Most influential martial artists

[Qui Gon Tzu]

In the beginning it was the television series “Kung Fu” in which martial arts were shown as a mental attitude as much or more so than the physical abilities. As a young lad I rarely was able to see the program as back then we had to use antenna for television reception of which did not work well. I do not take David Carradine’s abilities lightly. I found the characters of Master Po and Master Kan to be very interesting as well, if not more so. I now have the series on DVD and have come to understand that it was indeed the series that sparked my original interest.

Now that I study Martial Arts, Enter the Dragon: Bruce Lee, of course. G.M. Remy Presas, Terry Dunn, Randy Williams, William Chung, Joseph Simonet, Steven Cunningham, Greg Kollar, Steven Seagal, Cassius Clay, Jeff Speakman, my current instructor: Master Rick Whitman and anyone else I can learn from

“Before I studied the art, a punch to me was just a punch, a kick was just a kick. After I’d studied the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick no longer a kick. Now that I understand the art, a punch is just a punch, a kick is just a kick.” Bruce Lee

[MasterH]

I might of missed something here. Has anyone a buisness influence? Like for me Master Barry Lyon showed me we can be more than a donjon dojo, we can make a living. Or the Chief Master Clark in florida with his Mass Training series of buisness seminars. How 'bout the Kovars in Cali and ProMAC (Professional Martial Arts College)

[Qui Gon Tzu]

I neglected to mention Darth Maul (Ray Park)

[MasterH]

I neglected to mention Darth Maul (Ray Park)

I've wondered who that was, he had some moves.

[Adonis]

wasn't Ray Park a wushu stylist?

He is also the person who played toad in the x-man movie.

[KUNTA KINTE]

Gracie's

[MasterH]

wasn't Ray Park a wushu stylist?

He is also the person who played toad in the x-man movie.

I thought his stances looked Korean.

[Qui Gon Tzu]

This site has an interesting biography

http://www.torynfarr.com/raypark/

"Wu Shu just means 'martial arts' in Chinese," Park explained

Ray Park is a student of Wu Shu

[MasterH]

This site has an interesting biography

http://www.torynfarr.com/raypark/

"Wu Shu just means 'martial arts' in Chinese," Park explained

Ray Park is a student of Wu Shu

Outstanding!

[KempoTiger]

well i'd have to say all the other major film martial artists (jet lee, jackey chan, chuck norris,) played a role in popularising the martial arts but they also hurt it a bit by building kids images up to where when they do start martial arts there bound to be dissapointed when they find out its gonna be a long time before they'll be flying thro the air like super heros(if ever depending on the style), plus they never really added anything to there arts, so you really just gotta give it up to the traditional masters all over the world who keep there art pure IMHO

heh, I've seen plenty of schools that center around the flashy movie fighting stuff. I remember seeing some really cool stuff online at a friends house, and it turns out the kid that was doing it trained at a school called "Sharky's Karate/Martial Arts" or something like that, and they have an entire class for movie stunt stuff like spin kicks, aerial kicks, flips, kipups and more.

Of course if they want to learn how to REALLY fight then yes they are in for a much rude awakening and dissapointing experience