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PALES in comparison to Human Weapon

posted 16 years ago by pglenn
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so I have only seen 3 or 4 episodes of this show but my mind is made - this show is TERRIBLE and the "hosts" are TERRIBLE - well, Jimmy Smith is acceptible but Doug Anderson seems to whine in every episode I have seen about everything and is completely self-centered.

Of course for the obvious comparison to Human Weapon, in which we were fed cool computer graphics to help us understand the moves and force behind the moves, we see the hosts having true respect fot the masters training them and the society around them, and we see hosts that actually care about learning the martial art for that episode.

Now, for Fight Quest, we get little if any of the hosts caring for or learning about the society around them, they constantly complain about having to learn something in 5days, and they dont seem to respect the master nor the martial art itself, ESPECIALLY the whiner Doug. All he seems to care about is the upcoming fight and winning the fight. In one episide he actially said he was going to ignore the kicks and movements that the master was trying to teach him and revert to just his boxing in the upcoming fight. well, whats the point of even training then?

anyways I may struggle and continue to watch a few more episodes of the show because I love martial arts, but if so maybe I'll just fast-forward through the "Doug" segments. and again a highlight for me of Human Weapon was actually learning a little about the society they were in and the background of the martial art. This show is all about "oh my god, master dude, we gotta fight in 5days, teach me one good magical punch or kick so I can win" and "oh man, dude, I got a callous on my foot or hand, this is hard training"...

Patrick

[–] Miles-10 13 years ago

You got that right, pglenn. One episode of Fight Quest focused on a bunch of California bikers who dabble in martial arts. What a bunch of posers. The most exciting thing that happened was that one of the hosts bashed into a metal pole head-first(I forget who but if it was Doug, couldn't have happened to a nicer guy). This was due more to his carelessness and clumsiness than to any skill on his opponent's part.

Compare the episodes on krav maga on Human Weapon and Fight Quest. You get a sense of the history and influences and street-combat seriousness of krav maga from HW while FQ leaves you wondering why this system is any different from any other martial art. Note, too, that HW got to train with the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) while FQ trained with some second-string krav maga group in Israel. The only contribution of FQ's krav maga ep was it showed a couple of seconds of IDF soldiers drilling in moves that use an empty firearm as a club. I believe HW alluded to that but did not go into it at all. Neither did FQ, really, but at least they did give a visual hint.

Over all, you can actually learn something from HW but there is not much to be learned from FQ. HW is for the thinking person while FQ is, as its title suggests, about a couple of guys trotting around the world looking for fights.

[–] Miles-10 13 years ago

I must correct and take back some things I said. Correction: It's the Israel Defence Force not the Israeli Defence Forces. Take back: "Human Weapon" DID demonstrate using the M16 as a club, which "Fight Quest" only hinted at. So FQ has no advantage here.

As to the CGI demos on HW, these actually do reinforce the demonstration of techniques because they clear away distractions. Of course, the physics formulae ARE overkill. I could almost imagine Sheldon from the TV series "Big Bang" watching HW only because he is among the small group of human beings who could actually grasp those formulae on the run.

[–] GamblinMike 13 years ago

The guys from Human Weapon are clowns (specially the big guy), they would complain the smallest things. Their jokes and the demonstration CGI was there to make up for what the hosts didn't have, balls. These are fight shows after all. Someone on this board complained that the Fight Quest hosts didn't have on-screen chemistry, leave that for a ubiquitous romantic comedy in Hollywood, this is about reality.

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