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Dec 17, 2013 · Tom Laughlin was a long-time student of the martial art hapkido, and he performed many of his own fighting moves in the movie. But in one particular scene he was forced to use a stunt...
Jan 14, 2007 · Han became a student of Choi, considered one of Korea’s best fighting masters, then entered a Buddhist monastery to further develop his martial arts knowledge.
Aug 2, 1971 · Billy Jack: Directed by Tom Laughlin. With Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Clark Howat, Victor Izay. Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway.
The film was among the first to introduce martial arts, especially hapkido, to American audiences and contained elements of Jungian psychology, and fictional depictions of American Indian beliefs, depicting a tribe that does not exist, the "Nishnobie".
Dec 16, 2013 · Tom Laughlin, a filmmaker who drew a huge following for his movies about the ill-tempered, karate-chopping pacifist Billy Jack, died Thursday at a Thousand Oaks hospital.
Tom Laughlin had no martial arts training before he started training for the movie. He studied under a master teacher for six months before filming started.
Dec 16, 2013 · Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin wrote the script and starred in the movie) gave us the first glimpse of what was to be an explosion of martial arts within two years. This is the video clip that started the craze.
Dec 16, 2013 · Tom Laughlin, who invented and played the movie character "Billy Jack" — a half-white, half Native American Vietnam veteran who used martial arts skills to battle racists — died last week.
Dec 12, 2013 · Billy Jack's use of martial arts was innovative at the time. The film struck an amazing chord among the country's youth, especially college students and the socially committed. It was not...
Dec 19, 2013 · A troubled ex-Green Beret with Native American blood, Billy stomped through the West in a black hat and a denim jacket, confronting injustice and protecting hippies and pacifists from small-town bullies and thuggish sheriffs with his martial arts wizardry.
