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Orlando Sentinel The Korean pop-star-turned-actor Rain (real name Jeong Ji-hoon) is ready for Hollywood stardom...He’s patient. "It’s still not easy to make your mark as an Asian actor or singer in America," Rain says. "If I do my best, Americans will...
Tags: Los Angeles, Ninja Assassin, Kusarigama, Ninja, Kung Fu, films, Rain, Human Interest, Entertainment Culture
Buried underneath any good kung fu movie (and I do mean buried—under dead bodies, dismembered torsos and that weird eyeliner that old, white-haired martial arts masters seem to favor), there is always a lesson. Never give up, always seek revenge, and...
Tags: Ninja Assassin, NINJA ASSASSIN Comments Search, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Kung Fu, Ninja in popular culture, films, Ninja, Entertainment Culture
The prosecution said the assault occurred in March after the couple rowed over a matter relating to Leung's former wife. Lip told the court Leung pushed her down, banged her head on the floor, kicked her in the stomach and boxed her ears, a report in...
Tags: Leung, kung fu, fu grandmaster, China, Hong Kong, Leung Ting, Wing Tsun, Shaw Studio, Chinese martial arts, Hong Kong films, Martial arts films
The body of American actor David Carradine, best known for the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu," was found in a hotel room closet with a rope tied to his neck and genitals, and his death may have been caused by accidental suffocation, Thai police said Friday.
Tags: David Carradine, Thailand, kung fu, Aurelio Giraudo, Bangkok
Jackie Chan marks the anniversary of Peking Opera school. Chan didn�t take acting lessons or attend a fancy conservatory. The biggest star in kung fu cinema learned his craft from a retired Peking Opera star who turned his apartment into a performing...
Tags: Hong Kong-China Opera Institute, Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, kung fu, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, China, Hong Kong
How does a retired teacher and self-proclaimed “State of Jefferson homeboy” rise to the top of his chosen sport – at the age of 70?...Tom Ball of Fort Jones says he follows 10 simple rules, in no particular order: • Don’t rely on strength • Don’t oppose...
Tags: Tom Ball Sr., Danzan Ryu Jujitsu, Frank Ball, martial art, black belt, Chico State, Chico Judo Academy, art styles, kung fu, senior professors, Redding, Danzan-ryᅤᆱ, Combat sports, Gendai budo, Seishiro Okazaki, The Jitsu Foundation, Japanese martial arts, Jujutsu, American martial arts
Jackie Chan didn't take acting lessons or attend a fancy conservatory. The biggest star in kung fu cinema learned his craft from a retired Peking Opera star who turned his apartment into a performing arts boot camp for working-class Hong Kong children...
Tags: Hong Kong-China Opera Institute, Jackie Chan, kung fu, Yuen Biao, China, Hong Kong, Yuen Wah, Yu Jim-yuen, Corey Yuen, Hong Kong films, Martial arts films, Cinema of Hong Kong, Entertainment Culture
He Minxian, a 9-year-old kid, bellows to lend impetus and strength during a team training class in the Shaolin Tagou Kung Fu (Martial Art) Institute at the foot of Mountain Song in Dengfeng, a city of central China's Henan Province, Oct. 12, 2009. Little...
Tags: Shaolin Kung Fu Institute, People's Republic of China, China, Dengfeng, Wong Kiew Kit, Martial arts film, Chinese martial arts, Shaolin Kung Fu, Kung fu, Education
Meet the Chinese kung fu master who has world's strongest fingers London, Oct 21 : Fu Bingli, who has been studying martial arts for 32 years since the age of just seven, can stand upside down supporting himself on just one index finger. The kun fu...
Tags: fu master, index finger, kung fu
Chinese Buddhist kung fu master Zhang Tingting chose to keep her long hair, despite her desire to become a nun, for a reason. Fifty-two-year-old Zhang, who took up martial arts training at the age of 17, claims her hair is instilled with the power of...
Tags: kung fu, Zhang Tingting