he never really made a pure martial arts movie in his heyday, but the ultra-violent aikido style he broke out in Above the Law and those first few movies were highly influential on American action movies of the area. At his best, Seagal was excellent, but it could be argued ...
In movies like Enter the Dragon and Game of Death, he hired fellow martial artists like Bob Wall and Dan Inosanto to appear in his movies as his opponents, but the main roles were filled by key studio players, rather than high-profile martial arts stars. That’s not altogether surprising,...
Long before American martial arts movies were taken over by the likes of Jean-Claude Van Damme and Seagal, Chuck Norris brought a high level of toughness and energy to movies like The Octagon. But perhaps the biggest testament of his abilities was in his first movie fight, which was against...
Due to its low budget, “Warrioress” has to leave a lot to the imagination in its post-apocalyptic setting, and it partially accomplishes that with outstanding fight scenes with its cast of martial artists, including Cecily Fay’s charismatic leading lady turn as Boudiccu. Not only does “...
stunts for films like ‘Blade’ and ‘Fast & Furious Tokyo Drift’ while securing leading roles in films like ‘The Sensei’. She has some really impressive abilities as an actress as well as a martial artist, as she has grown up up surrounded by some of the USA’s top martial artists...
arts and Eric would watch him train and this inspired Eric at the early age of three. Eric later began his formal martial arts training under Chung Ball and ultimately with Grandmaster Al Dacascos. Eric was blessed to study with some of the very best martial artists in the world. These ...
We decided not to separate out the biographies in the Who’s Who section because so many martial artists are both actors, stunt persons, directors and choreographers etc. so you will find only one category for Who’s Who. Remember, you can always search for an individual, and you may fin...
Cinema of the Chinese Diaspora," Kin-Yan Szeto critically examines three of the most internationally famous martial arts film artists to arise out of the Chinese diaspora and travel far from their homelands to find commercial success in the world at large: Ang Lee, John Woo, and Jackie Chan...
What lacks in production is more than made up with an unbelievable story of one of the most iconic and forward thinking martial artists to ever live. Iron Fist (TV Show) Ok, last TV show, and this one’s definitely worth a watch. Iron Fist is a Netflix & Marvel original TV show bas...
Featuring classic martial artists from actors like Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris to today's Tony Jaa and Iko Uwais, here are the best martial arts movies ever.