Here are some recommended movies you may enjoy watching as much as I did.
Fist of Legend
Starring: Jet LiMy favorite martial arts movie all time! This is a remake of Bruce Lee's Chinese Connection and the choreography, action, dialogue is unbelievable.
Once Upon a Time in China No. 1
Jet LiThe first of a popular series (six in all) starring the charismatic and athletically adept Jet Li. Li plays legendary folk hero Wong Fei Hong, a late 19th century southern Chinese healer and kung fu master. This epic martial-arts film showcases Li's amazing fighting and acrobatic skills and established Tsui Hark as a top-notch action film director.
The Perfect Weapon (1991)
Starring: Jeff SpeakmanThe movie that all Kenpoist love!
The Korean mob makes a very stupid move: they kill the Asian mentor of an American "weapon'' with revenge on his mind. The use of Kenpo and realistic fight choreography is spectacular.
The Blade
Starring: Chuk, XinTsui Hark is the definitive moviemaker of the Hong Kong New Wave, and it could be argued that The Blade is his best film to date, a visually dense and morally muscular martial arts epic that just about reinvents the genre from the ground up.
Pushing Hands
Staring: Sihung Lung
Director: Ang Lee
Mr. Chu is a recently widowed tai-chi master who moves from Beijing to New York to live with his son. Chu's American daughter-in-law, Martha, can't stand having him around the house. He finds her Western ideas on raising children and keeping a home to be curious at best. These conflicts test family bonds and Mr. Chu's highly developed sense of balance.
This was the first feature as a director for Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Sense and Sensibility) and has many of the hallmarks of his later, better-known works. The title refers to a Taijiquan (tai chi chuan) exercise that's at the center of the film's best scene, a standoff in the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant.
The Secrets of the Warrior's Power: The Fighting Arts of ChinaA very informative documentary.
Featured are some of the most skilled and respected teachers, including; Shaolin Monk Shi Yan Ming, Chan Pui, Dennis Brown, and Pan Qing Fu.
An excellent overview of the history of Chinese Gong Fu with an emphasis on the development of the Shaolin systems.
