"BILLY JACK"(1971) - CLASSIC UNCUT, Epic Martial Arts Fight Scene

The original epic Karate fight from the cult classic "Billy Jack". Introducing Korean Hapkido to the American screen. starring Tom Laughlin
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[@stevenp17]

When you are 11 and watching this is on the big screen back in the 70's this was awesome and still is

[@itsascamdude]

Projector screen

[@itsascamdude]

It was on my bedroom wall

[@alonzobishop3671]

Same!

[@ziff_1]

Saw it at a drive-in theater. magical times back then.

[@alonzobishop3671]

@@ziff_1 Saw it I think 9 times!

[@kellywright540]

I remember watching this on TV with my Dad a couple of times. I remember once, he actually sat up and moved to the edge of his seat when this fight scene came on, I loved it! He wasn't a martial artist but he fought in Patton's Third Army as a scout. He was there in a lot of famous battles and some not so famous ones like helping liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp. Never talked much about the war but loved a good war movie or action movie on TV or at the movie theater.

[@OleSmokey]

Props to your father for his service

[@Robert-q7q6m]

Your was a badass too! He is your hero and the country's. Good for you both.

[@mrv1271]

Sounds like my old man. Another vet from ww2.

[@johnpaul4850]

Billy Jack was everyone’s hero back in the 70s

[@gerrydooley951]

define "everyone"

[@1941392]

Well….you, me, they, them, dem, yer mum, your sister, brother, auntie, daddy, the pool boy, the gardener, mailman, milkman, and ah…. everyone

[@JiggsTheMonk02]

speak for yourself

[@raulduke6105]

Played at our drive in all summer

[@najisayeed2082]

Lol. Ikr? I used to sign my school lunch ticket in elementary school, BILLY JACK. 😂😂

[@paulmcc6274]

After I saw this movie I got into martial arts and 4years later joined the Marines

[@HarryHeath-j2p]

Every kick designed to make ya feel it ouch

[@mrv1271]

Wow. Thank you for your service. 😊

[@miggy9260]

@@mrv1271Service to the Central Bankers. Never thank a Veteran

[@richardcormier2865]

I can't get over how cool this still is❤

[@masterofnone7977]

..and yet, we are still dealing with the same crap. Maybe we will make a positive change soon.

[@damienthorne861]

Right?

[@PaulCavendish]

Or any woke idiot.

[@p.j.talavera8106]

This guy is one of the reasons I started training. It wasn't until 1986 that I started, but better late than never. I'm still training today. Every day. Bless Billy Jack.

[@richardcormier2865]

Hey brother I could do that once and I'm going for knee surgery in about a year I'm 67 but it was fun

[@jimthomas1989]

That wasn't Billy Jack . I mean Tom Laughlin ! That was a Hakido master . Tom Laughlin was just an ACTOR ! But that is really Bruce Lee working those Num - Chucks

[@gerrydooley951]

this guy is a reason I got a hat like that

[@Ezekiel-rv3pe]

38 years!!! Respect!

[@PaulCavendish]

We all remember what got us started, Billy Jack, Kung Fu, definitely Bruce Lee in the Green Hornet, then later films by Bruce, Chuck Norris, films like Kill or Be Killed James Ryan. It's very much a lifestyle one connects with.

[@ThisIsDCOg]

I received my Black Belt in HapKiDo in 1984. I had the privilege of training with Bong Soo Han. Those were the golden days.

[@henrysniper8481]

Then you must know it was Hans axe kick that brought down the fat man.

[@roykilling2496]

Los Angeles?

[@Rico-ow3ys]

Wow. Nice. I hear he was a really nice guy to be so dangerous.

[@Americanpatriot-zo2tk]

Bongu? Yeah I think that I had a bowl of that the other day didn’t like it much😂😂😂😂😂

[@gregggoss2210]

I had a white belt in yankmy yoyo.

[@antonioallen1763]

This was a classic 70's action hero! Timeless dude..Rest in peace Mr. Laughlin.

[@jinpark2223]

i must admit this fighting scene is 10 X better than most of martial art fight scenes these days where angle is changed every split second, zoom in so much that i can only see legs and arms, and i don't what the heck is going on. But, this clip, i can enjoy beautiful kicks that take so much time to learn.

