Showing posts with label Martial Arts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Martial Arts. Show all posts

2.19.2021

A ‘100 Best Martial Arts Movies of All Time’ List That Actually Doesn’t Suck (This is a Remix)

Game of Death, 1978

"Now, before I get into the actual list of martial arts flicks I’ve seen, I’m hereby issuing an Imperial Decree: Anyone who claims to be a fan of martial arts films and hasn’t seen all four of Bruce Lee’s completed works is and henceforth and forthwith forbidden from calling themselves a fan. 

It’s fine to say that you like or enjoy martial arts films, but you cannot call yourself a fan, because fandom requires a level of commitment."


3.31.2019

Grown Ass Men Podcast, Ep 69: Adstravaganza Pt. 2


Speaking of super cool interviews, fellow writer Doug Bost of the Grown Ass Man podcast found my old article on Count Dante recently and was nice enough to invite me on to the show (via phone) so that we could discuss Chi-town's late martial arts legend. The production value on the podcast is tops, and the host somehow managed to make yours truly sound like an authority on the Count, comics, and the golden age of martial arts in America. I hope you'll give Episode 69 of the GAM podcast a listen!
Ep. 69: Adstravaganza - Part II (with special guests Joseph Dasaro and Paco Taylor) https://apple.co/2TsazvB

2.04.2019

Happy Belated 80th, Count Dante!


February 2, 2019 marked what would have been the 80th birthday of the man once known as Count Dante (1939-1975). Having grown up in the golden age of martial arts movies reading comics–where Dante's most famous ad for his martial arts system appeared–the Count holds a special place in my heart, and in the hearts of countless others. 

In the fall of 2004 I wrote an essay on Count Dante and published it in the first issue of Kung Fu Grip zine. Sometime last year, I decided that I should probably transfer that piece to the web. As coincidence would have it, a fellow Gen-Xer who both read and liked the piece invited me onto his podcast on February 1st to talk about the infamous cult figure. It was a fun chat.  

I'll post a link to the show when its edited and uploaded to the web in a couple of weeks. But in the meantime, if you've never read "Man, You Come Right Out Of A Comic Book," you can check it out the essay by clicking here. 

2.03.2013

Now YOU can learn the secrets of Ninjutsu

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That's right, kids!

NOW YOU CAN LEARN the secret powers of the deadliest killers in the Orient.

NOW YOU CAN LEARN the simple but lethal techniques of NINJUTSU, which has been the most closely guarded of all Oriental Martial Arts!

NOW YOU CAN LEARN skills which were passed down from father to son in NINJA families who lived in remote parts of ancient Japan.

NOW YOU CAN LEARN secret techniques which were once so closely guarded that the penalty for revealing them was a gruesome death!

AND NOW, regardless of your size, strength or build, you can protect yourself and your loved ones from ANY ATTACKER under ANY CONDITIONS -- even while sleeping! That's right, kids, even while sleeping!

Through NINJUTSU you will learn to utilize and draw on the enormous physio-mental powers which now lie dormant in your own body. THE SECRETS OF NINJUTSU will show you how to take advantage of the fundamental laws of natural movements, and the all important time-lag factor, which are instrumental to the art of disappearing!

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED!!!

We're sure that you will be completely satisfied by THE SECRETS OF NINJUTSU. This manual will give you the knowledge to defend yourself and your loved ones -- and a sense of self assurance you've never had before. If dissatisfied, return it within thirty days for a refund of purchase price with no question asked.

Sorry, no C.O.D.'S

1.01.2013

Happy New Year!

 Happy Year of the Snake (2013). 

Okay, okay. If you wanna be nerdy about it, the Year of the Dragon doesn't officially end until February, according to the Chinese calendar. But we're always ahead of our time around here, so we got Jackie Chan and Drunken Master Yuen Siu Tien (the father of Yuen Woo-ping) to get our twenty-thirteen "Year of the Snake" party started early. Shout outs to Stormko for rockin' another funky fresh seasonal postcard.

Xin Nian Kuai Le! (Happy New Year!)

6.22.2012

NOW SHOWING...



Your Kung Fu Sucks! Grindhouse Cinemas™ is proud to present the "lost" Bruce Lee interview from Canada's Pierre Berton Show (1971). As always, this video is available to you as a free MP4 download courtesy of the fine folks over at Archive.org. You're also welcome to watch it front-row-and-center at the YKFS blog.

Enjoy.

4.28.2012

NOW SHOWING...


Your Kung Fu Sucks! Grindhouse Cinemas™ is proud to bring you another Knuckle-crackin' Saturday Matinee™, featuring Sister Street Fighter, which stars the absolutely stunning Sue Shiomi. Oh...and Sonny Chiba, too! As always, a free MP4 download is available courtesy of the good folks at Archive.org. Or feel free to watch this eye-gougingly good flick front-row-and-center at the YKFS blog!


3.24.2012

NOW SHOWING...



Your Kung Fu Sucks! Grindhouse Cinemas™ proudly presents another Knuckle-crackin' Saturday Matinee™, featuring The Bodyguard (aka Karate Kiba), which stars Sonny Chiba. A free MP4 download is available courtesy of the good folks at Archive.org. Or feel free to watch this eye-gougingly good flick front-row-and-center at the YKFS blog! But bring your own popcorn.

2.29.2012

I don't know about you, but 'I Am Bruce Lee'



"If someone says that they can't watch a Bruce Lee film, then I can't talk to 'em."

- Reginald Hudlin

Word, Reggie. And 'nuff said... 'cause I can barely think...or speak...or write after seeing this trailer. To get more information on this amazing-looking film, visit the I Am Bruce Lee website.



P.S. I just popped by the Bruce Lee Facebook page and according Shannon (his daughter), the film will air on March 7th on Spike TV. Additional information about limited theatrical screenings are available at the I Am Bruce Lee website.

2.11.2012

NOW SHOWING...

Your Kung Fu Sucks! Desktop Cinemas proudly presents Return of the Kung-Fu Dragon (1976), starring the beautiful-but-deadly Sun-Kuan Rin-Feng, aka Polly Kuon (Dragon Gate Inn).



Free MP4 downloads of this film available courtesy of Archive.org.

7.21.2011

[MP3] Invisible Enigma - Supreme Shogun


"Now if any of you sons of @#&$% got anything else to say..."

Hardeep, my ninja over at Word is Bond, sent me a new track that he got in the mail from Invisible Enigma, a young MC outta Nigeria. Quite on the money, 'Deep assumed that it would be the kinda track that I would dig and I am indeed diggin' it. As a matter of fact, "Supreme Shogun" makes me wanna grab my katana off the wall, slip on my gold and black Onitsuka Tiger sneakers and kick in the door of a rival crime family. So, um... while I go get busy right quick, check out the free debut single from Enigma's upcoming mixtape, Desultory.

So sayeth...

St. Paco



7.01.2011

Bruce Lee on human potential.


"Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential."
– Bruce Lee