Martial arts film Essays

  • Jackie Chan Reshaping Martial Arts Through Film

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    reckless stunts, comedy, and bizarre English, has introduced Hollywood to a newly perception and invented martial art that appeals to all sorts of audiences. He incorporates his knowledge from his younger days in the Peking Opera and China Drama Academy under the guidance of Master Yu Jim- Yuen, a famous Peking opera wu-shen performer, who is considered to be the grandfather of Hong Kong martial arts movies. Not only did he learn a lot from the opera and academy that helped him enter to the U.S. movie

  • The Last Samurai Kieyama Research Paper

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    Akira Koieyama is a famed Japanese martial artist and actor who has played in films like "The Last Samurai", "47 Ronin", "Rush" and in the web series "Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist". We talk to him about his career, life, martial arts and many other topics. How did you first enter the martial arts? What kind of training did you receive? I started karate practice when I was a kid, particularly Shurite Ryu karate. When I started, the students went to the dojo twice a week. We practiced Makiwara

  • Robert a. Trias an Enigmatic Martial Arts Master

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    Robert A. Trias (pronounced "Tray-us") was one of the most influential and enigmatic martial arts masters of the 20th century. He assembled his own system of karate, Shuri-ryu, through a synthesis of Chinese, Okinawan and Japanese systems, opened the first American karate dojo in 1946, headed what became the most sizably voluminous international karate federation in history, and trained many of America's top karate competitors. He was by turns fatherly, arrogant, outgoing and secretive, and had associated

  • Anime

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    among children, considering the success of the much-in-demand anime series "Pokémon". Anime art is known for it's characters' big round eyes, abnormal shaped hair, and it's unique exaggeration of physical reality. Since anime is basically movies translated into animation, it contains as many subgenres as there are actual genres. However, the majority of anime contains some type of action or martial arts, so I chose to discuss the action/horror subgenre and will be using Yoshiaki Kawajiri's Ninja

  • Movie Review: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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    Perhaps Jen wishes her death can not only lead a rebirth of Mu Bai, but also change her minds of the martial arts. It is obvious that Mu Bai hopes his death can lead Jen go to a higher phase of the martial arts. The death of Mu Bai is the lesson that he teaches to Jen. And this lesson becomes the most significant moment for Jen. Jen eventually understands the Daoism of the life and the martial arts. Her jump from the Wudan Mountain leads a new stage of the Jiang

  • Asians and Kill Bill

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    Asians and Kill Bill Sitting in the movie theater, I was baffled to see so many stereotypes touched on in one single film. These stereotypes were not just any kind of stereotype – they were those pertaining to Asians in particular. The obviousness and sheer transparency of the stereotypes made the movie look like a complete joke. The film? Kill Bill. The majority of today’s films starring Asian actors and actresses often contain numerous stereotypes. They cater to the biased views that most non-Asians

  • Stereotypes

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    eyes,short and identical, knows martial art , and lack communication skills.. It’s what society got use to seeing us and these stereotypes are the one that were known for. Culture discrimination still exist today and affects many people around the world. There are many people that are getting stereotype on a daily basis . It happens everywhere and it doesn’t pick any moment, place, or time. A majority of Asian stereotypes portrayals in the media,particularly in films, all started ranging from the

  • Ghost Dog

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    revenge the death of his boss. The film plays off the rules and morals of the samurai against the gangster?s, showing the success of an ancient tradition in co��rison to a dying way of life. Jim Jarmusch, the writer and director wanted to make a film around Forest Whitaker; to make use of his large powerfiul figure and appearance while yet still having a softer side within his manner of speech. So after taking in Whitaker?s interests in ancient tradition and martial arts, he added other ideas from his

  • Hero's Journey In Creating The Myth By Linda Seger

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    what they were in the beginning. A film that found tremendous success by following this outline was “Kung Fu Panda.” The film’s protagonist is Po, a panda that, from the beginning, does not appear to be capable of doing anything heroic. As in the hero myth outline stated by Leger, Po comes from a “mundane world, doing mundane things” (Seger 312). He works in his father’s noodle shop and although he admires those that practice Kung Fu, he does not have any martial arts training of his own. But Po is

  • Bruce Lee Research Paper

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    for his great foresight and innovative contributions to the martial arts. Although Bruce Lee died almost forty years ago, he is still one of the most popular film stars in the world. The reason is not only that he made tremendous contribution to modern martial arts and to the development of the film acting, but also that he developed his own martial arts philosophy as his lifestyle. Bruce Lee has made great contribution to martial arts. Although instead of being the real fighter, he is more likely