[@Drew-q8e]

I know what you mean, because it doesn't look fake

[@PaulCavendish]

It's also being realistic about the fight. Real fights are not going to be all the flashy moves we see in most movies. In a real fight as Bruce Lee would say waste no time be simple and direct and seek to end the fight quickly.

[@QuarrellaDeVil]

That was a fight of extraordinary magnitude. You have our gratitude.

[@chuckselvage3157]

Lmao

[@juniorkawai6131]

I agree, and boards don't hit back! 😁

[@scottsemel5344]

Administers the coup de grace but he gets back up!?! WTF

[@bmenefee58]

@@QuarrellaDeVil it was no where near Bruce Lee Kung Fu skills. The reason they gave him the movie was because he was white. It had nothing to do with his fighting skills.

[@talltree8697]

From the Bruce Lee to Billy Jack movies was great entertaining of the 70s

[@icescrew1]

I grew up in Prescott 60s 70s. Spent a lotta hrs in that park. Best memories.

[@RcMx2050]

In which state is Prescott, please?

[@aranbuzzas8000]

​@@RcMx2050Arizona.

[@chuck9112]

Cool, great town. I paid a visit there. Loved it.

[@chuck9112]

​@@RcMx2050Arazona

[@RcMx2050]

@@chuck9112 Thanks. I was thinking the scene's from Georgia due to the trees and green grass. I've never seen the Billy Jack movie, by the way. But I've been through northern Arizona, which has some greenery (unlike Phoenix & Tucson).

[@RussellMorash-m8w]

This was the best part of all the Billy Jack movies.

[@PaulCavendish]

Well it checks a lot of boxes in regards to how things are today with all the lunatic racist woke Democrat BS, dirty politicians, cops, etc. Motivation for all of us to do everything possible to get rid of it

[@PaulCavendish]

Including the first Rambo movie. They still think that way about our active duty military and veterans. My grandfather was in the Navy and dad I think was Air Force.

[@jaymora3462]

Great movie! And I love that this scene was filmed in Prescott, AZ.

[@richardciccone1360]

Remember watching this scene in the height of my martial arts training man did this pump me up thanks Billy jack!

[@ilnodon]

Classic. To the day still a classic. Master Bong Soo Han standing in for the more difficult kicks. I Loved these films.

[@halweiss8671]

Grandmaster Bong-Soo Han did a lot of the “fighting” for Tom Laughlin in that scene.

[@macy-gu6vl]

I can see that a very advanced teacher. Like Chun Lee former Korean champion who was my teacher.

[@skipskiperton4992]

most of it....beautiful to watch

[@MigrantAssassinationSquad666]

No, he didn't.

[@righteousdivine7]

I remember this movie like it was yesterday. Yes Billy Jack was my hero, and the reason why I got into the martial arts.

[@vanessajazp6341]

More than ever, America needs Billy Jack now!

[@josephracicot4443]

I was born in 1980. I was not aware of this cowboy kung-fu. This is bad ass!

[@dennistyler9852]

1/2 Indian, no cowboy.

[@PDawgWms101]

This was the 1st movie I saw in a movie theater. Because of this movie and this scene, I started studying Martial Arts.

[@rickmartin2168]

Yeah we all wanted to be a badass like Billy Jack back in the day.

[@samfrito]

Tom McLaughlin really sold this character. Never expected this to hold up for 50 years, but it sure as hell does. Long live the revenge flick and Billy Jack as my introduction to them.

[@marksmith4346]

His first appearance in Born Loser, he couldn't really fight. Ole Tom not only re-invented the character, he changed the way the industry released movies. He released everywhere all at once and bumped big budget Hollywood releases down the rankings.

[@samfrito]

​@@marksmith4346man, I'm glad I'm not alone in my appreciation for Born Losers. It's a gritty, almost shameless entry in late 60's drive-in movie culture. I remember seeing it as a double feature with Billy Jack, but shown as the second feature. What a time.

[@marksmith4346]

@@samfrito Yep, when those sunglasses split and flew off that guy's face, little kid me thought, well, that settles that problem.

[@kathleenmann7311]

Great movies that I watched at the drive in. Wish Tom Laughlin was here today.

[@randysmith2866]

The ole stick to the back of the head trick. Gets those karate guys every time!

[@kellywright540]

😂 Yep, years of training went right down the tube with that move!🤣

[@dennisyoung4631]

Surprised he didn’t reach behind and knock it out of his hand!

