smullen
09-26-2005, 09:36 AM
I have been collecting Martial arts movies over the last few years nad I have been searching for one that I cannot remember the name of for anything....
Its pretty old, I think early to mid 70s...
Basically, There was a martial arts school and each pupil had a different task to do, while to them their assigned tasked seemed like really hard work, but these tasks turned out to be training and honing a certian skill... EX:
One Pupil was tied or suspended by a harness or something and had a 6' Wooden paddle that he had to constatly keep stiring 5 or 6 really huge Woks with... He really had to keep on it or the food would burn... This turned out to be training for the 6' Wooden Staff... He became really proficient in Staff fighting and could even cut a small circle out of an opponets shirt..
Another Pupil had to lay out really long sheets of wet rice paper and he had to lay them across what looked like stalagmites in a cave... By doing this he leaned Balance and mostly stealth, if he could walk across this wet rice paper without tearing it, he could walk on about anything without making a sound or a footstep...
I seem to remember a few more jobs they had, such as Carrying large jugs of water across their shoulders, standing on what looked to be like 10', 12', 18' + Telephone poles and balancing althought I can't remember the exact details...
All of this may have been in some sort of Shoalin temple or something...
I'd really like to find this movie and watch it again....
I really love those old Kung Fu and Ninja movies....
Anyone have a list of Gotta haves????
Its pretty old, I think early to mid 70s...
Basically, There was a martial arts school and each pupil had a different task to do, while to them their assigned tasked seemed like really hard work, but these tasks turned out to be training and honing a certian skill... EX:
One Pupil was tied or suspended by a harness or something and had a 6' Wooden paddle that he had to constatly keep stiring 5 or 6 really huge Woks with... He really had to keep on it or the food would burn... This turned out to be training for the 6' Wooden Staff... He became really proficient in Staff fighting and could even cut a small circle out of an opponets shirt..
Another Pupil had to lay out really long sheets of wet rice paper and he had to lay them across what looked like stalagmites in a cave... By doing this he leaned Balance and mostly stealth, if he could walk across this wet rice paper without tearing it, he could walk on about anything without making a sound or a footstep...
I seem to remember a few more jobs they had, such as Carrying large jugs of water across their shoulders, standing on what looked to be like 10', 12', 18' + Telephone poles and balancing althought I can't remember the exact details...
All of this may have been in some sort of Shoalin temple or something...
I'd really like to find this movie and watch it again....
I really love those old Kung Fu and Ninja movies....
Anyone have a list of Gotta haves????