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Bruce Li (Chinese: 何 宗 道; pinyin: Hé Zōngdào; born Ho Chung-Tao; 5 June 1950) is a Chinese martial artist and actor who starred in martial arts films from the Bruceploitation movement. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Li Lianjie (courtesy name Yangzhong; born 26 April 1963), [2] better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese-born Singaporean martial artist, actor, and philanthropist. After three years of training with acclaimed wushu teacher Wu Bin , Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team in 1974, winning the first of five men ...
Bruce Lee [b] (born Lee Jun-fan; [c] November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong-American martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and philosopher.He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy which was formed from Lee's experiences in unarmed fighting and self-defense—as well as eclectic, Zen Buddhist and Taoist philosophies—as a new school of martial arts thought.
Tony Jaa was born and raised in a rural area in Surin Province to Rin Saipetch and Thongdee Yeerum. [10] In his youth, he watched films by Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan at temple fairs, which inspired him to learn martial arts.
Cung Le (Vietnamese: Lê Cung; born May 25, 1972) [2] is an American [3] actor, former professional mixed martial artist, Sanshou fighter and kickboxer.Le is perhaps best known in mixed martial arts for competing in Strikeforce, holding a record of 7–1 with the organization before its demise.
Gordon Liu (Lau Kar-fai simplified Chinese: 刘家辉; traditional Chinese: 劉家輝; pinyin: Liú Jiāhuī; Wade–Giles: Liu Chia-hui; Jyutping: Lau4 Gaa1 fai1); born Sin Kam-hei (simplified Chinese: 冼锦熙; traditional Chinese: 冼錦熙; pinyin: Xiǎn Jǐnxī, 22 August 1955) [2] is a Chinese actor and martial artist best known for his martial arts films.
In the second season of “Warrior,” on HBO Max, which is set in the 19th century, a mob of angry Irishmen descend upon San Francisco’s Chinatown, violently
Bruceploitation (a portmanteau of "Bruce Lee" and "exploitation") is an exploitation film subgenre that emerged after the death of martial arts film star Bruce Lee in 1973, during which time filmmakers from Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea cast Bruce Lee look-alike actors ("Lee-alikes") to star in imitation martial arts films, in order to exploit Lee's sudden international popularity. [3]