Awesome Fighting

If you’ve ever seen a Jason Statham movie, you know he beats the crap out of his enemies. The guys at Burger Fiction decided to tally up every punch he’s ever thrown on screen, condensing the epic beat down into a 4-minute video. We’re not sure Gnomeo & Juliet counts.

An impressive takedown by Trevor Logan as he dispenses of fellow stuntman Daniel Locicero using gymnastics and the power of his legs, courtesy of a move choreographed by stunt coordinator Arnold Chon. One more time here.

(PG-13) The latest martial arts action film from LBP Stunts Chicago gets going right away, as a man finds himself at the mercy of his captors, and must do what he can to escape and then take revenge on the men who did him wrong.

An indie PC/Mac fighting game styled after classic Kung Fu films, with 14 playable characters inspired by famous martial artists, from Bruce Lee to Chuck Norris to JCVD. Each has over 100 unique moves to play out on 15 levels.

YouTuber Amazing LP spent over 100 hours carefully superimposing himself into the NEO GEO classic The King of Fighters ’97, turning himself into a real-world opponent for the game’s virtual fighters. We want a Kinect game like this.

Armatus Designs isn’t just making any old cosplay Batsuit. His version can actually take a punch. In fact, it can take lots of punches. His padded and armored suit is also lined with Kevlar. Though it won’t help in all situations.

Firas Zahabi runs the Tristar Gym, home of MMA greats such as Georges St-Pierre. Here he tells us what to do if you can’t avoid being in a fight by breaking down an altercation between a trained fighter and a layperson.

There are plenty of fight scenes done by male stunt performers, but this reel of stuntwoman Mickey Facchinello dishing out beatdowns as well as she takes them will have you covering your junk in fear by the time it’s over. More here.

Incredible footage of Korean police forces trained in synchronized formations designed to break up and disperse rioters. We’re thinking this was a demonstration exercise, but it’s still impressive – especially once the Molotovs start flying.

Martial arts Sifu Keith Min of LBP Stunts Chicago demonstrates the Chinese Kung Fu style of Xing Yi Quan to swiftly dispatch five attackers. The technique uses short, aggressive bursts, providing simultaneous attack and defense.

Putting on Google Glasses can make you look like a total nerd-dork, but they can also be useful. For instance, you could use them to learn Kung Fu, so you can take on Terminators sent back from the future to destroy you.

27-year old Nick Newell was born with a congenital condition that led to his left arm extending only a few inches past his elbow. But now he’s an unbeaten MMA fighter, with all but one of his wins coming in the first round.

An action-packed, balls-to-the-wall edit of some of the most epic fight sequences in the history of movie making, compiled by YouTuber Robert Jones, and backed by the all-too-appropriate strains of Motley Crue’s Kickstart My Heart.

The edgy, brutal top-down beat-em-up gets the IRL treatment by the Mega64 guys, as onlookers have absolutely no clue what the heck they’re doing. No humans were injured during the making of this video. Or not.

(Gore) Movieclips presents the best fight scenes from the reigning king of action flicks. The track is a mix of Amerie’s Gotta Work and Fatman Scoop’s Put Your Hands Up (and their respective samples.)

(Lyrics NSFW) While we learned earlier how to fight a little girl, we’re going to have to prepare a whole new strategy for this little spitfire and her mad boxing and blocking skills. (Thanks Jack!)

UFC fighter Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis smacks down some eggs in slow-mo, using his best and most precise roundhouse kick. Time to make an omelette, we suppose. More food fighting here.

(Some audience language NSFW) At the Belfast Festival at Queen’s in Ireland, two performance artists put on a mesmerizing stage fight using special suits and tesla coils. (Thanks Rachit!)

So this is “how the way to fight.” Forget all that Hollywood crap. Kelle Longbow proves that our spastic sword technique is not all that different from what Vikings actually did to earn a place in Valhalla.

Roger Ma returns with the latest in his series of manuals for dispensing imaginary monsters using real-world weapons and tactics. You’ll also learn defense, but not how to avoid the Twilight movies.

200lb. Czech sumo wrestler Takanoyama Shuntaro (aka Pavel Bojar) takes on full-size challengers, and repeatedly wipes the floor with them despite his relatively small size.

(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.

A kid and his two friends shot this short with surprisingly solid action, tight editing, and a perfect score. One Reddit commenter said “This kid’s talent exceeds his equipment.” We couldn’t agree more.