The purpose of this blog is to provide evidence for the claim Japanese people inserted their knowledge of real life kung fu and kung fu principles into the cartoon Dragonball Z.
In the video that is the subject of this blog entry, Bulma is being chased by bad guys. The bad guys are flying in helicopters and shooting at her as they chase her down a road. She is cornered and turns to face her assailants.
They bad guys move in for the finish which causes Bulma to lose all hope. When she does, she falls to the ground.
The way that Bulma falls to the ground is related to kung fu principles. She does not fall down in a random fashion. She falls down in a very specific manner that would have had to have been drawn that way for a reason. The reason is related to the idea of internal martial arts. Men are considered naturally external, while women are considered naturally internal.
The specific way Bulma falls to the ground is an indication of the internal nature of her body. Just because all women are naturally internal though does not mean they would all fall down the way Bulma does. Only woman who had strong internal strength would fall the way Bulma does, or possibly women who had been trained in how they should move. Those women would move their bodies as if they had strong internal strength as a way to train their internal strength. Women would did not have strong internal strength could fall down in any number of the myriad ways one could imagine a human body falling to the ground.
I will not point out exactly what it is about Bulma’s movement that signifies strong internal strength because it would involve a lengthy explanation, and because it would be beneficial for the viewer to figure out on their own what it is that is special about the way Bulma falls to the ground. The title of the video might spur the imagination of some viewers towards to idea the author has in mind.
The next video clip conveys a social or moral lesson. The message can be seen as childishly obvious. The message is also an exactly accurate description of adult human beings.
In the video, the above mentioned bad guys shoot at Goku. Goku says “Only scaredy cats use guns”. That sounds like and is a simplistic propaganda type of message. A public service type of message for young children. It also is an accurate description of adult men who have no confidence in themselves.
Men who are not physically fit, or are not trained in some manner of self defense, or who for some mental reason feel that they are weak will all turn to the gun for self defense. Any weapon will do. The gun is the most powerful personal weapon so that is what most men would choose.
The lesson here is not that cowards, as in name calling a person a coward, use guns. The lesson is that a man with no self confidence turns to the gun. Coward, or Scaredy Cat in Goku’s lexicon, is not an insult. Goku is factually describing these men as having no confidence in themselves.
This video is larger than it needs to be because I find the scene entertaining. There is nothing like a three foot tall kid jumping 50 feet thru the air, kicking thru the glass and steel cockpit of a helicopter, and kicking a bad guy right on the nose. 😉