Billy Jack - Fight in the Town Square

Billy Jack faces a mob in the town square...
Tom Laughlin
A tribute to a classic film!

[@1notgilty]

I grew up watching the Billy Jack movies and loved them. The movies always had a moral and portrayed a strong, honorable, haunted and restrained man seeking justice in an unjust world. We need more role models like Billy Jack today.

[@steamboatwill3.367]

Nowadays Billy would be called a "sjw"

[@1notgilty]

​@@steamboatwill3.367 Well, as a Green Beret I'm not sure that Billy Jack would be a SJW, but he certainly would protect SJW's who could not protect themselves. That's what he did in all of his movies.

[@rubygrooms137]

Billy jack got started from what movie that WAS NOT BILLY JACK.

[@mawmaw7766]

@@rubygrooms137 born loser

[@kenjuicekrajewski9577]

@@steamboatwill3.367 actually a patriot to 100 million actually the media would cover it up just like they did with the real sherriff in walking tall

[@blazin.kalinnn9125]

I live in prescott where this was filmed! My house is literally less than a block away from the square. (:

[@troydixon3396]

Cool

[@seanmanwill2002]

Awesome!

[@troydixon3396]

@@seanmanwill2002 leave

[@troydixon3396]

No meaning

[@michaelbruns449]

Do you or anyone you know have any memories of this movie being made around there?

[@TommyGadd]

Sure miss Tom Laughlin and the first time I saw Billy Jack. Brings back great times and excellent entertainment

[@RayBecker]

Tom taught some of us to look after those who could not take care of themselves. Sometimes, there is no choice but to fight. You want to go through life and not look for trouble, but somehow, some idiot has to test you. I can remember the special kids in school in particular and it always baffled me as to how some idiot bully would get his cookies off picking on a kid who could not protect himself. Later in life, I've figured it out; those guys were scared. They had no soul, no empathy. Billy Jack was extremely vital back then and much more now. I was about 7 when this was in the movie theaters back in the day. Thanks for making this video available...it brings back some wonderful memories of a time when we did not have smart phones. We had to be creative.

[@55Quirll]

Reminds of a saying from the Cartoon 'Shazam and Superman vs. Black Adam' Black Adam: Why do you fight? Superman: I fight for those who can't fight for themselves. Very similar to what Billy Jack did, stood up for those who couldn't fight for themselves. I was 15 when this came out, getting mugged outside of my High School got me into Martial Arts and have studied them off and on since - physically and spiritually.

[@RayBecker]

@Heavy Mike aka Big Mike aka Fat Mike aka Big Red Very true. In my opinion, the movie that has the most realistic fight scene is An Officer and a Gentleman. In the hangar, the fight between Richard Gere's character and Louis Gossett's character is probably the most realistic I've ever seen. I did study Aikido and we did not stay in one spot. Seagal has studied many disciplines like Go Ju, Kenpo, Aikido and I think Jit Kun Do.

[@jamesgilmore7955]

And we had $2 matinees!

[@stefanschleps8758]

Bong Soo Han RIP.

[@1stshepherd]

Thank you Tom and Delores. You are legends. R.I.P. ⚘️❤️⚘️❤️⚘️

[@kendelahoussaye14]

I went to the drive-in movies time after time after time to watch and re-watch Billy Jack movies. Tom Laughlin and his wife were amazing and carried such a strong positive message. I just loved one really kick the crap out of the bad guy. Throwing out an amazing guy! I had serious man love for Billy Jack.

[@TM-fy5ym]

“There’s not a damn thing you can do about it” Really, “ Really” Love it Great movie

[@55Quirll]

@Evan Koch The Trial of Billy Jack. Picks up when he's released from prison 5 years later.

[@55Quirll]

@Mark Sturdivant Correct, don't know why #5 wasn't released either.

[@55Quirll]

@Mark Sturdivant No, just 4. The 4th was taken from/based on Mr Smith goes to Washington with Jimmy Stewart.

[@jamesgilmore7955]

I think the best part is he got to tell him about it first. Sooo sweet.

[@dontworrybehappy8080]

This was my era. Billy and Bruce Lee.

[@kathrynmcelroy5658]

This movie was incredible and has more important messages than anyone can fathom...

[@charleshammer2928]

😂

[@badtortoise3338]

the hoax of holding back the native man?

[@juliahouston3597]

I grew up with Billy Jack; moved to Tennessee at the age of 13- no one knew of this movie ! People need to watch this!! 40 years later I bought the movie for my children and grandchildren. THERE IS A MEANING BEHIND THE MOVIE THAT APPLIES TODAY!!

