MARTIAL ARTS AND MOVIE MUSINGS: Author Ramona Lee Soo-Jun Talks Adapting Her 2017 Novel KUNG FU BODYGUARD

Ramona Lee Soo-Jun It takes a lot to make a film, especially one embodied in martial arts. It also takes an enduring creative stride that supercedes limitations (or as many as possible), a fact known by virtually every artist there is. Ramona Lee Soo-Jun bears foremost knowledge of this fact since bearing witness to the legendary feats of some of the most celebrated martial arts film heroes in the last four decades. With this, her mother would soon be the compass she needed to find a way forward. “When I was four years old, I asked my mom how I could one day be as awesome as the heroes I saw on screen.” says Lee, who became a purveyor of TaeKwonDo just two years later. “She told me I should start training martial arts. Or become a writer, because many books are made into movies. I remember I said: ‘If […]

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