Monday, July 7, 2008

Death by Martial Arts

Maybe a couple of the 6 people who read my blog could help me out with this,

While watching Kill Bill volumes 1 and 2 this weekend, it struck me how incredibly infrequently we hear about fatalities inflicted via martial arts...especially in lieu of how often we see this happen in movies. I decided to look around for the actual rates for fatalities by martial arts in the US (and hopefully compare them with the rates of countries where martial arts are more prevalent), but I couldn't find them anywhere (not that surprising I suppose).

I e-mailed the boys over at my personal favorite blog, Freakonomics (that hyperlink is there for a reason...use it), to see if they'd bite. But they probably won't. And if they do it will be a highlight of my life. Can anyone find the stats?

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