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The origin of starfleet combat training. (startrek.website)

submitted 11 months ago by Lydia_K@startrek.website to c/risa@startrek.website

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[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 58 points 11 months ago

[-] Neato@ttrpg.network 28 points 11 months ago

Holy shit. What's happening in the last one?

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 52 points 11 months ago

Kirk, Chekov, and Uhura were being held prisoner and forced to fight as thralls, so Kirk seduced lady gaga to steal the key and try to escape.

[-] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

I just watched the “human projectile” episode the other day. It does stand out as a baller move. Fitting for Kirk.

Lady Gaga. That’s damn funny.

[-] TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 15 points 11 months ago

Pow right in the kisser!

[-] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 11 months ago

Pow right in the kisser!

[-] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Kirk gives her the ole' Sean Connery (say it in your head in his voice)

[-] Fades@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

That wasn’t open handed tho

[-] Thteven@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Idk, but I'm betting 20 quatloos on the male.

[-] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago

So powerful no shirt can contain it.

[-] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 12 points 11 months ago

Only fair to credit Treklit author (and former marine) Dayton Ward for his Kirk-fu 2020 book and for coining the term.

Here’s an interview with Ward from the time of its release.

[-] wahming 4 points 11 months ago

Coining the term? Using fu as a suffix has been around since the Bruce Lee era.

[-] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago

Yes, ‘blank-Fu’ has been used since the 70s, but as a long time fan of both Trek and HK action films, I can’t say that what Shatner was doing in TOS was referred to in that way until recently.

Is it really so controversial to say 1) Kirk Fu became current in the fandom since the book was published; & 2) the meme is a clear lift from a published work and the drawings its artist Christian Cornia, they deserve credit?

[-] andyburke@fedia.io 11 points 11 months ago

For real something was wrong with the TOS stunt coordinator or something.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 23 points 11 months ago

It looks a lot like stage fighting. Something that would still be clear to viewers sitting really far away (or I guess with tiny, blurry 1960s TVs in this case).

[-] sirblastalot@ttrpg.network 2 points 11 months ago

There is a huge stage influence. Just look at how 90% of the planets are a couple of boulders in front of a cyc.

[-] dejected_warp_core@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago

It's basically that. These have a lot in common with pro-wrestling moves. They all carry some element of risk (like the drop kick), but the physicality isn't impossible to achieve with some coaching.

[-] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Nothing wrong at all. Nearly everything is overdone in the OG series. That’s why I love it.

[-] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

You laugh now, but just you wait until you get doublefisted by Kirk from behind.

[-] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 12 points 11 months ago

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

I read that double handed punch was popular in film back then because they needed big, dynamic attacks, that looked powerful, but they didn't have the fight choreography knowledge yet to use actual fighting moves. This move looks impactful, but doesn't actually do much damage, so they can go full force without concern of putting a star actor on disability.