Buffy ,'Chosen'
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They demonstrate stunt fighting techniques and make affectionate fun of several common tricks that look really cool on camera but would be really stupid in an actual fight.
Wasn't that the one where he said that a lot of the fancy moves they do (on Highlander, and I swear on SGA with the stick fighting) are essentially baton-twirling skills?
Yep. That twirly move that Adrian Paul is so fond of, which presents no actual threat to an opponent.
That twirly move that Adrian Paul is so fond of, which presents no actual threat to an opponent.
Sheppard is really fond of the twirly move.
Yes, this revelation has me giggling at my desk.
which presents no actual threat to an opponent.
Look! I can twirl my sword! Ph3ar me!
I'm pretty sure you actually do use spins in one form of stick-fighting -- the Filipino discipline, perhaps? ita will know.
I haven't seen any useless ones in the Filipino stick fighting I've done--what might look like a twirl would actually be hitting your opponent or their weapon at some point in the arc.
That's what I meant to say -- that Filipino stick fighting spins are strictly functional.
Sheppard is really fond of the twirly move.
Yes, but can he spin them in opposite directions?
Yep. That twirly move that Adrian Paul is so fond of, which presents no actual threat to an opponent.
Ah, but imagine that sword with a counterweighted knob on each end, lit on fire...
So I'm finally watching the Christmas Invasion, the Dr. Who special. And apparently it's the introduction of Torchwood. Also, how is it that the Prime Minister is so familiar with all sorts of aliens? And they have translation software? WTH? Baffling. I did think the plastic Santas were kinda scary.