Originally posted by Rob_Broad
The Movie Remo Williams is based on the old Destroyer books. I believe there is about 75 books in the series. The style in the books and movie was called Sinanju which form everything I have seen read is fictional. The authors of the books released a book about 20 yrs ago called the Assasin's handbook, I f you are a fan of the books or the movie this book is for you, it is very hilarious.
Actually, there are over 100 books in the series and counting. I
love these books. They're like intellectual cotton candy. Practically no nutritional value but they melt in your mouth and taste yummy.
The books are now ghost written by a variety of people (don't know who ... they're not credited). The only credits on them now are "Created by Richard Sapir & Warren Murphy"
Yes, Sinanju is the system. It is, in the "Destroyer" universe, the "sun system" of all martial arts and it is the only "pure" martial arts system. It was developed in the village of Sinanju in north Korea.
The masters of Sinanju are a line of assassins who use the art of Sinanju. For centuries, they have contracted their services out to the highest bidder. The money is used to support the village.
Anyway ... what I find really interesting is that a lot of the martial arts has roots in reality, but is exaggerated to the point of satire.
For instance, the "floater strike." This strike requires absolute commitment and relaxation ... with the elbow tucked at just the proper angle. If it connects, all the energy is transferred into the target and the target dies ... period. If it misses its target, though, the user suffers a whiplash effect from the energy and will, himself, be lucky to survive. If he does survive, he's bound to have serious injuries like dislocated fingers, wrist, elbow, and shoulder.
But the principle behind this exaggerated concept is sound.
It's rather humorous to see what the martial arts can be if exaggerated without bound
Mike