[@AllanMogensen]

I guess their moms had taken their guns away from them :)They must have used foul words near her. Else the heroes would have gunned him down

[@kenfrank2730]

One of my favorite Billy Jack fight scenes. The other one was the children in the ice cream shop. Billy sure taught those bad guys a lesson!

[@1dognight166]

Soo classic! You couldn't get that ' One Tin Soldier ' song out of your head for days .

[@Rico-ow3ys]

I hear it now. That flute, that flute.

[@55Quirll]

I watch this every chance I get, and this got me interested in Karate and taking classes. Thank you for uploading this classic

[@bigfoot-5150]

I remember seeing this at the drive in when it first came out.

[@JohnBullard]

Bong Soo Han was a guest instructor at our training hall back in the day. Great guy

[@chuddlevideos]

Legit?

[@JohnBullard]

@@chuddlevideos Yes. And a great master of HapKiDo and Ho Sin Sul. Handsome like a movie star, nice as hell, all business in the training hall.

[@jeffsmeltzer8776]

I seen this gem of a flick at the local drive in 1971 shortly before I enlisted.

[@mikenobles1038]

My dad took me to the movies to see this when I was seven ! I was blown away !

[@franksantucci3038]

This film was a cult classic from back in the day, just like Easy Rider, Two Lane Blacktop, and Vanishing Point. Thanks for the memories...

[@DesertRat332]

I like his hat. I wanted one just like it back at that time.

[@dwatford657]

When the movie came out I remember seeing the hat at the carnival that was one of the prizes

[@johnjuarez8005]

Yeah, what is stopping you now, engine!?

[@masterofnone7977]

It's called a reservation cap. Don't ask me why. I found one online by searching with that name. Only difference is the brim is wider than his, but same hat.

[@kenfrank2730]

I also wanted a hat like that. But I was afraid if I wore it, some one would challenge me to a fight.

[@masterofnone7977]

@@kenfrank2730 LOL! Only our generation would have that expectation. We’re old farts now. You can handle them. “Just for the fun of it, I’m gonna take my right foot and wop you on your left ankle. And you know what, there’s not a damn thing you’re gonna be able to do about it.”

[@brucehelppie6119]

I trained hapkido for 5 years. Kudos to Tom Laughlin and Bong Soo Han for creating such a cool fight scene.

[@VikingMale]

First time Hapkido was used on the silver screen…

[@charlessmith3710]

Hapkido is joint locks and pressure points

[@mantislake4141]

Hapkido trains those kicks (to teach balance & coordination), but a practitioner would never attempt them in combat.

[@deanhawk7260]

Great movie then, great movie now. My childhood hero.

[@cartoonraccoon2078]

Gotta love that inside crescent kick though!

[@avalon1rae]

Saw this movie when i was 6 .Good stuff.

[@stevenrwilson181]

This was filmed at Federal Park in Santa Fe Nm. Former resident. This movie made me an instant fan

[@erikknezevich3619]

Everyone is so polite waiting their turn. That’s nice.

[@mkstjohn]

Well yeah, dont want to make it too easy

[@Rico-ow3ys]

Well at least he did get beat up at the end.

[@YouTube-tied]

I was 6 when this came out. The perfect age to think that this was actually cool.

[@dwightmcqueen5771]

We need many more people like him now more than ever

[@OsoBlanco17]

Loved watching old movies with my dad and Billy jack was no exception. He explained the stories and the before and afters so it was even more interesting. We were having “lore” discussions before they were even a thing! I still watch old great movies on Pluto for free if anyone isn’t also.

[@steewieve846]

Amigo, conoces las de Kung-fú? Tambien era muy buena serie y Sandokán, Hombre rico hombre pobre, etc etc..

[@johnjuarez8005]

"lore discussions?" you sure they were not DEI talk back in the day?

[@KurtJarrell]

I was ten years old when Billy jack hit theaters 🎥.

[@LofusYanchi-jt1yp]

I remember watching this with my dad when I was about 11 - 12 or so and dad commented that him and his moose hunting buddies could use Billy Jack in their gang, no shots required as he could kick the head right off a bull moose Lol

[@douglashine9638]

I was at the drive in theater and my mom pushed my head down in the back seat during the rape scene. Memories 😅

[@vincequinn8120]

Yes. I remember I was 13

[@James-ru8rb]

I really enjoyed Billy Jack during my preteen years!! This was such a popular movie during the 70s and coincided with the Bruce Lee movie genre!! Both are great legends!

