I always loved when you wrote about cinematic action, going all the way back to your Stunt People reviews. To this day, no one breaks down techniques/choreo/angles the way you did and it's why I'll watch any essay video you decide to put out. This was amazing.

Around 15:00, I'm glad you showed that Bruce Lee's kick was a hook kick instead of a roundhouse. Because for YEARS, I always thought it was a roundhouse.

He does it and he's a legend, when I do flying kicks in my yellow onesie everybody just says I'm weird

@hyphenmovies

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Sir, this is a Wendy's

The first martial art movie I ever watched was Bloodsport and I became obsessed with it, especially because of the training sequence on the beginning. Later on, I came across Jackie Chan and Jet Li movies until I was finally able to purchase a set of Bruce Lee movies on DVD. Suddenly, martial art movies weren't just entertainment, they were practical and filosophical. This reinforced my interest on martial arts from Street Fighter and, particularly, my favorite character from the Alpha series, Guy. This character originally from Final Fight shared some similarities with Bruce Lee who went from China to San Francisco when he was young much like Guy who went from Japan to the fictional Metro City. The backflip kick from Enter the Dragon (17:47) is almost identical to Guy's Kamaitachi. Plus, the mix of traditional and urban elements such as Bruce Lee wearing a pair of yellow and black sneakers in contrast to his martial art and Guy wearing a pair of white and red Air Nike sneakers in contrast to his Bushinryu ninja garment, which led me to actually practice ninjutsu. Ultimately, I think is important for us to have this examples, be the legendary Bruce Lee or a fictional character like Guy, Ryu, Jin or any other game, manga, anime character. This alone keep our individual interest on what is actually important: Improving the health of both mind and body.

What other action essays would you like to see?

@Foamnerd

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Getting more into the Hong Kong handoff would be super interesting!

@Faramik2000

Жыл бұрын

hmm probably the art of taking a hit

@fourscorpio

Жыл бұрын

This was awesome! I think a great follow up would be how Jackie Chan and the Hong Kong handover influenced Hollywood movies -- you touched on it with this video a little bit. I grew up watching Jackie Chan movies in Hawaii, before he got noticed by the USA (from "Rumble in the Bronx")

@Tekkenandgaming

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Do as many as you can! I’ll be here for all of them, you are awesome man.

@cunningpanda

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Maybe one about Jackie and his stunt team. Absolutely action cinema legends!

The first of many to come. Every segment of the video could open up the possibility for further exploration in a future video. Can't wait to see more!

This is absolutely great, you've done his memory proud. I'm 36 and grew up just obsessed with martial arts. Thankfully I had some amazing movies to watch because of it. Miss the old Hong Kong cinema :(

MOOOOORE!!!! Your perspective on action scenes and stunts is pretty unique. Maybe we can get "The Art of Cinematic Punching" next? I don't know how that essay would go, but if it comes from you, I can't wait!

Eric Jacobus is America's version of Jackie Chan. Why no enterprising producer has been able to take this tremendously imaginative, dynamic, and exciting to watch talent and bring him to American audiences is beyond me. Another example of unrealized potential in the martial arts movie genre. But fear not. Until we get a blockbuster film starring this amazing, much deserving talent, enjoy this superb essay on the art of cinematic kicking, by the man, Eric Jacobus, himself. I'm betting he'll be back, better than ever :)

@jokerfleckcast3196

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he reminds me of the hong kong masters of the 80s! get this man his own film series like jackie chan. what a guy!

Another person that people say Bruce learned kicks from is his friend TKD Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee. They’ve got beach pictures throwing high kicks at each other and he also took Bruce to all the big karate tournaments.

Thanks Eric. This is powerful. Bruce Lee was never shy to learn from others. That made him GREAT!!!!

I quite like that shonky kick from Ji Han-jae. Shows how powerful he was that even with rough form, he can still knock you sideways.

This series is the best thing since your Tekken takes, I love both of the episodes so far. MOAR please :D

This was everything I needed in a video essay on martial arts films

A scholar and a warrior. Great presentation. Miss ya, brother!

This was kickass

Well done Eric. This deserves more view , likes and comments.

Honestly an incredible job Eric Jacobus I can hear the passion in your voice for Martial Arts In film as well the Hong Kong Culture and saying Bruce Lee's Cantonese name Lei Siu Long Thank Man Keep up with the Action Essay's I love it and I also watched the Donnie Yen one beautiful work!

