Your favorite MA film star

[XiXung]

Whose your favorite martial arts film star? Mines Jet Li.

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[bluebar]

Jackie Chan & Sammo Hung

[Ky-Fi]

Kurt Thomas in "Gymkata", who demonstrated the practical combat applications of the uneven parallel bars and the pommel horse.

[b1nyc]

Gordon Liu and Alexander Fu Sheng

[Tigerstyle]

Sonny Chiba

and Sho Kosugi

[Subitai]

The 5 Deadly venoms

· Kuo Chiu = Lizard
· Chiang Sheng = The younger Lizard
· Lu Feng = Centipede
· Lo Mang = Toad
· Sun Chien = Scorpion
· Wei Pei = Snake

Chan Koon Tai

Gordon Liu

Jackie Chan of coarse

[Brad]

1.Jet Li
2.Jackie Chan
3.Donnie Yen
4.Sammo Hung
5.Michelle Yoeh

[mantisgirl]

DONNIE YEN ALL THE WAY!!!! Even though i like jackie cause he's real.....i like jet too but could do without all the wires

[@xemili]

Well, you just gotta respect Sammo Hung.
With the amount of weight that guy carries around, he can sure MOVE!

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[molum_jr]

1940's - 1950's: Shek Kin (Mr. Han) In his younger days, he could move! A Law Horn stylist who learnt from Grandmaster Sun, Yu-Feng, he is the most prolific northern sil lum martial artist. You gotta rent some of his old blk & white movies; they are classics.

1960's: I cannot remember much of the sixties, except for Ed Parker on the Lucy Show... and Bruce Tegner books /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
Fresca soft drink tasted much better then.

1970's: Bruce Lee and Angela Mao(period)

1980's: Jackie Chan in redubbed Japanese versions (music is more in sync). Fu Sheng and et al in the Nam Sil Lum Shaw films. The Lau Bros. for all the Hung Gar movies...

1990's: Jet Lee in the later movies - the dark ones like the "Black Mask." Michelle Yeoh who can kick Jackie's butt...can kick mine also.

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[DragonzRage]

C'mon now people! Bruce Lee has been and always will be the best!!

[wisdom mind]

The "Chessmaster", Ghostface Killa, Gordon Liu, cast of Invincible Armor

[chung2]

*period martial arts movies:

Gordon Liu, 5 venoms, Jet Li (in the shaolin Temple movies, without wires)

*Non traditional kung fu movies:
Bruce Lee (of course), Jackie Chan

[Hiroshi Tanaka]

The "evil" man in FONG SAE YUK. The one who gets blown up by the tnt. Can't remember his name....

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[Constipated Wombat]

Hmmmm... I never really enjoyed Bruce Lee movies. I mean, he can move well and all, but the films themselves as films were just atrocious. Anyone else notice how Chuck used to be all furry and now he's smooth?

For my money, Stephen Chiao is the man. Hong Kong's martial arts comedian and star of such greats as Hail the Judge, King of Beggars, Forbidden City Cop, and the greatest flick of all time, God of Cookery.

After Stephen, I'll take Jet Li, though again I tend to prefer him in the funnier ones like Fong Sai Yuk, Last Hero in China, Tai Chi Master, and Kung Fu Cult Master. He's really well suited to comedy but is often cast too seriously.

After Jet, give me the early team ups with Jackie, Sammo, and Biao. Those were just a lot of fun.

At the bottom of my list would be pretty much every american martial arts film ever made with the possible exceptions of Only the Strong and the Matrix (which is really a Hong Kong film anyway)


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[Kung Lek]

Hi-

I liked Gordon Liu's movies.
Also, like Jackie Chan.
and Bruce in Enter the dragon.

[Highlander]

How about Brandon Lee. He never seems to get mentioned in these.

[Lung Ying]

In order of my favorites:

1 Gordon Liu
2 Jackie Chan
3 5 Venoms
4 Jet Li
5 Bruce Lee
6 Sammo Hung

AND PLEASE DON'T FORGET THE GREAT DIRECTOR OF SO MANY KUNG-FU CLASSICS (INCLUDING THE KUNG-FU IN THE MATRIX):

YUEN WO PENG!!!!!!!

