Do You Want To Become A Kungfu Actor, Or Are You Looking For Kungfu Actors?

[GeneChing]

I'm like a little kid in that regard.

After all these years you've been on the forum, I know. Believe me, I know.

[Drake]

Hey! I felt so bad about that I just went and bought something off of www.martialartsmart.com. Which, by the way, is hands down the most efficient, customer-oriented martial arts supply website EVER!


CLF Buddha Palm.. from some dude I never heard of. At any rate, I won't even get to watch it for at LEAST a month, because I shipped it stateside, and you all know where I am now.

Guilt is a powerful tool.

[GeneChing]

You can call me Debbie now. But only if you whisper it softly.

Dang, I should guilt trip more of you.

[KungfuCasting]

One issue is that, just as most martial arts people don't like non-MAist actors doing MA fight scenes, so many actors (and not just famous 'name' actors) can feel put off by seeing MAists with no acting training/experience cast in roles requiring a good bit of acting. By 'kung fu actor,' I assume that means not only performing MA onscreen, but also scenes requiring acting ability. As opposed to a stunt extra who appears briefly in a fight scene.

Contrary to popular belief among some MAists who want to get into film, good acting is much harder to do than it looks. Some people take to it more easily than others, just like MA, but it still requires training and time.

hello ,

yes you are 100% right about that.
that is the reason why there is a special place under the profile picture where members of the system may add their Acting experience etc..

and the fighters can always follow acting courses if they are really interested in acting.

Not only that but film fighting is totally different than real fighting. Pretty much you have to do the opposite of what you actually train unless you train as a performer.

yes film fighting is very different, a well know way in movies is fighting to each others hands instead of directly hit someone well.

I'm just probing KungfuCasting's research on this project. Like I said, I actually support it. I support anything that promotes martial arts and martial artists. But having seen projects like this come and go already, I approach any such project with guarded skepticism. Actually, I approach all martial arts with guarded skepticism.

In regards to fighting vs. acting, if great fighters made great actors, we'd see MMA dominate the movies now. That's not even close. Yao Sing's comment above is spot on. For more, see Punching to Miss By Philip Ng (2005 July/August). Philip is a traditional CLF and WC practitioner who has made several films in China.

yes that is true, but they can follow acting courses.

[Lokhopkuen]

Where are you based?

Are you interested in becoming a Kungfu actor or are you a director or producer looking for Kungfu actors?

then you can look at Kungfu Casting

www.KungfuCasting.com

and create your own profile

You will also have the ability to upload photo's and video's to show the world what you can do!
And producers/directors might find you and contact you!

Share this with people that are interested in becoming a Kungfu actor or share it with directors that need Kungfu actors!

[bawang]

you should stick to cartoon conventions.

[SPJ]

you need all the right ingredients to make a good kungfu flick.

There are a lot of flops.

1. the warring state or Zhan Guo, they rewrote history. big flop or failure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK-YfGnGeY4

2. Guang Yun Chang by Donnie Yen. It should be about how to fight a war and not about personal duking it out with flashing moves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&fe...&v=UWu6KGG5ccg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwADg...eature=related

another big failure.

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In short, it is not that easy.

[Drake]

you need all the right ingredients to make a good kungfu flick.

There are a lot of flops.

1. the warring state or Zhan Guo, they rewrote history. big flop or failure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK-YfGnGeY4

2. Guang Yun Chang by Donnie Yen. It should be about how to fight a war and not about personal duking it out with flashing moves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&fe...&v=UWu6KGG5ccg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwADg...eature=related

another big failure.

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In short, it is not that easy.

You are my favorite non-volatile person on this board.