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3 comments about ''KILL THE GOLDEN GOOSE''.

1. Too bad there are no ZERO stars.. This "thing" would get it.
   OK, Parker WAS working for Elvis and so on.
   But apart from that, which is extremely minor, WHAT is this thing doing under "Elvis Presley" when you search for new Elvis Presley DVD's?
   Amazon sure had a strange way to put things together.
   Go ahead try it: Type "Elvis Presley" in DVD search and you'll get a certain number of DVD's... including this.
   Come on Amazon... wake up!



2. This of course is an older film but you still get to see Mr. Parker in action in this film. This is a definite martial arts masterpiece. If your into Kenpo you need to pick this up and see Mr. Parker doing Kenpo.



3. These are the Martial Arts Heroes that I grew up with. To have this
   film in my private library is a real treat. Master Han is a class act (as always). Having studied Kenpo I had hoped to see Master Parker
   step out of his character (in this film) and give more of a demonstration of his incredible hand speed. But, all in all... it has a reasonably
   good plot and was well worth the money.

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1 comments about The Pit Workout-Boxset mma mixed martial arts dvd John Hackleman Chuck Liddell UFC Kickboxing Champion Glover Teixeria Jujitsu Black Belt instruction spinning hammer fist hook upper cut roundhouse kicks front kick jab perry movement stance competition in k-1 octagon point sparing tapout century kenpo kempo.

1. This workout is tough! Alot of pushups, squats, squat thrusts, and bag workout make this one hell of a workout. The first 2 disc's are "the Pit workout" upper body, lower body and total body (with the world famous Pit blackjacks) workouts. The next disc is the "Crosspit" workout, Johns own version of Crossfit. Both workouts are not for the faint of heart but he does tell you to "go at your own pace". You will see results in a couple of weeks. John Hackleman pushes your muscles beyond pain and then he puts you on the bag to finish the fight. This box set is the best workout box set I have ever bought. As John says: "This aint Tae bo, this is the PIT!"

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5 comments about Killing Machine - Shorinji Kenpo.

1. And man was it powerful. Just as hard hitting emotionally as a lot of good american post war movies, BUT WITH KARATE. I have to admit that I really am not a huge fan of Sonny Chiba. But then again, I don't really like the street fighter movies. I grew up on that stupid iron eagle movie. i like him more in movies like shogun's assasin, shogun's ninja, kill bill, and storm rider's but this movie is more of the "street fighter" style and is in my personal opinion, BY FAR SONNY CHIBA's SINGLE BEST PERFORMANCE. Sonny Chiba, the greatest anti hero ever is truly a killing machine in this one.
   
   So basically every time you here a woman crying or someone is in trouble, SONNY CHIBA WILL START KILLING PEOPLE. Oh man was he awesome. He is not fighting some fat karate guy like he did in street fighter but he is playing a characeter named Doshin So. He was trained in Shaolin and eventually founded the style known today as Shorinji Kenpo. And Kenpo is beign used to just detroy people in thsi movie! He plays a renegade who after the war just gets pissed off at evreything wrong in the world and DOES SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!!! He doesn;t give up, just keeps noticign things that are wrong with his country becasue of the war and blows up. He is told to lay low, but oh no. He keeps teaching at his school and a young girl who he saved twice learns from him. So the local thugs know that Chiba is a badass and go to his school to offer him and his students money to take care of some criminal business they need done to capitilize on the post war depression, uh-oh. You just asked that question to the wrong guy. He declines of course but he goes to stop them and brings his students, of course. One of his students gets killed and uh-oh again. Yeah, some more limbs by the tens get broken and some are lost forever:)
   
   Overall this movie has a few big flaws, but with how low of a budget they had, it was truly an epic for it's time.
   
   Perfectly letterboxed picture, 5.1 sound is pretty good, and picture is surprisingly VERY good. Subtitles are also VERY good.
   
   Also some trailers including another one of my favorite chiba flicks-G.I. SAMURAI.
   
   I first saw this on the brentwood 10 pack-"Tough Guys of Kung Fu" and that is actually a pretty good buy. Full screened but probably best pictuer quality in the whole set. Still pretty bad though. I would only suggest the good version if you have the money and really enjoy this flick, casue i know I liked it enough that I had to egt teh other version. Well worth it! Enjoy.