[DrunkenMonkey]

For the Martial Arts themselves in the movies, I gotta say Jackie Chan considering Drunken Monkey and Drunken Monkey II. Good Drunken Boxing.

2nd. - Jet Li, Once Upon a Time in China II.

3rd - Samo Hung, Martial Law + some films w/ Jackie Chan.

4th - Bruce Lee. OK Martial Arts in fist of Fury but something in his fighting style makes me annoyed. Maybe my sub consciousness is jealous of him but something about 1 man agains 70 others with 1 hit kills just doesn't register in my brain.

Samo wasn't always fat. When he was in Chinese Opera School with Jackie Chan, he got a debilitating leg injury that forced him to the bed for a long while. Thats when he got fat and then his Master layed him off.

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[RENEGADE_MONK]

Gordon Liu
Jet Li
Jackie Chan
Donnie Yen
Yen Biao
and of course Bruce Lee

My most fav and best of all time is
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Just Kidding

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[joltinjack]

Lau Gar Leung --Mad Monkey --Pedicab Driver --Drunken Master 2

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[Monkey]

Liu Chia-liang and his brother Gordon Liu
Lo Lieh
Tom Laughlin ( from Billy Jack )

[Jimbo]

Alexanger Fu Sheng
Hwang Jang-Lee (as a villain)
Liu Chia-Liang (Lau Kar-Leung)
Gordon Liu
Billy Chong
Sammo Hung
John Liu
Yuen Biao
Ren Shih-Guan (villain of Once Upon a Time in China 1, Fearless Hyena, and The Master Strikes).
Hsia Kuang-Li (leggy female kicker).

[DrunkenMonkey]

whoa Yuen Biao. Thats a name I haven't heard in a long time. Yes, he's a natural at acrobatics.

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[dena]

OH! I love Jet Li !
and Jackie Chan, and Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao and Michelle Yao and...
POWER RANGERS !
heheh

Dont we AAAALL love them??
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[Gojira]

Liu Chia-Liang would be my first,(see him use the whip chain in 18 Legendary Weapons of China).
Gordon Liu would come next.
The guy who played the Lizard in 5 deadly venoms.
Bruce Lee
Jet Li
Jackie Chan
James Lew


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[molum_jr]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Highlander:
How about Brandon Lee. He never seems to get mentioned in these.[/quote]

He didn't bring anything of his own attributes to the screen sooooo....

No comparison w/the others. He was a marketing product brought in to sell all that Crow's topps trading cards, shirts, and other junk. Just like the Monkees were brought in to capitalize on the Beatles... I enjoyed his sister's appearance on Martial Law more than any of his other acting roles.

I keep on thinking that he is the son of Kwai, Chang-Caine instead of Bruce's.

Gordon Lui (not only is he a good stylist, but he looks GOOD doing it!) Jackie Chan,Sammo Hung,and Jet Li!

[Dragon Fist]

Jakie chan is my fav,in the film 'drunken master'he's great!

[SifuAbel]

Have you all forgotten Angela Mao Ying?
She was the hottest kung fu number on the planet. She played Bruce Lee's Murdered sister in enter the dragon.

[jackiech]

The best is of course Jackie Chan
2)Bruce Lee
3)Jet Li
4)Michelle Yeoh
5)Yuen Biao
Would you tell me where I can find Gordon Liu's clips or movies

[Jimbo]

Alexander Fu Sheng
Liang Jia-Ren
Sammo Hung
John Liu (Liu Chung-Liang, '70s superkicker)
Hwang Jang-Lee
Gordon Liu
Ren Shi-Guan (Villain in Master Strikes, Fearless Hyena, Killer Wears White, and Once Upon a Time 1)
Casanova Wong

Jim

[JasBourne]

Angela Mao and Michelle Yeoh (especially the early years, when her fatcat husband ****son Poon was bankrolling her movies)

