So powerful no shirt can contain it.
The origin of starfleet combat training.
Submitted 10 months ago by Lydia_K@startrek.website to risa@startrek.website
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smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 10 months ago
Only fair to credit Treklit author (and former marine) Dayton Ward for his Kirk-fu 2020 book and for coining the term.
Here’s an interview with Ward from the time of its release.
wahming@monyet.cc 10 months ago
Coining the term? Using fu as a suffix has been around since the Bruce Lee era.
andyburke@fedia.io 10 months ago
For real something was wrong with the TOS stunt coordinator or something.
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 10 months ago
It looks a lot like stage fighting. Something that would still be clear to viewers sitting really far away (or I guess with tiny, blurry 1960s TVs in this case).
sirblastalot@ttrpg.network 10 months ago
dejected_warp_core@startrek.website 10 months ago
It’s basically that. These have a lot in common with pro-wrestling moves. They all carry some element of risk (like the drop kick), but the physicality isn’t impossible to achieve with some coaching.
KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Nothing wrong at all. Nearly everything is overdone in the OG series. That’s why I love it.
ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Taught Chuck Norris everything he knows.
Yes, Chuck is from the future. But also the past. At the same time.
Flyberius@hexbear.net 10 months ago
What about the Harvey Wallbanger? The one he does on the Andorian where he kicks off the wall?
ummthatguy@startrek.website 10 months ago
Anticorp@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I read that double handed punch was popular in film back then because they needed big, dynamic attacks, that looked powerful, but they didn’t have the fight choreography knowledge yet to use actual fighting moves. This move looks impactful, but doesn’t actually do much damage, so they can go full force without concern of putting a star actor on disability.
beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You laugh now, but just you wait until you get doublefisted by Kirk from behind.
Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
First@programming.dev 10 months ago
Omg that Gorn fight cracks me up every time - it’s like they forgot to speed up the tape in post-production youtu.be/4SK0cUNMnMM
Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Wow, yeah, looks much better in 1.5x speed.
dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Is he gonna shove that up a lizards asshole
gregorum@lemm.ee 10 months ago
AKA “Kirk-fu”
BoastfulDaedra@lemmynsfw.com 10 months ago
“Fencing.” 😀
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 10 months ago
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Neato@ttrpg.network 10 months ago
Holy shit. What’s happening in the last one?
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 10 months ago
Kirk, Chekov, and Uhura were being held prisoner and forced to fight as thralls, so Kirk seduced lady gaga to steal the key and try to escape.
TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 10 months ago
Pow right in the kisser!
DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Kirk gives her the ole’ Sean Connery (say it in your head in his voice)
Thteven@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Idk, but I’m betting 20 quatloos on the male.