It takes years of building that experience as a filmmaker, as well as physically. You have to have a high level understanding of martial arts.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I got trained in kick-boxing and mixed martial arts. I enjoyed the whole process so much, and I'd love to do more action films.
You need at least six or seven years to understand the philosophy and concentration of karate to know to clean your spirit of everything and dedicate your mind and body to the sport.
Training in taekwondo for eight years and then being able to do it in a film was pretty amazing.
To make a kung fu film is like a dream come true, because I'm a big fan of kung fu movies and I'm learning kung fu for a long time.
I was always interested in film, but I never knew how to go about becoming a filmmaker.
Look at every action movie in Hollywood. Every leading man from Spider-Man to Batman to James Bond, 'Bourne Identity', every one of them possesses martial arts skills.
A lot of people don't realize, when you are acting in a martial arts film, you're not just performing martial arts. You're not just performing martial arts. You're actually acting as much as any other actor.
I'm looked upon as a theater actor who happened to know martial arts before I got into the movies.
I'm not educated as a filmmaker, so it's quite a jump for me.
I'm just about the movies; I enjoy the dexterity of actors in action movies and the choreography side of things. You've just got to be a different person to be a professional fighter. I train with professional fighters, so I know what it takes. It's a very difficult profession, probably harder then the acting profession.
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