[@mary-annyanez7818]

I live in the town where this was filmed...Prescott Az. I was a child, watching this scene being filmed.👍🏽♥️❤️💕😘

[@johnrojas9535]

Cool

[@brucetalley3798]

I saw this movie as a kid. Then I lived and worked near Buckeye for a while. As I was watching this clip, I kept thinking it looked a lot like Prescott. I would escape the desert heat as often as I could and drive up to Prescott to spend the day. Like Billy Jack, I would take off my shoes and walk in the grass on the courthouse square. Fortunately I didn't have to fight anyone to do so.

[@brendapaddlety2413]

That's so cool Mary Ann 👍 I love Prescott 💚 I stayed there for a week (court hearing) I fell in love with the town,I'm surprised I didn't recognize it 🤔 I'm from the White Mountains,AZ.

[@brendapaddlety2413]

@@brucetalley3798 I lived in Buckeye from 73-78 👍

[@mary-annyanez7818]

Awesome! I’ve lived here forever, it seems!👌🏼👍🏽😎♥️

[@brendapaddlety2413]

Thank you Billy Jack for being our hero ❤️ and fighting for justice against those bullies! Rest In Peace Tom Laughlin 🙏😢💜

[@lwmson]

Too bad it was just a movie.

[@brendapaddlety2413]

@@lwmson I agree 👍 the world would be a better place.😢

[@jamesgilmore7955]

@@brendapaddlety2413 You can find Billy Jacks in the most unlikely places these days. All it takes is some asshole like Posner.

[@seanmanwill2002]

Amen!

[@streetsmarttaekwondo]

Although the acting was not the best. This is one of my most favorite movies of all time. With the most realistic martial art fight scenes of all time. Billy Jack was a hero of mine growing up. And the main reason I got into martial arts. He stood for everything that I would believe in myself.

[@yagavaryu-pravdu6502]

One of the best fight scenes ever!

[@silascochran9705]

One of the greatest fight scenes ever filmed r i p

[@michaelcowan6254]

Billy Jack a true American Badass.

[@jf8461]

Be a great scene against the lockdown thugs!!

[@Crosswalker91711]

​@@jf8461 Punks

[@robertfullerjr802]

THE ORIGINAL JOHN SHAFT AND BILLY JACK WERE MY HEROES IN THE 70S .. I HAD A GREAT CHILDHOOD WATCHING THESE DUDES ON LATE NIGHT TV✌

[@joelsims98]

Robert Fuller Jr can you imagine if those two had teamed up?

[@robertfullerjr802]

@@joelsims98 yeah I can imagine these two movie legends teaming together and the bullets,fist,chops,kicks,and feet would be flying everywhere on the unrightous 👳✌

[@Agwings1960]

That sideways kick that he does where he uses one guy's stomach as recoil to a second guy's mid section is epic.

[@WarPonyAuto]

That was choreographed by Tom Laughlin and Bong-Soo and Bong-Soo carried it out perfectly. They got it in 3 takes if so remember correctly….?

[@The_Humble_Hurricane]

Front kick into sidekick. One of my favorites to do. And yes it was executed beautifully

[@99alfailiwaqain51]

@@The_Humble_HurricanePeace! Did u study Hapkido? If so who was your sabunim?federation?

[@lordbison]

Billy Jack! The Legend 👌💯

[@puddintame6310]

Great work by Bong Soo Han!

[@robertfullerjr802]

Yeah but Billy Jack is the one that took the beating 😁✌...... just kidding ...... stay safe

[@stevedavis8329]

except at the end, where he let himself get plonked with the stick!

[@kevinmalone3210]

He was really laying into those townies. Great fight scene.

[@walterostrander9085]

One of the best fight scenes ever filmed. Because of Billy Jack, I studied Hapkido...among other styles.

[@MarkSmith-dn4yv]

Chuck Norris in the Octagon....best martial arts fight on film ever

[@tedjmusic2984]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Master Bong Soo Han. The embodiment of force and precision. I don't think of a "stunt" performer as a "double" or "stand in". He's another actor playing the character in a story.

[@stevefowler2112]

Nice Jeep! Greatest Drive In movie theatre movie ever...I remember watching it in H.S. in the early 70's with my H.S. Sweetheart and my best bud with his date...Good Times and Great memories!

[@kevinmalone3210]

Hell yeah, very good B movie, loved that fight scene.

