what is your favorite kung fu flick and actor

[SPJ]

from the 70s to today

from shaw's brother to hollywood.

from shaolin 36 chambers to kill bills

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-Grl1HkorM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o4Zy_M6qdk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-bfgqii84E&feature=related

gordon liu was one of my fav from the 1970s.

what is your choice?

:)

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iH-lJNRWiM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOfsfCscDsE&feature=related

master killer or pai mei.

"kung fu gives me health. kung fu gives me spirits. kung fu gives me a job."

:)

[David Jamieson]

Masterkiller the 36th chamber of shaolin - gordon liu

awesomest!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0st0JJhjME

[Iron_Lung]

7 Steps of Kung Fu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8L_V1lwFbU

The Hot, Cool and Vicious

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMACB-5eT1M

[cerebus]

Gordon Liu was great, one of the best old-school Hong Kong peeps.

For older movies, I always liked "5 Deadly Venoms". For newer flicks I really like "Iron Monkey" with Donnie Yen.

[ManilaCrane]

I would have to go with Drunken Master as one of my all time favorite kung fu movie. But as for actor, it has to be Donnie Yen.

[Laukarbo]

Sammo Hung Kam Po is the man..no doubt !

[thelegend731]

Donnie yen, but I don't particularly like any of his movies except for iron monkey

[wenshu]

The Young Master
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpCV_7ZmTiE

Fist of the White Lotus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bthNfim8vCA

[TenTigers]

never cared for GL, thought the choreography was awful. I always liked the venom gang, especially ,Chiang Sheng.
Bruce Lee -Kato was the first CMA I 'd ever seen. I was 11 yrs old, and that was it!
I HAD to learn GUNG-FU!!!
When I first saw the TV commercial for Chinese Connection, I literally screamed!
My Mom ran into the den,"What's wrong??!!"
I said, "BRUCE LEE IS MAKING MOVIES!!!" (I honestly thought I was like the only one who knew who he was!)
Enter the Dragon was orgasmic for me. The opening scene was like a religious experience.
(I had the book, "Secrets of Chinese Karate," by Ed Parker-the first book to talk about the Shaolin Temple, the wooden man hall, the brands of the Tiger and Dragon, waiting outside the gate for three days, etc. When ths show KungFu came out-I had another experience, again, thinking I was the only one who knew about the Shaolin Temple...ok, so I was a dopey kid..)
Now, Donnie Yen is da man.

[MightyB]

Donnie Yen is the man right now.

But I'm not afraid to admit that I think Jet Li is the all time great with movies like: "Bodyguard from Beijing", "Once upon a time in China", "Unleashed", "Hero", "Kiss of the Dragon", "High Risk", "The Tai Chi Master", "Fist of Legend", "The Legend of the Swordsman", "New Legend of Shaolin", and the granddaddy of all that is cool in the martial arts movie world...
"Shaolin Temple"

[SPJ]

gordon liu looked like my cousin.

36 chambers is a classical tale of shaolin

so the movie is classical by many standards or class of its own.

it also marked the movie making industry transitioning from taiwan to hongkong.

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:)

[jethro]

Favorite fighter- Chang Shan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K_S9oieRR4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeM3Dtp3OdI




Favorite actor- tie between Ti Lung and Ku Feng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIsD4FB6r00




Favorite movie- Legend of a Fighter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTC5hHHzGxE

[Hebrew Hammer]

All time favorite Kung Fu Movie: Master of the Flying Guillotine!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmdP1qTjGZY

Favorite Actor: Sammo Hung (cuz a fat man shouldnt' be able to move like that) and now Jackie Chan. Both of them for their athleticism and comedic abilities.

Did I mention Michelle Yeoh?

[lonewolf]

i loved how in kill zone he did improving fight scenes and brazilian jujitsu. it's nice to see someone doing something new in kung fu movies and raising the bar even today.
iron monkey was awsome, Ip man was great too. :D

[Jimbo]

Favorite kung fu movies:

Shaolin Martial Arts.

Disciples of Shaolin.

Favorite martial arts actor:

Alexander Fu Sheng (during Chang Cheh's Shaolin series of movies, including the above-mentioned films, which was earlier in his career).

[SergeTk]

movie, Shaolin Temple 3
actor:Jet Li.

[JamesC]

I'm glad i'm not the only one who really likes Donnie Yen. I'm actually starting to prefer him to Jet Li these days.

Favorite KF(and Karate) flicks:
Dragon Tiger Gate - Just really liked the cinematography and the action.
Iron Monkey - Awesome.
Fist of Legend - Awesome awesome.
Fighter in the Wind - Some great action sequences. Plus, it's about Mas Oyama(loosely).
Black Belt(Kuro Obi) - Fist Karate movie i've seen that showed a no-nonsense approach to combat. Also, I liked the fact that they were genuinely good karateka. The final fight sequence was terrible, though.

[solo1]

Donnie Yen in Ip Man, hands down the best of its kind.

[Jimbo]

If we're also including non-Chinese MA or MA-type movies, then my favorite actor, by a long shot, is Shintaro Katsu, in his Zatoichi series. IMO, no other MA actor has ever 'become the role' like him.

[Hebrew Hammer]

I'm surprised how many of you picked Donnie Yen...Ip Man was by far his best role but I just don't think his MA is nearly as good or athletic as some others posted on here.

[Lucas]

sonny chiba ftw!!

The Street Fighter!!!!!!

ya ya i know its karate, but i dont care. chiba owns.

[solo1]

I'm surprised how many of you picked Donnie Yen...Ip Man was by far his best role but I just don't think his MA is nearly as good or athletic as some others posted on here.

agreed but what he did demonstrate was great. I think there was a comment here some time back, maybe from the great one Gene Ching that Yen has no formal KF training. The movie was tense, well shot and told a great story. I have watched it a dozen times and still see something new every time. will probably watch it again this weekend!

[Jimbo]

I remember reading an interview with Donnie Yen in a British magazine back in the early '90s where he mentioned his training. If I remember right, he mentioned starting with wushu under his mom, Bow Sim-Mark. (I have an old book from the early '80s on wushu basics by her, and Donnie demonstrates in several of the photos). He mentioned going to many places in Boston to learn whatever he felt was useful, mentioning TKD, kickboxing, and also under Sensei Mattson, an early karate pioneer in the U.S. who I believe taught Uechi-ryu. He might have mentioned kung fu; I don't remember. He said he was starting to get into trouble, so his parents sent him to China to train with the Beijing wushu team, but that he wasn't particularly comfortable doing wushu. In the magazine interview, Donnie described his training routine at the time as mainly kicking exercises. I suspect that's changed.

I don't know if Donnie has had formal 'traditional' CMA training or not, though it's pretty clear he's learned or played around with a lot of stuff since the time of that interview.