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The origin of starfleet combat training. (startrek.website)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Only fair to credit Treklit author (and former marine) Dayton Ward for his Kirk-fu 2020 book and for coining the term.

Here’s an interview with Ward from the time of its release.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Coining the term? Using fu as a suffix has been around since the Bruce Lee era.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yes, ‘blank-Fu’ has been used since the 70s, but as a long time fan of both Trek and HK action films, I can’t say that what Shatner was doing in TOS was referred to in that way until recently.

Is it really so controversial to say 1) Kirk Fu became current in the fandom since the book was published; & 2) the meme is a clear lift from a published work and the drawings its artist Christian Cornia, they deserve credit?