Are the creators of the Karate Kid movies apologetic about the white crane defensive stance?
Why should they be? That stance is from an art that is practiced by a small number of practitioners in Okinawa known as Hakutsuru, which means White Crane. It was hollywood-ized... so what? The original movie was written by a practitioner of Goju Ryu, who trained in NYC under an instructor from the Bronx named Kao Loong Ong. He knew there was a link between White Crane and the development of Okinawan Karate. Robert Kamen trained with Kayo, as he is known, who is Chinese and is well known in NYC's China Town. If they should apologize, hollywood must apologize for their misrepresentation of SO many things - insults to practically all the cultures of the world.
The movie was not a documentary, nor was it a how-to. As a result, the writers are given what's called poetic license to portray movements in any manner they wish, whether or not the techniques, philosophy, or theories behind them are accurate. I have never heard of anyone being apologetic about the movies or any of the techniques therein. But, I don't think they ought to be. The movies on both sides of the generation gap that separates them are equally entertaining.
