Kung Fu - The Complete Second Season

Even though I didn't watch the DVD, the delivery time was great and we received the item in great condition. My brother did say that he enjoyed his Christmas present.

I now have all three seasons and if you loved Kung Fu when it was on TV....you'll love owning them now.

I was so suprised to see the first season on DVD that I bought it on impulse. And of course promptly bought seasons two and three after watching the first. It is still one of those show that you either love or can't stand, I just happen to love it. It still offers the same fairly good acting (by a lot of big name guest stars), action, and of course the ancient chinese philosophy, which, if you really listen, makes all the sense in the world.

If you like this show, you'll love this "Complete Second Season"; it is awesome! Chuck full of great moments and wise sayings, great stories, you can't go wrong. My son and I watch it together; it goes great with his Martial Arts training and it has inspired him. We highly recommend it!

Like the previous reviewer I have a problem with the episodes having been shortened a few minutes to make room for more commercials, which cuts into the story and makes it choppier. And the screen also seems to have been cropped too. But overall, I guess it's better to have them in this format and versions than not at all. But that's why the three star rating.

The second season's episodes are notable for the appearance of a very young Harrison Ford in the episode, Crossties, four or five years before the first Star Wars movie, and also Don Johnson, Gilbert Roland, John Carradine, Tina Louise (from Gilligan's Island), Slim Pickens, and Benson Fong.

A brief comment on the martial arts, since I am a teacher of kung fu and also karate. A judo instructor, oddly enough, was the first expert engaged to advise on the martial arts for the show. At some point, someone apparently said shouldn't we get a kung fu expert since that's what the show is about? And so they retained Los Angeles sifu Kam Yuen, a master of the very interesting tai mantis style of kung fu, which is an offshoot of the original northern praying mantis style and considered a very sophisticated system.

There are actually dozens of different praying mantis styles at this point, including six harmonies mantis, plum flower mantis, shiny board mantis, 7 star praying mantis, and southern mantis, although the latter probably isn't a true praying mantis sytem.

So it was interesting that a master of one of the rarer kung fu styles in this country was chosen, rather than something more common such as Wing Chun, Hung Gar, Choy Li Fut, or 7 Star Praying mantis, all of which are more common styles. But whatever style was chosen, the show introduced millions of people to kung fu in a way that was technically accurate and faithful to the original style.