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Tokyo 2020 Gets Underway 

Yes the Summer Olympics in TOKYO are under way and where be looking at some of the matches and reporting on the results in the Judo , Taekwondo, Karate , Boxing and Wrestling here on site. 

Check out our newstream pages for the updates .
 

Hyper Japan Goes Digital for 2021

With most events this year on hold still due to Covid 19 , some may be missing thier fix of Japanese culture. 

Have no fear the Hyper Japan Team are here.

 The Hyper Japan team are holding a digital event that's runs through July into August . 

With Video Interviews with stars and Bands. Manga Drawing Classes , Culture based events and Food. 

Many of these are free to view and take part in , some are pay to to particapate via Zoom events , Such as A three day Samurai Sword teaching class and more .
Though I must admit I can not get to grips with this pay for digital events , I find them all a bit lack lustre in many ways , but for those that don't mind them I'm sure there's lots to do. .
I am a big fan of the Hyper Japan shows and have attended many and can not wait for them to return to normal in the near future . But in the mean time if your in need of a fix of Japanese culture then Hyper Japan Online may be for you.
 

Eastern Heroes Magazine returns

My old friends  Rick Baker and Toby Russell are re-launching the Eastern Heroes Magazine as a new Bi-Monthly . 

Launching in Late July , possibly around the 25th or sooner.  
For fans of the orignal this is a great piece of news and a hark back to those days back in the late eighties and Nineties that we all so fondly remember. .

 They had a soecial limited run of 100 issues that where signed and came with a badge ,but those sold out in one afternoon. 
The standard issue is uo  for preorder now at their webs






2021 sees a flurry of New Releases 

 
Films may be a bit scarce at Cinema's still , but as Lockdown eases I'm sure where all be back in those cinema seats.

But in the meantime there are some cool features heading our way on DVD, Bluray and streaming.

One big feature is Chinese war epic The Eight Hundred  by Guan Hu , it follows a bunch of Chinese soldiers who put up a defence at a Shanghai Warehouse in 1937.

Next is Jiujitsu with Nichloas Cage and Alain Moussi , available to stream or buy at a very reasonable price at present.

Taking Russia by storm is Russian Raid which has released on DVD , It's a homage to Gareth Edwards original Raid film. Looks pretty good and stars a plethora of Russian MMA fighters and Martial artists.

Undercover Punch and Gun is a film produced by Gordon Chan and Directed by Phillip Lui and Frankie Tam. It stars Andy On ,Aaron Aziz ,Philip NG and Meng Jia . It's a action fest inspired by those 80's and 90's Hong Kong films .

Ip Man Kung Fu Master is yet another film about the legendary Man , this time with Dennis To returning to play Ip Man ,it follows Ip's early life in Foshan as Policeman. Out on DVD and Bluray this April in the UK.

Next is a classic for those Importers ,it's a classic from 1994 and one of my favorite films from that period. Burning Paradise by Ring Lam is getting a Bluray release  and DVD reprint in the far east. Avaiable now as a region 3 DVD or region A bluray.

Fans of Korean cinema should not miss the UK release of The Battle of Jangsari which releases in early May in the UK on DVD , Bluray , it stars Megan Fox ,Gearge Eads and Korean star Kim Myung Min.

Reviews as and when we get to see them.

Mulan to Mulan 

We go all MULAN crazy. Yes with so many stories surrounding the legendary character we look at three films , the 1998 Walt Disney Animated classic , the 2009 Jingle Ma directed masterpiece and the latest 2020 live action film also from Walt Disney. Do any of them actually tell the story of the real Mulan. It was often believed that Mulan may have been different people at various times , even Disney's animated film is set in a different Dynasty to the Jingle Ma directed film . Or should we just take these as great entertainment which pay homage to a legendary figure .

Gods of Lost Fantasy - The Long Haul

Having just completed our viewing of Chinese Drama Gods of Lost Fantasy , we took pen to paper  or in my case hand to Keyboard and got on with our review for the series , at a whopping 52 episodes this was one Drama that i was hoping would not drag , And i must say i was surprised , read our review on site now.
 

Our Gaming Guru is Ready for Action

One thing lacking of late on site have been our Gaming pages , this looks set to change as updates take place and our gaming guru BrunoB  gets some new videos and reviews published on site. So Watch this space for Updates on PS5 /Xbox X /S and of course where would be without the classics as we delve back in time to the past gens and re-discover the classics. 

You can also see our Guru on Twitter as he prepares various articles and see what he is playing.

Where Going All Japanese with our TOEI feature

Japanese films have always been a tough one for us viewers in the UK . Unlike their Chinese and Korean counterparts finding English subtitled Japanese films is a secret mission and often at a hefty price. 



Anyway as we  have now amassed a decent number of films from the TOEI catalogue and all with English Subtitles and / or English Dubs it's time we  get all Japanese in our new feature coming soon where we look at a collection of films from Shinichi 'Sonny ' Chiba and Etsuko'Sue' Shihomi and a couple of others we have acquired , Watch this space!

