Hong Kong martial arts cinema: starring Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Donnie Yen, everything you need to know about the popular genre

What is a martial arts film? Hong Kong martial arts films fall broadly into two categories, wuxia and kung fu. Wuxia films feature armed combat, usually swordplay, while kung fu films mainly feature unarmed combat. The two types of film are quite distinct, although kung fu films will sometimes feature a scene that includes fighting with poles (also called staffs), the favoured weapon of Shaolin monks, and the villains will often use weaponry.The word wuxia translates roughly as “martial heroes”…

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