Bruce Lee fans will get a free look at the 30 hour film of the complete life and legacy, The Legend of Bruce Lee, produced by Bruce Lee’s daughter Shannon Lee. The documentary series stars Danny Chan who bears a remarkable resemblance to the real Bruce Lee, and who has starred in another Bruce Lee [...]

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stars Sean Ast and Mae Whitman will speak on a panel at the New York Comic Con Friday, October 11, from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., at the Empire Stage. TMNT executive producer Ciro Neili and story editor Brandon Auman will discuss what to expect in the new Season 2 debuting [...]

The band Brown Eyed Girls made a special appearance at the charity concert honoring Jackie Chan’s 100th film appearance that was held at Huanglong Stadium, Hangzhou, China the last day of September. The four girls and Jackie must have hit it off, for the ladies were all smiles after a long photo session with Chan. The [...]

The students of Udmurtia University in Russia arrived at Aikido class to find they would receive instruction that day from guest martial artist and international known actor Steven Seagal. The University thought to keep his visit a secret so the entire campus and media would show up. They wanted the experience for the students to [...]

Jackie Chan is alive and kicking (contrary to popular belief via the “Jackie Chan is Dead” hoaxes) and doing extraordinarily well for this 59-year-old actor and favored martial artist, as you can see in this trailer of his latest film CZ12 scheduled for release in theaters this October 18. Jackie reprises his role as Asian [...]

Black Belt has invited Guillermo Gomez to demonstrate how to use aikido to stop a front choke attack. Gomez demonstrates concentrating on the opponent’s wrist, using a nikyo immobilaztion technique, pressure on the wrist, to cause the opponent to release his grip on your throat. “[Nikyo] enables me to control the wrist,” Guillermo Gomez says, [...]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan Paul Benson from the UK put together this very funny video clip of how the turtle heroes might have sounded if they had originated in the UK speaking British. In this clip when they first meet The Shredder, and then the famous scene where the coin the phrase, “Kowabunga!”, Benson [...]

On November 7, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will stand up among 12 finalist toys for judging for induction into The National Toy Hall of Fame located in The Strong Museum of Rochester, New York. The judging by the national selectino committee comprised of curators, educators and historians will announce their decisions at the induction ceremony. [...]

How seriously do you take your martial arts conditioning? Ever try working out against a tree? Watch and be amazed as Bajiquan practitioner An Jian Qiu practices his technique and conditioning. He explodes off the screen. After you watch this video clip, the next time you work out your training and conditioning for your preferred [...]

You will not believe your eyes! Is this video for real? Or a clever trick? You decide! It comes from Japanese television that films a young Samarai expert cutting objects less than 6 mm wide. Isao Machii appears like an ordinary young man, but modest, and self assured. The challenges brought to him starts with [...]

If you can look past its few flaws, Out of the Shadows, the latest in TMNT gaming, packs lots of fun. In the first five minutes of the game you will enjoy the nostalgia of the original movie’s soundtrack, and the recreation of the movements and unique personalities of each of the four turtles. The [...]

 Judo is a dance! It’s about finding the right moment to move in on your partner, not to wrestle him to the ground, but to cut in, effortless and beautiful like a dance. Unlike dance the idea of “cutting in” is to throw your opponent off balance. The art of judo is the art of [...]

Chris Cooper, comic book reviewer from Flickering Myth, approves of the new IDW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics villain series no. 6, “Hun.” It seems that the villain Hun, the new leader of the Purple Dragons, has joined the City Fall war and is about to make life miserable for our four heroes-in-a-half-shell. Hun uses [...]

Martial arts movies have inspired this blogger on AWMA and caused him to fall in love a lifetime with the sport and culture of the Far East. His favorite living star is Van Damme. But he also shows respect for Bruce Lee. Van Damme’s first film Bloodsport “blew [him] away,” in his childhood. He has [...]

March 2012 edition of Black Belt named Tim Kennedy “The Most Dangerous Man in the World.” This continues to hold true today. His MMA record at that time was 14-3; today it is 16-3. Tim Kennedy not only has had extensive training in karate, kickboxing, jiu jitsu, and wrestling, but also has extensive H2HC (hand-to-hand [...]

The Sioux City martial arts community is working to help bullied children regain their power. They’re teaching a class called “Bully Proof” a new national program that teaches jiu-jitsu, and how to use leverage and technique rather than fist fighting. Bully Proof is designed to stop a bully, and to instill confidence and discipline, and [...]

Bruce Lee Enterprises headed by Bruce Lee’s daughter Shannon has given the green light for screenwriter and co-director Daniel Kennedy to produce Brandon the life story of Bruce Lee son Brandon Lee. Brandon Bruce Lee followed his father’s footsteps in the martial arts and movie business, and like his father had an early death, also [...]

Martial arts practitioner and author Mark Hatmaker explains the importance of drill training. Drilling implies having it “‘drilled’ into your skull.”  Training implies a train reaching its destination by keeping on its track. Drilling and training Hatmaker says, “are composed of the actual skill work needed to improve the technical expression of the combat art.” [...]

Japanese director Sion Sono wants to set the record straight that Bruce Lee inspired raucous gangster drama and the yellow jumpsuit in film iconography in his 1973 film, “Game of Death.”The yellow tracksuit was actually Bruce Lee’s idea. Quentin Tarantino has been receiving credit for wearing it since his recently released film, “Why Don’t You [...]

The AWMA (Asian World of Martial Arts) has released its new one minute advertisement “You Are Legend,” which you can watch by clicking below. This wordless black and white video inspires action with its rapid scene changes and heartpumping underscoring. It follows a day in the life of an Asian martial arts student, beginning with [...]