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Swordsmanship refers to the skills of a swordsman, a person versed in the art of the sword. The term is modern, and as such was mainly used to refer to smallsword fencing, but by extension it can also be applied to any martial art involving the use of a sword. The formation of the English word "swordsman" is parallel to the Latin word gladiator, a term for the professional fighters who fought against each other and a variety of other foes for the entertainment of spectators in the Roman Empire. The word gladiator itself comes from the Latin word gladius, meaning "sword".
In Chinese culture the double-edged sword also known as jian is considered a master's weapon or a gentlemen's weapon, both from the considerable skill required to fight with this weapon and from the fact that commanders of armies favored the jian in order to move easily amongst the troops.
Whilst many martial arts in China include training with both the dual-edged sword, or jian, and the single-bladed sword, or dao, (as well as many variant weapons), no well known Chinese martial art trains exclusively with the sword.
Li Lianjie ([lì ljǎntɕjɛ̌]; born April 26, 1963), better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a naturalized Singaporean film actor, film producer, Chinese martial artist, wushu champion, and international star who was born in Beijing.
After three years of intensive training with Wu Bin, Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team. After retiring from Wushu at age 19, he went on to win great acclaim in China as an actor making his debut with the film Shaolin Temple (1982). He went on to star in many critically acclaimed martial arts epic films, most notably the Once Upon A Time In China series, in which he portrayed folk hero Wong Fei-hung.
Li's first role in a Hollywood film was as a villain in Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), but his first Hollywood film leading role was in Romeo Must Die (2000). He has gone on to star in many Hollywood action films, including Kiss of the Dragon and Unleashed. He co-starred in The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) with Jackie Chan, The Expendables (2010) with Sylvester Stallone, and as the title character villain in The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (2008) opposite Brendan Fraser. He also appeared in the Hong Kong film Ocean Heaven (2010), directed and written by Xue Xiaolu.
Actors: Kenny Wang (writer), Kenny Wang (writer), Kenny Wang (producer), Kenny Wang (actor), Kenny Wang (editor), Daniel Dahl (producer), Daniel Dahl (director), Daniel Dahl (actor), Daniel Dahl (writer), Wachiraporn Konngoen (actress), Wachiraporn Konngoen (producer), Glenn Thomas Andersen (composer), Oil Juthamart (actress), Kim Andersen (actor), Nang Prasirum (actress),
Plot: When JD is fired from his dull desk job his old buddies promise him the best vacation of his life. He can't refuse this one-time opportunity and travels to the sizzling heart of Thailand. Together with Gordon Goldman and John Walker he ends straight up in the city of sin: Pattaya. Soon the hooker count stacks as high as the amount of alcohol in his blood and JD gets more and more frustrated that his body isn't coping too well with the heat. His situation doesn't get any better when his buddies go away on some important business leaving JD alone in the land of a thousand smiles. Not knowing much else than ordering alcoholic beverages, JD soon drinks till he passes out. When he wakes up, he's in the middle of the jungle and can't remember anything from the night before. And while fighting his way back to civilization, he gets more and more tangled up in an ordeal he understands nothing of.
Keywords: alcohol, ladyboy, pattayaActors: Charles Card (producer), Charles Card (writer), Charles Card (director), Charles Card (editor), Jeff De Biase (actor), David Grimes (composer),
Genres: Action, Short,Actors: Edward Woodward (producer), Sylvia Syms (actress), Edward Woodward (actor), Julian Glover (actor), Anthony Valentine (actor), Peter Woodward (actor), Peter Woodward (miscellaneous crew), Peter Woodward (writer), Peter Woodward (producer), Tim Woodward (actor), Rudolph Walker (actor), David Robb (actor), Isla Blair (actress), Don Reynolds (producer), Jim Goddard (director),
Genres: ,Actors: Barnard Hughes (actor), Teller (actor), Joel Grey (actor), Tony Cox (actor), Francis Ford Coppola (editor), Michael G. Kehoe (miscellaneous crew), Arturo Gil (actor), Brad Sullivan (actor), Michael Ritchie (producer), Michael Ritchie (director), Joey McIntyre (actor), Jean Louisa Kelly (actress), Chip Fowler (miscellaneous crew), Art Schaefer (producer), Sidney Brammer (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Two teenagers on neighboring farms steal glances and hide their romance from their feuding fathers. Little do these love-birds know, however, that their fathers are actually good friends who've hatched a plan - with the help of a mystical roving side-show and its equally mysterious ring master - to get these two lovers down the aisle! But be careful what you wish for. Because to bring these families together... they must first be torn apart!
