Portrayed by Donnie Yen in the film series named after him and loosely based on his life, Ip Man was born to a wealthy family in Foshan, Guangdong province in 1893. Having taken up Wing Chun at age 13 under the tutelage of Chan Wah Shun, he moved to Hong Kong two years later to complete his schooling.

After seeing a police officer beating a local woman while heading to school with a classmate,…

In 1988, _Bloodsport_ was the quintessential Cannon Group VHS blockbuster, costing nothing to make and raking in $50m "despite" negative reviews. It made Jean-Claude Van Damme a star, is notable for being a perfectly-formed, perfectly mindless video game on celluloid, and is credited for bringing the martial arts genre back to the big screen. — Read the rest

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Jason Statham is one of the most interesting movie stars on the planet. He's a martial arts master, but the place I first noticed him was in British gangster movies, talking fast and delivering insanely memorable lines.

Now, at this point in his career, you know exactly what you're getting when you buy a ticket: a bald British man who hits people with alarming efficiency and somehow, every…

There is no better feeling than confronting your fears head-on and overcoming them, especially when you feel like the odds are stacked against you. That’s why a video from American Tigers, a martial arts school in Mission Viejo, California, is so powerful. Eight-year-old Elizabeth “Ellie” Park was shaking in fear as she approached her teacher, […]

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The Forbidden City, an Italian-Chinese crime thriller about a Chinese woman on a revenge quest in Rome, comes to VOD on March 17th.