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David Carradine: 'Kill Bill' Star's Tragic Death!
The death of the King of Pop Michael Jackson along with Farrah Fawcett and Walter Cronkite seems to have eclipsed all of the other sad passings of these past few months. One of them was the mysterious death of David Carradine star of the hit 70's series Kung Fu and the Quentin Tarantino classics 'Kill Bill' and 'Kill Bill vol2'. He was in Thailand shooting another movie when he met his end from some sort of misadventure. I say this because the curcumstances of his death seemed quite strange like a page out of a Walter Moseley or Dean Koontz mystery. But I'm not going to get into that because I have none of the facts and specualtion is rarely ever one hundred percent correct. What I want to talk about is what David Carradine meant to me and how he influenced my lifelong interest in the martial arts.
I was just a kid when the series Kung Fu debuted on network TV. Me and my siblings would sit in front of the tv anxious for this week's adventure to begin. The shows were poetic and in my view kind of visionary in that he always reflected back on lesson he learned while a student at the monastary and it's the first time I really saw flashback sequences used so well in film. Also I thought David Carradine was well versed in the art of Shao lin kung fu for it sure looked like it on film. Those fight sequences were choreagraphed well in slow-motion as opposed to being sped-up like in the Hong Kong cinema. I saw the same techniques being used several of Chuck Norris's early films. But I had no idea that David Carradine did know any dung fu so that shows just how good an actor he really was. I had never heard of him before the series and so I thought he was a martial arts instructor like Chuck Norris, or Bruce Lee ( Bruce Lee actually tried out for the film and got so mad when he didn't get it he went back 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 find out that David Carradine's was the son of world-renowned actor John Carradine (whom I'd never heard of) and several of his brothers were in the business as well (Keith and Robert Carradine). Inspite of it though he was a quick study and soon became a lifelong sudent of the art of kung fu.
I used to collect several martial arts mags and I would see big martial arts conventions that David would attend and reas some article by him on martial arts. He also did several movies where he show-cased his martial-arts ability (Lone Wolf McQuade, P.O.W., Kill Bill vol.2) and I must admit that I was impressed. Not only had he learned kung fu so he could kick some butt, but it seemed he had embraced the martial arts lifestyle and philosophy. That I was glad to see for so many only want to get into martial arts so they can either defend themselves or hurt somebody. It was good to know that he respected the art enough to learn more about it and make it a part of his life.
Now we've all heard about the drinking and the drug use, you know common Hollywood fodder. But from all indication David Carradine became a serious martial arts practitioner. Quai Chiang Kane, his most famous character from the Kung Fu series seemingly became a part of him. I believe he wanted to be Quai Chiang Kane the virtuous yet tough buddhist priest and to my knowledge never disparaged the role. In fact he did several tv movies of the character and returned in another series in the 90's 'Kung Fu: The Legendary Journeys' playing a modern day relation of the character. That show ran for six or more seasons (compared to the four of the original series) and just demonstrated the enduring love David's public had for the series and the character. I don't think he would mind being remembered as Quai Chiang Kane for those of us who 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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