Keywords: abduction, actor, based-on-stage-musical, carnival, carnival-wagon, coming-of-age, countryside, curtain-call, dancer, dancingActors: Hao Chen (writer), Nan Chiang (actor), Miao Ching (actor), Norman Chu (actor), Chih-Ching Yang (actor), Hsing-lung Chiang (editor), Hao Chen (director), Hui-Ling Liu (actress), Yung-Yu Chen (composer), Shaw Yin Yin (actress), Runme Shaw (producer), Hung Wei (actor), Terry Liu (actress), Teresa Hsia Ping (actress), Lun Hua (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Kathleen Quinlan (actress), Bela Lugosi (actor), Morgan Upton (actor), Kerwin Mathews (actor), Hy Pyke (actor), John Stanley (producer), John Stanley (writer), John Stanley (actor), John Stanley (director), Bob Wilkins (actor), Michael L. Davis (actor), Mark Anger (actor), Barrie Youngfellow (actress), Ray K. Goman (actor), Jennifer Miro (actress),
Plot: Attendees at a horror-film convention in San Francisco keep disappearing. It turns out that the guest of honor is a real vampire, and his henchmen are kidnapping the convention guests. A horror writer, a Sherlock Holmes fan and an Israeli Nazi-hunter set out to stop him.
Keywords: actor, blood, convention, film-industry, filmmaker, independent-film, maniac, murder, nazi-hunter, occultActors: Han Lo (actor), Heng Li (actor), Billy Chan (actor), Sing Chen (actor), Kang-Yeh Cheng (actor), Siu Hung Cham (actor), Shang Yun Liang (actor), Yuet Sang Chin (actor), Siu Loi Chow (actor), Hua Chung (actor), Chung-Hsin Huang (actor), Sammo Hung Kam-Bo (actor), Sau Kei Lee (actor), Lei Cheng (actor), Min Min (actor),
Genres: Action, Drama,Actors: Martin Garralaga (actor), Fortunio Bonanova (actor), Howard Freeman (actor), Antonio Filauri (actor), John Berkes (actor), George Bruggeman (actor), Douglass Dumbrille (actor), Anthony Caruso (actor), Eric Alden (actor), Lane Chandler (actor), Charles Coleman (actor), Paul Bradley (actor), Jean De Briac (actor), Jean Del Val (actor), Sol Gorss (actor),
Plot: Beaucaire is a barber for the Royal French court who becomes a real "royal pain" for the king. As a result he is sent to the guillotine - however he is saved by the Duc de Chandre, who rescues and transports him to the Spanish court. While there Beaucaire poses as a noblesman. The only problem is, he gets into even more trouble.
Keywords: 18th-century, ambition, apple, apron, banishment, barber, based-on-novel, chambermaid, character-name-in-title, dandyChorus:
When a motherfucker steps out his place
And gets slapped in his motherfuckin face
Just because the motherfucker tried to base
The G.O.D., the G.O.D.
And while I see his whole click passes by
Motherfuckers think they qualify
And for those niggaz want to try
The G.O.D., the G.O.D.
Verse One:
Yo
I'm not caught up in politics
I'm no black activist on a so-called scholar's dick
I come through with the Wu and drop math
And versatile freestyles bombs and phonographs
and deliver, all things and other in weight
searched to death, on how living things relate
Cause at a young age, I was molded in a religion I relied on
and got caught up in superstition
Scared to split pole, duck black cats
Once in a while, threw salt over my back
But with knowledge of self from off the shelf
Made things seemed complicated now small like elves
So turn off the lights light a candle, and have a seance
Pull the lid off the Dean Martin scandal
Witches warlocks spooks and holy ghosts
RZA lets defraud the host
Chorus
Verse Two:
We were on the same ship when the slaves were checked
I had to pull your card you was on the top deck
So I plotted my escape, I saw the Thin Line Between Love and Hate
And fast from the hog on the plate
I suffered brutal pains, from whips and chains
Punishments that were set to wash the brain
So look listen observe and also respect this jewel
drawed up, di-tect and reflect this
light I shine, that cause my power to be find
through the truth, which manifest through eternal minds
Purified gases and masses the same elements
that helped spark civilization classes
I see brothers quote math plus degrees
Look at professor ass niggaz can't feed they own seeds
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