Step 2: Take it with you and distribute it among real Martial Art fans, quizzing them about some signature moves, stunning martial art movies, amazing records and the likes.
Step 3: Ask your audience about their responses.
Step 4: Don’t be all that surprised to read the answers duly filled in. At least seven or eight respondents would mention the name of a certain Bruce Lee in your questionnaire. Yes, Bruce Lee, the very man who’d famously said, “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.”
But truth be told, if the martial arts legend were here amid us in all flesh, blood and glory, then noting the achievement of one of India’s most under-appreciated sons, he would have joined his hands in admiration.
Well, actually one could be compelled to imagine just that when noting of Vidyut Jamwal’s latest achievement. You saw Vidyut Jamwal kick butt in 2013’s Commando. You saw him back in 2011 against John Abraham where his tour-de-force action-packed, high-octane performance nearly ruptured John Abraham’s on-screen avatar in a movie aptly titled Force.
Imagine then, the intensity and powerful effort behind the scenes that would’ve led to such brutal action sequences. You’ve probably also seen Vidyut Jamwal on and off the television screen, giving interesting demos to a group of females, teaching them self-defence techniques.
But it’s somewhere sad and rather disenchanting that despite bagging a tremendous feat, now duly hailed around the world, there’s so little we’ve come to celebrate about Vidyut Jamwal.
The Mumbai-based actor and martial-arts expert recently bagged the prestigious merit when he was named among the top six martial artists in the world. You read that right.
For an actor who many might have trouble in spelling the surname of, it’s both rare and befitting that Vidyut Jamwal’s name is taken with a lot of pride all along the country today.
It’s not hard to understand why. In a country where the current campaign roots for women and girl safety, in particular, where chants and slogans of “Beti Bachao” are in full swing, it is but an urgent matter to teach women’s safety techniques and self-defence at a Pan-India level.
Since the past 5 years in counting, Vidyut Jamwal- whenever he found time from his shooting schedules- has been doing just that through passionate and informative martial arts-based self-defence training videos. The same has been shot with Vidyut performing the stunts himself and patiently explaining the same to curious onlookers and the girls in attendance.
Step 2: Take it with you and distribute it among real Martial Art fans, quizzing them about some signature moves, stunning martial art movies, amazing records and the likes.
Step 3: Ask your audience about their responses.
Step 4: Don’t be all that surprised to read the answers duly filled in. At least seven or eight respondents would mention the name of a certain Bruce Lee in your questionnaire. Yes, Bruce Lee, the very man who’d famously said, “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.”
But truth be told, if the martial arts legend were here amid us in all flesh, blood and glory, then noting the achievement of one of India’s most under-appreciated sons, he would have joined his hands in admiration.
Well, actually one could be compelled to imagine just that when noting of Vidyut Jamwal’s latest achievement. You saw Vidyut Jamwal kick butt in 2013’s Commando. You saw him back in 2011 against John Abraham where his tour-de-force action-packed, high-octane performance nearly ruptured John Abraham’s on-screen avatar in a movie aptly titled Force.
Imagine then, the intensity and powerful effort behind the scenes that would’ve led to such brutal action sequences. You’ve probably also seen Vidyut Jamwal on and off the television screen, giving interesting demos to a group of females, teaching them self-defence techniques.
But it’s somewhere sad and rather disenchanting that despite bagging a tremendous feat, now duly hailed around the world, there’s so little we’ve come to celebrate about Vidyut Jamwal.
The Mumbai-based actor and martial-arts expert recently bagged the prestigious merit when he was named among the top six martial artists in the world. You read that right.
For an actor who many might have trouble in spelling the surname of, it’s both rare and befitting that Vidyut Jamwal’s name is taken with a lot of pride all along the country today.
It’s not hard to understand why. In a country where the current campaign roots for women and girl safety, in particular, where chants and slogans of “Beti Bachao” are in full swing, it is but an urgent matter to teach women’s safety techniques and self-defence at a Pan-India level.
Since the past 5 years in counting, Vidyut Jamwal- whenever he found time from his shooting schedules- has been doing just that through passionate and informative martial arts-based self-defence training videos. The same has been shot with Vidyut performing the stunts himself and patiently explaining the same to curious onlookers and the girls in attendance.
It might even sound outrageous but a mere look and a few relooks at his hugely-passionate and informative self-defence videos suffice to learn some tricks in a handy and pocket-friendly manner, instead of going out there and buying the paraphernalia related to martial arts learning.
In light of his recent achievements, Bollywood took a note of Vidyut’s class act, when Shatrughan Sinha took to social media to take a moment to congratulate Vidyut for bringing such a distinct honour to India. At all this time, we remained glued to only admiring the work and dare if it might be said, the gloss and soapy cliched acts of other lame Bollywood storylines that are often as predictable as yet another Kohli masterstroke in international cricket.
You know what’s going to happen next; you know it’s around the corner!
For someone who may have been seen as a rather off-beat action-genre specialist, perhaps the tag of being one among the world’s only six best martial artists at present, there may not be a greater reward for perseverance and passion. Wondering why?
Even today, centuries after the birth of Kalaripayattu, the oldest-known form of martial arts that emanated from India, the world’s largest democracy continues to rue the birth and celebration of action movies. Of course, let’s not make any bones about the fact that only in an India would one have found nonsensical jokes regarding Bruce Lee, inarguably, the greatest of them all.