[@Rico-ow3ys]

Always wanted one of those hats. That was master Bong Soo Han throwing those kicks.

[@jeffking4176]

Watched it at the Theater back in the day. Watched it with a friend recently. She had never seen it before. Still a fantastic movie.

[@nuffdoggiggey4103]

Love that movie, I remember when it came out, I was a kid 9 years old

[@scottjulie27]

Since he was still around during this time, I would’ve loved to have heard Bruce Lee’s take on Billy Jack.

[@cdsnow-dr1gk]

Bruce Lee is a legend of all time , He would've took out all of them boy s !!

[@strengthandbulkMadness]

This martial arts scene predates the Bruce Lee movies.

[@gabrielevertuani3208]

Grande Billy!!! Per la prima volta al cinema avevamo visto l'hapkido coreano...😊

[@bigp3006]

I heard so much about this when it came out, but it would be a cpl decades before I saw it. But i did see a skit on SNL with Paul Simon playing billy, and mad magazine covered it too. But those just whet my appetite. Thanks!

[@tomdevol6035]

Yep, BILLY PAUL!!!

[@donowens7872]

That SNL skit aired the same night after NBC aired BILLY JACK and then the local newscast. What a pleasant surprise.

[@asmodeus0454]

I remember "Billy Jack" from 1971. There were a few sequels to "Billy Jack," too, if I remember rightly.

[@indesdaryl]

The best fight scene ever!

[@JohnBullard]

The first Billy Jack movie, Born Losers, wasn't too bad, low budget movie in which BJ fights a biker gang.

[@Michael-l8n1u]

That's why I loved and took martial art. He didn't play around with it. Serious business 😮

[@jeffyoung60]

I appreciated the honesty of this fight scene. While Billy Jack put up a great fight against uncoordinated multiple assailants, once they were able to converge and bring their numbers to bear, they did overwhelm Billy. This would happen in real life which is why it's best to run away from a gang if you have the opportunity. Evil Mr. Posser was ultimately correct when he told Billy Jack that he had no chance against so many young, able-bodied, angry men. Billy could have chosen to run but he stuck it out to make a point about not backing down. It was extremely risky as Billy could have been beaten to death had the sheriff not arrived in time to stop the fight. Still, the fight scene was a great exhibition on the techniques of Hapkido, a Korean martial art founded in the early 1950s by a Korean practitioner of traditional Korean Tang Soo Do and aiki-jujutsu (aka, aikijutsu). Billy Jack actually beat down several men, using the tactic of, 'Like sand in the wind, keep moving...attack the group". But when the thugs were able to converge on Billy and use their numbers to effect, that's when Billy got taken down.

[@raindog8802]

True... unlike what more modern martial arts movies like to portray, no matter how good you are at fighting, you can never ultimately beat sheer numbers. It's completely silly when action films show one guy taking out a group of seven or eight... usually because each one just waits their turn to get beaten up.

[@danielscott1749]

Love the Old 4 Walled Movies, these movie makers Really took Risks. Bill Jack Walking Tall The Hidden. The Gods Must be Crazy.

[@leg414]

Ahhh...The 1970's a era of so many things going on in America and this movie brought out a conscience as i remember it..A true Anti-Hero Hero for the downtrodden and others bullied...Best movie i saw at the time....Peace

[@arlogriggs6652]

Ya my dad was in this movie. Cool stories from back then.

[@Americanpatriot-zo2tk]

Totally cool dude. You always like the village Jack movies your dad must’ve been awesome!

[@garyanthony4854]

Thanks.

[@sp4604]

I love the double dragon sound effects

[@tomdevol6035]

I was a teenager when this movie came out and a total martial arts freak. David Carradine, Tom Laughlin and Bruce Lee were my heroes then. I trained for years to be just like them. Looking at the Kung Fu series now, I can see that Carradine knew zero martial arts in the earlier seasons, and that's not Tom Laughlin doing that beautiful crescent kick to that a**hole Posner, nor is he doing any of the fighting in that scene. It's Master Bong Soo Han. Laughlin did train under a karate master before filming began, but Master Han was his body double.

