Awesome Martial Arts

LBP Stunts Chicago team members Brendon Huor and Nate Hitpas go at it Korean style, reminding us that the nation is home not only to Samsung, LG, Hyundai and PSY, but some badass martial arts.

We suspect that the “Bat King” stainless steel throwing stars aren’t officially-licensed,- but that doesn’t make them any less awesome for tacking notes up on the bulletin board in your cubicle.

(NSFW: Language/Gore) Clinton Jones directed this awesome live-action film, chockful of exciting martial arts sequences and top-notch stuntwork by Robert Dill and EMC Monkeys.

Naruto mistakes sake for water and Rock Lee goes all out in the continuation of the Naruto fan film by the Thousand Pounds Action Company. Skip to 9:30 if you’ve already seen the first part.

Jackie Chan returns to the big screen to direct, produce and star in what he is saying is his “last big action film,” and from the looks of this early trailer, we won’t be disappointed.

Stuntman Jim Ng and his unidentified friend show us how it’s done. What’s “it,” you may ask? “it” is doing amazing flips using only their lower bodies, then planting themselves to fire off deadly shots.

Ken defends his best friend from Tekken’s original devil Kazuya while Ryu wrestles with his own inner demon in this live action short by Thousand Pounds Action Company. Sequels please!

Watch as Shaolin Monk Si Xingsong demonstrates mental and physical strength, balance, and brass balls as he puts his entire body weight on his index fingers – without snapping them in half.

(Gore) A band of train robbers try to wrest control of a town from a ruthless crime lord while a con artist betrays both sides for his own gain. Looks like there are no heroes in Let the Bullets Fly.

We, the worldly hunter-gatherers at TA, don’t care when this karate moves vid was made; we also thought Napoleon Dynamite was a period piece. It’s a perfect way to start the day. (Thanks Ivan!)

Fans of martial arts films will love Shauntron’s supercut of some balls-out fighting and stunts from fifteen classic (and not-so-classic) movies, set to the appropriately intense dubstep sounds of Noisia.

Aljaž Sedej and Simon Mohorovič came up with a unique – albeit somewhat awkward – way of demonstrating judo moves to a group of young judoka. We can’t believe they didn’t use this song.

A new documentary about the legendary martial arts master. We’re hopeful I Am Bruce Lee isn’t just a VH1/MTV-style documentary, and will tell us something we didn’t already know about the man.

It’s martial arts man vs. small fruit-bearing tree in an epic battle of wills, as Muay Thai guy kicks the crap out of this tree that clearly did nothing to deserve this. Treehuggers, shield your eyes.

Who do you think is going to win this fight? The experienced man with the sharpened blade, or the young Ninja woman with the rope? Of course, a gun would be even more effective.

Another exciting live action short from the Thousand Pounds Action Company. It’s worth watching even if you’re not a fan of the manga/anime series. The fight starts at 5:20.

You wouldn’t want to run into this kid in a dark alley. While we actually don’t get to see too many of his Zui Quan fighting moves, he could definitely kick the crap out of you with one of his flips.

If you missed Yuen Woo-Ping’s epic martial arts flick in its limited US release earlier this year, now’s your chance to enjoy this mindblowing feast for the eyes in the comfort of your living room.

This visceral Indonesian film follows the story of a SWAT team trapped in a gritty tenement run by a vicious mobster and his army of thugs. The US release adds music by Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park.

A group of unemployed samurai must help stop an evil Lord and save the country from the rule of tyranny in this martial arts epic. We didn’t know there was such a thing as unemployed samurai.

Created by Yuen Woo Ping, the man behind the incredible wire-fu in The Matrix, Kill Bill and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, this epic martial arts flick explodes onto screens on May 13.

Vincent Cyr has crafted a fun video of every typical fight you’ve seen in a movie (or video game, perhaps). Also includes one liners, like “You’re not the devil, you’re practice.” (Thanks Jack!)

Headed stateside this March, this lighthearted Chinese action film follows a kitchen cleaver made from the most deadly swords in the history of martial arts, and the tales behind the blade.