Donnie Yen played Nanquan out of a modern fighting style when filming a fight with Hui Yinghong, which made movie fans refreshed and applauded. Speaking of his own experience, Donnie Yen said: "I really spent decades studying the knowledge ...
Special ID to be Donnie’s triumphant return to contemporary action with rough and dirty MMA-style fights after 6 years of classic kung fu hiatus. Donnie definitely knows how to design, shoot and perform fighting scenes, and here he incorporated some confusing rolling-on-the-floor skirmishes us...
It has a visual style to it and an intense level of action as Donnie Yen pays tribute to his hero – Bruce Lee. Chen Zhen from Fist of Fury is back, he’s not dead, and he’s fighting the oppressive Japanese once again. He becomes ‘the masked warrior’, dressing up an awful lot...
it’s a sweet role for him to play. However, it required Yen to learn a whole new martial art, wing chun, the venerable(a venerable person deserves respect because they are old and wise) less-is-more fighting style characterised by short, powerful punches....
Basically I agree with what Bruce Lee said, that, as human beings, we all have two arms and legs, so there can't really be many different styles of fighting.' Every style of martial arts has something to offer. Breakthrough Yuen recognized Yen's extraordinary physical abilities; their ...
In his teens, Donnie defined his own persona by rebelling against his parents edicts. Beyond the limitations of his mother's school, Yen began training in various different fighting arts, including Japanese karate, Korean taekwondo and western boxing. Donnie also took up hip-hop and break-dancing...
Donnie Yen breaks down a few of his most iconic characters from 'Rogue One,' 'Once Upon a Time in China II,' 'The Ip Man' Series, 'Hero,' 'Wing Chun,' 'xXx: Return of Xander Cage' and 'Sakra.' Director: Christopher Smith Director of Photography: Barry Ch
This diverse training background would later prove instrumental in shaping his unique fighting style on the silver screen. Rise to Stardom Yen returned to Hong Kong in the early 1980s and made his debut in the film industry with the movie \...
Donnie Yen. Actor: Ip Man. Donnie Yen was born in Guangzhou, China. His mother, Bow-sim Mark, was a kung fu master and his father, Kylster Yen, a newspaper editor and amateur musician. When Donnie was just two years old, the family moved to Hong Kong and
Because I have only just discovered Donnie Yen, I have realized that, like Jack Reacher, he has to stop fighting sometime. I find him appealing when he is not fighting, doing comedy or romance. I just dont want to see him relegated to cameo or supporting roles, or special appearances. ...