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SYSTEMA and Buster Keaton
Article by: Robert BurkeBuster Keaton rolls, fights and tumbles with a relaxed body, our goal in Systema! As a Systema instructor, I am always looking for examples of the type of movement we utilize in our art. Last night I watched “The General”, made in 1926 in Oregon using three wood burning locomotives. As I watched the amazing [...]
HANNA: The Girl Who Kicked Ass
Article by: Gene ChingCan a teenage girl take out skinhead hitmen and CIA operatives? That’s the question posed by the newest girl-fighter film, HANNA, opening April 8, 2011. HANNA debuts at an unpropitious time. Two weeks prior, girl fighters were spotlighted in the bombastic Zack Snyder film, SUCKER PUNCH. However, given that HANNA is about a girl trained [...]
The Green Hornet 2011
Article by: Dana StamosOn the eve of The Green Hornet movie’s release, The SyFy Channel played a marathon of Bruce Lee’s The Green Hornet television series. The Green Hornet 2011 will hit theaters on January 14, 2011 and will play in RealD Cinema and IMAX 3D. We all know the story, Britt Reid, played by Seth Rogen, is [...]
Cung Le Stars in FIGHTING
Article by: Gene ChingThis year, Cung Le is about to explode on the big screen. America’s leading Sanshou fighter and Strikeforce Middleweight Champion has four major films lined up for 2009: FIGHTING (opening 4/24/2009), PANDORUM (opening 9/4/2009), TEKKEN (tba) and TRUE LEGEND (tba). On top of this, Cung has a major MMA belt to defend. We caught up [...]
Star Force: How Martial Arts Influence Sci-Fi, Star Wars & Star Trek
Article by: Will StapeWhat do Bruce Lee and Luke Skywalker have in common? Name a link between Jackie Chan and a Klingon, or Chuck Norris and Spock. Give up? They’re all martial artists. From classic Star Wars and Star Trek, to The Matrix and Star Gate, sci-fi movies and TV employ fighting arts in science fiction Hollywood adventures. [...]
Channeling Kato: Jay Chou dons the iconic mask in GREEN HORNET
Article by: Gene Ching“Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.” So wrote Rudyard Kipling in his often-quoted poem “The Ballad of East and West.” Who better to invoke for an examination of the hallowed eastern sidekick Kato? As Taiwanese pop-star Jay Chou takes up the mask that once concealed Bruce Lee’s [...]
The Invisible Strength of Cary Tagawa
Article by: Terry WilsonCary Hiroyuki Tagawa is rapidly becoming one of the most recognised faces in Hollywood.
Tales of the Gold Monkey
Article by: Linda CauthenTales of the Gold Monkey, an ABC-TV action-adventure series, features a rich cast of characters in exotic locales. Stunt coordinator Diamond Farnsworth explains his version of the show: “Jake Cutter (played by Stephen Collins) is a kind of fortune seeker. He’s out to do good for the world, and he’s a really mellow, easygoing guy. [...]
Is The Karate Kid a Kung Fu Dream?
Article by: Gene ChingIt’s dubbed “Chollywood.” Chollywood is China’s growing film industry. Last decade, all the buzz was about Bollywood. The B comes from Bombay, the old name for Mumbai, the second most populous city in the world. Mumbai was at the heart of India’s outrageous film industry, and for over thirty years India produced more films than [...]
Jean Claude Van Damme: Behind the Public Image
Article by: Don WarrenerIn this article you will see the two sides of Jean Claude Van Damme that few if any have ever seen. In 1980 in Brussels, Belgium, Mike Anderson’s organization put on an event that featured American Dan Macaruso vs. French karate legend Dominique Valera. Valera was the heavy favorite, and the crowd was disappointed with [...]
