This will be a Spoiler-Free review. How to watch: Cinemax (with subscription), Rent from Amazon Prime for $2.99 US. Runtime: 1hour 42 minutes Language: English (subtitles available) Director: Robert Clouse Writer: Michael Allin Rating: R Release Date: 08/19/1973 Style: Action, Martial Arts, Hong Kong Action For more movie details, you can go to the movie’s [Read More]
Ip Man 2 Review Information This review will not contain any spoilers. Where to Watch: The film is available on Netflix (US). Runtime: 1hour 48 minutes Language: Mandarin, or dubbed in English or “European Spanish” (subtitles in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Traditional Chinese or Simplified Chinese.) Starring: Donnie Yen, Xiaoming Huang, Sammo Kam-Bo [Read More]
We Have A 3-Way Tie! Wow. Those of you participating in the Martial Arts Movie March Madness event have been keeping us busy. We were blown away by the response we got in the poll. There has also been lots of behind the scenes conversation and chat as to how [Read More]
This review is Spoiler Free!! Starring: Steven Seagal, and Pam Grier Director: Andrew Davis Writer: Andrew Davis & Steven Seagal (Story); Steven Pressfield, Ronald Shusett, and Andrew Davis (Screenplay) Rating: R Release Date: 1988 Style: Action, Crime Drama More information can be found on the IMDB page. The Rise of [Read More]
This will be a spoiler-free review! Where to watch: US Theaters, May 2019, Fandango Now – $3.99 Runtime: 1 hour 96 minutes Language: English Director: Jesse V. Johnson Writers: Joey O’Bryan, Fangjin Song, Paul Staheli Rating: R Release Date: 03/19/2019 Style: Action, Martial Arts For more information can be found on [Read More]
This review is spoiler free! Where to Watch: DVD, Netflix Runtime: 1 Hour, 46 Minutes Language: Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese Starring: Donnie Yen Director: Wilson Yip Writer: Edmond Wong (screenplay) & Tai Lee Chan Rating: R Release Date: 2008 Style: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport More information can be found on the [Read More]
This review will be Spoiler Free!! Where to watch: DVD, Rent from Youtube from $2.99 Runtime: 1hour 27minutes Language: English Director: Stanley Tong Writer: Edward Tang, Fibe Ma Rating: R Release Date: 02/23/1996 Style: Action, Martial Arts, Acrobatic, Comedic Violence For more information can be found on the movie’s IMDB page Jackie Chan’s [Read More]
A prejudice common in the martial arts world is to automatically assume that training in the country of origin of a given martial art is superior to training anywhere else. I call it the “Training Overseas Fallacy.” I’ve practiced one martial art or another for forty-eight years, and taught for [Read More]
This will be a Spoiler-Free review!! How to watch: Dailymotion (must sign up for a free account) Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes Language: English (dubbed) Director: Robert Clouse, Bruce Lee (uncredited) Writer: Robert Clouse (credited as Jan Spears) Rating: R (USA) Release Date: 06/08/1979 Style: Action, Crime Drama, Martial Arts For more show details, [Read More]
Health in the Martial Art World Martial arts, as a whole, is a very deep and amazing practice. For us to continue our beloved art to the next generation, we must know its past, present, and future. The past is full of war, philosophy, duels, religion, and spirituality. Current martial [Read More]
Three-section staff and other possible Chinese cousins to the nunchuck This March is Nunchuck Month at Martial Journal so I wanted to add my two pennies to the subject. Earlier this month Jaredd talked about the history of the nunchaku. In his article Jaredd mentions a Chinese version of the [Read More]
Breaking Down Cobra Kai Season 1-With Spoilers! It is no secret that I really enjoyed the first season of Cobra Kai. I was thrilled to see that they not only brought the original characters back but also made a flat-out fantastic show! You can listen to a spoiler-free discussion I had with [Read More]
The title might throw you off, but I’m sure you’ve seen it before. Spectacle is what makes professional wrestling entertaining. It’s the reason Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor fought to the tune of tens of millions of dollars. You can also credit spectacle with being the reason that so many [Read More]
The year is 1981 and I’m sixteen years old. My aunt Annette is cutting my hair in her kitchen in Saugus, Massachusetts. Suddenly she stops and addresses me in a tone only children with Sicilian relatives can understand. “David, what have you been doing to your head?” Clueless I reach [Read More]
Time To Determine The Sweet Sixteen Last week, Jeremy Lesniak introduced our Martial Arts Movies March Madness plans to have you, the readers, determine what the best martial arts movie of all time is. To recap for you, we asked you to nominate your favorite martial arts movies of all [Read More]
Title: The Silva Solution-Building Black Belts from the Inside Out Author: Greg Silva Publisher: Sheridan Books Publish Date: 2008 Format: Paperback Pages: 104 The “Pre-Reading Review” Most teachers don’t make a lot of money. They do, however, make something much more valuable: a difference. Yeah, yeah. I know. That [Read More]
Don’t Skip The Stretching Stretching is important for training in any sport. We all know the importance of it. As martial artists, we usually stretch before class. Stretching alone increases flexibility and range of motion. When possible, stretching with a partner – using his/her body weight – is an advanced [Read More]
The Nunchucka-pocalypse Is Nigh! Welcome back Martial Journal readers! We have some unsettling news reports coming in from all over New York in the last few weeks. Apparently, in the aftermath of a federal court ruling the ban on nunchucks in New York unconstitutional, nunchuck-fueled carnage has ensued. These reports [Read More]
“Wake early if you want another man’s life or land. No lamb for the lazy wolf. No battle’s won in bed.” – The Havamal Glima: The Warrior Art Of The Vikings Anthropologists, historians and researchers alike cannot deny the warrior prowess of the Vikings who charged head on into [Read More]
Martial artists are notorious for disagreeing about things. But one subject that can keep us up late into the night is debating over a martial arts movie. Whether we argue about fight scenes, realism, impact on our culture, or any other number of details, it’s clear that martial art films [Read More]
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