{"id":2917,"date":"2013-09-04T14:16:08","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T21:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=2917"},"modified":"2017-10-18T20:54:40","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T03:54:40","slug":"kali-in-the-media-batman-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=2917","title":{"rendered":"Kali in the Movies: Batman Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><b>Featured arts:\u00a0<\/b><\/b>The recently developed art called &#8220;keysi&#8221; was utilized for this film (as it was also used more recently in MI-3). The intention was show an art that was both unusual and distinctive, but also brutally effective. The Keysi Fighting Method or KFM was co-founded by Inosanto International Martial Art Instructors Association Instructors, Justo Dieguez Serrano and Andy Norman. Both are based in JKD and demos of their art include movements that appear similar to pencak silat, muay thai, and kali. Use of kali sticks is evident in out-takes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/batmanbegins-fight1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2918\" alt=\"batmanbegins-fight1\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/batmanbegins-fight1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Overview:<\/b>\u00a0Returning to a distinctly &#8220;dark knight&#8221; feel, Batman Begins presents the prequel to the Batman saga. The early history of the emotionally tortured Bruce Wayne includes training in remote Tibetan locales in strange and deadly arts. As usual, his sometimes savage response to criminality and victimization offers an edgy insight into his early character.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rating:<\/b>\u00a0<b><span style=\"color: #660000;\">8.2<\/span><\/b>\u00a0(of 10) &#8211; One of the better Batman movies certainly. Both a good story and good action, it can stand-alone for the uninitiated or prove itself as one of the best of the series.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Slhs6KNuMv4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PgWCZvowEjY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This article is published under fair use and with credit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured arts:\u00a0The recently developed art called &#8220;keysi&#8221; was utilized for this film (as it was also used more recently in MI-3). The intention was show an art that was both unusual and distinctive, but also brutally effective. The Keysi Fighting Method or KFM was co-founded by Inosanto International Martial Art Instructors Association Instructors, Justo Dieguez Serrano and Andy Norman. Both are based in JKD and demos of their art include movements that appear similar to pencak silat, muay thai, and kali. Use of kali sticks is evident in out-takes. Overview:\u00a0Returning&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=2917\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[39,38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2917"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6719,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917\/revisions\/6719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}