Martial Arts
The Gordon Sisters Boxing
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 04, 2020 -
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Category: Martial Arts, 1900s, Women
Karate Wrecking Crew
June 1972: Phil Milner and 15 other members of the International Budo Association demolished a house in six hours, using only their bare hands, heads, and feet.Personally, I prefer power tools.
More info: Intl Budo Assn
Palm Beach Post - June 5, 1972
Miami News - June 5, 1972
1973 Guinness Book of Records
Posted By: Alex - Tue Aug 11, 2020 -
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Category: Architecture, World Records, Martial Arts, 1970s
Miss Boxing 1958
"Shirley Price, Miss Boxing 1958"
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 05, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Martial Arts, 1950s
Looking Forward to Being Attacked
In 1977, Lieutenant Jim Bullard of the Memphis police department published a self-defense manual for women titled Looking forward to being attacked. The general theme was that if a bad guy attacked you, it gave you the chance to beat him up, which could be fun. His idea was to use some humor to make the self-defense lessons more interesting.
Some of the self-defense tips from his book:
- If you're grabbed, don't scream. Even if he didn't intend to hurt you, it'll be an automatic reflex to shut you up.
- If he grabs for your purse or any personal belongings, let them go. Defend personally. Don't defend property.
- Don't try to kick, scratch or punch him. Instead, through the principle of attack the "weakest point" you can escape 90 percent of the time.
- If you have a chance, jab any sharp object including your thumb into his trachea — his adam's apple. That is a man's most vulnerable area.
- One hundred and fifty pounds of pressure will kill a person. Seven pounds of pressure is all anyone can comfortably stand.
- The ears are the second most vulnerable area. Slap your hands against them.
- The eyes are the third choice and always carry your car keys when going to your car in a dark parking lot. If you can, scrape them across the assailant's eyes. Use a ball point pen, if you have it out of your purse.
- A fourth choice, especially when held around the waist from behind, is to reach back and strike at a man's testicles.
- If you find a burglar is outside your home, warn him first, and then you can take a cannon and blow him into the next county. 99.6 percent of the time you scream when someone's outside, warn him, he'll run. If he doesn't, you can legally assume he's coming in to kill you. A shotgun is the most efficient weapon. Kill him. You're doing society a favor when you do do it. I've seen those that didn't do it, and it's a very sad case.
More images at Awful Library Books.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 29, 2017 -
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Category: Martial Arts, Books, 1970s
Judo Girls
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 14, 2016 -
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Category: Martial Arts, 1950s, Women
Marlowe
Archie Bunker, Rockford and Kato try to update 1940s noir.
Full movie behind a paywall, alas.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 19, 2016 -
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Category: Movies, Homages, Pastiches, Tributes and Borrowings, Martial Arts, 1940s, 1960s
The Last Dragon
I only wish I could find the complete movie of THE LAST DRAGON for you. But barring that, you might be satisfied with the theme song and a clip.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 21, 2016 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Music, Martial Arts, 1980s
Kiddy Boxing
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 06, 2016 -
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Category: Martial Arts, Children
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 17, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Exploitation and Grindhouse, Avant Garde, Homages, Pastiches, Tributes and Borrowings, Martial Arts, 1980s, Dance
Ugandan Kung Fu
More information here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 31, 2015 -
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Category: Movies, Martial Arts, Children, Africa
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