2. Film ini mengenai sekilas perjalanan Doshin So, Sang Pendiri, cukup bagus walau sekilas, maklum film ini dibuat dalam waktu singkat, 2 minggu...!



3. This is one of Chiba's best flicks. Although they should have stuck with "Shorinji Kempo" for the title, (he's not really a killing machine, but a budo expert who undergoes a spiritual change) the movie is really good. It follows the adventures of Doshin So, the founder of the Shorinji Kempo martial art. It's not as hammy as the Street Fighter series, but not too serious either. If you like 70's choppy-socky, don't miss this one!



4. Along with his bio films on the life of karate legend Mas Oyama, Sonny Chiba Shinichi made this film about the life of the founder of Shorinji Kempo, So Doshin. (Chiba actually holds legitimate black belt rankings in both kyokushin karate and Shorinji kempo). As other reviewers have properly pointed out, this film was terribly misnamed for English speaking audiences as ""Killing Machine," which of course Master So was no such thing. He was, however, a true defender of the weak, a man who believed that love, peace, and justice, backed up by the power to punish, is the true way in martial arts and the way to an orderly society. I own both the VHS, English dubbed version (the one I saw in the movie theatre years ago when this film was first released in the USA) and the DVD, Japanese language version with subtitles. Far and away, the latter is the best of the two. So much is lost in the English dubbed version, it is far better to read the subtitles which are much closer to what the actors are actually saying. There is some excellent footage of training at the Shorinji Kempo World HQs in this film and some of the actors are members of the hombu dojo. In my estimation, Master So Doshin, whose life is depicted wonderfully well by Chiba in this film, was a true saint. Buy this DVD and see why.



5. When i first saw this film, it totally blew me away. I ordered this film thinking I was going to get nothing but senseless karate action with a moderate story plot. But instead I received it both ways. Incredible action, incredible story. The story was very dramatical. It was almost like a true war story, even though some of the events are fiction. It tells a tale of a japenese spy who gets fed up when he finds out that his country surendered and then he begins to loose control and starts killing everyone in his sight. He is then sent to a jail only to find out by a jail forman that he wants him to escape and leave out of sight. He then escapes and opens up his own martial arts school. Where he founded his own style (kenpo). He is then confronted with challenges around him that conflicts his school. That is when he has no choice but to become a killing machine. Sonny chiba is an incredible actor. I have only seen films such as the street fighter by him. But i never seen him act so dramatically in this role.
   
   This is a great film with incredible martial arts fights and a touching story line. I highly recomended you buy this film.

5 comments about The Perfect Weapon.

1. For anyone who wants to see a movie about the American Kenpo (martial art) system, this is THE definitive film about it. Choreographed by its founder, Senior Grandmaster Ed Parker before he died (the film was dedicated to him) and by Bryan Hawkins (another high ranking Kenpo Black Belt), this is the best film ever made about the Art and IMHO, the movie in which Jeff Speakman was at his prime. While the dialogue & storyline are not remarkable (except for my favorite quote: "It's not one of those hippie schools, is it?" LOL), it's the first feature film that discussed & showcased American Kenpo techniques, thus securing its place in MA film history. :)



2. This movie was a favorite of mine in High School. Like a lot of Martial art movies it has a bad plot and a cheese e dialog but the action more then makes up for it. It also has a lot of good one liners. I wish they would put this on DVD.



3. I loved the movie "The Perfect Weapon" and I agree with others..It should be made into a DVD.. My children and I still watch the VHS tape...I have made several tapes of it since I am afraid once its gone that is it!!! DVDs last forever...Great movie..Good values from Jeff Speakman.



4. And to sum it up, when the heck can we see a DVD release for this and Street Knight?
   
   If it's politics, legalities over rights, etc, please let everyone settle their differences and give two such fine films the DVD release they richly deserve.
   
   Or at least explain why.



5. One of the best martial arts movies of all time!!!!! The only problem with Jeff 's martial arts ability is that he is so fast that some of his movements are lost even when going frame by frame on a VHS tape. I'm really curious to see if that would be any better on a DVD. Get with it, movie studios! They are a lot of great movies on tape that should be on DVD.