 

We get into some Classic Jackie Chan 

No Martial art featured site is complete without Jackie Chan . 

That's why we are currently rebuilding our Jackie Chan feature page .

To celebrate this we will be covering a selection of Jackie Chan films on Bluray 

Our first film will be the 1978 Classic Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin which just happens to be one of my favourite old school Jackie Films. 

Later on we will be looking at the latest re-release of Operation Condor on Bluray from 88Films.


Other films we will cover in the section will be 
'Police Story Lockdown'
'Railroad Tigers'
'The Foriegner'
'Kung Fu Yoga '



Our Next TV Drama Review Goes LIVE

Our next TV drama review goes live, this time we take a look at the first season of Hot Girl , a drama about a young girl who joins a Chinese Security company.
It's definitely of the wall 
 
 

Scott Adkins as busy as ever

Scott Adkins seems to be knocking out the films at such a rate that it's getting hard to keep up.
Coming shortly our look at the films and the man behind the constant flurry of action hitting our screens from his early parts in Jackie Chan's Medallion right up to his latest releases on DVD like Avengement and Abduction.

With even more films yet to be released on Bluray /DVD or even the cinema  such as Ip Man 4 .

Does this man ever stop ?
Here at K.I.T.G. we think it might take a Tsunami to stop this guy appearing in the next film , but more then likely Scott would just brush it off as a light shower.
FEATURE COMING SHORTLY
 

A Tribute to the Late  Soke Richard Morris

Modern Day Legends are quite rare , In the World of Jiujitsu  One name comes up more often then not ,He is Soke Richard Morris . 
Having practised and taught the art for over sixty years we were saddened to hear of the Great man's passing in 2019 . 
Here we pay Tribute to a Legend in our own time. Live Now
 
 

Video Reviews Incoming

I'm always thinking of new ways to spread the word about good films and events and the like that we cover on this site. 
So going forward New Reviews will be accompanied by a Video of the review by myself or a contributor to the site. 
We shall be filming these in the Snake-Dojo for that Authentic effect. So basically if your to lazy to read the review you can just sit back and listen to it with all my enthusiasm that i have for the films and series we watch here at K.I.T.G. 
If anything it should be amusing . And Yes they are Totoro Slippers
 
 
 

We delve into Chinese Drama 

One Media portal we have not covered to much in the past are Chinese drama's . With the event of streaming sites like Amazon Prime / Netflix / Hulu and others it is now possible to stream many of these shows with Subtitles in English now.


Something in the past which where impossible to find subtitled.


And over the past year or more we have viewed various series with a passion , with such titles as the Martial arts Romantic drama Taekwondo Girl to more classic costume drama's like Novoland Eagle Flag and The Longest Day in Changan.


What makes these drama's so different to Western drama's are that more then often they are end to end ,so that your get the whole story in one season of say 40 - 60 episodes . 


None of this ten episodes then wait a year to see the next ten. Their often in your face and once you start you just can not stop till the end. 

 
  • An Oriental Odyssey
    An Oriental Odyssey
  • Taekwondo Girl aka Whirlwind Girl
    Taekwondo Girl aka Whirlwind Girl
  • The Longest Day in Chang'an
    The Longest Day in Chang'an
  • Novoland Eagle Flag
    Novoland Eagle Flag
  • Legend of Qin
    Legend of Qin
An Oriental Odyssey
An Oriental Odyssey

Golden Harvest Pioneers of Modern Action

Founded by the Late Raymond Chow and Leonard K C Ho in 1970 Golden Harvest produced some of the best Hong Kong action cinema throughout the 70's and 80's . 




Founded  by  the two former Shaw Brothers execs who grew tired of Shaw's archaic policies and contracts.

This led Golden Harvest able to sign Bruce Lee which propelled the new start up studio to great heights . They continued this success well in to the 90' s with stars like Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Jet Li ,Tsui Hark and many more. 

Where by the late 70's Shaw's where starting to loose there hold on Hong Kong cinema dominance , Golden Harvest where just getting started and what a ride it was.

Our new dedicated page will give a brief overview of the studio and it's  founders which will be followed up by various reviews in our forthcoming Summer Harvest special- Coming Soon!
 

From ''YES MADAM'' to ''Black Cat'' - D&B Films

Fronted by Hong Kong Tycoon Sir Dickson Poon and in collaboration with  Sammo Hung D&B Films Co released in the region of fifty films in the action cinema category in it's short lifespan from 1988-1992.




Giving a window of opportunity to the likes of Michele Yeoh , Donnie Yen , Cynthia Khan and Cynthia Rothrock.


D&B produced some of the most edge off your seat action films in the late 80's and early 90's . 


We will be delving into many of these films in a new feature coming 2020.

So look out for coverage on the Yes Madam series , Tiger Cage , and many more . 

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