We need to see Eric on The #ArtOfAction, make it happen #ScottAdkins!

Eric's dad beard is coming in nicely

A student of the TKD grandmaster Henry Cho, the creator the All-American Open martial arts tournament that used to be at Madison Square Garden in New York, once told me that Lee studied high kicks for film with her instructor. She has since passed away (as has grandmaster Cho), so the particulars are probably lost to time.

For the first video essay. Honestly perfection. Keep it up

What an amazing and thorough breakdown! Loved this

Excellent breakdown. Would definitely love to see you do more of these

Love the way that you explored other martial arts and their influences on each other and how it eventually came to Film. Looking forward to seeing your future work! 🙏

Thank you for taking the time to make and share this, this. was extremely informative and amazingly well done. Would love more of this educational content or even passing things that you might think about. Stay well!

This is DOPE, informative, and just the right length. I appreciate you incorporating your POV as well.

thank you so much for making this 🤩

amazing video, it contains information I have never heard before!

Incredible stuff! Can't wait to see more.

Loved this Eric! Very nicely paced and some really interesting info. Would love to see more!

This was an INCREDIBLE breakdown, thank you so much.

Great job Eric. Love how this became a surprise Bruce Lee documentary

amazing essay

OMG I'm over the moon at how good this essay are! A new era in the Eric Jacobus channel! More please!

I love this! Focusing on the technique and not just scene in and of itself. Amazing!

Beautifully said Eric 👏

Absolutely brilliant Eric,it’s because of Bruce Lee why I took MartialArts over 47 plus years ago 🙏🏽☯️🙏🏽

amazing

Awesome vid! Need more of these.

This was amazing . Thank you .

This is great man! I recommend this to anyone looking to get into kung fu or action acting films . Bruce Lee was known for his kicks. Dynamic kicking is something that a 34 year old man who has been a fan of Bruce Lee for over 20 years has never actually really practice. I basically only practiced one or two kicks one for sure the sidekick. I want what Bruce Lee wanted to do eclipse all the other kickers in the industry. He became just as good as Chuck Norris and anyone else. 10:51 I agree Bruce was getting inspiration from them. Look at his stance compared to the other guy in white it’s the same except for Bruce Lee has maybe a half inch shorter width stance, and his heel about a half inch off the ground, a eppe or fencing stance. 11:00 I agree with you that Bruce Lee brought theatre, and I can see it and I’m looking for the first time with fresh eyes. 12:13 I would love to see that kick in film, there’s three guys in a line and the TKD guy does a flying tripple lead round kick at the three of them in the face using the same right leg, 😱. Isn’t Bruce Lee’s yellow one piece overall suit a skiing suit? I think he went skiing with someone and they used those.

Blessings for this more to Love Bruce for.

I definitely didn't expect Sepak Takraw to be mentioned here... wow...

AWESOME!!

Thank you Eric.

Thank you for this video!

Thanks for coming on and sharing your knowledge Eric.

Yessss! Loved it! I want to see more ! ❤️

Bruce Lee's wife,The late Linda Lee told the story about how Bruce Lee and the director of The Big Boss clashed and didn't get along especially when it came to the fight scenes.Bruce Lee had his own revolutionary ideas about how fights in films should be and the director didn't get or grasp the concept.But,in the end Bruce's ideas won and changed the way fight scenes were choreographed and shot(filmed).

Amazing breakdown. Keep it up.

amazingly done man great shit

Imagine if Bruce Lee lived longer. What kind of martial art cinema we would have.

This is the type of video i've always wanted!

I miss Bruce too - once again excellent video - thanks Eric!

80's. Yeah. That's exactly the era I noticed when random kung fu movies I'd watch still had high quality.

My good sir these 2 essay videos are amazing. You know your onions about contact sports. Thank you. Enjoyed it

This was really informative and entertaining, thank you for making this! Would definitely look forward to more of these! Cheers!

Well researched, entertaining and enlightening.

I can't read much because I find looking at screens close up difficult, so don't read blog posts about Martial Arts much. Video format for this kind of thing is great.

This essay was brilliant, Really great work.

