Ancestral Mountains

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Web pages...

Links to other sites...

Kung Fu Movie Subtitles

Examples of English subtitles used in Hong Kong Kung Fu movies. Hint: The translators' grasp of English is clearly incomplete.

Farce amongst gravity

How not to put on a martial arts display: BBC News report about a martial arts display put on for the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan in 2001.

Kung Fou .com

French site with some very funny movies (Note: The bad language, at least in English, is mostly in The Furious Black Man and Swindles).

Fan films

This site hosts some very good movies on a Star Wars theme, many of which feature kungfu-based martial arts choreography.

Test

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Animations...

These are all Flash animations.

Bruce Lee 1 (218k)

This one is included for the sake of completeness but it won't mean much to you unless you can read Korean.

Bruce Lee 2 (230k)

Excellent Bruce Lee animation from Korea. 2nd of 6.

Bruce Lee 3 (212k)

Excellent Bruce Lee animation from Korea. 3rd of 6.

Bruce Lee 4 (315k)

Excellent Bruce Lee animation from Korea. 4th of 6.

Bruce Lee 5 (236k)

Excellent Bruce Lee animation from Korea. 5th of 6.

Bruce Lee 6 (700k)

Excellent Bruce Lee animation from Korea. Concluding episode.

Bruce Lee remixer (962k)

The Bruce Lee remixer has arrived!

Games...

These Games all require Flash except where indicated.

The Way of the Exploding Stick

Game based on the XiaoXiao stickman theme but with more actions (no sound).

Mr Cameleon

Silly French umbrella-wielding chameleon character kills other animated creatures. You'll need to be very bored to play this one.

Our movies...

These movies are all Quicktime files as indicated by the icon.

100_0133.MOV (530k)

Triple jumping front kick (Matt Williams)

100_0134.MOV (1190k)

Inward crescent kick followed by 540, landing on kicking leg (Matt Williams)

100_0135.MOV (265k)

Butterfly kick (Matt Williams)

100_0137.MOV (1344k)

Walking on hands (Matt Williams)

100_0260.mov (204k)

Wall walking (Matt Seaborn)

antian_kungfubit.mov (2663k)

Pirates fighting (Ian & Anthony)

Other movies...

These movies are all mpeg files except where otherwise indicated.

teasingcat.mpg (1730k)

Looks like the little black kitty got his kung fu from the cinema instead of a qualified instructor.

Catattack.mpg (433k)

This kitty learned his lesson and became a master of the surprise attack.

crouching-dew.mov (1835k)

Famous Mountain Dew commercial in the style of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.

jackie-chan-dew.mpg (2263k)

Mountain Dew commercial featuring Jackie Chan.

Cossack.mpg (744k)

It's not just cats and Mountain Dew vending machines you have to watch out for - Cossacks can be dangerous too!

John-West-salmon.mpg (1423k)

It seems that bears still have some things to learn about tactics.

timex-kungfu.mov (2885k)

Apparently, if you're a bad guy, you will find Timex watches very distracting.

CatchingTree.mpg (1370k)

Clearly a case of too much tree and not enough chi.