Catya Sassoon

Hi,

I saw that you created the Catya Sassoon article. "Cat" Sassoon was credited in some of her film appearances as a "karate champion" and I'm trying to find out if this was genuine. Any idea about it ? Thanks, Wedineinheck 08:02, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

that was the promo for the movie "Angelfist", anyway : http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/71SQV4544KL._SS500_.gif I tried to find some info about it, but so far to no avail. It might have been B.S. by producer Roger Corman. I have yet to see the whole movie. Clips suggest that she did have some athletic skills (but she was a dancer, I think) but that she was dubbed for the more complicated stunts. Not that it means anything, as real martial artists aren't necessarily acrobats. Wedineinheck 08:55, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the trailer for the movie : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9C4liKJqAA Wedineinheck 09:00, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, Cynthia Rothrock, who is a totally genuine karate champ, was sometimes dubbed by a man for her stunts (stunts, not fights), but that is simply because in the Hong Kong movies she did, she would have risked breaking her neck (not all martial artists are gifted stuntmen and the required acrobatic skills were simply enormous). But anyway, all google searchs including Cat Sassoon and karate lead to pages related to the movie, so I kind of suspect that it could have been made up. The best way to find out would be to contact the "World Karate Association" (now "World Kickboxing Association") she was purportedly champion of and ask if she had any genuine record with them. Wedineinheck 09:42, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again,

as I had some time to kill, I emailed the World Kickboxing Association, and was answered this by a "Dr Peter Lewis" :

Sorry can't help. We don't know this person.

WKA

The bullshit suspicions are becoming more and more precise... :) Wedineinheck 10:41, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, I found on youtube a compilation of scenes from the movie : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDkSUmA-UtA&mode=related&search= not that it means anything (bad fight choreography doesn't help) but I'm quite not convinced by her skills as a martial artist. She does seem to be at least a good gymnast, though. Look out for the "naked fighting" scene. Wedineinheck 13:35, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Yeah, sorry for that. It wasn't intended vandalism. I was attempting to edit an info box in which the template was and I hit "save" instead of "preview". I tried going back to the original template, but I couldn't figure out what it was called. For some reason, it didn't dawn on me to undo my last edit and instead, I finished the edit and called it a night. Sorry for any inconvenience. Pinkadelica 03:08, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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