[@marvinalex8317]

Fkng A

[@paulcarr3355]

A friend turned me into all the Billy Jack movies from Born Losers to Billy Jack goes to Washington . Funny story , a buddy of mine was an excellent martial artist himself and once when we went drinking he convinced me to put a cigarette in my mouth and used the same kick to knock it out of my mouth . It was amazing because he would do it drunk . Lol At the time he told me he had practiced it over and over but years later he told me that was his first time ...wtf..lmao . I'm surprised he didn't knock my melon off my head. Ah to be 15 again , good times ..lol. You have to be 15 again , to throw caution to the wind like that and be fearless or stupid to try crazy things like that . I have the whole series in a box set , with a great documentary on Tom Laughlin . If your a Billy Jack fan , it's a must . Gone but not forgotten .. R.I.P.

[@thondomain]

I was taking Goju Ryu karate when this film came out. My instructor had earned his black belts in Japan while stationed there in the military and was very much into traditional martial arts. Karate was really new in most parts of America and the fight in the park from Billy Jack had everyone talking. I remember my sensei telling us the fight scene was a good example of what happens if you let yourself get in a situation where you are outnumbered. He said if you are really skilled and strike first before they realize what you can do, you can probably hurt 4-5 of them. Then the rest will beat the hell out of you. His message; avoid no-win situations. In fact, avoid as many confrontations as you can. Much as I enjoyed the Bruce Lee movies, what happens to Billy Jack in the fight is more realistic than Bruce Lee whipping 30 guys. Tom Laughlin didn't do most of the fighting. It was Han Bong Soo, a master of hapkido. Laughlin had seen him give a demonstration in a park in California and asked him to be in a movie he was planning, which was "Billy Jack".

[@guitarttimman]

Uh no you didn't.

[@billyraysneed6985]

Of course it's a movie - the point is to provide action entertainment. In a similar real life situation, after smacking the boss, I would snatch him up , and put him between me and the rest. Then I would tell him I was going to kill him, snapped neck, or a crushed throat - 2 possibilities - if he didn't tell the rest of the hoodlums to back off - WAY off

[@byronshiadek3289]

Thanks Billy Jack, There needs to be more like this Gentleman. Marshall Arts that's where it's at.

[@paulaporter778]

Martial

[@barbaramanley2878]

One of the greatest movies. Saw it years ago and it's still good. One of the best I've seen.

[@hpa2005]

Han Bong-soo (1933 - 2007), founder of the International Hapkido Federation, did the kick at 2:16. Side note: "On July 4, 1969, Han Bong Soo was giving a demonstration of hapkido at a park in Pacific Palisades, California. In the audience was Tom Laughlin. After a spectacular demonstration, Laughlin approached Han about being involved in a movie project called Billy Jack. Han gained critical acclaim for staging and performing some of the most realistic martial arts fight sequences in a film. Before Billy Jack, movies contained at most brief references to martial arts, with fights portrayed by actors who had little training. With Billy Jack, Han introduced authentic hapkido techniques to Western audiences." (from a January 17th, 2007 article in the Los Angeles Times)

[@motorcitycobra8875]

Basic king fu.

[@tomc2979]

Bong Soo Han actually did most of the kicks in the park fight scene, beginning with the inside crescent kick to Posner.

[@WarPonyAuto]

When Tom Laughlin was asked in an interview once why he didn’t do the kick he laughed and said that he wasn’t as nimble anymore and it was best left to the master of Hapkido. Bong-Soo is a legend!

[@kirkscott5342]

we need more Billy Jacks

[@robinbearden7158]

He was and still is incredible. The movies are great and the messages still stand today.

[@ghg789987]

This scene was filmed in my city of Prescott! Love it here. Beautiful, with such great history and character! I live less than a mile from where this scene was filmed! Whiskey row is always worth a visit if you're passing through! Though don't drink and drive! The police are on extreme lookout there! (You shouldn't anyways)

[@WilliamDirtyWillMajor]

To live free and righteous and keep the honour of man. Billy Jack is my hero and I try to live by his rules and teaching.

[@michaelgonzales4899]

Yeah but Billy Jack had a point.

[@rocistone6570]

There's just one thing missing. You have his violent temper? I hope not, because his temper is the downside of what he says he believes in. Someone play the "vision in the pit" scene, and you'll know what I mean.

[@richarda.715]

One of my all time favorite fight scenes!

[@anghusmorgenholz1060]

Tom Laughlin mastered the stoic continence of the Native American warrior. I've loved and watched this movie for decades and I noticed that in June of 2023.

