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The origin of starfleet combat training.
(startrek.website)
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Come on'n get your jamaharon on! There are no real rules—just don't break the weather control network.
It looks a lot like stage fighting. Something that would still be clear to viewers sitting really far away (or I guess with tiny, blurry 1960s TVs in this case).
It's basically that. These have a lot in common with pro-wrestling moves. They all carry some element of risk (like the drop kick), but the physicality isn't impossible to achieve with some coaching.
There is a huge stage influence. Just look at how 90% of the planets are a couple of boulders in front of a cyc.