Martial Artists React to Classic Martial Arts Movies

[@pglagowski]

Chan’s opponent, Hwang Jang Lee, was a Tae Kwon Do expert and former military man. He was known for having lightning fast kicks and even killed a man in a street fight from his power. Dude is a legend.

[@glknight1813]

He was always typecast as the villain (which, yeah, he played VERY well). But when he got to play the hero, dude REALLY got to let loose. Just an astounding performer, all around.

[@danielcook7975]

unless he met Bruce Lee lol seriously if anything no matter how good you are Bruce Lee is ten times better, he could probably kill a man with his finger lol exaggerating of course but Jang Lee probably would never want to face that man when he was in his prime

[@boboboy8189]

@@danielcook7975 no disrespect toward Bruce Lee. why every Bruce Lee fans assumed Bruce Lee can kill someone? the purpose of martial arts is to protect and control yourself. this is not west mentality where you guys want to learn something just to kill enemy. heck, even slavery is Asia is very different from European slavery

[@mistermastermind528]

Yep, Thunder Leg's kicks were a highlight in the film. I'm always impressed how high he could execute his flying kicks. Very sleek.

[@oceanberserker]

@@danielcook7975 Funny you should say that. Jackie actually got cast as one of the thugs in one of Bruce's films. I forget which one, but when the scene was over, Jackie, by his own admission, exaggerated how badly he got hit by Bruce all so he would pay him more attention because Bruce was so concerned he went overboard in the scene.

[@TugaAvenger]

Gemma just casually displaying ridiculous flexibility while in her Chun Li jammies. Queen move.

[@theraiden9631]

Chun Li has run into her bloods.

[@CalciumChief]

Fun fact: Jackie Chan played Chun-Li once. No joke, look up the "Street Fighter" scene fron City Hunter.

[@theraiden9631]

@@CalciumChief Yeah, I watched that scene from my local TV. They got balls to buy license from Capcom. And hell, Jackie pulled that off！

[@CalciumChief]

@@theraiden9631 Jackie was a better Chun-Li in his few minutes than that Chun-Li movie. They still changed the name of E. Honda to E. Honde (at least in some versions), supposedly cause producers or someone didn't want anything to do with the car company or so. Don't think Capcom ever had any issues with the name, but what you gonna do.

[@JDelwynn]

@@CalciumChief I think at that time Jackie still had his Mitsubishi sponsorship.

[@derrickhaggard]

One of my most favorite Jackie Chan films was Rumble in the Bronx and the scene where he goes "Beast Mode" on Tony's gang members proves why he is the real-life master of Anything Goes Martial Arts from the anime/manga Ramna 1/2 as Jackie pretty much uses everything his martial arts skills/body, and the entire environment as weapons.

[@lightup6751]

My dude. You and I got a similar taste. The scene in Tony’s gang hideout is fighting scene and action movie perfection. The chairs, the pool table, the ski and my favorite the fridge doors. Absolute classic. There is billion dollar production that use all sorts of camera work, wires, CGI, stuntmen and expert choreography that can’t match Jackie Chan and his creative genius and physical prowess. All you need is a still camera and him. Magic.

[@matthewpack3170]

fighting with ladders

[@derrickhaggard]

@@matthewpack3170 Pretty much the best fight in Police Story 4, again shows how Jackie Chan is the real-life master of Anything Goes Martial Arts from Ramna 1/2.

[@matthewpack3170]

@Derrick Haggard gotta love the anime tie in. Seriously though, u don't know what's funnier to watch, his movies or the the blooper reels that follow

[@oceanberserker]

Goddamn. Didn't think anyone remembered that old - school reference.

[@AirbenderHawk]

YES!!!!! The most iconic duo is back to cover something different on this channel, and I'm all for it!!!

[@doublep1980]

Fun fact: Jackie's master is played by Yuen Siu-tien, who is the father of Yuen Woo-pin, legendary Hong Kong action director/fight choreographer ( Crouching Tiger, Matrix trilogy, Kill Bill, tons of Jet Li & Donnie Yen movies) and he was the director of Drunken Master.