[@dianebyers5704]

Aug 2001, I went to the Billy Jack Chatroom Gathering in L.A. Tom Laughlin and Delores Taylor, his lovely wife, came and hung out with us for quite awhile. They were just “folks”! Friendly and no ego trips. I’ll never forget that blessing of a visit. GOD bless y’all. See ya in Heaven👍🏼❤️💐

[@spyralstarecase9366]

Some of the scenes are reminiscent of West Side Story. This came out when I was just a kid and we all loved Billy so much. Miss him.

[@michaelstratton6701]

One of my dads favorite heroes, until Rambo came along, miss you dad

[@rolandomatos4765]

My dad literally just texted me this clip out of no where today

[@beyondbeleef1013]

One of the most badass fight scenes ever. You don't f with Billy Jack

[@primusmossjr]

BEAUTIFUL moves! Deadly if for real! Bong Soo Han did the stunt work for Tom Laughlin! Excellent!

[@bendillard6512]

Man that was a minute ago lol still get chills

[@coldnomad1478]

Here after learning Brad Pitt's character in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was partially inspired by Billy Jack. After watching this video, all I got to say is that it was awesome.

[@John-ob7dh]

I learnt that kick in 8 years of shotokan .Can still do it now at 80 .High fast and hard.

[@aberamagold7509]

I was 8 years old when this movie came out so I didn't see it for a few years later on tv (it was before vcr's) and it was the second movie that ever made me cry. The first was a 1969 tv movie starring Johnny Whitaker called "The Littlest Angel" when I was 6, all I remember is the ending where I thought either Johnny himself or the character he played had died and I cried so much I was inconsolable. Ahh great memories. Edit: 😁 I found the movie on KZbin so I'll probably watch it tonight. Or maybe not. I'm starting to think that perhaps some memories should remain just that... memories.

[@billyraysneed6985]

whew - LITTLEST ANGEL was indeed a tear jerker - I didn't cry at Billy ack, but I agree it had it's moments, particularly the murder of his young Indian friend.

[@williamfitch1408]

Now, this is a rare find. I saw this very clip on Film '71 on BBC1 back in the day. The first Kung Fu film we'd ever seen in Britain. It was before Enter the Dragon etc. Everyone was talking about it in school the next day, and imitating the kicks, of course. I only remembered that it was called Billy something or other. And here it is. I feel like a piece of me has been restored.

[@christopherrussell1394]

That's my hometown. I didn't live far from downtown. I love this movie! 🙌🏽

[@donniecain4266]

The ullimate tough man!!! He was going to kick ass no matter who would help him!! Even his name sounded tough !!!!

[@timconklin2164]

One of greatest fight scenes in movies.

[@readynow12345]

That Billy got some moves.

[@jackieclark9679]

This is one of the best movies of my childhood I can remember going to the Alameda for to See this!

[@helo86]

Contrary to what folks think, BillyJack is NOT a martial arts film. It's main character fought in Vietnam & was ex-special forces. BillyJack was an expert in hand to hand combat, numerous weapons & Hapkido (Korean Karate). The man was ahead of his time. B4 Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris & Van Damme, there was BillyJack who EMERGED just before Bruce Lee made his first appearance in Fist of Fury. BillyJack was against bigotry, racism & corruption.

[@jamesbrice7951]

He was also against lawless bikers!

[@micregil]

That's because he was cool.

[@jamesgilmore8256]

The actor's name was Tom Laughlin. His common law wife was Debbie Taylor ( who became the schoolmarm one morning when the actress didn't show up ). Their son became a doctor. I'm not in a position to judge, but I'd bet by his record he should never have been a doctor. Last I heard he was still PRACTICING in Winner, SD. Where Debbie grew up. Don't like it? Sue me. He told my father six years ago that he had two, maybe three weeks to live, without even doing a simple barium x-ray. Dad's still awfully pissed about that. Great shows, sure. Bad blood. And, yeah, Billy Jack still rules.

[@davidcarothers3311]

Lol. No,"Billy Jack" is a lib Marxist film before Marxism became cool..

[@derrickwest2576]

Billy Jack kick their ass great sene!

[@dougplein6075]

I think you meant scene.

[@Mattyew]

Man that sound editing is damn hilarious!!

[@FireEater]

Love Billy Jack.

[@nancysmith2389]

I worked at DFAS where a soldier looked like Billy Jack and a security looked like a Kings man. God Bless our friends.

