Sammo is amazing. You'd think he shouldn't be able to move as fast as he does! Whenever I see him listed as fight choreographer in any martial arts film, I already know the combat scenes in the movie are going to kick ass.
Sammo Hung is the perfect example that you don't need to have the body of a Greek god in order to be a good martial artist......That's it, I'm beginning my training after I finish my happy meal :-)
He is one of a million who can move like that with the body size. Not everyone is capable or able to do that. Your statement can get some people hurting themselves for trying to be like Sammo. In my opinion, people should stick to what they can do and good at. That’s plain and simple. So you think an engineer can do an MD job? Good luck with that.
3 Healthy kids, healthy model wife, healthy bank account, and the only man with a belly that you ever see doing backflips and perfect butterfly kicks. I think martial arts has been VERY good for his health. The fat is just to rub it in.
Samo is fat, but he moves like he is atletic, its very very confusing when you see him just standing and then moveing, he must have a very strong spirit and cast-iron discipline.
I got the chance of meeting Sammo Hung in Kowloon in 1987 by chance. He was filming a movie in that district and me and a friend so happen to be there. Sammo was such a nice guy a gentleman.
I mean it’s more like he was already a badass before he gained a bunch of weight due to a health condition. I wanna say that’s part of why he directed so many movies.
Buena coreografía. Sammo es uno de los grandes en este apartado, se inventa golpes y movimientos aún por descubrir. El combate está muy bien realizado con un último golpe contundente y sorpresivo para el espectador.
Jet Li did not ONLY tain for performance.. but he was more wushu than most of the legends i must say.. but he was amazing and probably the fastest martial artist alive in his prime.
That is exactly correct. You lose weight faster by eating more PROVIDED you exercise with it ( which Im sure you did ). The reason why it works like that is, when you eat more and exercise more all the body systems speed up including the metabolism which is responsible for fat burning.
WOAH! Thanks a whole fucking lot, shwefist! No real fights in a movie?! WOW, WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT?! Thank you for your fan-fucking-tastic input! YOU'RE AMAZING
Sammo is one of the 4!? Jackie Chan , Yuen, Sammo, & the other! I forget sometimes! But you know who it is!! Some of the most talked about martial artist at one time! Many others now too! Donnie Yen, Jet Li, etc!
i woudlve thought it was sanshou as well (rentfan) but didn tknow knees wre allowed. yea someone tamppered with this video i thnk (hvant seen movie though) but u can tell its edited so the fight has been cut....
Can I just say that Sammo is the best fight choreographer of all time, better than Yuen Woo Ping, and if you don't believe me, watch Pedicab Driver or Warriors Two or Dragons Forever... I don't understand why Western directors haven't used his unique talents!
I agree about Ping, but you have to think that the actor used recently for his choreographies never did any martial arts in their lives,like in The Matrix. And I agree with you about Sammo, he is the best. :D
This is a film scripted from paper marriage, not a real kickboxing match. If it is, Billy Chow don't want to get embarass in his home nation. He was born in Canada after all, but he'll always take Sammo Hung seriously.
LOL who are your informants? Bruce and Sammo did have a sparring match, it was bruce's idea to initiate a little practice fight. And Sammo ended up on the floor in the first 10 secs of the fight. Thats why Sammo has bruce as his idle he even imitates him in some of his movies.
@Artaxerxes1986 one of the biggest (and fundamentally important) differences is the use of the shin for kicking in muaythai and the bridge of the foot in kickboxing. once one knows how powerful a shin kick is compared to a foot kick, theres little chance of going back to using the foot! (which is also far easier to damage).
well my mom is an acupuncturist too and from my experience, once you have needles in certain spots, you can't move. i don't think it's because of the pain but rather a temporary paralysis. so this would come at a great disadvantage in a fight. but i doubt those masters' claims too, because after all, acupuncture is done with needles and i don't know how a person's finger can replace a needle.
That chick in white happens to be Sammo Hung's real life wife Go Lai Hung a.k.a. Joyce Godenzi. At the time they both got married back in the late 80s, She used to be a Hong Kong movie star in her own right starring in a string of HK martial arts flicks one of which was "Eastern Condors" with Sammo and Yuen Biao. Dunno if they're still together though.
@Artaxerxes1986 It's my understanding that the axe kick was originally used in Korean arts like tae kwon do. There's been much borrowing of technique between karate and TKD over the years, though some karate and TKD stylists may not admit it.
True for some... not everyone. We are all born with different things to our bodies. Some can speed ours up while others simply can't. Think about Sammo this guy obviously trains rigorously and the smallest he ever dropped to was 200 in Eastern Condors. Obviously there's more going on with his body that we know. As I said some people's bodies function differently to where what works for one doesn't work for another. It's easy for someone to claim losing weight is easy when they haven't done it.
I really respect Sammo for the fact that he is quite on the fat side (like me) but still able to move even faster than any skinny dude I know... Sammo, YOU THE MAN!
i hate when people automatically assume that because your big your worthless or something just be cause he is big doesnt make him any less deadly than bruce lee or jackie chan.
@viyark Because depending on your fighting style. Weight can be an advantage. Something like traditional western wrestling (NOT professional wrestling) is all about weight, and leverage. It pays to be the heaviest in your weight class.
wow you corrected my spelling. didnt someone do that to you in this very argueement, and you had some shit to for him.. well i dont think i need to say much to you, lol thats hillarious, i was actually hoping you would do that.
