The '90s saw the mainstream rise of martial artist actors like Jet Li and Jackie Chan, resulting in some of the best kung fu ...
Alexander Fu Sheng is still remembered for the memorable kung fu films he appeared in. As a teenager, Fu Sheng applied to the Shaw Brothers Drama School and signed a 3-5 year contract with the ...
Over the years, many of these movements and techniques have been used not just in real life but also by characters on the big screen. We recall five films where snake kung fu makes an appearance.
The mid-1980s were a strange time for martial arts movies, both in the U.S. and abroad. The broadly termed “kung fu” genre had run amok with wild abandon in Hong Kong cinema in the 1960s and ...
Aiding Bruce is The One-Armed Swordsman (hero of kung-fu films), Kain from the U.S. tv series, Kung-Fu (actually played by a Chinese guy this time), and Popeye the Sailor Man! Yes, Popeye the ...
Narrator: Wirework, or "wire-fu," has long been a signature of kung fu movies, with OG Hong Kong films using wires so thin they were invisible on-screen, even if they sometimes broke. These wires ...
Over the past decade Shi Yongxin, the 45-year-old abbot, has built an international business empire—including touring kung fu troupes, film and TV projects, an online store selling Shaolin-brand ...
One newcomer is 11-year-old Hanson Huang Peng who joined the ... “I hope the city’s kung fu movies will come back [to their peak] and the new generation can inject a new element into action ...
Jack Black fans online couldn't stop laughing as the actor was caught showing off his paparazzi-handling skills in Australia ...