Kung Fu TV series with David Carradine

“As quickly as you can, snatch the pebble from my hand.”

These were the words that heralded the start of my love for Kung Fu, the TV series. I was eleven years old, and after every episode I felt INVINCIBLE, that anything is possible, and that I could truly fight blind-folded like Grasshopper.

The series ran from 1972 to 1975 - I watched reruns in the 80s. Kung Fu follows the adventures of a Shaolin monk, Kwai Chang Caine (portrayed by David Carradine as an adult, Keith Carradine as a teenager and Radames Pera as a young boy) who travels through the American Old West (armed only with his skill in martial arts) as he seeks his half-brother, Danny Caine.

Caine was my hero and Kung Fu was the best show on TV at the time. Now, it’s available in all its glory as a DVD box set, which I MUST get my grubby paws on as soon as possible.

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