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Donnie Yen Chi-tan (Chinese: 甄子丹; born 27 July 1963) is a Chinese [1] actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and action director. [4] [5] He is the recipient of various accolades, including three Golden Horse Awards and five Hong Kong Film Awards.
Qi is the central underlying principle in traditional Chinese medicine and martial arts. Gong (or kung) is often translated as cultivation or work, and definitions include practice, skill, mastery, merit, achievement, service, result, or accomplishment, and is often used to mean gongfu (kung fu) in the traditional sense of achievement through ...
Jasmine Jasudavicius (born March 1, 1989) is a Canadian mixed martial artist. She currently competes in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of February 4, 2025, she is #9 in the UFC women's flyweight rankings .
Kongtong's main focus in martial arts are to improve physical fitness and increase inner energy strength. A unique feature of Kongtong is that its members do not use traditional martial arts weapons such as swords, sabers, and staffs. Instead, Kongtong has its own custom weapons that come in all forms and shapes, but are nevertheless just as ...
Gongkwon Yusul is a modern Korean martial art system founded by Kang Jun in 1996. [citation needed] Its main influences include the martial arts of Hapkido, Hakko-ryu Jujutsu, Judo and Kyuk Too Ki (Korean style Thai Boxing/Shoot Boxing).
Samuel "Sammo" Hung Kam-bo (Chinese: 洪金寶; Jyutping: Hung 4 Gam 1-bou 2; born 7 January 1952) [1] is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in martial arts films, Hong Kong action cinema, and as a fight choreographer for other actors such as Kim Tai-chung, Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, and Yuen Wah.
Chinese martial arts are an integral element of 20th-century Chinese popular culture. [28] Wuxia or "martial arts fiction" is a popular genre that emerged in the early 20th century and peaked in popularity during the 1960s to 1980s. Wuxia films were produced from the 1920s. The Kuomintang suppressed wuxia, accusing it of promoting superstition ...
The use of qinggong has been exaggerated in wuxia fiction, in which martial artists have the ability to move swiftly and lightly at superhuman speed, and perform gravity-defying moves such as running on water surfaces, traversing across rooftops, and even balancing on a stalk of grass. [4]