The upcoming female-centric reboot of the classic tournament film "Bloodsport" has snagged accomplished stuntwoman and martial arts expert Amy Johnston as its lead. The film, titled "Lady Bloodfight" (from its former title "Lady Bloodsport"), is being helmed under the banner of B&E Productions, a Hong Kong-based ...
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Happy Birthday Tony Jaa! Born this day in 1976, he turns 38 today. Better known here in the West as Tony Jaa, in Thailand he's known as Jaa Panom. He's a Thai martial artist, actor, choreographer, stuntman, and director; his most notable films include Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, Tom-Yum-Goong (also known as ...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtkRfDSgbN4. Boards may not hit back, but they provide a great use to martial arts practitioners, nevertheless. Specifically, in developing and harnessing the power of their strikes to the maximum level possible. Going through one board is relatively easy once you've developed the ...
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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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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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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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Right on the heels of the release of the highly acclaimed "Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear", Kane Kosugi has taken the reins of the leading man in "Agent X". The film marks Kosugi's first lead in a Hollywood film with Brahim Achabbkhe serving as fight choreographer. At present, few other details are available with regard ...
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On January 7th, 2014, the martial arts world bid farewell to Hong Kong producer and philanthropist Sir Run Run Shaw. A well-known and respected name both in the world of martial arts movie fandom and Asia as a whole, Shaw was a keen philanthropist who donated billions of dollars to various charities, hospitals and ...
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Tony Jaa returned to Thailand earlier this month to prepare his next upcoming martial arts thriller, "Skin Trade". Jaa began prepping the film after his Hollywood debut "Fast and Furious 7" was put on indefinite hold following the tragic death of Paul Walker in November. The film will mark Jaa's second collaboration ...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW1rVG7oWS0 New Year's Eve sees the arrival of the most anticipated movie of the year for millions of martial arts fans around the world - Isaac Florentine's "Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear"! The film reunites Florentine with rising action star and renown martial arts virtuoso Scott Adkins ...
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Ninja 2uesday is not far off, so between now and the eagerly awaited release of "Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear" (Tuesday, 31st December) we'll have some exciting articles on some of the key people featured in the movie including actors and fighters: Scott Adkins, Kane Kosugi and Jawed El Berni, fight choreographer Tim ...
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