SHANGHAI, CHINA—At a recent press conference in Shanghai, Jet Li joined with other fitness professionals to lead several hun-dred bodybuilders through his new system of exercise called Wuji, which combines martial arts moves with yoga positions.
Li claims a healthy balance of body and mind exercises has made an important contribution to his success. Wuji is […]
DILI, EAST TIMOR—Thousands of cheering East Timorese greeted Jackie Chan during a recent UN goodwill visit at a local stadium, where the film star asked the country’s youth to avoid drugs and violence.Martial arts are extremely popular in East Timor, which has one of the youngest populations in Asia, but an unemployment rate of approximately […]
Westminster, Colorado…Amanda Christensen, branch manager/owner of the Mile High Karate location, in Westminster, Colorado, reported that no injuries occurred when a driver ran his Ford pick-up truck into the side of the school, Saturday May 3, between 5:30 and 6:00 pm.
Christensen filed a report with local police, and the driver stated, at the scene, […]
The Athletic Commission of the province of Quebec may sanction mixed martial arts events (the Ultimate Fighting Championship drew its biggest crowd ever at UFC 85 in Montreal), but not the province of Ontario; or so five men discovered who were charged with staging an illegal prizefight in Ottawa, the nation’s capitol, located in Ontario.
Ontario […]
Las Vegas, Nevada…Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell, famed MMA champion, recently announced that he has created his own nutritional supplement brand, the Iceman Rx Complete 2-Step Package. The contract is worth in excess of several million dollars.
The two-step system first aids in development of strength, training intensity, and stamina and then, during post-workout, helps with […]
Instructors, school owners and industry professionals have generally responded positively to the popularity of MMA training in schools and athletic entertainment events when the participants are adults. Bringing martial arts to the mainstream is a boost to everyone in the industry, but what is sure to be a controversial trend is the growing interest in […]
Milan, Italy…The city of Milan has created a martial arts training program in judo and karate to improve the personal security of its thousands of taxi drivers and street vendors and reduce the theft and crime to which they are exposed. Violent crime is rare in Italy, but petty crime is rife throughout the country.
According […]
Los Angeles, California…Forest Whitaker, Oscar and Golden Globe Best Actor winner, adds authenticity to his upcoming movie, The Repossession Mambo, since he has been studying
Philippine martial arts for several years under Dan Inosanto and Richard Bustillo in Los Angeles.
The Repossession Mambo is a futuristic adventure thriller, starring Whitaker as well as Jude Law and Filipino-American […]
Mumbai, India…India is experiencing great prosperity and growing importance in the world; and if its film industry, popularly referred to as “Bollywood,” has its way, then it also expects to have more of an impact on the world of entertainment, with a series of new action movies that could rival American and Chinese films and […]
Seoul, South Korea…According to various entertainment media reports, Keanu Reeves has been in discussions with Yuen Wo Ping, the stunt choreographer of The Matrix series of movies, about the role of the villain in a new movie tentatively titled, Tai Chi Tiger.
Asian actor Tiger Chen Hu is slated to star in the movie as a […]
Ocala, Florida…Actor Wesley Snipes was convicted in late April on three misdemeanor charges of willfully evading tax collection between 1999-2001. Despite his attorneys’ best effort to keep him from going to prison, the judge sentenced him to three years, one for each count.
For years, Snipes has claimed that his income and assets are not subject […]
Dallas, Texas…When Chuck Norris recently discovered that his name was found on a New Jersey teen’s hit list, he didn’t hesitate to use that opportunity to speak about such behavior and early warning signs of troubled children and teens.
According to Norris’ statement, his first instinct was to say nothing about the incident, so there wouldn’t […]
Washington, D.C…Chuck Norris’ new book, tentatively titled, Black Belt Patriotism, will be published in summer 2008, according to Regnery Publishing. The book will include many of the messages that Norris shared with the American electorate, early in 2008, when he toured with Mike Huckabee, a former Republican presidential candidate.
Norris is well known to the martial […]
