In the1970s, Chinese and Hong Kongmartial arts moviesswept the Western world, introducing many to the likes of Bruce Lee and other famed actors from Hong Kong. These movies have continued to be popular throughout the decades after the seventies, giving rise to films likeCrouching Tiger, Hidden...
MoviesHome / Chinese Culture / Chinese Kung Fu (Martial Arts)Chinese Kung Fu (Martial Arts or as popularly referred to as Gongfu or Wushu) is a series of fighting styles which has developed over a long historical period in China. Nowadays, it is regarded as a traditional sport gaining more...
However, it would be hard to understand the essence of the Chinese martial arts merely from those beautiful movements in the movies. 大家都非常熟悉中华武术,或中国功夫,李小龙、成龙、李连杰都是大家耳熟能详的功夫电影明星。而且很多人从功夫电影中也了解到了许多中国武术的...
Bagua Zhang, or Banguazhang, is one of three Chinese martial arts taught at the Wudang School. It’s an internal martial art that consists of flowing-circular movements. Bajiquan (Eight Extremities Boxing) Bajiquan is a counter-attacking style of Kung Fu that consists of short-range elbow a...
kungfu n.（名词）The Chinese martial arts, especially those forms that are similar to karate.功夫：中国的打斗技巧，尤其是那些形式类似于空手道的技巧 n.attributive.（定语名词）Often used to modify another noun:常用来修饰另一个名词：kung fu movies; kung fu exercises.功夫片；功夫练习 ...
“Five Elements Ninjas” is considered one of the greatest martial arts movies of all time. As you can tell from the title, it revolves around five ninjas with fighting styles based on the five natural elements: water, wood, fire, earth and metal. A Chinese martial arts school in ancient...
It seems that recently there has been a shortage of good quality martial art movies that focus on old China. To be honest, I haven't seen too many recent movies in China and so I'm probably not the best person to ask about Chi- nese cinema. I think the last Chinese movie I saw ...
Best Chinese Action Movies 1. 臥虎藏龍 (wò hǔ cáng lóng)— Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Play Where to watch: Apple TV Genre: Martial arts, drama, action Good for: Intermediate to advanced learners “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” is a visually stunning martial arts epic directed by...
Martial Art Movie Night! Come explore Martial Arts movies with Bujinkan, JING, and, most importantly, Craig Reid! Craig worked in the martial arts movie industry for many years as a voice actor, stuntman, and fight choreographer, and he has written the definitive book on Martial Arts movies...
Tai Chi Chuan<太極拳> in 1974 and Donnie Yen’sDrunken Tai Chi<笑太極> in 1984, struggled with communicating the internal power of this martial art. A true masterpiece did not emerge until 1993’sTai Chi Master<太極張三豐>, in which Jet Li used his superior martial arts foundation...