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November 19, 2004 10:15 AM

A monkey who knows Kung-Fu. (.mpg!)
Dear Internet,
I love You.
From Hugh.
posted by hughbot (41 comments total)

I stole this from MonkeyFilter.
posted by hughbot at 10:16 AM on November 19, 2004

Welcome to the Internet.
posted by jpoulos at 10:22 AM on November 19, 2004

Was I the only one who saw a big ape in the middle of that?
posted by soyjoy at 10:34 AM on November 19, 2004

How did that man get a chimp?
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 10:36 AM on November 19, 2004

And why didn't he spring for a mullet for said chimp?
posted by robocop is bleeding at 10:38 AM on November 19, 2004

I'd like to see a steelcage match between this monkey and that boxing orangutan from Every Which Way But Loose.
posted by LushMojo at 10:44 AM on November 19, 2004

ObLibrarian: chimps (and orangutans) are apes, not monkeys.

Taxonomically speaking, of course.
posted by 5MeoCMP at 10:47 AM on November 19, 2004

I stand corrected, but... dude, if a monkey can do a spinning back kick, I'll call'em anything he wants!
posted by robocop is bleeding at 10:59 AM on November 19, 2004

God help us all.
posted by Freen at 10:59 AM on November 19, 2004

That chimp/monkey/ape (never could tell them apart) probably has more self-discipline and focus than I'll ever had.

Hell, back in 5th grade I only got up to white belt... and the have to give you that one.
posted by deliquescent at 11:02 AM on November 19, 2004

But I wanna see him kick the dude's ass... :(
posted by Zurishaddai at 11:03 AM on November 19, 2004

Ok, am I the only one really pissed that he isn't wearing a pirate costume?
posted by adampsyche at 11:06 AM on November 19, 2004

The sad thing, while this is amusing, it's no more effective than teaching a bear to dance, i.e., it is a series of motions learned by the animal in response to commands, not in any way related to actually knowing a) how to fight or b) the true discipline of a martial art.

The best thing that can be said for this is that is it a prime example of Americanized Karate (or Americanized anything from another culture).

Then again, if they taught the animal Jet-Kun-Do, he'd probably be levitating while in an oom trance.
posted by daq at 11:09 AM on November 19, 2004

Any which way but loooooooosssssse....
posted by ssmith at 11:16 AM on November 19, 2004

MUSIC.WONT.STOP.....!
posted by Peter H at 11:18 AM on November 19, 2004

Ha, ooops, (finds the actual window to close) pardon me, that was from the count the stars videogame a few threads back, which I still had open in another window. I hadn't put my headphones on until I clicked this movie and accidentally thought it was a midi file attached to the movie. On reflection they do go well together, the kungfu monkey and the Count the stars theme.
posted by Peter H at 11:20 AM on November 19, 2004

Wow. That video made the rounds like 50 internet years ago. Still impressive though.
posted by Galvatron at 11:27 AM on November 19, 2004

Monkeys and midgets make everything funny.
posted by Sellersburg/Speed at 11:35 AM on November 19, 2004

Well shoot. I looked for monkey and karate, but since I popped it off MoFi, I figured it was recent and only checked within the year. Oops.
posted by hughbot at 11:40 AM on November 19, 2004

I wasn't pointing fingers, hughbot; I think it's pretty well accepted that something posted three years ago is fair game. I was just surprised that the karate chimp is going around the internet a second time.
posted by Galvatron at 11:45 AM on November 19, 2004

Who saw the guys in white shirts passing the ball around?
posted by Raindog at 11:50 AM on November 19, 2004

Me at work right now: Hey ya'll, come watch this monkey doin' karate on the innernet.
posted by jefbla at 11:52 AM on November 19, 2004

I want to see a match-off between that chimp and a boxing kangaroo.
posted by vodkadin at 12:16 PM on November 19, 2004

Oh yeah, it's all funny and cute now, but we'll see who's laughing when they're in charge of the planet.
posted by Guy Smiley at 12:42 PM on November 19, 2004

Talented, yes... But how's his skating?
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posted by numlok at 12:47 PM on November 19, 2004

Well shoot. I looked for monkey and karate

Well, see, there's the problem: It's not a monkey, it's a chimp.

Coming over from Monkeyfilter, you've got too much monkey on the brain. Did you realize that it operates in a way similar to heroin or cocaine?

I say we should have bus ads warning people not to spend too much time at Monkeyfilter. It's our only hope.
posted by soyjoy at 1:02 PM on November 19, 2004

Guy, I for one, welcome our new Karate Chimpanzee Overlords!
posted by Cathedral at 1:09 PM on November 19, 2004

I want to see a cage match between that chimp and the Star Wars kid.
posted by papercake at 1:18 PM on November 19, 2004

The prophecies from the Planet of the Apes are beginning to come true. Before long, we shall all be subservient to the Chimp Nation. Oh wait, we already are.
posted by jackspace at 1:19 PM on November 19, 2004

Is it kung-fu? Looks more like tae kwon do to me.
posted by jellybuzz at 1:21 PM on November 19, 2004

i counted 14 roundhouse kicks, but i totally missed the people in white shirts passing the basketball around on my first viewing.
posted by lord_wolf at 1:21 PM on November 19, 2004

I think it's officially called Monk-Fu.
posted by sexymofo at 1:44 PM on November 19, 2004

And the first rule of Monkey Fight Club is...
posted by jellybuzz at 1:48 PM on November 19, 2004

And the first rule of Monkey Fight Club is...

Don't tell any humans.
posted by jackspace at 1:54 PM on November 19, 2004

What happens when the army of monkey ninjas turns to "The Dark Side"!!

We'll need a better equiped army of Pirate Badgers to take 'em out!!

Of course, then we'll need a fleet of flaming, flying sharks-with-laser-beams-on-their-heads to control the badgers...
posted by Balisong at 3:05 PM on November 19, 2004

teaching a bear to dance

That's nothing, I've seen 'em ride scooters & play bearsketball!
posted by Zurishaddai at 6:37 PM on November 19, 2004

Lancelot Link is so screwed...
posted by Faint of Butt at 7:34 PM on November 19, 2004

STOP TEACHING ROBOTS AND MONKEYS HOW TO FIGHT. IT IS A BAD IDEA. VERY SHORTSIGHTED
posted by Hildago at 8:28 PM on November 19, 2004

The sad thing, while this is amusing, it's no more effective than teaching a bear to dance

i hate goths
posted by Satapher at 3:42 AM on November 20, 2004

Maybe now we can teach these guys how to do karate
posted by RobertFrost at 8:48 AM on November 20, 2004

Maybe the chimp was influenced by video violence such as this? :-)
posted by iwanttobuild at 12:22 AM on November 22, 2004