Download or read book Kungfu King written by Zi Sedefeng and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And she was also a pharmacist, so she came to know Yang Kai at the alchemy field. Yang Kai was originally just an ordinary Fighter with a sealed dantian, but after realising that the black Elemental Strength was able to increase his own cultivation speed, she started to frantically cultivate.The news of the invasion of the Demon Clan came from the empire. The black Elemental Strength in Yang Kai's body, was left behind by the Great Expert whose Paleogene had annihilated the Demon Clan, and was specialized in suppressing the Demon Clan.In order to protect his home, Yang Kai attacked the Demon Clan, killing it and destroying it. Peace was restored to the continent.
Download or read book Bruce Lee King of Kung Fu written by Felix Dennis and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rape of Sun Lee Fong written by Marshall Macao and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kung Fu written by Ryan Gattis and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jen B's been surviving at the nightmarishly brutal MLK High School just like everybody else: by following the rules. She avoids the Principal. She doesn't complain. She's loyal to her MLK 'family'. And, like 99.5% of the student body, she knows one form or another of martial arts. When Jen's world-famous Kung-Fu champion of a cousin Jimmy Chang turns up, everyone wants a piece of him - including Ridley, resident drug lord and leader of the school's most violent gang. They all want to see the legendary martial-arts master defend himself during the school's merciless initiation ritual. Except that Jimmy's made a promise never to fight again - a promise that soon leads to the murder of Jen's brother and a bloody final battle that engulfs the entire school. Fast-paced, gritty and addictive, Kung Fu by Ryan Gattis is an extreme journey into high-school violence and the American Dream that feeds it.
Download or read book The Kung Fu Book of Wisdom written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1970s cult TV show Kung Fu introduced an entire generation of Americans to the ways of eastern philosophy. Its central appeal rested with the lead character, Kwai Chang Caine, whose graceful ways and respect for all life, attracted viewers of all ages, creeds, and colors.The over four hundred quotes of The Kung Fu Book of Wisdom are gathered from the words of Caine and Master Po and Master Kan, the Shaolin monks who were Caine's teachers. Arranged by notable topics that the show addressed: courage, discipline, freedom, and harmony--to name a few--this book offers clear insights of eastern wisdom.
Download or read book King Hu s Kung Fu Cinematic Art written by Ya-chen Chen and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-03 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scholarly compendium offers a comprehensive analysis of King Hu’s transformative impact on Chinese martial arts cinema. It begins with a foundational examination of King Hu’s directorial influence, setting the stage for an in-depth exploration of his filmography, including critical works like Dragon Inn and A Touch of Zen. The volume employs advanced theoretical frameworks, such as David Bordwell’s film poetics, to dissect King Hu’s pervasive influence across generations of filmmakers, and the analysis of cultural translation and subtitling practices further illuminates the global dissemination and reception of Hu’s films. A critical focus is placed on King Hu’s oeuvre, analyzing its adaptability and intertextual resonance within broader artistic milieus. The book also critiques Hu’s representation of women in martial arts cinema, interrogating both progressive and problematic elements. Concluding sections emphasize Hu’s mastery in marrying classical Chinese narrative techniques with visual storytelling, highlighting his enduring legacy in the martial arts genre and global cinematic landscape. This volume asserts King Hu as a pivotal cultural auteur, whose work continues to shape cinematic expression and discourse, making it an essential resource for scholars in film studies and aficionados of wuxia cinema.
Download or read book Kung Fu Cult Masters written by Leon Hunt and published by Wallflower Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese Martial Arts films have captured audiences' imaginations around the world. In this wide-ranging study, Hunt looks at the mythic allure of the Shaolin Temple, the 'Clones' of Bruce Lee, gender-bending swordswomen, and the knockabout comedy of Sammo Hung, bringing new insights to a hugely popular and yet critically neglected genre. 12 photos.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies written by Bill Palmer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1995 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia covers the genre from 1920 to 1994. The genre, however, can be very confusing: films often have several titles, and many of the stars have more than one pseudonym. In an effort to clarify some of the confusion, the authors have included all the information available to them on almost 3,300 films. Each entry includes a listing of the production company, the cast and crew, distributors, running times, reviews with star ratings whenever possible, and alternate film titles. A list of film series and one of the stars' pseudonyms, in addition to a 7,900 name index, are also included. Illustrated.