[@MichaelMolina0390]

I wanna see these two react to classic Power Ranger/Super Sentai for the martial arts choreo. Would be cool to hear Yoshi's take on how those scenes get filmed

[@creep1523]

Especially that Yoshi has actually played for one of them, not bad

[@justagundam]

Especially Dairanger.

[@_Shay_]

This would be cool

[@glknight1813]

I want them to react to Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, if only for the fight that Sho Kosugi choreographed with his son, Kane.

[@wesleypatterson2989]

Maybe even have his brother guest star since he was also a power ranger!

[@rolling-roadkill]

I absolutely love the Kung Fu movies from the 70's with the more traditional Kung Fu. Snake in Eagles Shadow and Drunken Master are my favourites with Jackie Chan. ❤

[@apanapandottir205]

The psysical comedic timing of Jackie Chan is so perfect. It's like insane skill combined with basically slapstick comedy. The guy with the glorious hair and stashe is amazing too.

[@IsaiasMGPalafox]

I like how Gemma casually lifts her leg w/ ease. 😂 All seriousness, Jackie Chan is 1 of 1. Continue to give that man his 💐. 💯👏🏼

[@cixelsyd40]

Q: Why does Daniel have a black belt? A: Miyagi lied and then stole it from the ref doing the sign up

[@surfdigby]

Miyagi was his Sensei. He can award him a black belt if he wants. Don't forget that Donald Trump went straight from elasticated belt to black belt.

[@fx4d]

Yeah he says something like "color of belt don't matter, it holds up pants."

[@horrudu4081]

Miyagi doesn't really do the whole belt thing. When asked what belt he has, doesn't he points to his leather belt or something?

[@yodieyuh]

@@surfdigby He could, he didn't. Daniel was wearing a stolen belt.

[@MarquessBrownix5]

Jackie is a legend. Also super glad to have the dynamic duo again. there was a long period without you and you do the best vids on this channel. Any more move recreation videos coming up?

[@Joreel]

A lot of the combat in Karate Kid was taken from Tang Soo Do according to the actors. William Zbaka who plays Johnny actually trained in the Tang Soo Do style. The second movie is actually my favorite as I got to see some of the places where they filmed when I was a teenager. Also Rob Garrison whose famous line was "Put him in a body bag Johnny" died a few years ago of Cancer. They did an episode on Kobra Kai where all the old game got back together and we got to see all of them one more time before he died. They actually worked with him while he was doing Chemo to film when he was feeling up to it to make sure they didn't wear him out.

[@popeye697]

And then they killed his character off at the end of the episode and ....... Literally put him in a body bag ☠️☠️☠️☠️. Wild

[@katara1610]

That one with Rob Garrison is incorrect actually. The actor himself didn't know he was sick at the time. The deterioration in his health came a few months later and was very sudden. He was hospitalised for liver and kidney issues and died in one month. The creators originally had planned for his role to return in season 3 in flashback scenes..

[@vicegrips188]

Haha “you hear him unbuckling his belt” it’s hard not to think that sometimes especially in these older movies. I LOVE me some Jackie, I’ve been watch him since I first saw Cannonball run in the theaters as a kid. I would say he’s my favorite martial artist but he might be my favorite actor of all time

[@hurrsia]

Love these two, definitely do more!!!!

[@DruSolis]

I love Yoshi and Gemma's sibling vibes - they're so animated and into martial arts movies and games. I love listening to them and watching their reactions.

[@JAY-dj7oq]

Yayyy our favorite duo is back!!!

[@Fahmi4869]

That Jackie Chan movie is making me feel nostalgic

[@khriux9723]

Ive only seen The Legend of Drunken Master. I still need to watch this one. Jackie #1

[@jp3813]

@@khriux9723 He also does drunken fist in The Forbidden Kingdom.

[@RostyslavShpakowsky]

Drunken master is one of my favourite jackie's movies. Thanks for the reaction.

[@agengleksono1197]

Drunken Master 2 for the next video would be great.

[@JB-ur3dw]

The original Karate Kid still holds up. Sure some of the choreography is a little wack. But the movie’s main focus is the relationship with Daniel and Miyagi while also dealing with the themes of bullying, which are both elements the film succeeds at portraying.

