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The death of the King of Pop Michael Jackson alongside Farrah Fawcett and Walter Cronkite appears to have eclipsed all other past sad the last few months. One was the mysterious the death of David Carradine, star of the hit series 70, Kung Fu and the classic Quentin Tarantino 'Kill Bill' and 'Kill Bill vol2. I was in Thailand filming of another film when he met his end in some kind of misfortune. Curcumstances I say this because his death seemed very strange, like a page from Walter Moseley mystery or Dean Koontz. But I will not go into that because I have none of the facts and specualtion is seldom one hundred percent correct. What I talk about is what David Carradine meaning for me and how she influenced my lifelong interest in martial arts.

I was just a child when the Kung Fu series debuted on TV network. Me and my brothers sitting in front of the TV adventure eager this week to start. The sample is poetry in my class and visionary in light of that always reflected in the lesson he learned as an undergraduate in the monastery and is the first time I really saw flashback sequences used very well on film. Also I thought David Carradine was well versed in the art of Shaolin Kung Fu, to ensure that appeared in the film. These fight sequences were well choreagraphed slow motion instead of sped-up as in Hong Kong cinema. I saw the same techniques that are used several of the early films of Chuck Norris. But I had no idea David Carradine that knew nothing about fu dung, which shows just how good an actor he was. I had never heard of him before the series and I thought I was a martial arts instructor as Chuck Norris or Bruce Lee (Bruce Lee really tried to enter the cinema and not get angry when he returned to Hong Kong to make movies) or even Robert Wall (fight choreographer for Black Belt Jones and co-starred with John Saxon in Enter the Dragon). It was surprising to discover that David Carradine was the son of renowned actor John Carradine (who had never heard) and several of his brothers were in the business as well (Keith and Robert Carradine). Despite that though was a quick study and soon became a permanent sudent art of kung fu.

I used to collect several martial arts magazines and I like to see great conventions of martial arts that David would attend and reas an article by him in the martial arts. He also made several movies showing their skill-packed martial arts (Lone Wolf McQuade, POWs, Kill Bill Vol 2), and I must admit I was impressed. Not only had he learned kung fu kick to rear but seemed to have adopted the lifestyle of the martial arts and philosophy. I was happy to see so many just want to get into martial arts so that can defend themselves or hurt someone. It's good to know that he respected the technique enough to learn more about it and make it part of your life.

Now we've all heard talk of drinking and drug use, you know common Hollywood fodder. But all indications David Carradine became a serious martial arts practitioner. Chiang Quai Kane, his most famous character in the series Kung Fu, apparently became a part of it. I wanted to be Quai Chiang Kane, virtuous Buddhist priest but hard, to my knowledge never underestimate the role. Indeed he did several TV movies and the character returns in another series in the 90's Fu 'Kung: The Legendary Journeys "playing the character a modern relationship. That show ran for six or more seasons (compared to four in the original series) and the public just to show the abiding love David had for the series and character. I would not mind being remembered as the Quai Chiang Kane for those of us we grew up watching the show will always remember.

About the Author:

Daniel Asamota is an African American author purportedly of West Indian descent whose book ‘Mound Bayou’ has set the literary world ablaze. Now check out Daniel Asamota’s new novella ‘Cricket Man’ at www.cricketman.net. Also check out his website www.Dasamota.com or his e-mail at dasamota@yahoo.com.

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