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Post by smoothpete on Sept 17, 2021 15:14:39 GMT
Adkins is in John Wick 4 apparently.
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Post by clemfandango on Sept 17, 2021 15:17:06 GMT
Oh and another great one done by the Raid producers is 'Revenger' set on a prison island, its excellent.
Revenger
The night comes for us
Headshot
They are all on Netflix too
Thank me later :-)
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Post by Matt A on Sept 17, 2021 15:43:31 GMT
My favourite was Drunken Master.
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Post by hedben on Sept 17, 2021 15:51:08 GMT
Ong Bak is the better film, but honourable mention to the stairs fight from Warrior King (/The Protector) youtu.be/Bqw369ZskMk |
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Post by hedben on Sept 17, 2021 16:00:33 GMT
Well known but for good reason:
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Post by Matt A on Sept 17, 2021 16:04:57 GMT
Anybody think kung fu flicks have suffered because mma has kind of proven that Kung Fu isn't that good in a fight?
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Post by hedben on Sept 17, 2021 16:14:55 GMT
I doubt that's it. I never watched martial arts movies to learn how to give someone an arse kicking, it's just impressive stunts and choreography.
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Post by Tonka (🐑,🪤) on Sept 17, 2021 18:39:44 GMT
Anybody think kung fu flicks have suffered because mma has kind of proven that Kung Fu isn't that good in a fight? No. The wushu stuff is popular because of aesthetics. It's acrobatics basically. You don't see super heros doing MMA poses for example. I do appreciate grittier fight scenes, like in the Bourne movies, but there's just something about the balletic qualities of wushu that I really enjoy. /Tries to imagine a wire MMA fight |
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Post by Matt A on Sept 17, 2021 18:41:06 GMT
Fair enough. They are great to watch
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Sept 17, 2021 22:06:46 GMT
Some martial arts actors pretty successfully incorporated MMA stuff into their usual repertoire. There's a bunch of Donnie Yen movies (eg. Flash Point) where he uses a lot of grappling, and manages to make it look cool.
That's the problem with MMA in movies, really. Yeah it's more realistic, yeah it would probably win in a real fight against a kung fu master. But it doesn't look as cool.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Sept 18, 2021 9:23:27 GMT
I've always had a soft spot for Drive (1997)
It's kinda cheesy, but it's a nice mix of buddy-movie, action and wire-fu.
Favorite Wuxia movie, although probably far from actually the best, is New Dragon Gate Inn.
Though both of their trailers make then look way worse than they are.
Best fight scene ever?
It's rare that you get a fight scene that contains such a nice story arc.
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Post by Matt A on Sept 18, 2021 9:30:08 GMT
Some martial arts actors pretty successfully incorporated MMA stuff into their usual repertoire. There's a bunch of Donnie Yen movies (eg. Flash Point) where he uses a lot of grappling, and manages to make it look cool. That's the problem with MMA in movies, really. Yeah it's more realistic, yeah it would probably win in a real fight against a kung fu master. But it doesn't look as cool. Bruce Lee used grappling in Jeet Kune Do I think and A lot give him the credit of inventing MMA and his base was kung fu. I just remember seeing a youtube of a karate master facing off against a kung fu master and it didn't end well for kung fu. But the movement, I think kung fu is a beautiful martial art. |
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Post by LegendaryApe on Sept 18, 2021 10:15:40 GMT
Has anyone mentioned The Quest yet?
JCVD, Roger Moore, and of course a tournament format, with various different styles of martial arts, including a guy in a kilt.
Muay Thai has always been one my favourite styles and is also well represented.
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Post by Tonka (🐑,🪤) on Sept 18, 2021 11:52:44 GMT
I really enjoyed Shadow, although it leaks heavier on the Wuxia and pretty visuals, than the fighting. youtu.be/Zw3LjaZlSLM |
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Post by jablonski on Sept 30, 2021 11:26:01 GMT
My favourites are
Fong Sai Yuk
Armour Of God
Fist Of Legend
Iron Monkey
Drunken Master II
Police Story
Prodical Son
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The Big Boss
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Post by smoothpete on Sept 30, 2021 11:30:22 GMT
The Quest is great, really enjoyed that one when it came out. Loved the animal style kung fu dude
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Post by LegendaryApe on Sept 30, 2021 12:24:11 GMT
The Quest is great, really enjoyed that one when it came out. Loved the animal style kung fu dude You're my kinda guy. My favourite was the bullfighter dude. He had swag |
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Post by Gitsome UK on Sept 30, 2021 13:38:28 GMT
Some of the films mentioned in this thread are absolute classics.
For me the best film by far that I absolutely love is Kung Fu Hustle.
This film quite frankly has it all and still has scenes that make me laugh out loud and just go Wow... Just wow.
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Post by robthehermit on Sept 30, 2021 13:48:06 GMT
Loved Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer was also great.
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Post by oldskooldeano on Sept 30, 2021 14:53:34 GMT
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Post by beastmaster on Dec 27, 2021 15:36:22 GMT
Just finished watching the Shawscope 12 film box set.
