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You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' to talk about love.
Jet Li
Love
You
Hidden
Tell
Ang
Ang Lee
Martial
Martial Arts
About
Talk
Tiger
Lee
Arts
Different
Story
Use
Used
Different Story
Dragon
I think 'Hero' is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula.
Jet Li
Hero
Think
Martial
Martial Arts
About
Real
Arts
Movie
Formula
Violence
Usually action films have a formula: good guy gets in trouble, his wife dies, friends have problems, so he goes to the mountain, learns martial arts, comes back, and kills the bad guy.
Jet Li
Good
Problems
Wife
Trouble
Action
Films
Back
Bad
Bad Guy
Martial
Martial Arts
Guy
He
Learns
His
Friends
Mountain
Goes
Gets
Dies
Arts
Formula
Action Films
Good Guy
I didn't go to normal children school. I went to sports school when I was 8. So I studied martial arts.
Jet Li
Sports
School
Martial
Martial Arts
Studied
Go
Normal
Arts
Children
I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16.
Jet Li
Market
Martial
Martial Arts
Only
Stepped
Arts
Movie
I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts; that is my special key.
Jet Li
Key
Important
Young
Think
Martial
Martial Arts
Most
Learnt
Arts
The Most Important
Special
I grew up learning martial arts in Korea; my dad actually brought in an Olympic instructor to teach me as a teenager.
Jihae
Me
Learning
Teenager
Martial
Brought
Martial Arts
Instructor
Korea
Up
Arts
Grew
Teach
Dad
Actually
Olympic
I grew up studying martial arts, playing violin, swimming competitively, so I already had athletic focus, discipline and training. When I brought that to climbing, I became passionate.
Jimmy Chin
Training
Discipline
Focus
Swimming
Athletic
Martial
Brought
Martial Arts
Had
Studying
Became
Climbing
Passionate
Up
Arts
Grew
Playing
Violin
I see martial arts as moving forms of meditation. When you're sparring or drilling techniques, you can't think of anything else.
Joe Rogan
You
Think
Meditation
Else
See
Martial
Martial Arts
Drilling
Arts
Anything
Anything Else
Forms
Moving
Sparring
Techniques
I had a bit of a martial arts background from when I was a teenager: I did a bit of karate.
Joel Edgerton
Teenager
Background
Bit
Martial
Martial Arts
Had
Did
Arts
Karate
There is absolutely no Wuxia or martial arts in 'Red Cliff.' I want all the action to look realistic.
John Woo
Realistic
Action
Martial
Martial Arts
Absolutely
Red
Look
Cliff
Arts
Want
I loved science, and when I discovered Buddhist meditative practices and martial arts, I was able to bridge those ways of knowing the world into my own unique way. From that grew the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, which became my karmic assignment.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Science
World
Stress
Own
Way
Ways
Those
Able
Martial
Martial Arts
My Own
Buddhist
Knowing
Became
Practices
Reduction
Discovered
Arts
Grew
Loved
Which
Karmic
Unique
Bridge
Assignment
Program
My 'Rot & Ruin' series is a post-apocalyptic adventure for teens. My 'Joe Ledger' novels are science-based action thrillers for adults. My 'Dead of Night' stories are zombie tales for adults; my 'Pine Deep Trilogy' is classic horror for adults, and I've written nonfiction books on topics ranging from martial arts to folklore.
Jonathan Maberry
Action
Teens
Ruin
Books
Topics
Joe
Folklore
Trilogy
Classic
Martial
Martial Arts
Horror
Thrillers
Adult
Written
Adventure
Tales
Dead
Nonfiction
Pine
Arts
Stories
Rot
Deep
Series
Novels
Zombie
Night
When my writing career took off, it was pretty easy to keep my ego in check because old-school martial arts isn't about ego gratification. It's about maintaining a balanced view of the world and your place in it.
Jonathan Maberry
Writing
Ego
World
Took
Easy
Pretty
Martial
Martial Arts
About
Check
Maintaining
Balanced
Because
Off
Arts
Place
View
Your
Gratification
Keep
Career
I'd love to do live-action superheroes. And you know, I boxed for several years. I have some martial arts experience.
