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#1 ·
So.... 80’s martial arts movies, like Bloodsport and Enter the Dragon were big influences on some MMA fighters like Kenny Florian!



What's YOUR favorite martial arts movie?
 
#3 ·
Warriors for sure.

The others have been too cheesy, badly acted, badly scripted and horribly directed. Basically all bad except the fight scenes... which weren't always great either...

So.... 80’s martial arts movies, like Bloodsport and Enter the Dragon were big influences on some MMA fighters like Kenny Florian!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC9n2wEz2F0

What's YOUR favorite martial arts movie?
 
#5 ·
Alright Ima rattle out some flicks in no particular order.
Whatever comes off the top my head...

Best Of The Best
Wax On Wax Off
Enter The Dragon (most watched this in the 80's so we'll categorize it as such)
They Call Me Bruce
Shogun and Bruce Leeroy (can't remember the name of the film at the moment, but you know what I'm talking about)
The Big Brawl with Jackie Chan
Kung Fu
Big Trouble In Little China
Drunken Monkey

Finally "I'm Gonna Get You Sucka!" Who can forget about Kung Fu Joe!
 
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Alright Ima rattle out some flicks in no particular order.
Whatever comes off the top my head...

Best Of The Best

Wax On Wax Off
Enter The Dragon (most watched this in the 80's so we'll categorize it as such)
They Call Me Bruce
Shogun and Bruce Leeroy (can't remember the name of the film at the moment, but you know what I'm talking about)
The Big Brawl with Jackie Chan
Kung Fu
Big Trouble In Little China
Drunken Monkey

Finally "I'm Gonna Get You Sucka!" Who can forget about Kung Fu Joe!
I trained a bit in a hybrid of kickboxing and Tae Kwon do and it's pretty useless in street fights, but those kicks are hella dope if you can land em.

One film that nobody seems to have seen is Best of the Best. All sequels were awful but it was an amazing story. I watched it the night before my karate tournament and these dudes were bust opened and everything. I get points off for hitting too hard to the face. Bullshit :D
Yah definitely an underrated film. Sad to see Chris Penn (brother of Sean Penn) pass away. He was actually a black belt in karate.

Dae Han Park was a bad ass. He was like a Asian version of Johnny from Karate Kid.

Try Drunken Master, Rumble In The Bronx, Once Upon A Time In China, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, and Ong Bak.
 
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One film that nobody seems to have seen is Best of the Best. All sequels were awful but it was an amazing story. I watched it the night before my karate tournament and these dudes were bust opened and everything. I get points off for hitting too hard to the face. Bullshit :D

Bloodsport and Kickboxer need to be in there. I grew up watching them, both insane movies and probably a lot of why I'm an MMA fan today.

I think in just all round greatness, IP Man tops it. I'm into nostalgia and old school shit as much as the next guy, but Ip Man to me just had everything a martial arts film is supposed to. Forbidden Kingdom had potential before it's rewrite, Jet Li and Jackie Chan should have smashed it without gimpy white kid.
 
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