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Rural Chinese wrestlers try to make it to the big leagues

3 Oct 2024 - 6:01PM

Why Brandon Lee’s only Hong Kong film, Legacy of Rage, is underrated

29 Sep 2024 - 9:17AMvideocam

Review | Stuntman, passionate homage to Hong Kong action filmmaking

25 Sep 2024 - 6:15PMvideocam

Hong Kong wushu helping Australian efforts to add sport to 2032 Brisbane Olympics

Local wushu chief Ian Fok, who was instrumental in sport gaining Asian Games status, is also championing its addition into school curricula.

23 Sep 2024 - 8:00PM

Hong Kong is sending a demonstration team to the Sanda World Cup in Melbourne to introduce other forms of wushu to the Australian public.

4 Hong Kong martial arts films that celebrate deadly ‘flying guillotine’

An assassins’ weapon that removed heads, the fictional ‘flying guillotine’ was featured in a number of Hong Kong wuxia films.

22 Sep 2024 - 7:45AMvideocam

Trump’s lewd, crude, hyper-macho attitude is winning him the ‘manosphere’

Donald Trump is going all out for the macho vote in November’s US presidential election – and it’s working.

4 Sep 2024 - 2:54PM

Kung fu expert shares his Chinese martial arts philosophy in book, film

An expert in Chinese martial arts, Laurence Brahm has released a book and documentary promoting the philosophical principles of kung fu, based on his years of travelling to discover its essence.

4 Sep 2024 - 11:15AM

Laurence Brahm practises wing chun. Photo: Laurence Brahm

Profile | Asia’s first female UFC champion Zhang Weili relives her rise in Unstoppable

Chinese MMA fighter Zhang Weili has been credited with inspiring a generation of young women after claiming her country’s first UFC title, a story told in this gripping new documentary

30 Aug 2024 - 2:45PM

Jackie Chan to carry torch ahead of Paralympics opening ceremony

Hong Kong-born martial arts actor will carry the flame on Wednesday in Paris, hours before the opening ceremony, the organising committee said.

26 Aug 2024 - 12:53PM

Late Hong Kong action filmmaker Corey Yuen’s 5 best movies

As a director, Corey Yuen gave Michelle Yeoh her debut, was one of the first to feature Jean Claude Van Damme, and steered Jet Li’s career. He was also an action choreographer and actor.

13 Aug 2024 - 3:02PMvideocam

Corey Yuen at an interview with the Post in 2009. Photo: Edward Wong

Why martial arts film The Avenging Eagle wowed Shaw Brothers fans

With echoes of Clint Eastwood’s spaghetti Westerns, fight scenes featuring some cool weapons, and a great ending, The Avenging Eagle was part of Shaw Brothers’ ‘last hurrah’, film producer Frank Djeng says.

18 Aug 2024 - 12:10PMvideocam

Ti Lung in a still from The Avenging Eagle.

Fake China kung fu master reinvents himself as ‘godfather of nightclubs’

A self-styled martial arts expert in China who became a national laughing stock when he was outed as a swindler is back on the road again as a nightclub performer.

9 Aug 2024 - 10:12AM

Why did Bruce Lee’s widow auction off his private possessions?

When Linda Lee put 150 personal items belonging to the late Hong Kong icon up for auction, for ‘people who might find great value in it’

4 Aug 2024 - 3:15AM

Hong Kong actor Tai Bo on his 250-plus films and lifetime achievement award

Veteran Hong Kong actor Tai Bo reflects on being a member of Jackie Chan’s stunt team, working with John Woo when he was a new director, and playing more than 250 roles in his 51-year career.

24 Jul 2024 - 8:39AM

Hong Kong actor Tai Bo at the 2024 New York Asian Film Festival. Photo: NYAFF

Donnie Yen movie inspired the decor, martial arts the menu at this restaurant

Kevin Wong’s Far East Descendant restaurant in Philadelphia is inspired by martial arts, decorated in the style of the Donnie Yen film New Dragon Gate Inn, and has dishes with names including Five Deadly Venoms.

