6 Interesting Facts About Kung Fu

Interesting Facts (4)

1. #001

   The Shaolin Temple set was originally a set built for Camelot (1967), cheaply and effectively converted into a Chinese setting.

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2. #002

   In several episodes, a younger Kwai Chang Caine was played by David Carradine's younger brother Keith Carradine. His other brothers Robert Carradine and their father John Carradine also appeared in episodes (as Sonny Jim and Serenity Johnson, respectively).

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3. #003

   Character actor James Hong appeared in nine different episodes across three seasons (including the pilot), always as a different character.

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4. #004

   The action of each story takes place 100 years before the episode was written in real time.

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Easter Eggs & References (2)

5. #005

   In an interview with David Carradine included in the DVD set's special features, he stated that network censors were concerned about potential violence and would allow only 2-3 minutes of martial arts fighting per episode. Carradine said they found creative ways around this limitation, describing how they began shooting scenes in the Shaolin temple with students practicing Kung Fu in the background while dialogue was spoken in the foreground.

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6. #006

   The character name Caine is a biblical reference to Cain in Genesis, who killed Abel during a fight and was afterward forced to wander the world. The Mark of Cain is a protection warning anyone who sees him not to kill him. For Kwai Chang Caine, this could be the wanted posters by which people know he is sought for murder. Most likely the Mark of Cain is reflected in the brands on his arms, the monk's protective form of his training.

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