“I’ve been his student ever since, even though I have two generations of my own students,” Kisu explains. ![]() In his early 20s, however, he encountered his current teacher, Kenneth Hui, and fell in love with Northern Shaolin. He needed to do that.įrom training with family friends to practicing Taekwondo at the marine station in Kāneʻohe Bay in Hawaii, Kisu spent years mastering the martial arts. “They’d gone off to the military and learned Judo, so they came back and were throwing each other around the apartment.” At around the same time, Bruce Lee secured a role as Kato on The Green Hornet. ![]() “I started martial arts when I was seven or eight years old with my crazy uncles,” Kisu tells Polygon. ![]() The styles featured in the series were coordinated by Sifu Kisu, a practitioner of fighting styles and the show’s martial arts consultant. But as time passes, and the Nickelodeon series becomes more ubiquitous, few may realize how much work went into its development - particularly in its treatment of the martial arts. Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of the most beloved animated shows of the 21st century.
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