20 Jul 2024 - 8:50AM

Kevin Wong (above) is a fan of martial arts, which has inspired his restaurant, Far East Descendant. It is decorated in the style of the Donnie Yen film New Dragon Gate Inn, and has dishes with names including Five Deadly Venoms. Photo: Far East Descendant

Before The Crow: Brandon Lee’s journey from Hong Kong to Hollywood

Alec Baldwin is currently on trial for an accidental on-set shooting – a tragedy that sadly echoes the death of Bruce Lee’s only son

13 Jul 2024 - 6:45AM

Heart of the Lion documentary

12 Jul 2024 - 11:27AM

He’s shy, introverted. But when lion dancing, his spirit roars

Lion dancing is life for Kelvin Chan, who is the subject of a new film, Heart of the Lion, which explores the history and heritage of the Chinese performance art and the sense of identity it bestows.

12 Jul 2024 - 1:05PM

Kelvin Chan practises lion dance in a still from the documentary Heart of the Lion. Photo: Heart of the Lion

How martial arts novelists Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng became legends

A century after wuxia novelists Louis Cha and Liang Yusheng were born in 1924, their influence on martial arts culture – from TV series and movies to books and radio – is as big as when they were alive.

9 Jul 2024 - 11:03AM

Explainer | Chinese sanda vs Korean taekwondo: martial arts compared

Chinese sanda and Korean taekwondo are both relatively young Asian martial arts that stem from traditional fighting systems and emphasise respect, but the techniques are quite different.

5 Jul 2024 - 5:50AMvideocam

Sanda vs Taekwondo martial arts showdown

5 Jul 2024 - 4:00AM

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Nicholas Tse on making Customs Frontline ‘a true action film’

He got his first action director credit for Customs Frontline: Hong Kong actor/singer Nicholas Tse talks about how he avoided CGI, even for explosions, to keep the film’s stunts as real as possible.

2 Jul 2024 - 6:30PMvideocam

Nicholas Tse at the Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy. Photo: Alice BL Durigatto.

His hero was Jet Li – wushu champion Jaden He Jingde’s martial arts passion

Jaden He Jingde idolised Jet Li, and after seeing his life in Hollywood he doubled down on his wushu training and became a champion for China, then Hong Kong, as well as working in films and for Cirque du Soleil.

17 Jul 2024 - 8:03PM

9 reasons the world loves Hong Kong films – not just for Bruce Lee

We look beyond the dangerous stunts and innovative action sequences, and martial arts stars like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, to discover why Hong Kong films have often travelled so well.

30 Jun 2024 - 4:15PM

Want to fight like Bruce Lee? 5 places in Hong Kong to learn martial arts

Martial arts benefit the mind and body. Training in many types is offered in Hong Kong, for children and adults alike. Classes in mixed martial arts, judo, kung fu, taekwondo and BJJ are among the options.

2 Jul 2024 - 3:53PMvideocam

Taekwondo star Abu Taleb goes from fighting boys to making Saudi Olympic history

The 27-year-old has become the first Saudi woman to qualify for the Olympics and is dreaming of bringing home the Gulf kingdom’s first gold medal.

17 Jul 2024 - 10:17AMvideocam

Taekwondo competitor Donia Abu Taleb is the first Saudi woman to qualify for an Olympic Games and hopes to be the first to win a medal. Photo: AFP

Explainer | 12 animal fighting styles that form the basis of Chinese martial arts

Techniques inspired by 12 animals are associated with a powerful style of Chinese martial arts called xing yi quan, practised today for health and fitness. Sorry, Kung Fu Panda fans – pandas do not get a mention.

12 Jul 2024 - 2:38PM

How King Hu’s ‘lost film’ The Valiant Ones was his most action-packed

The Valiant Ones, King Hu’s 1975 martial arts drama, was rediscovered after being ‘lost’ for two decades. A film critic tells the Post why it stands out from the director’s other films.

23 Jun 2024 - 4:15AMvideocam

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Martial arts

Latest martial arts news, features and opinion, covering movie icons Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen, as well as the debate surrounding the practicality of traditional martial arts as a combat style in China in the wake of the rise of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). Forms covered include boxing, wing chun, karate, taekwondo, Muay Thai, kick-boxing, kung fu, judo, wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

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9 September, 2024