Today on Fight Nerd Cinema, we continue down the path of Donnie Yen’s most recent notable body of work, and review one of his latest movies. Hot on the heels of his success with “Ip Man” and “Ip Man 2″, Yen took on another historic role in “Legend of The Fist: Return of Chen Zhen”. [...]
Welcome back to another edition of “Fight Nerd Cinema”, the new weekly movie review feature! Last week, we took a look at Donnie Yen’s 2008 film “Ip Man”, which chronicled (and fictionalized) a critical part of real-life Wing Chun master Ip Man. Even before the movie had premiered, Yen and the cast was signed to [...]
On July 29th at Rockingham Park in Salem, New Hampshire, “Combat Zone MMA” held their 38th event in front of a packed crowd. Team Fight Nerd photographer Cathlin Daley was on hand to cover the event with the winners and losers, as well as shoot great photos of the action! It was a night of [...]
Welcome to the first edition of “Fight Nerd Cinema”, where we not only review a Martial Arts movie, but break down all of the elements and give you the full story behind the scenes of what made this film possible. In this edition, we look at Donnie Yen’s modern classic, “Ip Man”. This film has [...]
“Bruce Lee Lives!” is a contemporary and provocative examination of the greatest martial artist of all time as told through the personal stories of a “who’s who” list of filmmakers, musicians and athletes he has influenced. The show pays homage to Bruce Lee—the action star, philosopher, filmmaker, and Godfather of mixed martial arts. This new [...]
Debuting on May 16 at the Bronx Week Film Festival, “New York MMA” tells the story of the fastest-growing sport in the world from the perspective of “The Big Apple”. Directed by Kahleem Poole-Tejada and produced by Stephen Koepfer, this documentary focuses on the struggle MMA faces with having the sport sanctioned in New York [...]
BY KAHLEEM POOLE-TEJADA As a long time fight fan, it’s pretty easy to become jaded. Even more so if you’re a martial artist. And then again, even more so if you’re into filmmaking. However it’s great to see every so often a film that takes certain key elements and blends them all in a serious [...]
Back when this site first launched, I decided to make a short little documentary about an up and coming fighter to test the waters of my site and work on my video editing skills (since I am a self-taught amateur trying to become a halfway decent amateur). While doing a bunch of interviews at Ray [...]
By Peter Lampasona Long before directors like Steven Soderbergh and Sylvester Stallone got the idea to cast mixed martial artists in films, former stuntman and always visionary Hector Echavarria was bringing MMA champions to the silver screen without the frills of a budget or actors. Echavarria’s latest romp into the glamorous world of straight to [...]
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