Bruce Lee's Whip/Stick

Dimasalang · 14th April 2010, 10:38 PM

The above clip is the chopped version that they edited in to the movie.
Here is the supposed complete version of their duel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c1oZvv1ujM

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Originally Posted by LOUIEBLADES

Queequeg

Dans stick work does not even strike me as authentic Arnis it seems contrived made up to suit the movies at that time. When you compare it to what you see today on youtube it looks so fake. We have come along way since the 1970s.

I agree. Dan Inosanto was also born and raised in California. I haven't looked in to Dans background well enough to know who he learned Eskrima/Arnis from...obviously he didn't go to the Philippines to learn. He did a couple big no-no's that are basic knowledge to twirling a stick. Either way, I gotta give it up to Dan Inosanto, he did bring FMA to the forefront and brought it to the movies. FMA was unknown back then. And not many other arts can say they fought against Bruce Lee on the silver screen.

broadaxe · 15th April 2010, 02:09 PM

Twisted rod sjambok-like weapons are usually made of ox penis. In the west there is a version made to look like a walking stick of dignity, from well tempered spring steel rods.

The scene from "The Game of Death" made also think of the Portuguese long stick fighting, the Jogo do Pau. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlxWt6sIq3k

fearn · 16th April 2010, 03:50 AM

There's also Chinese hard rods, and I'd guess that's where Bruce Lee's getting his inspiration. Not that I don't like Jogo do pau, but that was pretty unknown outside Portugal until recently.

15th April 2010, 02:09 PM	#2
broadaxe Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 334	Twisted rod sjambok-like weapons are usually made of ox penis. In the west there is a version made to look like a walking stick of dignity, from well tempered spring steel rods. The scene from "The Game of Death" made also think of the Portuguese long stick fighting, the Jogo do Pau. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlxWt6sIq3k

16th April 2010, 03:50 AM	#3
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	There's also Chinese hard rods, and I'd guess that's where Bruce Lee's getting his inspiration. Not that I don't like Jogo do pau, but that was pretty unknown outside Portugal until recently.