Happy ThanksGIFing/Thanksgiving! (2018-2020 edition)

Welcome to my Happy "ThanksGIFing" 2018-2020 post! Previous posts can be found here:

• Happy ThanksGIFing! (and Happy Thanksgiving 2013!)
• Happy ThanksGIFing/Thanksgiving! (2014 edition)
• Happy ThanksGIFing/Thanksgiving! (2015-2016 edition)
• Happy ThanksGIFing/Thanksgiving! (2017 edition)

Happy Thanksgiving to my readers who celebrate! In my sojourn through this thing we call Life, I always express gratitude daily. Helps me to keep things in perspective.

I give thanks to you readers for your continued support in spreading word about my blog and sharing posts!  

I thank you for joining me in my Sojourn of Septillion Steps... THANK YOU!!


Let us get this started. Here are the most popular GIF Sets of 2018-2020 (well the day after Thanksgiving 2018 through Thanksgiving 2020) ... ENJOY!!

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2018-2020 Most Popular GIF Sets in Descending Order

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Kicking off the Top 10 most popular GIF sets countdown ...

• Enter the Dragon GIF Set 10 (John Saxon)

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#9:

• Enter the Dragon GIF Set 11 (John Saxon)

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The 8th most popular GIF set is of Jackie Chan using a scarf to defend himself against a knife:

• The Foreigner - Flexible X Knife animated GIF set

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#7 of this countdown list:

• Enter the Dragon GIF Set 8 (John Saxon)

RIP John Saxon

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This is the 6th most popular GIF set:

• Top 15 Bruce Lee kicks in Enter the Dragon (1973)

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We arrive at the halfway point of the countdown:

• What is Mobile Kicking? by Badger Johnson

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The GIF set of a scene of Alec Baldwin and Fred Ward in the movie Miami Blues came in at #4:

• Saps in Movies - Miami Blues (1990)

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Here is the 3rd most popular set of this list:

• Slungshots in TV: Burn Notice S06E08 (2007)

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Coming in as the 2nd most popular GIF set from this period:

• Top 8 Bruce Lee Kicks in The Way of the Dragon (1972)

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And the most popular GIF set from 2018-2020 is:

• Vengeance (1970) - Mala fight - GIFs and video

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Hope you all enjoyed this recap of the GIFs I've made from 2018 Thanksgiving through 2020 Thanksgiving. Happy ThanksGIFing! Looking to make more GIFs for 2021!

I remain very truly yours in GIF-making :)

~Stickgrappler

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Vengeance (1970) - Mala fight - GIFs and video

Friends, it's Friday and you know what that means? It's "Flexible Friday"! I can hear you asking what is "Flexible Fridays"? LOL

On some Fridays this year, I will post a video and an animated GIF set from Movies/TV featuring a flexible weapon in use. Today's Flexible Friday features a fight from the Shaw Brothers classic film, Vengeance (1970), where a BG (bad guy) uses a mala (a string of beads) on David Chiang.

Enjoy!

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The scene spliced into 3 animated GIFs.

 

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Some of the isolated actions from the scene:

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(Begin Billy Mays voice) "But wait, there's more!"  :)  (/voice)
3 bonus GIFs

 

 

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Please check my Projects page for more videos/GIFs on Flexible Weapons in Movies/TV.

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The Foreigner - Flexible X Knife animated GIF set

Friends, it's Friday and you know what that means? It's "Flexible Friday"! I can hear you asking what is "Flexible Fridays"? LOL

On some Fridays this year, I will post a video and an animated GIF set from Movies/TV featuring a flexible weapon in use. Kicking off this new project, today's Flexible Friday features a fight from Jackie Chan's new film, The Foreigner, where a BG (bad guy) uses a knife on Jackie and he is able to grab an 'equalizer'.

Enjoy!

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Knife thrust to slash

The wrap and turn to throw

Ippon! :)

The Choke

All-In-One GIF:  The Wrap, Throw, & Choke

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BONUS GIFS

The Wrap & the Throw

Choke

Choke switchover

Extended All-In-One GIF

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Please check my Projects page for more videos/GIFs on Flexible Weapons in Movies/TV.

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Paladin Press - James Keating's Legacy of Steel

Legacy of Steel

An Exclusive Look at James Keating's Riddle of Steel Training Camp

with James A. Keating

SKU LSDVD-P

805966 045030
150 minutes


DESCRIPTION

Every year a diverse group of doctors, lawyers, soldiers, cops and government spooks gathers in a remote canyon in Idaho with one purpose in mind: to master the art of fighting with knives. Their destination is James A. Keating's Riddle of Steel, a four-day camp featuring the highest-speed tactical knife training available on the planet. Now you can share their experience at this legendary event. In this dynamic two-disc DVD set, Paladin gives you an exclusive look at the 10th anniversary Riddle of Steel. Keating and his COMTECH staff present detailed instruction in every aspect of fighting with and against edged weapons, including standard and reverse-grip Filipino knife fighting, Bowie-style knife dueling tactics, advanced reflex training drills and combat-proven empty-hand defenses against edged-weapon attacks. These videos also reveal the secrets of little-known techniques like non-telegraphic striking, "invisible" strikes and knife disarms with improvised weapons.

AUTHOR BIO

James A. Keating has been in the field of personal defense for more than 30 years. Best known for his groundbreaking work with edged weapons, Keating is considered a primary resource for state-of-the-art knife and counterknife skills. His videos on the defensive use of edged weapons are the best-selling videos of their kind.

CHAPTER LIST

DVD CHAPTER LIST 
1) Knife Manipulation 
2) Left-Hand Path: Self-Defense with Knives 
3) Empty Hand Against Knife 
4) Cutting Techniques 
5) Improvised Weapons Against Knives: The Bandana 
6) The Right-Hand Path: Bowie-Knife Tactics

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Index of Paladin Press site archived pages:

• Paladin Press (1970-2017) - The end of an era :(

Stickgrappler's Note: I am guessing the Paladin site will be shut down at the end of the year and I'm archiving select Paladin Press pages to my blog to preserve an essential part of martial arts from 1970-2017. Archiving some of my favorite Paladin titles.

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The Accountant (2016) - farm fight GIFs and video

In "The Accountant" from 2016, Ben Affleck plays an accountant who is a math savant. He is hired to uncook the books for a new client as the Treasury Department closes in on his activities.

Affleck learnt Silat for his role as Christian Wolff the accountant. I was a little disappointed in the fight scenes, although I was entertained by the movie. Affleck has said Wolff is one of 5 favorite characters he has portrayed to date. The best fight scene IMO was Affleck's use of his belt to defend himself against Tait Fletcher's knife.

Fletcher played Thug #1 and he deployed his knife in his fight against Affleck. Ben took off his belt to use vs the knife.

Apologies if the page loads slowly, but I didn't want to split up the GIFs and make separate posts.  Enjoy the video as well as 16 GIFs!

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You can find the video at the link below if the embed video didn't work above:

• https://www.facebook.com/www.stickgrappler.net /videos/1371652709552626/

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Here are 9 GIFs splicing up the fight scene:

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Here is the All-in-One GIF of the scene:

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6 extra GIFs isolating for one aspect of the scene:

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Here's hoping there will be a sequel!

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Please check my Projects page for more videos/GIFs on Flexible Weapons in Movies/TV.

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