Friday 22 February 2008

Real practitioners of fictional martial arts

A thought grew upon me recently that at least a few fans must have tried to practice fictional martial arts from their favourite books, movies, TV shows or games. I know there are a group of Jedi swordfighters in Los Angeles, and I think I can safely assume that a few fans of Star Trek's Klingons have gotten together to flesh out moQ'bara into something more solid.

The question that follows, then, is whether these martial arts are made less fictional by having real practitioners, or if it moves the practitioners themselves further from reality.

Mokalus of Borg

PS - Most people would argue for the latter.
PPS - Especially when it involves wearing Klingon make-up.

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