Scott Adkins is one of the world's biggest martial arts movie stars. From humble beginnings as a Van Damme and Bruce Lee obsessed taekwondo practitioner growing up in Birmingham, UK, to starring in some of the best fight movies of the last decade, Scott Adkins has consistently brought a unique charm, athleticism and authenticity to his own special brand of high-kicking action films. His latest film, Boyka: Undisputed 4, sees Scott reprise his most famous role as the Russian ex-con' and MMA exper...
Jul 24, 2017•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Céline Tran continues to enjoy a remarkably diverse career. She has gone from adult film star to action hero following the release of her first martial arts feature film, Jailbreak - Cambodia's first martial arts film. It was a hit when it was released locally in January 2017, and has now been picked up by The Raid distributors XYZ Films for international release. The film showcases Céline's awesome martial arts skills, which can also be seen in a number of great short films including 2014's Bur...
Jul 10, 2017•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Bruce Lee historian and author Steve Kerridge is my guest on this special episode of the show, which is very much a celebration of Bruce Lee's life and work. Steve is the author of the fabulously detailed book, Bruce Lee: Legends of the Dragon, which outlines the making of the film The Way of the Dragon (1972). Along with fellow Bruce Lee expert David Tadman, Steve also produces the regular Bruce Lee Forever poster magazines (available to buy from the Eastern Heroes website). Steve's new book, B...
Jun 26, 2017•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Aspiring filmmakers should definitely tune into this episode of the Kung Fu Movie Guide Podcast, as I talk to two up-and-coming, talented, London-based directors Matthias Hoene and James Nunn, who are both making waves internationally with their own action films. Firstly, I talk to the director Matthias Hoene about his new film, Enter the Warrior's Gate (aka Warrior's Gate), a Chinese-European co-production written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. The time-traveling wuxia fantasy stars Dave ...
May 15, 2017•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 14
It was a pleasure talking to the rising Asian-American movie star JuJu Chan on the latest podcast. JuJu was born in Hong Kong and raised in America where she has enjoyed prominent roles in films like the Netflix-produced Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016) - directed by kung fu movie legend Yuen Woo-ping and starring Donnie Yen and Michelle Yeoh - and her new film, Jesse Johnson's Savage Dog (2017), starring Scott Adkins, Cung Le and Marko Zaror. JuJu continues to work across...
May 01, 2017•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 13
This is an action-packed show with not one, not two, but three up-and-coming UK martial arts stars. Firstly, I catch up with the directors, writers and stars of the new martial arts action flick The Real Target: David Cheung and Yolanda Lynes. After raising funds through their Indiegogo campaign, David and Yolanda are now in production with The Real Target alongside a cast of great UK fighting talent. They took time out of their busy schedule to talk to me about how the film is taking shape, and...
Apr 17, 2017•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 12
What better way to launch the second season of podcasts than with a chat to one of Hollywood's most beloved and prolific stunt co-ordinators, J.J. Perry. Jordan Andrew 'J.J.' Perry has been involved in some of the best action movies of the last 25 years, including Avatar, Iron Man, Star Trek Into Darkness, Django Unchained, Transformers: Age of Extinction and the John Wick films. He trained Gina Carano for Haywire, Tom Hardy for Warrior, Gerard Butler for 300, Milla Jovovich for Ultraviolet and ...
Apr 03, 2017•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Here's a kung fu movie double bill for the final episode in the first season of Kung Fu Movie Guide podcasts. Join me as I have a quick chat with the legendary Korean-born Hapkido master and former action star Hwang In-shik, famous for his role in the 1972 Bruce Lee classic The Way of the Dragon, and his work with Jackie Chan in The Young Master and Dragon Lord. The person I have to thank for organising the interview is my second guest on the show, Ricky Baker.'Kung Fu Ricky' has dedicated his l...
Nov 14, 2016•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Here's a real treat for fans of competitive kickboxing and martial arts movies, as I have a conversation with former world champion Jerry "Golden Boy" Trimble. Kentucky-born Trimble took the kickboxing world by storm in the 1980s by winning four consecutive world championships before embarking on a highly successful film career. His debut feature was alongside Jet Li in Tsui Hark's The Master, before taking starring roles in a number of action films produced by the king of exploitation cinema, R...
