Martial arts films are heavily linked with Chinese culture, from the Shaolin Temple in China to famous martial artists in history, such as Wong Fei-hung, Fong Sai-yuk and Hong Xiguan.

Jet Li is one of the world's most acclaimed martial arts movie stars.The Chinese-born martial artist has been working for over 40 years and has starred in the lead role in movies that have grossed ...

Being Chinese American, I grew up watching movies and TV shows with characters who looked like me but didn’t act like me. One of them was Lawrence, the nerdy Chinese student in the 2003 film ...

Paramount Picks Four Chinese Actors for ‘Transformers 4’ Roles via Reality Show. ... a mainland actor and martial arts specialist who graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, ...

Tai Chi is a Chinese martial art practiced around the world and used by performers of different mediums, including theater.. Known in Chinese as Taiji boxing [太極拳, Taijiquan in traditional Chinese], ...

The biggest action star in Asian cinema in the 1960s, Jimmy Wang Yu’s success in films such as One-Armed Swordsman and The Chinese Boxer paved the way for fellow martial arts actors including ...

As a teenager, he liked to watch Chinese kungfu films performed by actors such as Jackie Chan. ... The Wudang Martial Arts Association has 10 branches overseas in countries such as the US, ...

“Chinese martial arts inspired me and taught me to mix the static with the dynamic, to understand that things can be true and false, and to fight with a capricious style.” To many in China’s MMA ...