Last Hurrah for Chivalry This is an equally classic John Woo’s Kung Fu movie and is a costume swordplay film from Golden Harvest. It looks very different from similar films then being done at the rival Shaw Bros. studio. Even then, back in the day, Woo was displaying a directorial talent that set him apart from the Shaw Bros. directors; …
Hand of Death Most people in the west know John Woo for his high action pictures with Jean Claude Van Damme in Hard Target and John Travolta and Nicholas Cage in Face Off but early in John Woo’s career as a director in Hong Kong, not only did he have the opportunity to make Kung Fu films, but also to …
WuShu Performances Chinese New Year Invited to meet and film the Chinese New Year celebrations of the Henglong Wushu Club we jumped at the chance. Watch the amazing skills on display as performed in front of an auspicious audience from the Chinese Embassy, Metropolitan Police and local dignitaries at the Chinese New Year clebration of the Henglong WuShu Club in …
Tony Childs leads his students through a Qigong routine to help celebrate the Chinese New Year with Shifu Henglong of Henglong Wushu Club in Walthamstow. Performed in front of an auspicious audience from the Chinese Embassy, Metropolitan Police and local dignitaries at the Chinese New Year clebration of the Henglong WuShu Club in Walthamstow; www.kungfuuk.com Tony Childs is from www.trinityqigongtaichi.com …
Scott M Rodell takes on an arrow shot from a distance of 45′ or 15 metres. KILL or CUT? Can he cut it? Speed is one of the five essential elements of Chinese Swordsmanship (Jiànfǎ, 劍法). Cutting an arrow in flight is the ultimate test of a Swordsman’s skills. The Japanese refer to this skill as Yadome no jutsu (the …
Iron Monkey’The Classic Martial Arts Action Movie’ Sometimes the only way to become a hero is to be an outlawOne of the greatest martial arts films of all time, IRON MONKEY, Yuen Woo-ping’s kung fu classic is available for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK. A breathtaking action adventure from perhaps the greatest action choreographer of all time,Yuen …
BRUCE LEE’s JEET KUNE DO ‘Commentaries on the Martial way’ Review by Chris KentA new version of the BRUCE LEE Jeet Kune Do/ Commentaries on the Martial Way book is on the shelves from Tuttle Publishing. This Jeet Kune Do book features Bruce Lee’s illustrative sketches, his remarkable notes and commentaries on the nature of combat and achieving success in …
If you were to stop a person in the street and ask them ‘who is the most famous martial artists of all time’? They would give one of two answers; Bruce Lee or Conor McGregor I think that if you had asked that question a few years ago, Bruce Lee would have been the only answer but the rise of Conor has been …
I have been doing Martial Arts since I was 6 (I am now 38) and I have trained in every type of school. From the spit and sawdust boxing gyms to the church halls and leisure centres, I have also trained in the purpose-built premises as well. And I have discovered one thing; that the premises mean absolutely nothing when it comes …
Our reasons for taking up martial arts vary but for most we take them up to see changes. Most people will head to the gym to see changes in their physiques but we know that the martial arts offer changes that go far deeper and in this article, we have broken down seven ways the martial arts change people for …