cowboy bebop

[golden arhat]

i love that show
how realistic would u say the jkd in it is
?

[yenhoi]

I love it also, hard to catch it - its usually on very, very late.

7* probably digs it also.

I dunno about the realism of the JKD, I mean, it is a cartoon set in the future with robots and androids and what not.

[SevenStar]

yeah, I love it too. I own the series in english on vhs and in japanese on dvd. I've got the movie in english and japanese as well. If you are into that, you should look into samurai champloo as well.

As for the jkd, it's not that realistic, IMO.

1. it's an anime.

2. you never see spike trap or even clinch, nor do you see anything WCesque - unless he did sbg jkd. he uses a lot of high kicks and spinning kicks. you see him throw a few punches when he fights Ed's dad(hard luck woman?) and he uses in elbow in his fight in the casino (honky tonk woman). There are other punches to (the fight in the alley in Jupiter Jazz), but mainly kicks.

3. there are no real references to jkd in the series, if I remember correctly. He does have an affinity for a guy named Bruise Lee, but it's never revealed that he studies his style. However, in Waltz for Venus, he does say "be like water". There are a few other references to lee also, posters and such, and the character reminiscent of kareem abdul jabaar whom spike fought.

He may not have trained JKD. I think we just assume he did because of the "be like water" reference and all of the references to lee.

[doug maverick]

i know you guys are talking abou the ma in the show but check out this amv i did of the show: http://youtube.com/watch?v=AMy900DR8z4