Highland Ranch, Colorado…After displaying his martial arts skills on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Tyler Weaver, Jr., a 12-year-old Black Belt, is reportedly being considered for a part in Avatar, a James Cameron film, scheduled for a Christmas 2009 release.
That wasn’t the end of the excitement in the young Weaver’s life. In the same […]
Melbourne, Australia…People are just as crazy in Australia as anywhere, since ambulance staff now find it necessary to learn martial arts to protect themselves from those very same people that are trying to help.
According to an ambulance union official, there are plenty of reported incidents of drunk, drug-affected or mentally disturbed patients confronting […]
Hong, Kong, China…According to press reports, Steven Chow, creator of recent crossover Chinese kung fu film hits, including Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle, will direct and star in a remake of The Green Hornet. It will be his first directorial assignment of an American film.
Bruce Lee added to his popularity when […]
In a recent interview, John Fusco, who wrote the screenplay for The Forbidden Kingdom, revealed that a sequel to the film, featuring both Jackie Chan and Jet Li, is being discussed.
Fusco also talked about how differently Chan and Li approached the movie and his experience working with the two legendary martial arts film […]
Los Angeles, California…According to Associated Press reports, Jeffrey Katzenberg, the chief executive of Dreamworks Animation, which produced the summer blockbuster, Kung Fu Panda, is optimistic about a sequel and suggested that the studio would make a formal announcement soon. The film has generated more than $600 million worldwide since its June 2008 […]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania…The documentary film, Renzo Gracie: Legacy, the life story of the Brazilian jiu-jitsu master and American patriarch of MMA, will premier at the U.S. Sports Film Festival, the most comprehensive sports film festival in United States history, October 23-26, 2008. The festival will also feature movies from baseball, basketball and other sports.
A few months ago, Industry Insider reported that a car had crashed into one of Stephen Oliver’s Mile High Karate schools in the Denver, Colorado area. Now, in what can only be described as eerie circumstances, automobiles have been involved in three additional incidents that have damaged martial arts schools and caused bodily […]
Las Vegas, Nevada…Donald Trump is obviously a savvy investor and negotiator, but he may have met his match in UFC President Dana White who seems to believe that Trump’s investment in Affliction Entertainment will go south because it isn’t able to deliver on its promise of a Randy Couture/Fedor Emelianenko showdown.
During an earlier […]
Palo Verde, California…According to the Imperial County Sheriff’s Department, the body of Evan Tanner, former UFC Middleweight Champion, was recently found in the Palo Verde mountain area.
Friends had left Tanner, 37, numerous phone calls and text messages, since the weekend before his remains were discovered. Evidence from his blog suggested that he considered […]
Seoul, South Korea…A Korean newspaper recently reported that the International Taekwondo Federation became a front for the North Korean government more than 20 years ago, training and disguising spies as TKD masters, in an attempt to assassinate the South Korean president of the 1980s.
According to the story, Choi Jung-hwa, son of […]
Sugar Land, Texas…Steven Lopez and his brother Mark and sister Diana became the first U.S. siblings to win medals at the same Olympic Games in the Taekwondo competition, but their victories are bittersweet, as Steven Lopez and USA Taekwondo have filed a complaint to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, concerning the application […]
Rome, Italy…From the stupid-criminal department: A homeless man randomly picked and attacked a woman who was walking on a downtown Rome sidewalk in broad daylight shortly after rush hour.
The man should have been more selective because he chose Lara Liotta, four-time winner of the Italian women’s karate championship, to grab around the neck. […]
Paris, France…In the spirit of international diplomacy, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have agreed to meet on common ground: martial arts training mats.
According to reports from the French newspaper Le Figaro, Putin claims Sarkozy is interested in learning Putin’s Black Belt skills and have decided to train together.
Of […]
