The first decapitation gets a laugh. The shadow puppets are hits. But Michael Voyer’ s innovative martial-arts fantasy is all about the battles.
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- Badge of Honor for the New Fighter: Mangled Ear
- TV Spotlight Shines on Celebrated Street Brawler
- Ultimate Branding
- Failed Test Prompts Complaint
- Ultimate Fighting Recruits Military to Its Ranks
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- In China, Jeers and Cheers for ‘Kung Fu Panda’
- Going to the Mat to Welcome a Sport to Broadcast TV
- Getting Your Kicks on Television
- For Soldiers, a Fringe Fighting Sport Finds Mainst...
- [TS] THE FACE; Diet by the Sword
- Prime-Time Deal With CBS
- THE ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP; St. Pierre Dom...
- MOVIE REVIEW | 'WAR'; Martial Arts With a Gun Inst...
- Morton Knocked Out 38 Seconds Into Bout
- Bronx Man Pleads Guilty in Terror Case
- Men Behaving Extremely, With True Believers' Passion
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- [TS] EXECUTIVE PURSUITS; In the Corner With the Gl...
- Drug Testing Hasn’t Grown With a Sport
- Claims of Molestation Resurface for Judo Official
- From the Edge of Madness to Fighting's Mainstream
- [TS] ULTIMATE FIGHTING; Mixed Martial Arts, From t...
- CLASS IS IN SESSION: STREET KATA; Hard, Easy or Ju...
- Cuban Athlete Is Barred for Kicking Referee’s Face
- [TS] II: True-Life Tales; Former-Self Defense
- [TS] Bong Soo Han, 73, Orchestrator Of Martial Art...
- [TS] How a Cast Got Its Kicks. And Throws. And Pun...
- Cuban Athlete Is Barred for Kicking Referee in the...
- Texas: Ex-Chief of Norris Charity Pleads Guilty
- [TS] Few Rules, but to the Fighters, Pure Sport
- MIXED MARTIAL ARTS; A 5-Foot-6 Bruiser’s Jou...
- THE FACE; Diet by the Sword
- [TS] FIGHTING; An Ultimate Warrior Is Used to Figh...
- [TS] CHEERING SECTION; Woman Joins Fight Club
- How a Cast Got Its Kicks. And Throws. And Punches.
- EXECUTIVE PURSUITS; In the Corner With the Gladiat...
- [TS] FIGHTING; No Helmet, No Padding And, in the R...
- DANCE REVIEW; A Blending of Euripides, Martial Art...
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- Sparring Partners Put the Team Before All Else
- Three Siblings Headed to Beijing in Tae Kwon Do
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- [TS] THE GOODS; A Soap That Goes to the Mat
- TELEVISION REVIEW; Beware the No. 2 Fighter With a...
- [TS] PERSONAL BUSINESS: EXECUTIVE PURSUITS; In Thi...
- Mismatches in the Ring Draw Toughman Critics
- II: True-Life Tales; Former-Self Defense
- MOVIE REVIEW | 'WAR'; Martial Arts With a Gun Inst...
- [TS] CRITIC$(RSQUO$)S CHOICE; New DVDs
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- The Color of Victory? Rethinking the Power of a Bl...
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- THEATER REVIEW; A Martial Arts Film, Only Live
- Corrections: For the Record
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- TRUE-LIFE TALES; Former-Self Defense
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- A Kinder, Gentler (but Not by Much) Brand of Fighting
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- Drug Testing Hasn’t Grown With a Sport
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- First for the United States Is Also a Personal Tri...
- Martial Arts With a Gun Instead of a Kick
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- THE GOODS; A Soap That Goes to the Mat
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- A Soap That Goes to the Mat
- CRITICS CHOICE; New DVDs
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- Karate, the ultimate martial art that developed from a synthesis of indigenous Ryukyuan fighting methods and southern Chinese martial arts. "Karate" originally meant Tang hand, i.e. Chinese hand, which was later changed to a homonym meaning 'empty hand' in Japanese. It is known primarily as a striking art, featuring punching, kicking, knee/elbow strikes and open handed techniques. However, grappling, joint manipulations, locks, restraints/traps, throws and vital point striking also appear in karate. - Excert from Wikipedia, summing up the essence of Karate.
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