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Ninjas! There Are Ninjas Here!

February 8, 2013

Coast To Coast AM, America’s most popular overnight radio show, is taking a break from its usual paranormal subject matter this weekend to cover the real history of ninjas. John Man, author of Ninjas: 1000 Years of the Shadow Warrior, will be featured for the entire Sunday night broadcast. If you have ever wondered about the fact behind the films …

Jet Li Hits HDNet Movies

February 5, 2013

Chinese Ghost Story director Chin Siu-Tung’s take on the legendary story of White Snake is getting a limited US release on Friday, February 8 but subscribers to HDNet Movies will get an early chance to screen the movie. Wednesday, February 6 HDNet Movies will run The Sorcerer and the White Snake, originally released in 2011 in China …

The State of 36 Styles

January 30, 2013

36 Styles the brand, which consist of strictly t-shirts at the present time, is on a bit of a break right now. It all started with a problem with equipment used to produce the shirts, which began at the end of 2012. The problem is now fixed, operations will return to normal, but I had recently had to list all t-shirts on the site as SOLD OUT …

Tony Leung Starts ‘The Grandmaster’ Promotions

January 26, 2013

Tony Leung (Chiu Wai) is beginning to make the rounds to promote Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster, which has Leung portraying legendary wing chun instructor Ip Man. Althugh it has opened in China, The Grandmaster’s internatoinal premiere will be next month at the Berlin International Film Festival. So far the movie is getting …

Action Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Honors, Atlantic City

January 24, 2013

If you are anywhere near Atlantic City this weekend you might want to swing by the Tropicana Casino Resort and drop in on the Action Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Honors. You’ll find 90 or so vendors, about 60 seminars and stars the likes of Don “The Dragon” Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock, Bill “Superfoot” Wallace, Jason Law, James Lew …

FuTube Fridays: Imperial Sword

January 18, 2013

This movie is more commonly known as ‘The Brave in Kung Fu Shadow’ or even ‘Kung Fu Shadow’, but the original title is ‘Imperial Sword’. This is one of the first of the many kung fu films I watched at the beginning of the still going strong hobby of collecting and watching kung fu movies, particularly old school kung fu movies. The cast in this one are all top billing actors …

Happy Birthday Sammo Hung

January 7, 2013

Sammo Hung was born January 7, 1952. One of my personal favorite Kung Fu film actors and true life martial artist. I can’t think of 1 single movie Sammo has appeared in that I did not like. Including films he only had a small part in. Sammo is indeed a living legend, and you simply can not say that about everyone who has appeared in films from our beloved genre …

Kung Fu Origins: Sun Yat-Sen & Republic of China

January 7, 2013

Although Dr. Sun Yat-Sen does appear as a character in some films and TV series, often played by Winston Chao, he often merely mentioned as part of the historical context of a story. Dr. Sun was one of the founding fathers of the Republic of China and served as its first president. Even though he was associated with the Republic of China, he is still held …

Chung Chang-Wha, ‘King Boxer’ Director

December 30, 2012

It is just a coincidence that the movie I give credit to, for pulling me in and which led to me becoming a die hard fan of the genre of kung fu films, also happens to be a movie that is often regarded as the first real kung fu movie to see success in America. When I viewed this movie for the first time, I did not know of the significance of this film, and thankfully for me, I enjoyed it so …