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When it was released in 1978, Drunken Master started a new trend for kung fu comedies and made Jackie Chan a star across all of Asia ‘I held my breath when I was punching – that made me feel very dizzy, like I was drunk,’ he said in a 1998 interview Jackie Chan in a…

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Bruce Lee in a still from Fist of Fury (1972). Lee was not known for his love of karate or of Hong Kong film directors. Bruce Lee was scathing about karate, and its reliance on breaking boards and lack of fighting Lee also didn’t pull his punches when he spoke about Hong Kong film directors…

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The World Taekwondo Demonstration Team impressed the judges at Italia’s Got Talent audition, as judge Mara Maionchi secured the team’s automatic place in the final by pressing the golden buzzer. The Demonstration Team wowed the 2,000 spectators that filled the theater, who showed their  appreciation and excitement at the mastery of the power and skill…

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General Choi Special Issue & Tiger Kim Twins Unvaulted! Don’t miss out! Soon this piece of martial arts history will be returning to the vault! Only recently unvaulted for the first time! Check out this January 2000, Special Edition of Taekwondo Times featuring Taekwondo founder General Choi Hong Hi. He was there at the beginning…

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Jackie Chan reveals his troubled past life in his new book. Photo: Simon Song Martial arts hero and screen superstar Jackie Chan has revealed his dark side in an explosive memoir that hits the shelves on December 4. The star of The Foreigner and Rush Hour franchises opens up on his past in a tell-all book that talks in…

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