Friday, June 20, 2008

National Geographic : Fight Science 2008




Movie Info from Wiki

Fight Science is a television program shown on the National Geographic Channel in which scientists and martial arts masters work together to analyze the world's fighting techniques, to compare the disciplines and to find out which one has the strongest hits, kicks and deadliest weapons. The show also tries to prove through science if certain legends in fighting are possible, such as whether a one-punch knockout is possible, or if ninja are as nimble and deadly as stories tell. There is also a feature on human strength, wherein a man hits his head on bricks in order to shatter them. This show has many spin-offs such as Sport Science.

This documentary features fighters Rickson Gracie, Alex Huynh, Bren Foster, Li Jing, Dan Inosanto and Glen Levy.

This program shows the usage of such martial arts like......

Hand to Hand Combat -
American Style Boxing
Brazillian Jui-Jitsu
Wushu
Kung Fu
Karate
Tae Kwon Do
Muay thai
Ninjitsu
Weapon styles -
Three section staff
Japanese archery
Katana
Kali Sticks

Results of the tests



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