Not to say a completely inexperienced actor could come in and "play" the part of a Karate black belt like this with only a bit of rehearsal, but his demonstration certainly looks closer to this than you'd expect from a Karate master. It might have been impressive in 1963 when Asian Martial Arts were an underground novelty, and viewers wouldn't have know better. But by today's eyes, a novice white belt would look more impressive. That spinning kick was completely amateurish and laughably uncoordinated. It should be a move performed thousands of times but looks like a one off for the camera. That jerky gyrating movement movement during the sparring scene looks like someone who doesn't know what real Karate looks like. He's not even kicking at one point, and is just awkwardly jumping up and down with his knees like he has no ability to kick above his waist. And that spin kick... shows he didn't have the true flexibility and dexterity of a real Martial Artist who performs those moves thousands of times. He was a fraud and a con-man.
Ed Parker... the L Ron Hubbard of martial arts. a true fraud, conman, liar, and shitbag. the guy was never a black belt in anything. all his background was fabricated, and his kenpo is pure idiocy and fantasy nonsense. the guy was never in a fight, and never ever sparred anyone.
Looked like Ed Parker was hamming it up throughout this scene. . . With the exception of the breaking technique segment. Nice to know he had a sense of humor!!
The "father of American Kenpo" on the I love Lucy Show. :) Needed to pay the bills for his Karate school? Who was the "Sensei"? Was he actually a known martial artist? I've only head of Ed (of the 3 martial artists) in this clip. Live seeing name martial artists make guest appearances. Just for the fun of it. But they rarely make them look good.
