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Thank-you for the replies.

Keith. ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (keith2237) http://naturalstrength.net/sreply/1517 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:29:05 PST http://naturalstrength.net/reply/1505/t/Taken.html#reply-1505
Dear Paul,


Thank you so much for your generous words of praise, and for your heartfelt endorsements (throughout your message!). I am truly grateful - both to know that you are a student of our System, and to read such an obvious expression of loyalty and appreciation for our System's merits. Your own background and experiences - both in and out of the U.S. Marine Corps - add enormous credibility to your observations.


I too saw "TAKEN" and, while finding both the hero's daughter and former wife quite unworthy of the devotion and efforts that he evidenced in abundance, and then expended on their behalf, I thoroughly enjoyed the "action" scenes - some of which were quite good!


You are of course 100% correct that when motion picture and television fight scenes are choreographed there is little correlation between that which is presented to the viewing audience, and that which constitutes... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (M BOB WHELAN) http://naturalstrength.net/sreply/1505 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:40:47 PST http://naturalstrength.net/reply/1500/t/Taken.html#reply-1500 is a movie, and hence used a lot of artistic freedom. I am an active American Combato student, and I can tell you some of the moves like throat chops, and knees to the groin are simmilar to moves taught in American Cambato, but to my knowlege Professor Brad Steiner was not consulted as an expert for the set. (Their loss).
In fact, throughout the movie I was yelling at the screen (in the privacy of my own home) for the main character to do a side kick to the knee, or enter a room in a point shooting oposition instead of a weaver stance.
The point is, a movie is for entertainment only and should not be used for the bases of teaching personal self defense. Movies use what looks good not what works effectively. What works is often so simple it doesn't have the wow factor that directors are looking for.
Professor Steiner's System of American Combato focuses just as... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (psfisher) http://naturalstrength.net/sreply/1500 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:19:02 PST http://naturalstrength.net/topic/638/t/Taken.html
Keith.
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