yuck...

The thing is with instant sex that it can be used in a smart way that fools the eye that low res video is actually of higher res and has more lattitude. You see it once every ten thousand times it's used. Star Wars EPII is a good example of instant sex used that way. A lot of animation studios use it to give more variety to the end result and make it less flat. Instant sex can be beautiful and butt ugly.

Ken Hodson · May 3rd, 2004, 11:39 AM

Isn't that Chrisy Brinkley in that infomercial with Chuck?
Ken

Matt Stahley · June 1st, 2004, 03:45 AM

Chuck Norris impersonator

Ben Gurvich · June 1st, 2004, 03:52 AM

Now you guys got me wondering.

The anothony Robbins get the edge infomercial has some b&w footage that has been filmlooked or is actually film. I dunno its hard to tell at 3am.

April 26th, 2004, 10:15 PM	#16
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	If an XL2 was on the line, Chuck might as well throw in the towel before the match is signed. :) I trained for a few years in the martial arts, before I realized that all martial arts train to fight against themselves, and untrained assailants, but NONE of them teach how to defend against a WWF Pro-Wrestling style opponent. Try and kick your way out of my Jacknife Powerbomb Chuck!!! :) __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

April 27th, 2004, 09:47 PM	#24
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	<<<-- Originally posted by Frank Granovski : Dylan, you should have trained here: http://www.tigerclaw.ca Best school in Canada for over 43 years. -->>> Brrr.... Not in Winnipeg! Way too cold for my warm southern Ontario blood. Yeah it gets cold in soutern Ontario, but not WINNIPEG cold! :) Although I have always wanted to say "Your Crane style is no match for my Tiger Claw. Prepare to be defeated! HA HA HA HA HA HA!" __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

April 30th, 2004, 08:24 AM	#26
Ed Hill Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 104	Huh? What? Martin, What is this mysterious and enigmatic video technique called "instant sex"? Ed Hill __________________ Ed Hill HighlyDef Productions, Atlanta, GA prblog.edhillpr.com Video and Online Advertising ed@highlydef.com

May 1st, 2004, 02:28 AM	#27
Martin Munthe Major Player Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 331	Instant sex was originally when you fed two identical streams of video through a video mixer and you blurred the top layer and made it transparent on top of the original video. Invented by David Fincher for George Michaels "Freedom" video in the early 90's. You can do it in any NLE by just placing a copy of the clip your working with above it and defocus it an add some type of transparency (whatever fit's the shot and your taste best). There are also a lot of filters that does the instant sex thing without the manual fiddling. As seen in millions of wedding videos. It's probably one of the most over used effects and very few use it tastfully (like Fincher did). Most people just crank up the blur and smear everything out into a big soft...yuck... The thing is with instant sex that it can be used in a smart way that fools the eye that low res video is actually of higher res and has more lattitude. You see it once every ten thousand times it's used. Star Wars EPII is a good example of instant sex used that way. A lot of animation studios use it to give more variety to the end result and make it less flat. Instant sex can be beautiful and butt ugly. __________________ Martin Munthe VFX Supervisor/DP/Director

May 3rd, 2004, 11:39 AM	#28
Ken Hodson Trustee Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Vancouver BC Canada Posts: 1,315	Isn't that Chrisy Brinkley in that infomercial with Chuck? Ken __________________ Damnit Jim, I'm a film maker not a sysytems tech.

April 26th, 2004, 10:43 PM	#17
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	Dylan, you should have trained here: http://www.tigerclaw.ca Best school in Canada for over 43 years.

April 27th, 2004, 08:05 AM	#18
Jeff Patnaude Major Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Duluth, Georgia Posts: 248	I train in Shuri Ryu Karatedo. <http://www.tmacenter.com> Chuck Norris was the original Bad ass guys. Before the movies, as a 19 year old kid in the air force. He fought full contact matches in the late 50's with "old school" fighters in Korea and Japan for a number of years and was undefeated. Bad ass. Guess we all have to make a buck somehow these days.

April 27th, 2004, 09:22 AM	#19
Joe Carney Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Centreville Va Posts: 1,828	Chucks original style was tang soo do, Korean, pre dates tae kwan do with more circular moves. (it was one of the first styles I trained in). He was stationed in Korea like so many in the Air Force.

April 27th, 2004, 01:44 PM	#20
Dave Largent Trustee Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,483	So what about Jeet Kun Do? Is it all that? I just saw that movie about Bruce Lee ....

April 27th, 2004, 02:08 PM	#21
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	Jeet Kune Do was Bruce Lee's style, mainly consisting of wing chun, hung gar, fencing and western boxing.

April 27th, 2004, 03:46 PM	#22
Dave Largent Trustee Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,483	I read a book about it years ago. I remember he had the 1" punch and the 3" punch, which I believe he gave impressive demonstrations of.

April 27th, 2004, 05:11 PM	#23
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	Those short punches aren't magic. They just require "fajing" (explosion).

April 28th, 2004, 12:33 AM	#25
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	That's why Winnipeg is a good place to train, or study. Inside the kwoon (school) is warm. Tiger Claw is also the largest such school in Canada.

June 1st, 2004, 03:45 AM	#29
Matt Stahley Major Player Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Waynesboro, PA Posts: 648	Chuck Norris impersonator

June 1st, 2004, 03:52 AM	#30
Ben Gurvich Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 329	Now you guys got me wondering. The anothony Robbins get the edge infomercial has some b&w footage that has been filmlooked or is actually film. I dunno its hard to tell at 3am.