Perfect video essay

thanks eric, great breakdown, with your knowledge, there's so many possibilities for video essays. examples, powder hits, cardboard boxes, slow motion hits, the hk style falls, one take choreography, list goes on and on. so glad you're doing this type of video!!

love the video man please do more of these

Thank you sir. Thank you very much.

Awesome as always

Brilliant video 👍

Thank you so much for making this

This was awesome! You're so knowledgeable about the history! Really great Essay

That was a really great video, it put to light things I never really thought about from the martial arts action movies I love. More of these essay videos please, it was great, and clear you put in a lot of work on the research for it!

Awesome I love it. Great

This is a well done essay enlighted me on many aspects of the art of kicking..Good job Eric.

Eres un grande Eric.

Big ups yo!!! Great Video. Keep this video series going. It's great that you dug into the history of kicking and broke these moves down. Also, Shout out to my late sifu Wing Lam in one of those clips.

Wow! This was such an incredible breakdown!! Looking forward to more!

Beautifull thanks ✌️😎✨

Legend! I just went out of my mind with your dictionary of kicking and the Tekken imitations. Also your choreographies are insane. Return to action as soon as possible, buddy!!!

Great stuff!!

Excellent essay, a wealth of experience and observation!

Good stuff Eric.

That was amazing dude. I am dying to see the next breakdown.

Found out about your work because I read you're the stunt mocap for KRATOS in the 2 most recent God of War titles. Never knew I'd stumble on this diamond in the rough. This was beyond impactful. Gained a greater respect for Bruce and Stunt crews in general. Thanks a bunch! Already subbed because I need more of this kind of content, have a good one.

Dude. This is an absolutely fantastic video. Like... genuinely brilliant. This will become a legendary piece that martial arts movie heads will be talking about for fucking years. Hearing someone with this amount of understating, knowledge and passion for martial arts cinema just stepping up and delivering what I can only describe as an essay on fucking cinematic kicking... I hope your planning another video along these lines! Seriously, this is one of the best things I've watched in years. Thanks pal.

@MantisRapture

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Just realized I described this video as an 'essay'... when that's exactly what you've called it in the actual name of the video... I deserve a nicely framed, expertly performed, dynamic kick to the head.

Great video

Excellent job bro!

Amazing ! I love this channel. Wow!

best channel!

Loved it. Great work! :)

I'm glad i found you!

This was great ! super instructive and well researched. Thanks, definitely want to see more.

Every night before he goes to sleep, Quentin Tarantino checks under his bed for Bruce Lee...

dope stuff dude

Could you do a documentary on 80s action female kickers - that would be awesome! Cheers Eric!

@EricJacobusOfficial

Жыл бұрын

That's a great idea. It all starts with Angela Mao!

awesome content

I can believe the French bringing their Savate kicking techniques to Asia, because if you look at Karate when it was first developed in Okinawa it didn't have the dynamic kicking techniques that Shotokan and all the other styles of karate have today, Shotokan itself was only developed in the early 20th century by Funakoshi Gichin who himself had traveled to mainland Japan from Okinawa, original Okinawan Karate had kicks more akin to those found in Southern Kung Fu styles because it came from Okinawans who traveled to China and learned Kung Fu but adapted it into their own style...and if I'm not mistaken the kicks in French Savate were meant to emulate the slashing and thrusting movements of a Rapier or sword such as in fencing since by the 1800s, carrying of bladed weapons were outlawed in Europe, Savate matches even some what follow rule set and are performed in a similar way to Fencing as well, add to that the colonies that the French had in SouthEast Asia so there was probably quite a lot of cross pollination and an exchange of ideas, just like how boxing got incorporated into Muay Boran to end up creating Muay Thai....Jesse Enkamp from the Karate Nerd channel did a few great videos breaking down the history of how French Savate influenced kicking in Karate, even down to the way point sparring matches are fought specifically in Shotokan and the stances used....other than that great video essay as always, your in depth knowledge of martial arts film industry and the many cultural nuances that find their way into these films is always a treat to learn about.

This video was great, you need to do a whole series, even a Ken burns' style documentary. I miss your tekken irl, one day you'll release lucky Chloe and all it's mad genius.

it's look pretty greate. Hope that you will do more of this in the future

Thank you

Damn! As a fellow stuntman / martial artist I can only say - this was a great essay ;) keep on making more of these...

great again, whatched the #2 nd first.