I have recently begun trying to find out what form of martial art was used by the guy from Spain. I have heard of a style which utilizes only the feet, but was under the impression it was an Asian style, not Spanish.
IS this a real style or was it created for the sake of the film?
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I think it's a thing I've just discovered called Sitra Achra. A Spanish knife martial art
sharehis style was very interesting. What I didn't like was that they even had a guy from Africa that had no style but Van Damme didn't give us a Mexican Luchador since those years were when Lucha Libre exploded in Mexico.
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who cares what style it is. The only thing that matters is that Van Damme and Malota are awesome
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I thought they put in that fighter to give homage to Vega in STREET FIGHTER 2. "I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes."
shareCome on everybody... The ZIPOTA STYLE DOESN'T EXIST AT ALL. It's only a hoax, a stupid fake invented by some imaginative guy from texas. All I can say is that I'm spanish and I never heard about something like that.
This is the definition on the Wikipedia:
"Zipota or zipote is a martial art taught primarily in Texas in the United States and is closely related to the French martial art of savate. Both place an emphasis on kicks, though zipota has more throws and jump kicks, knee/shin and elbow strikes, joint manipulation and it includes aspects of stick fighting and knife fighting. Practitioners of the zipota are known as zipoteros (one who does zipote) or zipotones in Spanish. In zipota, the usual stick weapon is called the makila. The knife is called the saca tripa. It also uses pelotas as a throwing weapon. Stones thrown with the basket fly at high speed and can be lethal within 50 feet (as depicted, possibly inaccurately, in the film Thunder in the Sun)."
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipota)
Get serious... ¿"Zipoteros"? ¿"Stick weapon"? ¿"Saca tripa" (bowels ripper)? ¿throw stones...? For God's sake...
And I also think that the style used in the movie was created for that purpose, maybe mixing aspects from different styles.
pretty sure its tae kwan doe
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If you see the behind the scenes look at "The Quest", Peter Malota is also the fight choreographer. You can find those on YouTube.
shareHi. I am spanish, from Barcelona. I've been practicing martial arts since I was a child and I love to know abut martial arts. I'm a disciple of Xavi Moya, one of the greatest fighters of the spanish history. I've been practicing judo and boxing for several years, and also I've took lessons of muay thai, wing tsun, hung gar and BJJ. I've never heard of any spanish martial art in my life aside from the swordfighting and the bullfighting techniques. When we watch this movie we laugh a lot when the spanish guy comes out. It's really fun for us to be seen this way by you. :)
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