Download or read book Women in Chinese Martial Arts Films of the New Millennium written by Ya-chen Chen and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women and Gender in Chinese Martial Arts Films of the New Millennium, by Ya-chen Chen, examines underexposed gender issues in more recent films, focusing on the contradictory feminism in the film narratives. Through the lens of Chinese martial arts films, Chen delves into "Chinese cinematic martial arts feminism," highlighting the glass ceiling which marks the maximal exercise of feminism which the patriarchal order is willing to accept.
Download or read book Chinese Kung Fu written by Guangxi Wang and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-09 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated introduction to the history and development of kung fu, a fascinating and popular branch of traditional Chinese culture.
Download or read book Chinese Martial Arts Cinema written by Stephen Teo and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive, fully-researched account of the historical and contemporary development of the traditional martial arts genre in the Chinese cinema known as wuxia (literal translation: martial chivalry) - a genre which audiences around the world became familiar with through the phenomenal 'crossover' hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). The book unveils rich layers of the wuxia tradition as it developed in the early Shanghai cinema in the late 1920s, and from the 1950s onwards, in the Hong Kong and Taiwan film industries. Key attractions of the book are analyses of:*The history of the tradition as it began in the Shanghai cinema, its rise and popularity as a serialized form in the silent cinema of the late 1920s, and its eventual prohibition by the government in 1931.*
Download or read book Kung Fu Frogs written by Alex Holt and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kung-Fu Frogs' mission is fourth fold. Firstly, to introduce children from the ages of nine years and up to a positive, motivational, educational, entertainment experience. Secondly, and very importantly, to teach and/or remind children of the major mental benefits of the martial arts: peace, justice, self-esteem, self-control, respect, confidence, discipline, gratitude, perseverance, and an indomitable spirit. Studies have shown that when children apply these principles to their schoolwork, their grades greatly improve. Kung-Fu was created to be a passive method of self-defense; and is based on studies of all life in nature. Thirdly, a recent televised national academic test scores report revealed that urban children aren't scoring as well as their suburban counterparts. Many of these suburban districts have a wealth advantage. However, the urban kids, upon graduation, will have to compete for the same college entrance procedures and in the same job markets as the children from wealthy districts. Therefore, all children, and especially the urban children, should apply the martial arts mental behavior principles to their lives, and schoolwork. Peace, justice, self-esteem, self-control, respect, confidence, discipline, gratitude, perseverance, and an indomitable spirit. Perhaps, these behavior traits, will surface as the real salvation for urban children when and where, there is less wealth applied for education. Fourthly, the martial arts provide people with a very good method of physical exercise for weight control, and over all good physical health. There is a childhood epidemic of obesity in America today. This obesity among very young people is creating life-threatening diseases, once found almost exclusively in adults: hypertension, type2 diabetes, sleep problems, liver and gall bladder disease. Kung-Fu Frogs merge the long interest of children with frogs and their proven practice and love of the Martial Arts. This merge is presented in an entertaining, motivational and educational context. The frog has appeared in many Chinese and Japanese folk tales. One must remember that Kung-Fu was the first Martial Arts created and was taken from the movements of various animals. This art form of self-defense was created to be passive and sought to teach self-control, confidence, discipline, perseverance, gratitude and an indomitable spirit. The Ninja art form was derived from Kung-Fu. The Kung-Fu Frogs are alien Kung Fu heroes. They gained their super knowledge and skills of Kung-Fu by scanning the entire universe for all encompassing wisdom and truth through their super extra-sensory, telekinesis and telepathic abilities. The frogs employ their flagship spacecraft, Star Exodus for encounters with their archenemies, the insects and their flag spaceship, Destructive Force and for intergalactic missions of peace, justice, health and education.