[@boboboy8189]

you forgot, Mr Miyagi also has serious emotional scars which he try to control

[@thethingoid]

What's your opinion on the sequels?

[@shenglongisback4688]

I still use the lines on the kiddos, wash the car ,paint the fence, wax on waxoff lol

[@miguelnewmexico8641]

@@thethingoid the Hilary Swank Karate Kid is the best one.

[@mnandeazy34]

Let us not forget, Johnny Lawrence is the real victim of the karate kid movies.

[@tobiasreese8817]

Everything with gemma and yoshi is gold, seriously these two have such good chemistry and charisma

[@alexliberti9679]

They should make them react to raid and raid 2. The fight scenes are incredible

[@turnermarius4471]

Not a single bad fight scene all hype

[@kamron_thurmond]

I didn't get the hype. It's pretty good, but the Raid is a 7/10 at best. Ong Bok is top tier.

[@smoothknyte]

What's "Raid?" I'm glad you asked because that brings us to today's sponsor....

[@yuanxiu37]

​@@kamron_thurmondYou just said something stupid

[@kamron_thurmond]

@@yuanxiu37 I didn't like it all that much. I thought it was good, but not great. That first Ong Bok movie though is great.

[@davidmurray7336]

I love Drunken Master. It got me in to trying Kung Fu in the first place.

[@lampad4549]

Maybe try learning a real effective martial art

[@awdrj]

Drunken Master 2 is even better, love them both so much.

[@hayez2272]

One thing about today’s movies with fighting scenes. It’s skips around a lot it’s never one motion. The scenes we’re watching the camera is far enough away where it shows every movie, no cutting in and out.

[@WatcherKoops4677]

at least with Who Killed Captain Alex, every action scenes never missed

[@Palora01]

That's a generalization. When it happens in movies (new or old) is because the people doing the fighting couldn't do it properly so they needed cuts to hide the issues, the editor is bad at his job and thinks unnecessary cuts make the action more intense, there isn't enough money and time to do as many takes as you need to get it right (something you could do in Hong Kong action movies because it was a lot cheaper to do and safety wasn't as important, Jackie talks about it in a few interviews) so they are forced to make a cut. You get the first issue when you have famous actors that arn't martial artists and you insist on seeing their face in fights, you get the second issue when you get editors and directors who arn't known for action movies to work on action movies and you get the money and time issue constantly in Holliwood. See the Raid movies. See Jackies Hollywood movies (they have a lot more dumb cuts).

[@pjtiongco]

drunken master was my fav Jacky Chan movie. I remember going to the video shop and renting the tape and was so excited to watch it

[@abhinavdeb1]

Loved Yoshi Sudarso in Bullet Train as the younger version of the Elder.

[@thebrownbaldy]

There were so many big names in that film I didn't notice

[@joeygalvan6485]

The ref in karate kid was the one teaching everyone karate behind the scenes to everyone. He was a instructor or champion I think.

[@cliffpadilla5871]

He did the fight choreography.

[@surfdigby]

The infamous Pat Johnson. He's had a good career, even had a spot in Enter The Dragon.

[@johnhill4937]

I always loved the Drunken Master movies growing up.

[@HCTZ_97]

Young Jackie is the 🐐 when I watched drunken master for the first time with my dad i fkn loved it it made a permanent impression on me Jackie Chan is the goat of martial arts and entertainment

[@Davyen]

We all agree that Jackie Chan is the man, and his "Drunken Master" is simply legendary. I still get goosebumps from hearing this main theme, it's so badass. But can you guys now react to horrible fight scenes? Like Kirk VS Gorn in Star Trek?

[@SuiLagadema]

My sensei always told me to look at my opponent's eyes. It was like you said in which your peripheral vision only sees the face. She is an excellent sensei and I explained her as to why I looked at the middle of the body, to keep the peripheral on my whole opponent. I loved when she said "Makes a lot of sense, if it works for you, keep doing it, we're not robots and we all have differences in techniques to achieve the same result".

