Voici ce que mes recherches m'ont confirmé et qui réfute ton commentaire douloureusement chauviniste, typiquement français. Pour ta défense, les méthodes de combat de Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr) sont effectivement inspirées des techniques martiales françaises et allemandes développées par des maîtres ayant voyagés en Orient.
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When director George Lucas approves the Jedi Style for the next movie, he will be drawing from fighting and fencing traditions that are decidedly Terran. At the forefront is Stunt Coordinator Nick Gillard, who composed and directed the fight scenes for Episode I: The Phantom Menace. He's at it again in Australia reportedly looking at martial arts clubs and kendo dojos for stunt people and swordsmen and women. The choice of who gets to train and perform for the fight scenes in Episode II will have a major impact on the style movie-goers see in Lucas' next installation of the Star Wars saga.
Breaking from the kendo-based sword fighting already established in Episodes IV, V, & VI, Gillard created a faster, more refined style which was meant to establish the competence and plausibility of Jedi swordsmen in the futuristic, pseudo-fantastic world of the Star Wars. Lucas' final approval of Ray Park to play Darth Maul would guarantee a Chinese influence which is most notably demonstrated in the flying leaps found in Chinese martial arts and the fluid twirls of the double-edged lightsaber.
Where will sword fighting go in Episode II? Several rumors as well as statements made by George Lucas himself, producer Rick McCallum, and, most recently, by Hayden Christensen's tae kwon do instructor, have indicated cultural influences that will and must have a profound influence on Jedi sword work.
One other rumor that compliments information on training for the upcoming film is talk about Makiya Yamaguchi, a student of Shorinji Kempo, a Japanese martial art that is both a fighting style and a religion. Here, as Ray Park did with Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson and stunt doubles, another experienced martial artist may have a profound influence on what is seen on the silver screen.
En bref, les sources des techniques de combat des Jedi sont orientales que les techniques de canne-épée ont été inspirée par les techniques martiales orientales du 19ème- 20ème siècle.
