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Jackie Chan has offered to teach Prince Charles Kung fu
showOdiogoReadNowButton (“114241″, “Jackie Chan has offered to teach Prince Charles Kung fu”, “49″, 290, 55); showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (“114241″, “49″, 290, 0); All through history and ancient times the Kings and Leaders of man knew how to fight and were warriors. Just training in Martial Arts gives the confidence and a strong state of mind a leader [...]
All through history and ancient times the Kings and Leaders of man knew how to fight and were warriors. Just training in Martial Arts gives the confidence and a strong state of mind a leader needs. Who can respect a dork or clumsy leader even if he or she is gifted with diplomacy or brains.
Martial Artists talk the talk and walk the walk. This would be great in a King as he could ware his sword with confidence and actually know how to use it.
OK Charles here is your chance. Or at least the kids should take up the offer.
‘Rush Hour’ star Jackie Chan has offered to teach Prince Charles Kung fu in a video message. The message, recorded in China where Chan is making a film, shows the martial arts legend promising that he will drop everything if the Prince of Wales accepts his offer.
Charles got the unusual invitation at an awards ceremony in London, which was organised to recognise the achievements of “unsung heroes” among the UK’s Chinese community.
“I send all my love and kisses … especially for Prince Charles. If you want to learn some kung fu, give me a call, I will come right away,” a magazine quoted Chan as saying in the message.
The video also shows Chan apologising for not making the offer to Charles personally.
The Prince’s attendance at the Pearl Awards at the Royal Festival Hall capped off a China-themed day, which began with a visit to London’s Chinatown with the Duchess of Cornwall.
I personally think all Royals should take it up just to put the paparazzi in thei place.
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Bruce Lee Elvis Presley of Kung Fu
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CCTV, China’s national television network, has plans to produce a 40-part documentary about Bruce Lee. Meanwhile, Bruce Lee’s brother, Robert, is planning a movie about him, as is one of Lee’s former students. They all have their sights set on completing the works by the Beijing Olympics.
“I believe we will see another round of Bruce Lee fever,” Wang said.
Although he has been dead 33 years, Bruce Lee remains a powerful cultural figure. What if, as people have often asked, he hadn’t died at age 32, barely a month before the release of his blockbuster film “Enter the Dragon”?
WOW this would be great. I have watched most of the Bruce Lee documentaries and spin offs but always have a hunger for more. And with new footage, pictures and documents being amassed it opens to the possibility of a great series – just hope it is in English.
Its a great shame the true wealth and recognition sometimes only comes after the death of the Star. And it seems like recognition was an important factor to Bruce and for his work in getting Asian Culture into the Western thinking.
Not to mention the BIG BUCKS and what it does to the creative juices within the artist as with the almighty dollar allows them the freedom to produce the type of film they want to do without the ‘suits’ getting in the way.
Managing Lee’s estate
The estates of dead celebrities hadn’t yet amassed the staggering licensing fees that they do today, when, say, Elvis Presley or Marilyn Monroe can generate millions annually. “In the early years, there really weren’t things to license,” Cadwell said. “There were key chains or a puppet doll that looked like Bruce,” but little else.
Although Roesler doesn’t represent Lee’s estate, he sees the martial-arts star’s earning prospects as good. “He is an icon that is known throughout the world, and when you have someone like a Bruce Lee or a James Dean, someone who has a very strong name recognition, their myth and their legend seems to grow over the years and they can maintain a very consistent revenue source.”
Indeed, although he achieved stardom three decades ago, Lee’s fame has hardly dimmed. He is still regarded as one of the most influential martial artists of the 20th century, a precursor to kung fu stars such as Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Chuck Norris.
In his teens, he had formal martial arts training in Wing Chun kung fu under a master teacher in Hong Kong. Lee’s style was known as Jeet Kune Do (Way of the Intercepting Fist). He was famous for a combat technique called the “one-inch punch.”
Source http://seattletimes.nwsource.com
The Word in Kung Fu
showOdiogoReadNowButton (“114241″, “The Word in Kung Fu”, “1″, 290, 55); showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (“114241″, “1″, 290, 0); Welcome to our Kungfu information blog! Outlined here will be coverage of news, event, celebs and various internet Kungfu forum threads of interest or controversy. We will visit Kungfu news sites and the various online Kungfu discussion forums and post [...]
Welcome to our Kungfu information blog! Outlined here will be coverage of news, event, celebs and various internet Kungfu forum threads of interest or controversy. We will visit Kungfu news sites and the various online Kungfu discussion forums and post our opinions on these articles here and welcome your comments.