[@b1zarr01]

This may not necessarily be gaming content that one would think a channel called GAMOLOGY would exclusively show but I would definitely be down for like infinity billion follow ups to this. Count me in for a view and a like anytime you get these two reacting to Martial Arts movies (or martial arts anything really)

[@doctorteethomega]

This version of Drunken Master is my favorite film of Jackie's. I must have seen it fifty times.

[@amgc6079]

It'd be cool to see more of these from you guys. Love it

[@sholomrabin2011]

Drunken master was the first martial arts movie i ever saw and instantly got me hooked. jacky chan is my hero because of this. snake in the eagles shadow is basically the same thing but they are both some of my favorite movies

[@40doggreid]

Miyagi stole the belt from the Black Belt Administrator that was signing in everybody when they arrived at the tournament. He slightly distracted him and handed it over to Alley, Daniel's girlfriend. Hope that helped. 😄

[@jamesjohnsonjr469]

Uncle Jackie is a fucking legend he will always be # 1 in my eyes

[@Oeraja]

Gemma and Yoshi together are pure gold

[@TheBluePhenom]

I don't know of I'm speaking for them, but I bet they wouldn't be disappointed if they had to recreate some of the Drunken Master choreography

[@azuredragon9928]

I wanna see Gemma and Yoshi react to Scott adkins fight scenes especially the undisputed 2 3 4 and the ninja 2 shadow of a tear

[@derrickhaggard]

The Ninja films were awesome.

[@yannym4605]

I concur. Gemma for Cobra Kai please. Please hire her.

[@micah459]

Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Jet Li, and Donnie Yen are the GOATS

[@jp3813]

Don't forget Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, & Michelle Yeoh.

[@vince11harris]

@@jp3813Michael Jai white is super underrated as well

[@JaQaiviusGordon-vm8oh]

Tony jaa

[@AdudenamedVince]

Definitely appreciate the classic kung fu, but some subtitles for context would be nice next time!

[@adityahermawanshaddyx8068]

If someone asks me who is my favorite Indonesian actor, Yoshi is definitely there.

[@Alpha-0014]

Jackie Did All His Stunts No Double, Even After All The Fractures He Sustained Throughout His Career He Is A Legend To This Day

[@kikixchannel]

He did have a double in some stunts. He did most of them himself, but not all. Doesn't really lessen the fact of how amazing he is though.

[@Omaru1982]

The Ref at the tournament for the Karate kid was the IRL choreographer, I think Ralph Macchio had a background in dancing, but was encouraged not to practice as hard as the other cast members so he'd still appear to be the amateur underdog. And yeah Miyagi stole the black belt when he was registering Daniel to fight.

[@Richard-Espanol]

I'll watch anything with Jackie chan! Find more reasons to show more his movies!

[@streetsaiyan8269]

The little leg up at 1:16 just had me dying 😂😂😂

[@surfdigby]

The old guy training Jackie in Drunken Master was also from the Peking Opera, so he would have had a good understanding of what Jackie was doing. He's the father of Yuen Woo Ping.

[@mgunter]

With Hong Kong martial arts movies, even today, you have to look for the 'full send' moments.

[@kaizen5023]

You should both watch Karate Kid, it's clear from your comments that you haven't seen it or don't remember what happened. Daniel only had a couple of months training with Mr. Miyagi, so he's not supposed to be that good. He got the black belt because Mr. Miyagi snagged the belt when they just walked in to the competition building and found out that only black belts could compete at the level Cobra Kai was doing. It's a fantastic movie, you're missing out!

[@KingCapone704]

Drunkin master is one of my favorite childhood kung fu movies, we still have it on vhs at my moms house

[@thebrownbaldy]

The dynamic duo doing content? HECK YEAH, LETS GET IT....

[@Exzelled]

It's about time you all expanded to movies

[@mugenmark]

Always love the chemistry between these two gloriously funny martial artist geeks. You two crack me up! If this is going to be a regular thing then please do Jackie vs Ken Lo’s stank foot or any of the Donnie Yen’s Ip Man scenes next time.

[@maulanaaja2162]

YOSHI is back

[@Citychowmountain]

Karate Kid will always be my nostalgic comfort childhood movie

[@Klaital1]

My favorite Jackie Chan movie has always been Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, the fight choreography in that is so amazing, and they are not playing around, in the final fight Jackie actually really lost a teeth due to being kicked in the face, and they even kept that take in the movie so you can see it happen.

