movie stunts are pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[Kyle Nuva]

haven seen kamen rider, some of their final attacks has the rider sitting down or floating in the air, idk

the flying kick, jumping, falling and kicking again. wtf is that black magic

in super sentai kyoryuger, the Zyudenryu does some kick attack and what comes to mind is they got some prop off screen with legs fixed to perform some kicks or the actor in suit is idk suspended in the air or is laying on their back

lets lets try other examples people will know more

Vin and the Rocks height diff

this even happened to keanu for a meme

character stuck in the rain

stuck in the cold

doing stupid scenes like in knuckles episode 4
omfg, for years i have been cringing long before the word was invented, i cant stand seeing people act like total idiots in film and on tv just to have a role and get a easy paycheck

when they might film a scene too many times maybe

how characters fall into a pit and land on very little with death below but survive

the stupid count down bomb cliche

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the flying kick, jumping, falling and kicking again. wtf is that black magic

the one where you jump and kick people like 20 times, each kick giving you enough leverage to jump again?

it's a technique on the shaolin/silat spectrum. shaolin often involves training muscles enough to perform that kind of jump using only your calves for leverage, and the jumping double kick is a novice level technique in silat. you see dan use it in street fighter, as well as in shura no toki, and it's usually wildly op in any media it shows up in.

most of the time people just respond with xiaoli to the kicks and there's no way to gain purchase, so it's just the one or two kicks you can do in the air, but there are extended forms of eagle style that train for instances where people try to absorb the kicks with hardness instead. ultimately gravity is assisting the fighter, whereas normally leaving the ground robs you of the earth's leverage.

I think walking all over someone while they're standing up is pretty cool, and is probably why it's so popular. despite being a pretty risky and situational technique.