Download or read book From Fu Manchu to Kung Fu Panda written by Naomi Greene and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the twentieth century, American filmmakers have embraced cinematic representations of China. Beginning with D.W. Griffith’s silent classic Broken Blossoms (1919) and ending with the computer-animated Kung Fu Panda (2008), this book explores China’s changing role in the American imagination. Taking viewers into zones that frequently resist logical expression or more orthodox historical investigation, the films suggest the welter of intense and conflicting impulses that have surrounded China. They make clear that China has often served as the very embodiment of “otherness”—a kind of yardstick or cloudy mirror of America itself. It is a mirror that reflects not only how Americans see the racial “other” but also a larger landscape of racial, sexual, and political perceptions that touch on the ways in which the nation envisions itself and its role in the world. In the United States, the exceptional emotional charge that imbues images of China has tended to swing violently from positive to negative and back again: China has been loved and—as is generally the case today—feared. Using film to trace these dramatic fluctuations, author Naomi Greene relates them to the larger arc of historical and political change. Suggesting that filmic images both reflect and fuel broader social and cultural impulses, she argues that they reveal a constant tension or dialectic between the “self” and the “other.” Significantly, with the important exception of films made by Chinese or Chinese American directors, the Chinese other is almost invariably portrayed in terms of the American self. Placed in a broader context, this ethnocentrism is related both to an ever-present sense of American exceptionalism and to a Manichean world view that perceives other countries as friends or enemies. Greene analyzes a series of influential films, including classics like Shanghai Express (1932), The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933), The Good Earth (1936), and Shanghai Gesture (1941); important cold war films such as The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and The Sand Pebbles (1966); and a range of contemporary films, including Chan is Missing (1982), The Wedding Banquet (1993), Kundun (1997), Mulan (1998), and Shanghai Noon (2000). Her consideration makes clear that while many stereotypes and racist images of the past have been largely banished from the screen, the political, cultural, and social impulses they embodied are still alive and well.
Download or read book Films of Fury written by Ric Meyers and published by Eirini Press. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Bruce Lee to James Bond, Jackie Chan to Jet Li, Enter the Dragon to Kung Fu Panda, kung fu films remain a thrilling part of movie-lovers' lives. Now the acknowledged pioneer in the genre presents his magnum opus on the subject, incorporating information and revelations never before seen in America. From the ancient Peking Opera origins to its superhero-powered future, Ric Meyers reveals the loony, the legendary, and everything in between. This vivid, action-packed book may delight, surprise, fascinate, and even enlighten you with a personal V.I.P. tour through the wondrous world of the most ridiculously exhilarating movies ever made.
Download or read book Grow A Husband written by Yun Hai and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-06-07 with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was hard for a poor family to marry, so the seedlings would quietly plant a seed in the ground and plant a husband. His husband would come for him soon. He was knowledgeable about the geography of the world. He knew how to dig holes and bury people. He knew how to raise chickens in the fields. He also knew how to cure illnesses and wounds. "It really is a godly item that is essential to travel at home." Miao Miao, what are you doing? her husband asked. To raise a son. " "Perhaps, you like to raise a daughter?" Her husband was a little worried, so he buried himself in the ground.
Download or read book Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting written by Vijay Prashad and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2002-11-18 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected as One of the Village Voice's Favorite 25 Books of 2001 In this landmark work, historian Vijay Prashad refuses to engage the typical racial discussion that matches people of color against each other while institutionalizing the primacy of the white majority. Instead he examines more than five centuries of remarkable historical evidence of cultural and political interaction between Blacks and Asians around the world, in which they have exchanged cultural and religious symbols, appropriated personas and lifestyles, and worked together to achieve political change.