[@JJG86]

Wow, this brings me back

[@james3339]

Thank god this wasn’t that “Really? Really? Really? Really,.......” video Thanks for uploading

[@jroysims44]

I couldn't do what he did, but I could try to live with the principles Billy Jack lived with.

[@chaunezkalk9822]

Well, the storyline has shifted, today. Absolutely!

[@monkeyspanner8172]

Billy Jack fights for those who refuse to fight for themselves.

[@princessalaina4589]

one of the best fight scenes ever on film

[@jessicaboisvert3138]

Awesome movie RIP to all that have passed away in this movie.

[@gilbertberlanga338]

Billy Jack was the man back in the late 60s early 70s , 👍

[@billstejskal8446]

N still is

[@caseydunn842]

I remember watching Billy Jack as a kid. He was the original bad ass. Long before Chuck, Jean Claude, and Seagal. They may want to thank him some day. The fact he was Native American only made him more cool! Thanks Billy !!!!

[@vigilante0511]

Billy Jack changed my life

[@shadowman2192]

10 against 1 and they had to cheap-shot him to get him down. The call them cowards would be a major understatement.

[@Onehappyworlds]

Grew up watching Billy Jack. Me & friends used to react this scene when we were kids back in the 80's. I didn't mind going barefoot.

[@kevinmalone3210]

Even though your comment is old, my brother, me, another neighborhood kid, and my brothers friend, and his brother would all get together, and reenact this scene too. My brother's friend would be Billy Jack, and the rest of of would try to take him down. Would would launch all kinds of punches and kicks at him, and he would return the favor. It was alot of fun, until his Tom boy sister saw us, grabbed the kid playing Billy Jack, thrashed him around, then threw him on the ground, then he started crying. She humiliated Billy, and it ended there, lol.

[@claudes.whitacre1241]

"Let's all hide behind trees and attack this guy one at a time. That should do the trick"

[@MrBugman2525]

Not

[@SquirrelTheater]

It’s a movie, dumbshit.

[@stevedavis8329]

hey, somebody finally got wise and bopped him with a stick, proving even trump supporters can be trained to do minimal tasks.

[@SquirrelTheater]

Steve Davis WOW! That’s deep. Did you think of that comment all by yourself?

[@mattbartolovich8228]

Certain professions of people need whopped! I won't mention however

[@erikwheeler99]

I love the fact you have to connect with your kids

[@houseofaction]

no it doesn't boots add to the impact zone and become counter productive in generating force.

[@D.A.Hanks14]

Really! Love the hat band too. I have a similar one on my black Stetson.

[@j.huffhumble4281]

Freakin Classic !!!! They need movies like this now !!!!!! Right now !!!!! Politics & Religion , meet Billy #^^^^> Jack !!!!!

[@jeffreyberry5767]

1 of the best part of the movie

[@jilliebean6312]

Woah I thought it was sarcasm but people actually think this is a good scene... let that sink in

[@philipnemeth2829]

I practiced that kick many hours to perfect my technique, all due to that scene.

[@briancallahan2792]

Learned Judo and Karate from a Vietnam vet . All because of Billy jack

[@ArtheniaPendragon]

@@briancallahan2792 Billy Jack used Hapkido! I've been learning it for almost two years now. A few of the other students pointed these movies out to me lol. You should see if you can find a dojo! Just make sure it's a true Korean school and not the Americanized version that takes all the more aggressive movies out

[@motorcitycobra8875]

Until a boxer hit you with a hook to the body.

[@EarthAltar]

We all did. Doubt I could pull it off now, but as a younger man these legs were spring loaded hammers. May not be able to reach the cheeks nowadays, but a liver is well within reason.

[@99alfailiwaqain51]

@@ArtheniaPendragon Peace! Do you practice high break falls off of joint locks and throws? If not it’s definitely not authentic Hapkido! My instructor used to practice the break falls in concrete..

[@billyockey6223]

I've got to find these on DVD

[@lazio9492]

It was also filmed in Santa fe and Albuquerque, NM

[@garybanglebangle7949]

WE NEED SOME MORE OF BILLY JACK TODAY. With all of the hate that is going on here. Let someone like him take control of this problem.

[@rodrigoandres5809]

Gary Bangle Bangle ....El Paso and Dayton brought me here also Gilroy CA Give Peace a chance ❤️❤️❤️.

[@billyg310]

need a lot more Billy Jacks today to take on all the injustice and racism rip Billy Jack wish you were still here kicking ass

[@wondereagle]

Best acting ever while stoned....

