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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).
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Without Hong Kong’s thriving entertainment industry and open culture, the genius and creativity of the literary giant and his martial arts epics would have no chance to shine.
As Hong Kong mourns storyteller Ni Kuang and filmmaker Alex Law, it can take comfort from knowing their much-loved legacies will live on.
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In 1975’s The Man from Hong Kong, Jimmy Wang Yu thought he had found the vehicle that would propel him to Bruce Lee-level international fame – but the James Bond-like film did not click with viewers.
What we know about the 22-year-old, who also starred in Hulu’s hit show Pen15, played Awkwafina’s brother in Marvel’s Shang-Chi – and even had a role as Bruce Lee
In 1998, Rush Hour shot Jackie Chan to international fame. But after making the film with Chris Tucker, Chan ultimately decided not to abandon Hong Kong, and continued to make films in both places.
Martial arts film icon and the 2024 Hong Kong Film Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Sammo Hung talks about his movies, stars like Donnie Yen, Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan – and eating.
Hong Kong actor and director Wu Ma had a prolific career in front of and behind the camera. His best film, The Dead and the Deadly, showed the formula for success.
More than 20 programmes planned under theme of ‘Arts and Action’, according to secretary for culture and tourism Kevin Yeung.
The American makes the first defence of his belt at ONE Fight Night 21 on Saturday, against an opponent who has won his past six matches.
The first two Ip Man movies, directed by Wilson Yip, use old-school kung fu, nationalism and fabrications to make the eponymous martial artist, and the actor who plays him, Donnie Yen, household names.
Victor Marx got the world’s attention recently when he asked people to pray for Justin and Hailey Bieber – so who is he, and what qualifies him to discuss the couple?
Readers discuss the impact of the popular manga series in the city, and how Chinese history and culture can inspire the next generation.
Three hidden gems of Hong Kong action cinema, To’s judo film Throw Down, Lau’s kung fu comedy and Lam’s relationship drama within a crime story should be on the radar of any serious fan of the action genre.
Bloodsport is not a great movie but it always entertains. The Hong Kong-set action drama is best known for propelling Belgian martial artist Jean-Claude Van Damme into the Hollywood big league.
Jet Li reinvented himself in the 1990s from a period kung fu movie star to a modern action hero. We look at three of his gun fu films fusing firearms and fighting, before he left Hong Kong for the US.
A new study suggests that tai chi may help lower blood pressure in people at risk of developing hypertension more effectively than conventional aerobic exercise. Experts describe its benefits.
Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh is set to prove her acting range yet again in new Netflix series The Brothers Sun, a black comedy that centres on a Taiwanese crime family
Martial arts superstar Jackie Chan looked to broaden his range as an actor in Hong Kong-produced movies in the 1990s, making hits such as Rumble in the Bronx and forgettable films such as Mr Nice Guy.
In the 1970s, Michael Hui was the box-office champion, Jackie Chan achieved stardom, and kung fu and sex sold movies. What else happened in Hong Kong cinema during that decade?
Hong Kong martial arts star Chen Kuan-tai took pride in having been a kung fu professional. Ti Lung was handy with a sword in wuxia films and, like Chen, a regular in Chang Cheh’s films for Shaw Brothers.
Dragon He’s father, Jaden He Jingde, is a former wushu champion who trained under the same coach as Jet Li and Donnie Ye
For Hong Kong chef and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner Nathan Green, BJJ isn’t just about keeping fit. Ahead of a fight, he talks about how engaging in the martial art helps him by offering support and structure.
The supermodel just spent a pre-Thanksgiving holiday in Costa Rica with her kids’ jiu-jitsu trainer Joaquim Valente – here’s what we know
Ah Kam, a 1996 film by Ann Hui starring Michelle Yeoh and Sammo Hung, combined realistic drama, melodrama and triad action. Seen as experimental, it was overshadowed by an injury Yeoh sustained on set.
Actor, producer, martial artist – Sammo Hung has loomed large in Hong Kong’s film industry since the 1960s. We bet you don’t know about some aspects of his long movie career.
His fighting skills helped get him roles in Deadpool 2, Mortal Kombat and now its sequel – now the martial arts star is ready to direct his first movie – a biopic of his dad
ONE Championship boss says both men ‘looked very slow’ at Fight Night 14 in Singapore, and ‘can’t compete with the best in the world any more’.
Jimmy Wang Yu directed 1973 action epic Beach of the War Gods. One of his most underrated movies and an underperformer at the box office, it is based on Akira Kurosawa’s classic Seven Samurai.
Female martial arts athletes are from India’s northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, a region that is claimed by China.
