Martial Arts Film

• Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon (1973) was one of the films that brought the genre into mainstream Western acceptance. His fame also helped popularize Wing Chun, the martial art that he originally trained in, and Jeet Kune Do, the martial art that he later created based on it.
• Jackie Chan continued this crossover during the 80s and 90s, finally conquering the US market with Rumble in the Bronx (1995) and the two Rush Hour films. He is renowned for his blend of martial arts and slapstick comedy, but has directed, action directed and starred in over 50 films of almost all conceivable genres. Despite proper martial arts training from a Chinese opera school, Jackie often tells people that he is an actor, not a martial artist.
• Cynthia Rothrock, probably the best known woman in the genre and considered "Queen of Martial Arts films"
• Sammo Hung or Gumbo Hung was a fellow opera school student of Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao. He has directed, action directed and starred in numerous Hong Kong films, as well as playing the leading role in the American TV series Martial Law.
• Yuen Biao trained Peking Opera with Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan, and is the youngest of the three.
• Lam Ching Ying learned Peking Opera in Hong Kong.
• Jet Li won the Chinese national Wushu (Martial Arts) championships five times in a row before becoming a movie star, starting with the movie Shaolin Temple.
• Donnie Yen learned Wushu from a young age and trained in Beijing as well.
• Chuck Norris learned Tang Soo Do, a martial art similar to Taekwondo, while in Korea; Norris also trained together with Bruce Lee.
• Steven Seagal is indeed an aikido instructor, although quite a bit of controversy surrounds him in the aikido world.
• Jean Claude van Damme practiced karate in Europe.

• Michelle Yeoh : A dancer turned actor.
• Aaron Kwok : A dancer turned to singing and then acting.
• Jason Scott Lee : An actor who was trained in martial arts for his role in .

• Leung Kar Yan

See also

• Bruceploitation
• Cinema of China
• Kung Fu Theater
• Wire fu film
• Wu Xia film

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