Description
When the original ninety-minute pilot film "Kung Fu" hit American tele- vision screens in February of 1972, the impact of its popularity shook viewers from their dulled senses of being stuffed by the pap and Pablum servings of normal, hard-to-digest TV fare. After going to a regular weekly series without any great fanfare, millions of viewers made "Kung Fu" the number-one rated show in the United States. It was the phenomenon of the television industry, an action show that emphasized pacifism over violence. Who would have dreamed that a half-Chinese, half-American Buddhist monk with a price on his head and the master of a Chinese fighting art would become the new culture hero of America? Who was this mild-mannered Kwai Chang Caine? What was this strange Chinese fighting art he practiced? How and where did he get his training? Where did his profound philosophical remarks come from? Does the Shaolin Monastery still exist? How do Buddhism and Taoism relate to Kung Fu? What influence has Kung Fu had on other martial arts? ISBN:0865680116