Oct 31, 2016•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 9
British actor and former world kickboxing champion Cengiz Dervis is my guest on this episode of the Kung Fu Movie Guide Podcast. This interview took place in the same week Cengiz discovered that he had landed a large role in a new 10-part TV series produced by Marvel's Avengers star Jeremy Renner and The History Channel called Knightfall. Since retiring from the ring, Cengiz has worked behind-the-scenes as a fighting coach, training the likes of Natalie Imbruglia and Rowan Atkinson for the Johnn...
Oct 17, 2016•57 min•Season 1Ep. 8
We have one of action cinema's most beloved baddies on the show today: it's the one and only Stingray from the low-budget 1994 Godfrey Ho head-kicker Undefeatable, played by all-round super nice guy Don Niam. Don talks about his experience making the film which has now become a cult classic, not to mention a viral YouTube sensation. The final fight scene between Don and John Miller has been viewed over 11 million times. On this podcast, he talks about what it was like working with the film's co-...
Oct 03, 2016•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 7
We are discussing Asian cinema with film expert Richard Geddes on this episode of the Kung Fu Movie Guide Podcast. Richard works for the independent UK DVD label Terracotta Distribution, which was borne out of the Terracotta Far East Film Festival, launched in 2008. Through the film festival and its associated on-demand and DVD service, Terracotta aims to promote and distribute the latest titles from the various territories across the Far East, including countries like China, Japan, Korea, Thail...
Sep 05, 2016•51 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Here's something a little bit different from our usual podcast format, as I sit and talk to some of the best emerging talent on the UK martial arts movie scene, courtesy of the first Fighting Spirit Film Festival. The inaugural event took place on 16 July 2016 at The O2 Cineworld, London, and included a selection of UK martial arts shorts and mini-documentaries highlighting some of the country's best up-and-coming talent.On this podcast, you will hear from the co-founder of the Fighting Spirit F...
Aug 22, 2016•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 5
We have Ip Man fight choreographer and kung fu expert Leo Au Yeung on the show today. Leo is a Hong Kong-born Wing Chun expert who teaches in London. From an early age, he was taught the close-combat Wing Chun style by Ip Chun - the son of legendary kung fu master, Ip Man, who would go on to teach a young Bruce Lee. We talk about Ip Chun's teaching methods as well as his now iconic father. In 2008, Leo was asked to be involved in a film which would depict the early life of Ip Man. The subsequent...
Aug 08, 2016•52 min•Season 1Ep. 4
For episode three of the Kung Fu Movie Guide Podcast, I have a nice chat with the Australian blogger Meredith Lewis, who runs the rather excellent kung fu movie blog, Dangerous Meredith's Fu Thoughts. I spent time with Meredith over Google Hangouts just before a talk she was doing at a Melbourne festival on the topic of Monkey - the popular Japanese TV show from the 1970s, known to international audiences as Monkey Magic. She afforded me a bit of time during her research to talk about the show's...
Jul 25, 2016•55 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Mike Fury is an author, journalist, choreographer and action movie expert. He is also a great guest to have on the Kung Fu Movie Guide Podcast. He is the author of Life of Action, a must-have publication for any fan of action movies, featuring interviews with key industry people like the actors Dolph Lundgren, Donnie Yen, Andy Lau and Cynthia Rothrock, and filmmakers like Tsui Hark, J.J. Perry, and the team behind John Wick, Chad Stahelski and David Leitch. It's a really good book and you should...
Jul 11, 2016•53 min•Season 1Ep. 2
It was awesome to meet with the great Toby Russell for the very first episode of the Kung Fu Movie Guide Podcast, as Toby is pretty much the perfect guest to have on our debut show. A writer, director, actor and producer, Toby is the son of legendary British filmmaker Ken Russell and is probably the most knowledgeable person in the world on the subject of kung fu movies. We talk to Toby about his first experiences on a movie set - working with The Who on his father's film, 'Tommy' (1975) - and d...
Jun 27, 2016•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 1
