Gumby Fu

September 29, 2006 12:57 PM

Kung Fu vs. Yoga. In French. (YouTube.)
posted by homunculus (23 comments total)

posted by Faint of Butt at 1:17 PM on September 29, 2006

dhalsim FTW.
posted by juv3nal at 1:19 PM on September 29, 2006

"Je vois que n'avez pas peur de la mort mes amis."
posted by blue_beetle at 1:23 PM on September 29, 2006

My shoulders and knees hurt.
posted by tkchrist at 1:35 PM on September 29, 2006

I love the cracking noises of his joints.
posted by rhapsodie at 1:46 PM on September 29, 2006

Bah. He didn't breathe fire or use twenty-foot-long limbs once.

Next.
posted by Schlimmbesserung at 1:48 PM on September 29, 2006

That was neat, but I had to stop watching it because it was making me nauseous. That cracking sound... yecch.
posted by MegoSteve at 2:38 PM on September 29, 2006

Yeah, well, you should see what Pilates will do to them!
posted by DenOfSizer at 2:42 PM on September 29, 2006

great concept, but it got boring.
posted by empath at 2:44 PM on September 29, 2006

Yeah, well, you should see what Pilates will do to them!
Arr! Keelhaul the filthy lubbers, an' drink rum from thar bloody skulls!

Oh. Wait. Pilates. Nevermind.
posted by Rubber Soul at 2:56 PM on September 29, 2006 [1 favorite]

Forget pilates, what about Tai Bo?
posted by triolus at 3:12 PM on September 29, 2006

Forget Tai Bo, I'm thinking the eyebrows of the Juice Tiger guy.
posted by isopraxis at 3:33 PM on September 29, 2006

While this rates high on the awsome scale, I seriously could have done without the cracking.
posted by zerokey at 3:48 PM on September 29, 2006

While this rates high on the awsome scale, I seriously could have done without the cracking. - zerokey

I didn't notice the cracking the first time I watched it. After reading this comment, I watched it again, and it was 10 times funnier. Laugh out loud funny.
posted by gummo at 4:17 PM on September 29, 2006

High speed contortionists are creepy. Thank god they only use their powers for good.
posted by quin at 4:29 PM on September 29, 2006

I washed my hands of the Pilates method.
posted by darkstar at 4:38 PM on September 29, 2006

Forget pilates, what about Tai Bo?

posted by JeremiahBritt at 6:35 PM on September 29, 2006

The cracking was no doubt dubbed, but it certainly didn't help with the nausea factor of watching human limbs do...that. Certainly a very clever concept for a kung fu movie.
I'm wondering, though...was this a kung fu movie with an Indian "yogi" in it, or a Bollywood spoof of a kung fu movie?
posted by uosuaq at 6:37 PM on September 29, 2006

Schlimmbesserung for the win!

uosuaq: Kung Fu vs Yoga was a HK production with an Indian as the Yoga master. Came out in 1979. Distributed in the US under the Dolemite Shaolin Collection name. Similar to the Wu Tang Clan and Snoop Dog stuff.

I wish these "distributors" would do something good with the gems like this they get a hold of. Why did Snoop Dog trash such a funny movie and then get MTV to show it? uggh.
posted by infowar at 8:20 AM on September 30, 2006

he doesn't actually seem to be using yoga poses though. could this guy could beat sonny chiba??
posted by fuq at 9:08 AM on September 30, 2006

Bah. He didn't breathe fire or use twenty-foot-long limbs once.

I'v got your twenty-foot-long limbs right here.
posted by homunculus at 10:02 AM on September 30, 2006

OMG! How did he make his arms get so long, homunculus? That's impossible! He should sell that trick to the penis pump companies!
posted by PigAlien at 10:21 AM on September 30, 2006

the funniest part is the comment where somebody calls it an offense to martial artists.

great video. thanks.
posted by mrgrimm at 10:54 AM on September 30, 2006