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New York Women Polish Cutting-Edge Skills
Aired February 06, 2004 - 05:57 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Stand by for the samurai. Some New York women are learning the age-old techniques of Japanese warriors. (UNINTELLIGIBLE) their way to upper cut and chop in this report from our own Jeanne Moos.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Forget gun control. These days, what we need is samurai-sword control.
From "Kill Bill" to "The Last Samurai," samurai swords are slaying audiences. But if you want to speak softly and carry a big sword, maybe class is where you should go.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Three, four....
MOOS: From the thrust to the upper cut...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Seven, eight...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What is that supposed to do?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Cut a man in half.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, cut a man in a half.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is there a man in your life you want to cut in half?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Sure.
MOOS: Unleash the woman warrior in you.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh!
MOOS: Master Hun, as he likes to call himself, has certainly mastered the art of getting whacked..
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ow.
MOOS: ...at these girls-only workshops, sponsored by the Woman's Mosaic.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I saw "Kill Bill" and I loved it. Women being powerful.
LUCY LUI, ACTRESS: Silly Caucasian girls like to play with samurai swords.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK, follow through and hit me on the top of the head. OK!
MOOS: Uma Thurman had it hardy (ph). She trained in martial arts from 9 to 5, five days a week, for three months.
UMA THURMAN, ACTRESS: All I could do when I got home was fill a hot tub.
MOOS: No one left this class needing a hot soak.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, you kind of missed my head. You kind of chopped - chopped my cheek off. OK. One more time.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That way you remember.
MOOS: So you remember me. Maybe what directors of sword- fighting movies ought to remember is to avoid the word....
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Cut!
MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired February 6, 2004 - 05:57 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Stand by for the samurai. Some New York women are learning the age-old techniques of Japanese warriors. (UNINTELLIGIBLE) their way to upper cut and chop in this report from our own Jeanne Moos.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Forget gun control. These days, what we need is samurai-sword control.
From "Kill Bill" to "The Last Samurai," samurai swords are slaying audiences. But if you want to speak softly and carry a big sword, maybe class is where you should go.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Three, four....
MOOS: From the thrust to the upper cut...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Seven, eight...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What is that supposed to do?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Cut a man in half.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, cut a man in a half.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is there a man in your life you want to cut in half?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Sure.
MOOS: Unleash the woman warrior in you.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh!
MOOS: Master Hun, as he likes to call himself, has certainly mastered the art of getting whacked..
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ow.
MOOS: ...at these girls-only workshops, sponsored by the Woman's Mosaic.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I saw "Kill Bill" and I loved it. Women being powerful.
LUCY LUI, ACTRESS: Silly Caucasian girls like to play with samurai swords.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK, follow through and hit me on the top of the head. OK!
MOOS: Uma Thurman had it hardy (ph). She trained in martial arts from 9 to 5, five days a week, for three months.
UMA THURMAN, ACTRESS: All I could do when I got home was fill a hot tub.
MOOS: No one left this class needing a hot soak.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, you kind of missed my head. You kind of chopped - chopped my cheek off. OK. One more time.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That way you remember.
MOOS: So you remember me. Maybe what directors of sword- fighting movies ought to remember is to avoid the word....
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Cut!
MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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