[@stonecoldku4161]

In the Karate Kid, they established earlier in the tournament montage that kicks to the face are legal. Daniel is fighting Dutch, Dutch kicks Daniel in the face. Daniel even rubs his eye because of the contact. They gave Dutch a point for that kick, so kicks to the face are legal. The Crane Kick is a legal move in the movie, it would never fly (pun intended) in a real tournament or fight, but it is legal. Ali even tells Daniel how to score points before his first fight. You can hit the *head*, the sternum, kidneys and the ribs.

[@jamescoward110]

I'm just loving when Gemma does her leg extensions 😁

[@andrewfera5414]

I am so happy Gemma talked about Final Fu. I LOVED that show! lol

[@RaymondChia_Silaqui]

Jackie Chan was performing what is called "Eight Immortals Drunken Fist / 八仙醉拳" One of the 8 immortals is a Female, so that was where the 'Sissy karate' came in.

[@benjaminpeck7200]

Jackie Chan will forever be THE GOAT

[@yaboyblacklist2431]

Good to see Yoshi and Gemma again.

[@donstewart2145]

Gemma and Yoshi are absolutely fantastic

[@babytaz5926]

The Karate Kid I never liked, it was the Drunken Master for me as kid growing up, you guys should review the Forbidden Kingdom With Jet Lee and Jackie Chan thats a great one to review

[@salmaankhan7]

Get them to react 2 Ip man or Undisputed

[@WoahItsWoozy]

Idk if it’s been talked about in another episode but I’d love to see them cover bullet train seeing as Yoshi was in the movie. Probably the best recent movie I can think of with that old school kung fu style action

[@CasualVideoGamer]

I read somewhere that the head kick thing actually was legal given the year this tournament took place. The kicking in head thing became illegal like a year or two after this timeframe. "However, we really don't even need to go that far, as the answers are all clear in the film itself. Daniel oddly didn't actually check on the rules of the tournament until they were literally AT the tournament, and it was his girlfriend, Ali, who explained, "Everything above your waist is a point. You can hit the head, sternum, kidneys, ribs." And then, in the tournament, kicks to the faces were REPEATEDLY counted as legal points!" Then shows evidence of Johnny and Dutch both receiving points from kicking their opponents in the face before the final match.

[@thejanusproject32]

Another awesome video by this duo. Also is no one going to mention (though I am late) about Yoshi being in Bullet Train? He killed it!

[@isaacgleeth3609]

My personal favorite Jackie Chan movie is City Hunter (based on the manga of the same name). In it, Jackie's character Ryu has a fight with another henchman of the baddie. After he gets zapped by an arcade machine, Ryu sees the henchman as Ken. Then, he fights "Ken" as different characters, using some of their moves. Ryu tries E. Honda (renamed "E. Honde" in the film due to Jackie having a deal with Mitsubishi at the time), Guile, and Dhalsim but is beaten. He finally defeats "Ken" as Chun-Li. Yes, Jackie wears a _qipao_ and is still, in my opinion, the best Chun-Li cosplayer of all time.

[@nicokrasnow1851]

My God, Drunken Master is so good

[@FAIZ2367]

for me, Gorgeous; Wheels on Meals; and Drunken Master 2 has the best Jackie Chan's fight scene ever

[@Raidenn_vt]

i would love to see more reacts like this!

[@yazminamelendez5267]

I remember watching that old movie long ago^^ Also the karate kid too

[@eddiedutra3359]

You two need to see The Raid films! They weren't popular but, THEY WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!

[@saturninojosesuarezquintan7476]

She really was enjoying the movies 🥰

[@greenhollyknight4846]

Yeah, lots of feels for Karate Kid movie. I like to think of it now as an introduction, or gateway to martial arts movies. It draws you in and then you find the classic's and you find out they didn't use wires at all. You feel like the actors were magic then, not that they aren't cool now. But So much skill was present in the past that you don't see now a days. Insurance companies being what they are, and we want our actors to be around for a long time. Just so we can say I loved you in this and that to them and not a tombstone or picture.