Josh Keaton
Love
You
Experience
Several
Some
Martial
Martial Arts
Superheroes
Know
Boxed
Years
Arts
Initially I was very drawn to the Tao Te Ching, the Taoist philosophy. It was helping me deal with the balance of these external and internal issues with my chess life. Tai chi is the martial embodiment of Taoist philosophy. Initially, I had no intention of competing in the martial arts; it was just the meditation.
Joshua Waitzkin
Life
Me
Balance
Chi
Meditation
Philosophy
Drawn
Embodiment
Martial
Martial Arts
No Intention
Had
Deal
Issues
Chess
Very
Intention
Just
Arts
Internal
Helping
Initially
Competing
External
When you're doing something like wrestling - wrestling is one of the toughest and hardest martial arts to learn - but it's still a form of martial arts. It's still controlled.
Kamaru Usman
You
Martial
Martial Arts
Something
Wrestling
Toughest
Like
Learn
Still
Doing
Controlled
Arts
Form
Hardest
I'd like to see more Asian-American roles where the ethnicity of the character can be swapped to another. We can, of course, play the stereotypical ninja, the martial arts master, the accountant, the doctor, but we can be more than that!
Karen Fukuhara
Character
Doctor
Master
Ninja
See
Martial
Martial Arts
More
Stereotypical
Like
Another
Course
Accountant
Than
Roles
Arts
Where
Asian-American
Ethnicity
Play
I've done everything - weight-lifting, Pilates, crossfit, martial arts, gymnastics - but I think the most important workout, at least for me these days, is a mental one.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Me
Important
Think
Everything
Martial
Martial Arts
Mental
Gymnastics
Days
Most
Pilates
Least
Done
Arts
The Most Important
Workout
I'm very, very, very interested in martial arts.
Keegan-Michael Key
Martial
Martial Arts
Very
Arts
Interested
I had so many older brothers who beat up on me, so I'm a tough kid. I love mixed martial arts, weapons training, guns, knives, driving fast cars and motorcycles.
Kellan Lutz
Love
Me
Training
Car
Tough
Older
Kid
Weapons
Guns
Brothers
Martial
Martial Arts
Beat
Had
Driving
Knives
Mixed
Motorcycles
Up
Arts
Who
Many
Older Brothers
Fast
Fast Cars
I've been training with my mixed martial arts guy as much as I can when I'm back in L.A., so if I could do another movie like I did in 'The Killing Game,' with Samuel L. Jackson, that would be awesome.
Kellan Lutz
Game
Training
Awesome
Back
Would
Would-Be
Martial
Martial Arts
Guy
Could
Like
Another
Mixed
Been
Did
Jackson
Arts
Movie
Samuel
If I Could
Much
I always loved the idea of learning martial arts, but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I really started doing it and taking up karate.
Kelly Hu
Learning
Martial
Martial Arts
Taking
Idea
Until
Always
Doing
Up
Arts
Loved
Really
Karate
Started
I love dancing and outdoor activities. I like going to the gym, trying different routines of fitness - kickboxing, martial arts. I try to do a bit of everything so I make it exciting for myself and so there are no shockers for my body.
Kiara Advani
Fitness
Love
Myself
Try
Everything
Dancing
Kickboxing
Bit
Outdoor
Martial
Martial Arts
Gym
Exciting
Like
Make
Trying
Going
Arts
Different
Body
Activities
Routines
I've been chastised for going into mixed martial arts and backing out. But the reason I backed out was the terms - they wanted me ready to fight in four weeks, but you've got to be out of your mind. So I decided to go back to my roots, back to wrestling.
Kurt Angle
Me
You
Fight
Mind
Back
Backed
Backing
Out
Martial
Martial Arts
Wrestling
Weeks
Terms
Ready
Got
Go
Mixed
Been
Going
Arts
Wanted
Decided
Roots
Your
Reason
Four
I grew up doing martial arts, and I'm a second-degree black belt.
Laura Vandervoort
Black
Martial
Martial Arts
Doing
Up
Arts
Grew
Belt
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