[ITYfl01c]

Does anyone have a clip of this? If you did could you post it?

[PaulRyansew]

Just tell me it's better than those pepsi commercials. Has anyone here seen the movie "THe Hunted"? It has a Kendo scene in it. It's short, but pretty cool. It's also a a fun Samurai/ Ninja movie. Christopher Lambert is so so in it, but all the Asian actors rule.

[suilusargaino]

Yea i watched that last week too, and those shinai had to have been soaked in laquer or cement or something, theres no way, It was kinda bullcrap, but I was all excited when the scene came on. I was grabbing everyone in the theater, like oh hey i do that.. see its no so gay.. (my friends suck). anyhow any exposure is good exposure. and now when people have no idea what kendo is you have a great referece to bring up. Say yea bitch im hard core like the villian in transporter II, wanna fight?

[ChebuRAtoR]

Well, it depends on how you take it. From my current perspective, the more Hollywood-esque Hollywood Exposure modern kendo gets -- the more the spirit and quality of kendo will degrade due to the delusionary ideas and preconceptions that would inevitably arise from it and be instilled into the minds of the public. On the other hand, if actual legitimate kendo were portrayed in a realistic way in a good movie (and my guess is that this won't happen due to the entertainment industry's rabid urge for fast, cheap publicity), then the blow would be significantly lessened and we could all fall asleep knowing that real kendo won't become an endangered species for the present moment.

So essentially, I think that it is important for the collective crew of (insert movie containing some form or portrayal of kendo here) to assume the responsibility of making the distinction between kendo as it is practiced now and pre-war killing kendo/kenjutsu or fictional kendo understood by the audiences of their work, so that for example when someone decides to join a dojo to practice kendo, they are able to and do understand the differences between modern kendo as compared to depicted kendo (if there are any, and assumedly there will be) and ultimately between reality as it is and reality as is made "fictional". It might sound strange to some, but what with all of the forms of synthesized reality and artificial fillers for what is, this "border" between perceived reality and perceived fiction is becoming more and more blurred as unawareness grows.

This guy had a White Bogu set.. and he's fighting like 6 other guys surrounding him..

Maybe they fighting like pre-war era Kendo.. so guess No rules.. hit anywhere u want.

Understandable..

On a lighter note, I could be taking this all too seriously

All in all, let's hope and try for the best

[doksSirmAdods]

That's called "Hollywood Kendo" I wish we could whack anywhere we want heheh

[realfan87]

man i just watched Transporter II today. Although the movie is somewhat nice to watch.. there is one Kendo fighting part that is really AHHAHA funny.

This guy had a White Bogu set.. and he's fighting like 6 other guys surrounding him..

Maybe they fighting like pre-war era Kendo.. so guess No rules.. hit anywhere u want.

Understandable...

but one bit.. he was cornered...and they all stabed their Shinai into his Men. WOWOWOW.. few of the Shinais broke and Went through the Men.. and somehow.. he managed to take off his Men sooo quickly and yeah wacked them all on the leg..

really funny.. but makes kendo look really cool

[pooncophy]

Maybe my dojo will get new people who just went to the movie and would like to start kendo just like in the movie. mmmmmm should I tell the new people to run out and buy bogu set with in the first few weeks? That might be funny to see.

[CreativeAcrobate]

man i just watched Transporter II today. Although the movie is somewhat nice to watch.. there is one Kendo fighting part that is really AHHAHA funny.

Actually, I was watching that part and thought to myself... Adult kyu.. Adult kyu...

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