I’m going to take this opportunity to share a little bit of information about my favorite system, Kali. It’s a Filipino art. I trained (and hopefully will again soon) under Guro Dan Inosanto and his instructors. Here’s a nice video of him:https://youtu.be/O8aQK_ZTNqM
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Kali is both an extremely practical and extremely beautiful art. A lot of law enforcement organizations use techniques and principles from it. Much of John Wick’s fighting style incorporates Kali and its sister arts: Jun Fan Gung Fu and Jeet Kun Do.
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Side note: Jun Fan and Jeet Kun Do (and Muay Thai) are sister arts to Kali in the system I trained in because Guro Dan Inosanto trained closely with Bruce Lee (the founder of JKD) and incorporated his techniques into his system. (Sigung Lee learned Kali from Guro Dan.)
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Guro Dan also trains Muay Thai with Ajarn Chai Sirisute. (I started out training under Ajarn Chai but because I moved to Salt Lake City I ended up training Muay Thai mostly under Sakasem Kanathawong.)
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Anyway, to get back to my point here (pun!) Guro Dan is a very small older man. Watch how he moves in this video (start about 5 minutes in) https://youtu.be/tKKZuS8c7rM . He’s not swinging heavy swords around, hacking at things. He’s precise, fluid, efficient, and extremely effective.
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Kali and sword arts that rely upon speed, precision, and mobility are EXCELLENT for smaller people, including women. And I’d put up a Kali master against just about anyone. (But I’m a bit prejudiced).
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In case you can’t tell, I really miss training. My major post-tenure, post-book goal this year is to find a good instructor to train with again. (Hit me up if you know any of Guro Dan’s instructors in the metro KC area!)
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His take is the dumbest take away from a show I a) haven’t seen and b) can also assume is just fine. What a fucking wet blanket.
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Exactly. It's not even a hugely important part of the show, just a casual detail. I guess that's the most upsetting to a misogynist. You might like the show, btw. I do so far, except for a couple of scenes which are really upsetting to watch as a parent.
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.gotta love old men who are like "you gotta have a sword to use a sword"pic.twitter.com/BZC1LTgUFQ
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I bet lots of money I have more swords than any of them

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