Fists, Kicks and Beats

Young warriors.

Director Xu Haofeng (”The Sword Identity”) acclaimed martial arts drama “The Master” will see a North American release as “The Final Master.” The film has been praised for its realistic fight choreography. Expect news on a theatrical release soon: http://www.cityonfire.com/from-the-writer-of-the-grandmasters-comes-judge-archer/

You can’t see something like this and say martial arts isn’t body science. The technicality of these moves is incredible.

Here’s a behind the scenes featurette (it’s pretty heft at 28 minutes long) showing how they went about filming the fight. It’s interesting to watch the two actors brainstorm about what moves to include and exactly what actions they need to take to get to the next part of the fight. The fact this is improvised is proof alone that Donnie Yen is truly a modern day choreography genius.