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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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04-19-2011, 01:15 AM
zuludelta
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Ok, here's a "behind-the-scenes" filecard nugget that I don't think has been mentioned yet (although it's probably of interest only to martial arts enthusiasts):
In Torpedo's
original filecard
, it mentions that he's a black belt in kenpo (along with Wushu, Goju-ryu karate, and being an expert in the use of the
balisong
).
In an interview with Mark Bellomo, Hama expanded on Torpedo's kenpo training. Turns out that he wanted to write that Torpedo specifically practiced
Shorinji Kempo
(which is basically Nippon-ized
Shaolin kung-fu
... the Japanese characters for writing "Shorinji Kempo" and "Shaolin kung-fu" are actually the same). Now, here's the martial arts nerd part: Shorinji Kempo doesn't actually award black belts. They award arm bands (and none of them in the colour of black) to indicate progression in the art (and yeah, there are no coloured belts in
wushu
either). Anyway, for the longest time, I thought the kenpo reference in Torpedo's filecard was a nod to Hawaiian kenpo, a.k.a.
American kenpo
(y'know, since Torpedo's from Hawaii and all).
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