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  1. 05-16-2007, 09:11 AM #1
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    Question Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story What is this weapon?

    I know this movie wasn't very acurate and stuff but I really liked it but anyway that's not what I came here to ask. I don't know how many of you have seen the movie, and I'm sorry, I've tried but I just can't find the scene onlin. But there's this scene in the beginning of the movie, while Bruce is still in Hong Kong, in some dancing club I think and these two, I think British, soldiers end up fighting with him. Anyway, he uses a weapon that I've never seen but found it really interesting, I suppose they're kind of like nunchaku but they are different, imagine a nunchaku with small metal sticks at the end instead of long ones and in between them is a very long chain, not a short one like the nunchaku. I don't know if my description is very good but hopefully someone here will know what I'm talking about and let me know about this weapon. I'm going crazy here lol, what is it?

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  2. 05-27-2007, 08:01 AM #2
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    It's called a chain whip. Very common Chinese weapon. You can find one in the Martial Arts Mart catalog. Search YouTube for examples of it being used.
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    Something like this?
    http://www.wle.com/products/W210-7-T.html
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    http://www.martialartsmart.net/Exotic_Weapons.html
    If you scroll down towards the center of the page, there are two nine-section and two seven-section chain whips.
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    wasnt the one in the movie just regualar chain links tho? if i remember correctly.

    not like traditional chinese chain whips. more like small nunchaku links with a handle and a small weight at one end.

    i liked that weapon scene too...
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    it reminded me of a kama and chain but without the kama...
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    Quote Originally Posted by PangQuan View Post
    wasnt the one in the movie just regualar chain links tho? if i remember correctly.

    not like traditional chinese chain whips. more like small nunchaku links with a handle and a small weight at one end.

    i liked that weapon scene too...
    Yeah I guess it wasnŽt a traditional weapon after all. It did seem more like small nunchakus with a long chain, oh well I found it really interesting, the scene was great. I just thought that was an actual weapon. Like PanQuan said it reminded me of a kama and chain but without the kama. oh well. I guess IŽll never know.
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    i was really fond of that weapon when i saw it too...

    maybe i will make one. should be easy enough.
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    Just going from memory here, but wasn't the weapon he used basically what is known in Japan as a manriki gusari? That is my recollection ...

    Here is some info on Japanese chain weapons, including the kusari gama (aka kama with chain): http://www.yorkjitsu.org/jitsu/weapons/chain/

    Not going to promote other martial arts equiment dealers on this website, but this weapon can be purchased from many different places for less than $20.
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    Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. What style did Bruces' opponent do?

    I was not sure if Bruce had already modified his Wing Chun by the time he fought Master Wong Jack Man(who I am told the fight is modeled after for the movie), or if he had added other arts by that time back in the day.

    Does anyone know the style that his opponent was using? Though it is obvious it is not Wing Chun, does anyone know what the other man is doing?(besides losing that is)
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    All I can offer is that Wong Jack Man was known to practice Tai Chi Chuan, Xingyiquan and Northern Shaolin. So in theory it should be one of these three. I haven't seen the film in years, so I'm sorry I can't be of more help.
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    For a guy who is listed as "banned" Syn, it's amazing how you come back to life.

    I see nothing wrong with my original question..
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    Were you asking about what specifically they used in the movie, or about the martial arts of the actual real life person the character was supposed to be based on?
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    Wong Jack Man taught Northern Shaolin. He's still alive and i know that his student sometimes frequents this forum.
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