  • Bruce Lee

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    In the Book Bruce Lee: They Died too Young, writer Jon Lewis tells the story of the greatest martial artist that ever lived. Known as Lee Jun Fan only to his family, Bruce Lee was an enthusiastic boy who took a special interest in the martial arts. Unfortunately,his life was cut short at the age of only thirty-two. Through this short yet unbelievably incredible life, Bruce Lee still proves to be an excellent role model due to his discipline,determination, and self-improvement. 	One of Bruce Lee’s

  • Bruce Lee Research Paper

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    famous martial arts moves. Bruce Lee was not only a martial arts star, but also a well-known martial artist, philosopher, as well as the founder of “Jeet Kune Do” martial arts. He gained a worldwide status in a short span of life and soon became one of the most influential martial artists of all time. Joe Lewis has quoted as saying,” If Bruce Lee wasn’t the greatest martial artist of all time, then certainly he is the number one candidate” reveals Bruce Lee’s contributions as a martial artist

  • How Bruce Lee Changed the World

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    most recognizable icon in martial arts cinema of the 20th century and beyond. Millions of people today would acknowledge and agree without a doubt that Bruce Lee is the greatest martial artist who has ever lived in all of history. However, Bruce's unique fighting style and realistic approach in his films is not to be looked at as the only factors of his significance. In his short life but long legacy, Bruce has changed the world by openly teaching ancient, Chinese martial arts to people who were non-Chinese

  • A Man with a Dragon’s Spirit: Bruce Lee

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    The man who has my admiration and utmost respect is Bruce Lee. In the short 32 years of his life, Bruce Lee, created a legacy that is still prevalent today. He is thought by many as the “Greatest Martial Artist of the 20th Century”. His philosophies and insightful teachings have influenced many people, including myself. His perseverance and determination are beyond that of modern-day people and those are to qualities that deserve my admiration. Bruce Lee was born, November 27th 1940, in San Francisco

  • Michael Kojo Essien

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    Michael Kojo Essien net worth: Michael Essien is a Ghanaian midfielder who currently plays for Milan and has a net worth of xyz. He was born in Accra on December 3rd 1982 in Accra, to Aba Gyandoh and James Essien. He graduated from St Augustine College and started his football career at liberty professionals FC, a local club in Ghana. However his successful career started in 1999 when he played for Ghana at the African Under-17 Championships and in the Under-17 World Cup in New Zeeland in the same

  • Martial Arts: Religion, Foundation and Movements

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    The moment one hears of Asian culture, martial arts may be the first idea to come to mind. In a general sense, many view martial arts as a sport that involves hurting one another. On the contrary to this belief, martial arts has had a rich history in a religious aspect as well. One may think religion and martial arts are two contradictory of each other, how can they mix? Religion plays an important factor in belief, but most of all in way of life. Religion highly contributed to the

  • Bruce Lee

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    lived in the flat. It was through his father's connection that Bruce ultimately became a child film star. His own acting ability was clear from the beginning. Bruce posed as a great natural actor and possessed a great natural ability for acting. His father used to take him backstage. As a young boy, Bruce always hung around the set where his father was working on film. Few people have started a major film car... ... middle of paper ... ... do, whether it was to be a fighter, an actor, a dancer

  • Bruce Lee Research Paper

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    Bruce Lee is the icon of Martial Arts. He has inspired many modern day Martial Arts.Bruce is known for inspiring famous MMA/UFC fighters to start learning Martial arts after seeing one of his movies or learning about his lagce. Bruce Lee is thought to be the greatest fighter ever who ever. His legend still lives on though his fans and his children. Lee Jaun Fan better known as Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco, on November 27, 1940. His parents had Bruce when they were on tour in the United States

  • Trying Martial Arts

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    Trying Martial Arts Martial Arts are not a good thing to know. It gives you a false sense of superiority. Which makes you more aggressive than you would be normally would be. With this aggression you would most likely go out and start fights. You would always be mad and want to hurt something. Martial Arts are not a good thing to know. On the contrary, in martial arts you are taught to control your anger. You are taught not to let your feelings interfere with your skills. Martial arts encourage violence

  • An Asian Growing Up in America

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    through out freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior year, people gave me nicknames like Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan. It’s a shame that those names never really held up it’s title, due to the fact that I didn’t know anything about Kung Fu or any fancy martial arts. One cold December morning of my 7th grade year in mi... ... middle of paper ... ...t out, I figured what I wanted to do. Knowing that it would be four years of relentless pestering, I knew that someday I would surpass my tormentors;