Phew! Very highly recommended recommend..
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Post by LegendaryApe on Dec 27, 2021 16:55:51 GMT
Did watching martial arts movies as a kid inspire any of you to take up martial arts?
It was mostly JCVD I loved as a youth and so ended up doing kickboxing for 12 years or so. Really did my health and weight so much good. I met my now-wife there.
I often think about going back, but with a toddler and another on the way it's hard to justify spending the time on myself. And it can be quite expensive too
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Post by Danno on Dec 27, 2021 20:36:15 GMT
Did watching martial arts movies as a kid inspire any of you to take up martial arts? It was mostly JCVD I loved as a youth and so ended up doing kickboxing for 12 years or so. Really did my health and weight so much good. I met my now-wife there. I often think about going back, but with a toddler and another on the way it's hard to justify spending the time on myself. And it can be quite expensive too Yeah I did 4 years of Kung fu and a yearish of Wing Chun off the back of Big Trouble in Little China and Enter the Dragon. Wish I'd kept it up but going back to it now would be agonising and likely embarrassing when some 12 year old kicks my face off |
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Post by LegendaryApe on Dec 27, 2021 20:39:36 GMT
Fair play. I'd have loved Wing Chun or Kung Fu. Not very many options in a small town in Ireland back then.
You should definitely go back, it'd be easier going back to those martial arts than MMA for example, where a 12 year probably would make you his bitch.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2021 20:46:10 GMT
I did a couple of years of kung fu as a kid as well. Not sure it was any one film in particular that inspired it. My dad had a friend who was a sifu, he trained us early on, then we went to an actual studio to learn officially.
Have always thought about going back, but it's an expense, as Ape mentioned. And while I wouldn't be embarrassed of getting my ass kicked by a 12 year old so much, as I'm assuming they've had much more experience than I have, just being the old guy in general feels weird. Something like private tutoring would work better in that case, but that's even more expensive than just the weekly classes.
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Post by lexw on Dec 30, 2021 14:57:06 GMT
Did watching martial arts movies as a kid inspire any of you to take up martial arts? I did a few months of Tai Chi Chuan, which is the martial art Tai Chi is derived from, because I was a twerp and wanted to do a martial art not everybody was doing (so not karate or taekwondo particularly). It was interesting but I had to travel a long way (or so it seemed at age 16) to do it, and it was at a difficult time of day, so eventually I gave up. Pretty sure I still owe the tutor a tenner and still feel guilty about it. I had already done four years of fencing at that point, if that counts (preferring sabre, because being a big oaf was semi-advantageous with that, where foil and epee favour skinny freaks with lightning reflexes who don't actually fence, just poke), and that was definitely inspired by my love of swordfighting in movies and books. |
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Post by LegendaryApe on Dec 30, 2021 16:34:41 GMT
Did watching martial arts movies as a kid inspire any of you to take up martial arts? I did a few months of Tai Chi Chuan, which is the martial art Tai Chi is derived from, because I was a twerp and wanted to do a martial art not everybody was doing (so not karate or taekwondo particularly). It was interesting but I had to travel a long way (or so it seemed at age 16) to do it, and it was at a difficult time of day, so eventually I gave up. Pretty sure I still owe the tutor a tenner and still feel guilty about it. I had already done four years of fencing at that point, if that counts (preferring sabre, because being a big oaf was semi-advantageous with that, where foil and epee favour skinny freaks with lightning reflexes who don't actually fence, just poke), and that was definitely inspired by my love of swordfighting in movies and books. Fencing would have been a good one to take up. I had the same attitude re Tae Kwon Do or Karate. I wouldn't change the years spent doing kickboxing. I'd be interested in doing Karate now though. Might be due to Akuma/Ryu being some of my favourite Street Fighter characters. After Sagat, Adon and Dee Jay of course. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2021 16:41:36 GMT
Yeah, I'd love to learn karate as well. I think as an adult, it seems the most appropriate since it feels pretty hard hitting. That or some grappling martial art like judo or aikido.
Probably easier on the old limbs than kung fu's more graceful movements too.
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Post by lexw on Dec 30, 2021 19:31:49 GMT
I'd be interested in doing Karate now though. Might be due to Akuma/Ryu being some of my favourite Street Fighter characters. After Sagat, Adon and Dee Jay of course. Ahhh a man of taste! Though I do have an awful lot of favourite SF characters (esp. Karin in Street Fighter Alpha 3). And yes that is a tad ironic - at the same time I was pshaw towards karate I loved those characters. Probably didn't help that I had a friend who got his Shotokan black belt around that time and could literally do a leaping spin kick higher than my head (and I'm over 6' - he's 6'4" though). No way I could compete with that - dude had been doing it since he was single-digits-old. My brother was a judoka so that was right out too! |
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Post by LegendaryApe on Dec 30, 2021 19:37:53 GMT
It really is a great pasttime to take up, especially when you're younger. If I ever transfer back to my home town with work I'll try and use the extra time to get back into it.
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