You probably knew him as the evil drug kingpin, Mr. Han in Enter the Dragon. In Hong Kong he was an action movie legend. Sadly, the amazing Shek Kin, a true martial artist, is dead at 96.
posted by bwg on Jun 4, 2009 - 15 comments

The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires combined the tail end of Hammer film's Dracula series with, the then, burgeoning martial arts craze to create "The First Kung Fu Horror Spectacular!" [more inside]
posted by fearfulsymmetry on May 29, 2009 - 11 comments

"Long River High Sky" is a collaborative performance by Alonzo King's Lines Ballet and the monks of the Shaolin Temple USA.
posted by homunculus on May 30, 2008 - 6 comments

Behold Claude, the Kung-Fu Bear. [Via]
posted by homunculus on Apr 5, 2008 - 40 comments

The trap-jaw ant, best known for its powerful jaws which hold the land speed record for movement at 145 miles per hour, is brilliantly captured in a short film shot at 100,000 frames per second. [more inside]
posted by dhammond on Dec 28, 2007 - 70 comments

Child Beater. Part II. YouTubes, from onehitmaster.com. (No children were harmed during the making of these movies.) [more inside]
posted by BeerFilter on Sep 14, 2007 - 28 comments

How To Cope With Death. Fun, short, animated film. If only we could do this with the tax collector.
posted by bwg on Sep 9, 2007 - 18 comments

Shaolin [Wiki] is having a difficult time lately. A combination of the silver screen and the small screen cemented the ancient school in most peoples' minds as a surefire way to kick ass most stylishly. Its introduction in the US has since been fraught with problems and complications, most notably in 1992 when a tour of Shaolin Fighting Monks returned to China minus one Shi Yan-Ming - who has since started the USA Shaolin Temple. Then the Chinese government tried starting their own Shaolin-approved schools. But various attempts haven't gone right either. What is the state of Shaolin now? Everyone's trying to make a buck in this game. You can buy anything from Shaolin Secrets in scroll form to the opportunity to "live the life of a warrior monk". Shaolin cachet is at a premium. Its name fame is such it's even ruining things back home. Immigration scams, ballet classes, Lollapalooza, the RZA? Can it get any worse? Now people are even saying one lone ninja can defeat a whole temples' worth of monks!
posted by stinkycheese on Sep 3, 2007 - 33 comments

Kung Fu vs. Yoga. In French. (YouTube.)
posted by homunculus on Sep 29, 2006 - 23 comments

Kung Fu Tea! Welcome to the complex world of fine Chinese teas. Unlike the Japanese Tea Ceremony, Gongfu ceremonies are designed to extract as much flavor from the tea as possible. Using tiny clay teapots to brew several small batches of tea, the leaves are coaxed into releasing all of their flavor. While some these pots are highly prized and collectable pieces of art, the tea itself is the most important element. (more inside)
posted by cubby on Jun 21, 2006 - 17 comments

Real-Life Tekken.
posted by fandango_matt on Jun 19, 2006 - 28 comments

Kung-Fu F_ck You. Low, medium, and high QuickTime .mov file(s). From The Ministry of Unknown Science.
posted by fandango_matt on Nov 3, 2005 - 15 comments

Kung Fu Science: The BBC News article claims that the site "is primarily aimed at 11 to 16-year-olds," but I refuse to let temporal adolescents have a corner on 25-year-old female PhD students doing physics and then breaking wood planks with their hands. [Flash; both the site and the videos take a while to load.]
posted by gramschmidt on Aug 3, 2005 - 18 comments

Toads that go bang; toads bang; toads ka-BANG!
posted by of strange foe on Apr 29, 2005 - 22 comments

A monkey who knows Kung-Fu. (.mpg!)
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posted by hughbot on Nov 19, 2004 - 41 comments

British Kung Fu ! // We don't want any of that Jackie Chan Bollocks ! QT - some swearing.
posted by srboisvert on Aug 20, 2004 - 9 comments

Kung-fu Bunny [Silly Flash]
posted by dayvin on May 21, 2004 - 9 comments

Man in Jumping Around Shock [Windows Media]. When spam meets kung fu.
posted by Pretty_Generic on Mar 11, 2003 - 16 comments

More kung-fu flash madness... this time, with Bruce Lee! Someone managed to attach an image of Lee's head in various expressions to make a somewhat 3d version of the stick fight. Wild. (From Usr/bin/girl)
posted by Cavatica on Jun 14, 2001 - 6 comments

Do you like watching digital video of beefy kung-fu skirmishes? Do you have a cable modem? Then check out The Kwoon! You can view trailers or full-length episodes, depending on your download speed and your passion for public-access television style pummeling.
posted by JDC8 on Jun 9, 2001 - 0 comments