[@kevingilchrist3188]

He is still my favorite hero ❤️

[@piehound]

Billy Jack choreographed movie fight that purports to depict traditional martial arts.

[@TimCarroll-k8k]

I went to see Billy Jack in the 70s that's when they made great movies.

[@hushmoney2058]

Drive Inn ???

[@mrv1271]

The kicking ability is quite impressive.

[@johnjuarez8005]

One of the greatest action scenes in all of cinema.

[@Lollygagger-k4p]

Ya gotta be kidding, right? Seen Reacher...or, that scene in Saving Private Ryan in the upper room?

[@johnjuarez8005]

@@Lollygagger-k4p Maybe I should have up until that point.

[@primusmoss-ln6jc]

Bong Soo Han. Tae Kwon Do foot techniques! Just Beautiful stuff!

[@vejar75]

Decades later, I now understand Bam Bam Bigalow's Billy Jack reference in Major Payne.

[@gregorybarton2067]

In those earlier days it was commonly understood that Bruce Lee, and Tom Laughlin were the top cinematic action heroes.

[@samwisethebrave288]

Best scene ever.

[@strawberryhdful]

❤ I loved it it was so natural❤

[@bruceaustin1373]

In real life, Tom and his wife were trained in Hapkido.

[@elpacho....9254]

Bullshito!

[@charlessmith3710]

Maybe so but hapkido is joint locks and pressure points.

[@MigrantAssassinationSquad666]

​@@charlessmith3710.........it's more than that, dummy.

[@golgothapro]

Like all such movies, they challenge one at a time instead of just all of them bumb rushing at the same time like in reality.

[@dwatford657]

I was thinking the same thing

[@hoppes9658]

Some of us had balls in 1979 and didn’t need gangs. Eat it.

[@golgothapro]

@@hoppes9658 Are you implying that you don't have any now?

[@hoppes9658]

@@golgothapro I’m implying that most had honor in fighting in the day. Only punks would jump 5 on one.

[@golgothapro]

@@hoppes9658 Only punks went around in gangs and I've yet to witness a gang yet with any such degree of "honor" especially ones made up of minorities.

[@Neveralone412]

Those heel kicks pack a lot of power and pain

[@vincemarshall9520]

Looks like the town square in Prescott, AZ…

[@mkstjohn]

because it is

[@markrodriguez3095]

It's been so long I forgot about the movie

[@rodneyalo4817]

I’ve been waiting for a remake let’s go

[@billyjohnson2495]

The man doing those kicks eas Bong Su Han.

[@chuck9112]

Prescott Arazona yeah dude I walked that scene. Watched this when I was a kid. Bad ass movie

[@sdsuman1]

Prescott Arizona beautiful town .. courthouse square still looks exactly like that

[@stepabove2136]

Billy Jack was the first bad ash martial arts I remember in Hollywood 😮.

[@zinoderr20]

Yo la vi en el cine en 1972 muy buena pelicula gran actor el interprete de Billy Jack hace poco falleció por su avanzada edad Tom Laughlin DEP

[@scottlandon2266]

Prescott Arizona

[@itsascamdude]

I loved his movies

[@rnkmode1876]

Billy Jack was a Badass

[@v1-vr-rotatev2-vy_vx31]

Yes Billy Jack those were the days

[@peteyates1188]

Saw this at the drive in with my parents. Also saw Steppinwolf at the Astodome the first year it opened. They played before the game.

[@ACF6180T]

I remember seeing this in the movie theater when I was a teenager.

[@charlesseiderman29]

Great movie

[@ukestudio3002]

Never fails to amaze me when it takes 5-6 bullies ..to beat up on one person.

[@ganymede3141]

This looks like it was filmed in the the town square of Prescott, Arizona. Am I wrong?

[@aranbuzzas8000]

You are not wrong.

[@garybraunns5431]

I think I remember reading that the actor that played Bernard was the only person in the movie who actually practiced martial arts. A lot of other funny stories as well. A classic movie though

[@Robert-q7q6m]

Nice fair fight 10 to 1. Billy was a badass.

[@robertmartinez4174]

these scenes must have been a lot of fun to film.

[@Northman1963]

Cult classic, love this movie

[@richkretzschmar7170]

All time classic

[@00ghostcobra]

Now I know where Major Payne got that line from..

[@seeharvester]

You kids. I saw this movie at the drive-in when it came out.