Chinese New Year has arrived, and this year, the world finds itself in the astrological sign of the Horse! To help ring in the New Year, Kung Fu Kingdom would like to take you through just a few of the memorable martial arts flicks to have debuted in the Year of the Horse, along with some notable martial artists born ...
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In 1973, "Enter the Dragon" debuted in movie theaters across the planet and its status as one of the definitive martial arts movies of all time had already been cemented by the legacy of the man whose name would forever change the destiny of the martial arts for all posterity -Bruce Lee. His legendary status ...
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by guest contributor Daniel Amrani Warning, this review contains spoilers! Revenge of The Ninja is a 1983 Ninja classic! This film is part of a ninja trilogy. The first one was Enter the Ninja (1981). Revenge of the Ninja (1983) was the second. The trilogy ended with Ninja III: The Domination (1984). I use ...
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Welcome to part two of our interview with the legendary Lady Dragon, Cynthia Rothrock! In part one (read here) we discussed her background, inspirations, movies and screen fights. Here, Cynthia shares further colourful and fascinating insights about her movie career including stunts, training rationale, workouts and ...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr0-ogsa4z4 Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned veteran, everyone with any experience in martial arts is aware that there a certain targets on the body that, if attacked, can cripple the opponent beyond his or her capacity to fight. At the highest end of that spectrum is, of ...
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Natan Levy (a 2nd Dan Uechi Ryu karate student) talks candidly about his decision to leave his beloved dojo in Israel to enter the world of MMA (Mixed Martial Arts). He has trained under the world renowned tutelage of Master Shai Hai (see our exclusive interview with him here) who in turn was trained under one of ...
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Happy Birthday Chiba-san! The legend is a ripe 75-years old today. Born on this day in 1939 as Sadaho Maeda in Fukuoka, Japan, he went on to act, direct, sing, produce films and practice martial arts. He currently holds black belts in: Kyokushin Karate: 4th Dan Ninjutsu: 4th Dan Goju-ryu karate: 2nd Dan ...
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We present the final of our three-part series of interviews with Asian cinema pro, Bey Logan! In part one we discussed Bey’s intriguing love affair with the martial arts, movies and practice, in part two this continued along with colourful insights about some of the most eminent kung-fu actors and players of our time! ...
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A review of the book "I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action" by Jackie Chan and Jeff Yang.
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Justin Lin is certainly a familiar name to action fans, having directed the past four films in the "Fast and Furious" series, taking the franchise to new staggering heights of popularity. Now, Lin is set to dive head first in the martial arts filmmaking with the recently announced "Shaolin 3D". The film, which will ...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW-1f0dTfX8 "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Those words continue to resonate in all four corners of the Earth as the ultimate virtue of combat preparedness. Since the dawn of time, the most basic of melee weapons has been the club. It's striking power is notorious, as is ...
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The three Peking Opera brothers star in another of their classic group of movies. The second in the Lucky Stars franchise after Winners and Sinners. Filled with hefty doses of gags, genuinely slapstick action and a comedic supporting cast. Here we examine just how good this ensemble cast really is! Cast There is a ...
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