The Fists of Bond Part 2: Doing the Line.
Hello, dear listeners!
Alright, alright. So we spent the better part of an hour waxing poetic about the mental toughness required to become a fighter, as well as the various styles combatants adopt given their disciplines. Talk is nice, but it’s action that defines who a person is.
Chit chat time is over. There are heavies to vanquish left and right! Friend of the show Simon Traversier of course returns this week to indulge hosts Mathieu and Edgar is some proper Bond talk, and boy does it get interesting. Connery, Lazenby, Craig and the like are all actors whereas Simon actually participates in and teaches combat, prompting very astute, informative, and honest comments on each actor’s style. Some fights that fans widely recognize as being among the best in the entire series might not be so perfect after all, at least if the filmmakers had gone for some extra realism points.
Last week was all about theory and philosophy. This week things get bloody and bruised.
When is the best moment to gouge someone’s eyes out? How essential is speed when engaged in fisticuffs whilst the world’s fate is at stake? Does Brosnan only take seriously the fights with a personal history involved? How helpful is thinking on one’s feet to use one’s environment, like, say, a handy nearby decorative swordfish? Finally, Simon answers what is surely the most pressing query: how would he tackle the proverbial ‘’line’’, assuming each 007 lined up to challenge him (aka: how insanely difficult would it be to overthrow Roger Moore?!?).
No time to sit back this week, listeners! On your feet and get ready for the fight of your lives!
If anybody in the Montreal area is interested in receiving real punches from Simon, check out the Angry Monkey gym!
http://www.angrymonkeymma.com
Alright, alright. So we spent the better part of an hour waxing poetic about the mental toughness required to become a fighter, as well as the various styles combatants adopt given their disciplines. Talk is nice, but it’s action that defines who a person is.
Chit chat time is over. There are heavies to vanquish left and right! Friend of the show Simon Traversier of course returns this week to indulge hosts Mathieu and Edgar is some proper Bond talk, and boy does it get interesting. Connery, Lazenby, Craig and the like are all actors whereas Simon actually participates in and teaches combat, prompting very astute, informative, and honest comments on each actor’s style. Some fights that fans widely recognize as being among the best in the entire series might not be so perfect after all, at least if the filmmakers had gone for some extra realism points.
Last week was all about theory and philosophy. This week things get bloody and bruised.
When is the best moment to gouge someone’s eyes out? How essential is speed when engaged in fisticuffs whilst the world’s fate is at stake? Does Brosnan only take seriously the fights with a personal history involved? How helpful is thinking on one’s feet to use one’s environment, like, say, a handy nearby decorative swordfish? Finally, Simon answers what is surely the most pressing query: how would he tackle the proverbial ‘’line’’, assuming each 007 lined up to challenge him (aka: how insanely difficult would it be to overthrow Roger Moore?!?).
No time to sit back this week, listeners! On your feet and get ready for the fight of your lives!
If anybody in the Montreal area is interested in receiving real punches from Simon, check out the Angry Monkey gym!
http://www.angrymonkeymma.com
