Star Trek Close Combat

Although we rarely recognize it, mythology is still a strong part of our culture. Folklore has evolved significantly, as America’s legendary heroes have been frontier hunters,
cowboys, policemen, soldiers, masked men, with capes
sci-fi superheroes and action men
like Buck Rodgers, Flash Gordon, Han Solo and
Of course… Starship Captain Kirk
Company.

Replacing Indians (of the Native American type), “communists” and Nazis with aliens as the bad guys and foreign lands as undiscovered planets, from September 8, 1966 to September 2, 1969, Bill Shatner kicked alien butt during 79 episodes using Judo and Jujutsu from World War II.

Surprisingly, with all the advanced and advanced technology
phasers, photons, and a variety of other high-tech
crap they could have used to save the day, kirk
and his boys often went back to the
close combat moves they should have learned
of their great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents.
(That, or in the future the military really
bought a track and decided to start teaching what
actually works again!)

Now whether you wear pointy ears
“Trekkie” or not, definitely check out an episode
or two the next time you browse Sci-Fi
channel.

You will notice that the aliens that the crew
encountered were often physically dominant and
sometimes much bigger and stronger, therefore
calling for a smarter and more effective approach
to combat that the wildly thrown “haymaker”
punch.

While actual terms like close combat, martial
arts, Jujutsu or Judo were left out of the
script, the informed observer
recognize immediately where the devastating edge
of hand blows, brutal and ferocious kicks
The releases come. In the famous episode “Arena”, Captain Kirk has
to fight the reptilian commander of an enemy
ship in one-on-one combat. Kirk attacks the
alien with a flurry of punches including all those
found in World War II military combat systems that
to teach.

In “Day of the Dove”, Kirk and the rest of his
the crew confronts the Klingon warriors in
melee combat as both sides are restricted to only
their respective warrior codes as a guide.

My personal favourite, “Bread and Circuses”,
Kirk, Spock and McCoy use fists, swords and
anything and everything else they can get
technologically advanced hands-on battle
novels

Although there is no real Vulcan neck pinch, Gene
Roddenberry and the others who helped create
Star Trek were products of a generation that knew
How to fight In fact, Roddenberry himself had
experience in law enforcement and piloted a B-17 in
the Pacific during World War II.

During this time, the United States Army
practiced hand-to-hand combat training based on
of what WE Fairbairn and others taught
pioneers of REAL close combat. after the war,
many military veterans became Hollywood stuntmen
and when the fight sequences were set up, he did what
came naturally to win a fight… His training since
current fight.

While many fight sequences from the 1960s were still
choreographed in classic western style
bar fight, only star trek used these
authentic and proven combat methods in most
of his scenes.

As time went on, and the world became
“effeminate”, martial arts that are shown on television programs and
movies changed dramatically to appear
more impressive for the audience. After all,
no one likes to see the hero drop his opponent
just a few “ugly” moves (except maybe Austin
Power’s recent “Judo Chop”… anyone on the brink of hand?).

No, they want high-flying cables, drunk
monkey stupidity, and ridiculous
high kicks that split the crotch of my pants.

But given a real, drag, no restrictions,
Fight for your life, I’d bet my money on Kirk and
his “Crew” unlike Neo, Morpheus and the
rest of those computer geeks from the Matrix any day of
week. (And Kirk would have beat the crap out of him
of that flashlight wielding ladybug Vader too)

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