This is a picture of Angela Mao, most kickbutt kungfu chica of all time:

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[Radhnoti]

This isn't based on my estimation of martial skills, but on whether I enjoyed the movie they were in...I don't feel qualified yet to judge ANYONE'S technique, they all look better than me. :D
Adrian Paul's Highlander. I've loved some of the forms I've seen him do on the show, and the character of Duncan is great when he's dark and brooding. He was a big inspiration for me to start into CMA.
Jackie Chan. Love the physical humor he brings to the screen.
Jet Li. Geez, that guy is impressive.
Bruce Lee. He's just SO universal, people who've watched no other martial art flick will have seen his.
Steven Seagal. His moves just look so lethal...he'd make a better bad guy though.

-Radhnoti

[Taoist Disciple]

Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh

[HuangKaiVun]

BEWARE THE BAD GUYS!

Bolo Yeung (Yang Sze)
Han Ying (FlatHead Han)
Hwang Jang Lee
Lo Lieh
Ray Park (Darth Maul)
Simon Rhee ("Dae Han" from "Best of the Best")
Bong Soo Han ("Kentucky Fried Movie" - hilarious!)

[danyboy809]

its definately van damme
no other martial artist got me involved into martials as well as this one
and also his movies are realistic
he gets punched and kicked a lot

[jbmmaster]

Yeah that is true Van dammes movies were my favorate, He has the flare in him that I just dont see in the other martial art characters. In the movies that I see him in hes always trying to improve and go the extra mile, His movies encourage me to keep training. :cool:

"Always expect the unexpected"

[DrunkMonkeyFist1]

1 Jet-li
2 Jackie Chan
3 Michelle Yeoh
4 Gordon Liu
5 Sammo Hung
well... not in that particular order after #1

[Rory]

kwan tak-hing is easily my favortie actor he was the first guy to play wong fei-hung

[Kristoffer]

Jackie Chan

~K~
"maybe not in combat..... but think of the chicks man, the chicks!"

[Black_Talon]

Bruce Lee - the best ever

Jacki Chan - the guy can move and he's funny too!

Donnie Yen - an alltime great

Sammo Hung

Michelle Yoeh

Jet Li - can't wait for his upcomming movie

There are others but these are the best imho :)

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[HuangKaiVun]

Toshiro Mifune

[Wan Ma Kai]

My favorite actor is Gordon Liu. My favorite actress is Kara Hui Ying Hung. She was the girl in Legenday Weapons of Kung Fu, My Young Auntie,and she taught Gordon Liu a special women's style in Fist of the White Lotus.

[Silumkid]

There are so many....let's see.

Jet Li
Bruce Lee
Donnie Yen
Jackie Chan
Yuen Biao
Sammo Hung
Yu Rong Guang (Deadend of Besiegers, Green Hornet, Holy Robe of Shaolin Temple)
Jet Li
Gordon Liu
Cynthia Rothrock
Angela Mao
Michelle Yeoh
Moon Lee (so **** cute!)
Yukari Oshima
Jet Li
Brandon Lee (he was awesome in Rapid Fire!)

Now for my "Are you f'n serious?"....
Van Damme and Seagal? Seriously???

Yes, it very realistic for Van Damme to land one strike in the full splits while he makes an "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah" sound for an extended dance remix. And there is no way in hell he would have beaten the Chinese dude in The Quest! No way!

Seagal may be good in real life, but he does not translate well on screen in my view. Besides his movies now are garbage....he's fat, old and all the bad guys talk about how great and tough he is but they fight him anyways. Whatever. Someone needs to tell Seagal to get off the phony Buddhist Native American Indian Zen Country singer whatever else kick of the week and get on a treadmill. Spend some that energy beating the inches off his waistline instead of his wives. 'Nuff said!

We are trained in wushu; we must protect the Temple!

[eviljungle]

Jet Li
Nora Miao
Jackie (old school)
Jimmy Wang Yu
Angela Mao