[@Arobein]

More Jackie and maybe some JCVD too please! Would love to see you breakdown "Bloodsport" and "Kickboxer"

[@tt90001]

just a heads up, the old guy who trained Jackie is the father of the legendary action choreography for matrix, kill bill i.e Yuen Wu Ping

[@GhostCroc]

I've always loved the 1994 version, The Legend of Drunken Master. But I definitely need to go back and watch the 1978 original again, it's been too long!

[@RobAlberto_4]

Jackie is king not only for the sheer athletic ability. But also and most importantly for that comedic story telling. Still King.

[@lampad4549]

Too bad most of his movies have overall mediocre storytelling, you watch them just for the fights.

[@RobAlberto_4]

@@lampad4549 and the laughs. Bruce lee only had the fights in his movies. So getting better

[@Grandmastergav86]

The Kung Fu era of Jackie's career features the most complex action of his career. His pre-fame films like Snake & Crane Arts Of Shaolin, Shaolin Wooden Men, Dragon Fist, Spiritual Kung Fu may be incredibly dated but if you understand how the scenes were realised (long takes, ludicrously long shooting hours) any laughter and sneering at such should soon disappear. "We're just not in that era anymore" - the shapes era was the best and this is the form martial arts cinema needs to return to IMO It'll be incredibly difficult because frankly the talent pool doesn't exist ATM (for numerous reasons) but the shapes era was the Golden era of HK action cinema - no shadow of a doubt in my mind.

[@Craftlngo]

When you think that Ralph Macchio is now older than Pat Morita was when they filmed the first Karate Kid...

[@christianbatac1029]

Maybe next react is Bruce Lee, Jet Li & some of the other old classic martial arts soon...

[@RandalReid]

Do the usual suspects (not the movie) - Tony Jaa, Donnie Yen, Iko Uwais, Scott Adkins, etc.

[@KingKaiju58]

Please Martial Artists react to the Bloody Roar series.

[@derrickhaggard]

Heck yeah especially BR3, and BR: Primal Fury/Extreme.

[@mageeaaron2624]

This is great!!!!!! 🙏🏽💪👏

[@spyder335]

Yoshi and Gem should take a look at Cobrai Kai.

[@SuperMortalkombatmas]

Drunken Master is my favorite fighting action movie.

[@revcliff]

I'd love seeing similar react videos to Jade Claw/Crystal Fist. That's still one of my favorite kung fu movies growing up (even more than kid with the golden arm and 5 deady venoms).

[@Pcnati]

You should react to The Karate Kid with Jackie Chan.

[@jarberwoks8399]

The Raid and Raid Redemption had fantastic choreography.

[@keithmays8076]

Can't wait for them to dive into the Shaw Brothers catalog or Golden Harvest. My first three choices from Shaw Brothers would be The Five Deadly Venoms, The Crippled Masters, and The Water Margin. Chef's kiss 💋. As for Golden Harvest, Police Story (OG), Wheels on Meals (Three Dragons special 😁), and Once Upon a Time in China (1&2). Awesome sauce all around.

[@dozer11]

I just wanted to mention that the Karate Kid “illegal head kick” is false. How I Met Your Mother tried to say it is illegal too, but Daniel’s gf even mentions that strikes from the waist up to the head are legal. Johnny’s attacks like the elbow to the knee were illegal.

[@khriux9723]

How I met your mother, yea that's a good source..

[@cixelsyd40]

not to mention you see Johnny get awarded a point for a kick to the head earlier in the fight.

[@Kage342]

If memory serves in competition karate punches to the midsection are legal but punches to the head are illegal. Kicks to the body and head are okay as long as they are above the waist.

[@mlee4815]

ngl, i prefer the karate kid with jackie chan (kung fu kid ig(?)) over the original and would love to see their take on the fight scenes.

[@paulhall70]

The guy that played Johnny Lawrence does and did actually hold a black belt during the movie Karate Kid. And as far as Daniel Larooso the reason he had a black belt was so he could actually compete against Johnny

[@eries347]

The legend of drunken master or drunken master ii is incredible

[@accel1231]

It's been a long time since you guys last coop!