A bit of a lazy post today, but seemed like a good chance to highlight the work of some local boys (and girls). The independent stunt team LBP Stunts Chicago recently released a short film entitled YO SOY UN HOMBRE LOCO (I AM A CRAZY MAN) online via their Youtube channel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvxNOxalPGU). The film was [...]

Good Day, All! Making my first return after being away traveling in South Korea. While I was there I caught a few previews for the 2010 Hong Kong film “The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen,” a film die-hard martial arts film fans are definitely looking forward to. “Legend” stars Donnie Yen, [...]

Hi Folks, I realize reposting someone else’s articles or links is probably the height of laziness, but this week I found an item that deserves forwarding to everyone at FJ. If you’ve never heard of Vic Armstrong, you’ve probably seen him onscreen, though he was probably dressed up to look like Harrison Ford, Pierce Brosnan [...]

Generally speaking, I have a prejudice against Hollywood portrayals of Eastern fighting. The situation has been somewhat remedied by the presence of fight choreographers from Hong Kong making their way to our shores, but the difference between Eastern authenticity and Western emulation go beyond mere skill or athleticism. The aesthetic of fighting in Japanese, Chinese [...]

Most people these days have a passing familiarity with the East Asian martial arts master-student relationship. If not from an actual Asian film, they’ve probably caught The Karate Kid (1984) or its remake (2010), maybe Kung-Fu Panda (2008) or at least they’re familiar with the analogous relationship of Yoda and Luke Skywalker in The Empire [...]

For those of you who cannot get enough of the Green One and his band of Merry Men, I seriously recommend taking a look at the British TV series “Robin of Sherwood.” ROS, which was broadcast in the U.S. on Showtime simply as “Robin Hood” was a series that ran from 1984-1986 on Britain’s ITV [...]