Wing Chun Vs Wing Sawan

Te Wei’s Conceited General (1955) was exceptional in being one of the first Chinese animations to have color. Under Mao’s reign, the film was a stepping stone towards a more cohesive style of animation that was distinctly Chinese. With a strong moral and nationalistic aspect, Conceited General was an example of an attack on the values of the old system of feudalism and the integration of the values of Mao’s talk at the Yunan Forum (1946).

Perhaps, the powerful storyline of the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was what encouraged one of the greatest cinematic martial arts directors Ang Lee, to make a film out of the Chinese novel. In this film, Lee’s primary function is not only to portray skillfully choreographed fighting scenes, but also to connect powerful sequences of events that touches upon the emotional complex human condition that is associated with both the Taoist and Buddhist belief systems. By not allowing action to be the sole guiding force of the narrative of Crouching

Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon, one of the most successful and popular Chinese-language movie in the West directed by Ang Lee, was considered as an eastern film for the western audience and a western film for the east. “I didn’t see any tiger or dragon in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; then I get it – they all crouched and hid.” This joke provoked a wave of laughter during an award ceremony in the United States, but my response was a satiric sneer. This is because the phrase “crouching tiger, hidden dragon” in Chinese is an old idiom, which should rather be understood by its metaphorical meaning instead of interpreting it literally, as the joke teller did. The same joke created different reactions among audiences of different regions; similarly, the same film – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Crouching Tiger) – received diverse responses in the United States and China. Compare to its huge popularity in the west, this movie did not strike such success in Chinese community especially mainland China, where the story takes place. In many mainstream movie communities like Mtime and Douban in China, Crouching Tiger does not rank even top 30 in overall film ratings. How does it happen? I think the director and his filming style is a really important clue for this question. And with the director’s unique filming style, Crouching Tiger succeeds internationally and differs itself from other martial arts genre and Hollywood action movie for

Antoine Fuqua’s “Southpaw” is about a delinquent fighter who rose to fame and success in the field of boxing only to be felled again by a personal tragedy.

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of ‘Rocky’, it’s not only required viewing for every boxer to ever step foot in the ring, but it’s also the kind of film that needs to be shown in schools. Motivation is difficult to come by these days, in a climate fundamentally riddled with people and companies prying for your attention, it can be difficult to find a moment of peace and solitude. That first ‘Rocky’ is a film that can get you out of any sort of slump, be it emotional or physical. Southpaw’ is eyeing the champ, this film is looking to go toe to toe with ‘Rocky’, and it’s not one that should be easily written off.

Born in America and raised in six different countries, the young avant-garde director John Vargas set out to produce something different. And he did it. The story seems incredibly real and resonates well with us normal people—partly because Vargas based the story largely on his own experience living and learning martial arts in different countries. There is no dark, dread, dangerous gang leader, nor old, white, near-divine grandmaster. The protagonist Pete Harkin, played by the action movie icon Mason Grey, is no more than an avid lover of martial arts. Anyone can be Pete. Anyone can learn martial arts. Convinced by his very first western boxing master of “the Nine Miles” to becoming a real martial artist, Pete goes

Having won Mei Ying’s feelings, Dre interprets the predominance of Western romanticism in global culture. While Dre helps Mei Ying to be more knowledgeable in the westward culture and gives sentiments to her musical performance, she supports him throughout his course of studying Kung-fu. Their love story mirrors a typical western fairy tale, in which prince charming gives meaning princess beauty’s life and they remain happily ever after. Although Dre is bullied and suffers inequality throughout the movie, he wins the fight gloriously in the end. His championship proves that Western people are always of greater strength, and China is incomparable to the potentials of the States, or even a portion of it portrayed by Dre. Mr. Han, for instance, is amazed by the Dre’s strong will to win, and how he incorporates his learning to grow stronger as a whole. The standing ovation by the audience, who mostly are Chinese, indicates that America’s ultimate goal is to attain victory, receive admiration and respect. The fact that Dre beats Chang to the floor signifies the ambition that America will outgrow and defeat Asian societies. The movie is used as a means of entertainment media to intimidate and create apprehension on other nations, and affirm the superior status of ours. Ultimately, Mei Ying, Mr. Han and Chang are the representations of how Asians should give into the prominence of Western culture and

The film The Wrestler takes advantage of society’s deep-rooted beliefs of domesticity. It teases and plays with one’s heart until the very end when the master narrative is surprisingly overthrown. Through its cinematic realism and clever marriage of typical plot structure and unconventional resolution, The Wrestler creatively rejects this master narrative of domesticity.

From Gold's Gym in Venice Beach California to the showdown in Pretoria, amateur and professional bodybuilders prepare for the 1975 Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe contests in this part-scripted, part-documentary film. Five-time champion Arnold Schwarzenegger defends his Mr. Olympia title against Serge Nubret and the shy young deaf Lou Ferrigno, whose father is his coach the ruthless champ psyches out the young lion. Sardinian Franco Columbu competes in the lightweight class; at home in Italy he solves a tight parking problem by lifting the car into place. Joe Weider is the marketer; Mike Katz and Ken Waller go for the title of Mr. Universe. Bodybuilding and a celebrity to be go mainstream. This partly real and partly scripted film documents what

Every year, thousands of movies, TV series, and commercials are produced and represented on the screen. But few can leave long-lasting impression on audiences. “The Legend of Zhen Huan” was released in 2011 and its heat stayed for more than three years. The story of Zhen Huan was based on the real history in the Qing Dynasty, Yong Zheng Empire. It depicts the ten-year life of a concubine and presents a strong, determined female who didn’t surrender to her destiny but fought against it.

On April 26, 1964 just like any other day, I was walking around town with my friends acting ruthlessly. We had been in this neighborhood a couple times, usually we get into trouble. It contained: nice cars, houses, and an MMA (Mix Martial Arts) gym. I have been wanting to get in a mma or boxing class. Couple hours later, after my friends left I went back to the gym to see how it was. The gym was cool and huge inside. The best part about the gym one of the world's best MMA fighter was the owner of the gym, Bruce Lee. “In 1953, he began to hone his passions into a discipline, he studied kung fu” (“Bruce Lee Biography”).

The second film to be compared is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. This film is Chinese film that was released in 2000 by Ang Lee (IMDb.com). Other prominent works of Lee include Life of Pi (2012), Brokeback Mountain (2005), and Hulk (2003). The main actors in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon are Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Sihung Lung, and Pei-Pei Cheng.

Chi Chuan, which is a series of exercises and moves carried out in slow motion.

First, old Hong Kong and now Hong Kong have similarities in culture, especially movie industry. Hong Kong is one of the most famous movie stars’ home town such as Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, and Sammo Hung. In fact, Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco, and he lived and went to school in the US, but he went Hong Kong when he was 3 year old baby and grew up in Hong Kong. By his impressive martial arts and

In China, the participation of regular physical activity was encouraged by the philosophical teachings. There were no such words in the Chinese vocabulary entirely corresponding to the Western terms of "sport" and "physical education”. Such physical exercises as wrestling, swordplay, archery, charioteering and horse-racing were all incorporated in the military training and therefore came under the general term of "wuyi," or "martial arts." Kung Fu gymnastics was developed to keep the body in good and working condition. It consisted of various stances and movements, patterned by separate foot works and imitations of different kind of animals’ fighting styles.