He and a friend were penning a hack biography of kung fu star Bruce Lee.
He became a master at wing-chun, the kung fu style best used for close-quarter fighting.
Scriptwriters even portray Chinese soldiers as kung fu heroes, unharmed amid hails of bullets.
The guy known as Kung Fu Panda hopes to find his groove again for his country.
Plus, the guy was a cult star, of Kill Bill and Kung Fu fame.
Like EVE online but with lily pads, kung fu, and a horrible cash shop.
Chan, for instance, next month will star in the new movie, The Kung Fu Kid.
He feared that chains used as whips in Kung Fu films could be copied by children.
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But they don't know very much, if anything at all, about the original Shaw Brothers' kung fu films.
America can sell Boeing airplanes, Microsoft Windows and the Disney-made Kung Fu Panda movie series to China.
Jiu jitsu or karate or kung fu to him, it was all human expression.
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He has worked with Wing Chun kung fu trainer Eric Oram since 2003.
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Coming in second behind Fox is Po, the panda from Kung Fu Panda who was voiced by Jack Black.
" Watching the film "Kung Fu Panda" with her 15-year-old son triggered the song "The History of Wrong Guys.
DreamWorks Animation's "Kung Fu Panda" was the top animated film released in China in 2008, according to the company.
Aliens and he played Mantis, one the Furious Five, in Kung Fu Panda.
DreamWorks bring with it successful franchises like Shrek (which may be done for now), Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda.
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After spending a month focusing on basic kung fu skills they zeroed in on specific sequences for the movie.
His film roles, from acting in King Kong to doing voice work on Kung Fu Panda, can fetch far more.
In essence, starting a Jasmine Revolution in China is like Kung Fu Panda trying to catch a fly with chopsticks.
Other kung fu talent streamed to America in the wake of Hong Kong's 1997 turnover from the British to China.
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"She fell back in a kung fu move, desperate to avoid my touch oh my god, I was so embarrassed, " he says.
In the 1970s, many kung fu heroes were acknowledged and they taught the public not to commit crimes, protect the people, etc.
"It is possible today to hijack an aircraft using only five or six able-bodied passengers who are well-trained in Kung Fu fighting, " he says.
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This is a very enjoyable mish-mash of genres, from space opera to slapstick to adventure story to kung fu story to farce to satire.
Games including Kung Fu Superstar, mmoAsteroids and Sir, You Are Being Hunted are all looking for cash via the crowdfunding site.
He should have produced more kung fu magazines and more memorabilia, and he should have written a second book on the heels of the first.
Between Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar, and the aforementioned How to Train Your Dragon, the company has given birth to a number of successful franchises.
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