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For those who have no interest in the martial arts and do not consider such a practice to be anything to do with normal day to day life often fail to realise just how integral the martial arts are within our society.

 

 

There are many examples of the various fighting arts within television programmes and films dating back to the 1960’s including various unarmed combat methods portrayed in some of the old black and white war films of the 1940’s. Looking at any of the old classical war films dating back to the 1940’s you will often see hand-to-hand combat and typical take down methods like the traditional judo hip or shoulder throw and the ‘karate chop’ edge of the hand striking method.

In many of the modern-day films that are more focused on space adventure or some kind of modern-day spy thriller you will inevitably see the occasional fight scene that will involve some form of martial art or unarmed combat fighting method.

 

In some of the early television programmes of the 1960’s you would often see some of the more basic fighting techniques of the various martial arts and although somewhat crude compared to modern-day fight scenes with all the special effects added on, they still remain memorable within the various television programmes and films of the time.

 

Almost all science fiction films, television dramas and blockbuster movies that involve some form of physical conflict will have martial art based fighting sequences ranging from the very basic punch to the face to the full blown fight scenes that often include very spectacular special effects.

 

For those who have had any martial art training becoming a stunt man within films and television programmes of this kind can be not only very financially rewarding but also a job that will stay in demand for a very long time for those with the required skills and determination.

 

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