Posts Tagged ‘kung fu’
Yuen Woo-Ping Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award at NYAFF 2019
July 9th, 2019 by chocko
Last week, the New York Asian Film Festival was in full swing featuring an award ceremony for the legendary Hong Kong action choreographer and director Yuen Woo-Ping. Yuen directed Jackie Chan in his first two movies, Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow and Drunken Master. Yuen went on to make a ton of movies starring kung […]
Tags: 2019, cinema, kung fu, lincoln center, movies, new york asian film festival, new york city, nyaff 2019, yuen woo-ping
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Kung Fu – theatrical stage play at Signature Theatre 42nd Street
March 9th, 2014 by Mr. C
(Set in KUNG FU – Bruce Lee’s Jun Fan Kwoon) (Cole Horibe as Bruce Lee – lobby at Signature Theatre) We caught Kung Fu, the theatrical performance at Signature Theatre on 42nd street last week and was pretty impressed with the production of this charming little off Broadway play. Kung Fu is the story of […]
Tags: bruce lee, kung fu, theatre
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Kung Fu Wildstyle: Fab 5 Freddy + MC Yan + ENTER THE DRAGON – 40th Anniversary screening!
June 20th, 2013 by Mr. C
FILM SOCIETY LINCOLN CENTER & SUBWAY CINEMA Proudly Presents Kung Fu Wildstyle: Featuring Fab 5 Freddy + MC Yan! As per the fine folks from Subway Cinema and Lincoln Center: Asian-inspired Hip Hop art to be featured at Lincoln Center, accompanied by a 40th anniversary screening of the Bruce Lee masterpiece Enter the Dragon! The […]
Tags: bruce lee, enter the dragon, fab 5 freddy, kung fu, martial arts, mc yan, street art, wildstyle
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Pui Chan: Kung Fu Pioneer – documentary
February 25th, 2013 by Mr. C
(Warrington Hudlin – moderator, Mimi Chan – Director) Director: Mimi Chan Stars: Pui Chan, Mimi Chan & family, Wah Lum Temple Sifu’s & students Genre: Martial Arts documentary Last Saturday, we were treated with an opportunity to watch a wonderful documentary on martial art legend Pui Chan. The film – Pui Chan: Kung Fu Pioneer […]
Tags: documentary, kung fu, martial arts, mimi chan, Pui Chan
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Shaolin Warriors in da Bronx!
December 3rd, 2012 by Mr. C
(Bronze masked warriors) (photo courtesy of the Shaolin Warriors program) Buddhist Monks from the Shaolin Temple in China rolled into Lehman College in the Bronx last Saturday to perform a dynamic show comprised of kung fu, prayer, control, superhuman feats, athleticism, & acrobatics! The Shaolin Warrior performance was a showcase demonstrating the martial arts of […]
Tags: kung fu, shaolin monks, shaolin warriors
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Alan Lee’s Chinese Kung Fu – Wu Su Temple
November 20th, 2012 by Mr. C
(Grandmaster Alan Lee giving out degree holder certificates after the exhibition) ———————————————————————————————————————- Alan Lee’s Chinese Kung Fu – Wu Su Association is a non-profit Kung Fu school that has been a fabric of NYC for 45 years now. Founded and still led by the venerable Grandmaster Alan Lee, this temple teaches an eclectic mix of […]
Tags: alan lee's kung fu, demonstration, kung fu, martial arts
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THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES (1974)
October 10th, 2010 by Mr. C
I’m in the mood for…horror…simply because Halloween is near thee! I’m ALWAYS on REWIND-FANG mode for THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES especially when halloween is around the corner! This movie is basically a vinegarette of a wet dream with shaw brother kung fu infused with the lord-count dracula! It’s a 1974 Hammer & […]
Tags: david chiang, dracula, hammer studios, horror, kung fu, legend of the 7 golden vampires, peter cushing, peter kushing, seven brothers meet dracula, shaw brothers
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Remembering BRUCE LEE!
July 1st, 2010 by Planet Chocko
After screening IP MAN 2 at the New York Asian Film Festival, I couldn’t help but reminisce about one of Ip Man’s most famous students, the late great Bruce Lee! I never get tired of watching a then 24 year old Bruce Lee doing an audition/screen test for a role in Green Hornet! He would […]
Tags: audition, bruce lee, green hornet, ip man, kung fu, wing chun, yip man
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IP MAN
April 27th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
“Ip Man” won the film of the year award in Hong Kong in 2009! This movie is a biographical tale of the man himself who started the craze of kung fu fighting in southern China! Ip Man is one of the most famous practictioners of the martial art style of “Wing Chun”. Bruce Lee was […]
Tags: bruce lee, chi sao, donnie yen, hong kong film of the year 2010, ip man, kung fu, simon yam, ving tsun, wing chun, yip man
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HUMAN LANTERNS
February 7th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
Human Lanterns is one of my favorite period piece kung fu-horror mashup movies that Charles Manson might even find appealing. This Shaw Brother studio film was released in 1982 directed by the great Sun Chung with the help of a legendary fight choreographer, Tang Chia. Human Lanterns mixes up great Chinese period piece costumes with […]
Tags: chen kuan tai, horror, human lantern, human lanterns, kung fu, lo lieh, lo meng, shaw brother, sun chien, sun chung, tang chia
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Drunken Monkey
January 6th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
Drunken Monkey is a period piece Kung Fu flick depicting the 1930’s era in China. The film was released in 2003 which was directed by Lau Kar Leung, one of the legends of the Shaw Brother studio orchestrators of the past. He directed such classics such as the 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Legendary Weapons of […]
Tags: bakery, drunken monkey, dvd blowout, gordon liu, kung fu, lau kar fai, lau kar leung, mei lai wah, mei li wah, monkey fist, shaw brother, throwback, wu jing
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