[@Cephalopod51]

Interestingly, the fight scene feels very similar to those in the Kung Fu TV series. From the camera angles to the use of slow motion. And Kung Fu came out a year later. I wonder if Billy Jack was one of Kung Fu's influences.

[@stefanschleps8758]

Best comeuppance scene in movie villain history. Whop!!

[@sheliaraymer2422]

Luv him and the movie 💖

[@guitarttimman]

We need a Billy Jack re-make! This time with lots of action all the way through the movie!

[@guitarttimman]

I love those kicks!

[@mitchlerman7773]

great scene

[@dennisa3419]

Prescott when it was still a nice place to live

[@vajraman2067]

It was this movie, not Enter The Dragon w Bruce Lee, that convinced me to study the Martial Arts. This is a quintessential American fight scene, as opposed to the long, drawn-out, wire-fu Chinese movies of the time. This is the first time Americans were introduced to the Korean art of Hapkido. Sharp.Crisp. To the point. And, the hero loses. Just like in real life, sadly, too many times. Yet, it’s Billy Jack. Your gonna need a lot more help.

[@freedomfrom6827]

I saw this at downtown theater in roseville ca 74 or 75

[@The-E-Dude]

Sooner or later this will make it onto FB movie page.

[@stewartsnape1231]

Good movie I was about seventeen when I saw it at show around 1971

[@dongilleo9743]

This was groundbreaking at the time, but fairly tame now. I thought of the fight scene that takes place outside of a bar in the movie Jack Reacher. The bad guys are confident because they have the numbers. Jack explains that all he has to do is take out the leader, then one or two energetic wingmen. and the rest will run. He then proceeds to do just that with brutal efficiency. Here in this movie you have Billy Jack kicking one man after another in the head, and others keep charging at him? After he has kicked about ten men, don't you think the others would give up?

[@swmita]

Why would you think they would give up after Billy Jack kicked over 10 men in the head? They were getting paid quite well by Paramount and trained to boot;(no pun intended) to take a fall as soon as they so much as smelled BillJack's foot whizzing by their nostrils. Those Hill Billys would have to work almost a year to get what they got to pretend they got their asses kicked. Geezus I have to explain everything to you.

[@kevinmalone3210]

With that many townies, he would've had to take out most of them before any remainders would give up.

[@nelsonmcatee3721]

Right, exactly. They're not all alpha males. Those are hard to find. In a group attack, almost all the attackers are just punks, cowards at heart. Their true colors will show if you can discern the leaders and take them out.

[@tommissouri4871]

But he did know who the alpha male was - 1:18. If he had taken him out, then the others wouldn't be paid, so they would disperse. In Jack Reacher, he fought basically one at a time, something unrealistic in groups most of the time. And he had time to make the first one gruesome looking so that the others had a chance to lose their stomach for the fight. the first one you hit you should leave lots of blood flowing from the nose or eyebrows. The sight of blood often slows down those not fully committed to the fight.

[@cashstore1]

This was filmed in the city of Prescott Arizona, at the courthouse Plaza. Still looks the same today.

[@six-pack1332]

I thought it was filmed in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

[@cashstore1]

@@six-pack1332 Nope, it was filmed in downtown Prescott, Arizona. My video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYezq5WPZbp3l8U

[@Crezelltree4261]

Billy Jack was smooth.

[@jonw.3886]

Master Bong Soo Han did a great job training Tom. At the time, no one really knew how to incorporate martial arts into films other than a character performing martial arts just to show off. Billy Jack using martial arts gave it a new meaning. When Posner comments about the "green beret karate tricks" not doing any good, Billy Jack proves his ignorance and arrogance wrong. Martial arts was still a relatively new thing in the U.S. at the time and Billy Jack showed how martial arts could help a person be confident and fight against personal and societal injustices.

[@keithrissolo7437]

The most important thing I got from this scene was not the fight in itself; The eventual outcome was quite obvious...It was a lesson in moral courage, standing up for what you believe in even if it means getting hurt very badly in the process...As I have grown older I am realizing the importance of the lesson of this particular scene....

[@dougmedina4619]

Tom was great. Financed most of, it not all of his movies himself!

[@chrisoxford4026]

Classic movie and scene

[@dr.scottcrullphd9133]

I wonder what would he have been like had he become president ... I voted in the California primary each time for him ...

[@TomSmith-ym9ej]

Time for "Billy Jack meets Predator and the Karate Kid". I'd go see it!

[@EdBenji]

This movie should be called silly Jack!

[@tamaku2903]

BAAAAAAAM 💥 GET'EM BILLY