Cpt. Kirk's fighting style
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timmytony80 — 9 years ago(October 13, 2016 12:08 PM)
A much much earlier post said that 1960's censors insisted that the TOS stunt coordinators come up w/ a form of harmless hand-hand combat! When Kirk "kicks" the blue guy w/ the antennae (Land of Babyl) u c he kicks the wall, instead!
Although Jim West, Palladin, The Big Valley, Marshall Dillon, any other westerns, Man From Uncle, c/d throw haymakers, karate chopps, etc. -
stewie-3 — 9 years ago(October 17, 2016 08:35 PM)
When I was a kid, I once tried the "double-fist smash" move Kirk (and later Worf) used in a few eps. Doesn't work for spit in a real fight, I'll tell you that for nothing!
I am still curious to try Shatner's "Leaping Butt Strike" he uses on the fake Andorian in Journey to Babel. That one's GOT to work! -
LarrupinLou — 9 years ago(October 19, 2016 04:03 PM)
My brothers and I didn't do any Kirk moves that I can recall, though we used to do the Buck Rodgers roundhouse kick a lot. The one thing of Kirk's we did, however, was that backward jump and look he always did when someone was trying to cut him in half with a sword or scimitar. I always tried to run like him, too.
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LarrupinLou — 9 years ago(October 20, 2016 03:58 AM)
You mean that slo-mo running from The Empath?
I don't recall that scene, but I was referring to the way he looked when he ran. It didn't matter if he was the fastest or not, he always appeared like he was. One of William Shatner's many super powers.
No blah, blah, blah!