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DRAGONFEST 2015: Steve Oedekerk Announces Plans For KUNG POW 2!

Actor and comedian Steve Oedekerk took to the crowd at Dragonfest on Sunday to announce a sequel to his 2002 hybrid kung fu comedy hit, Kung Pow: Enter The Fist. The film was an amalgam of new footage and audio edited and mixed via chroma key with that of the 1977 Jimmy Wang Yu actioner, Tiger And Crane Fist, and it’s been thirteen years since the film’s successful release by 20th Century Fox. Joined with the addition of actress Jennifer Tung and actor and stuntman Leo Lee, Oedekerk led the first film in the role of The Chosen One, a “gifted” kung fu fighter confronted with the task of facing a horde of minions led by Master Pain, an evil martial arts warlord who tried to kill him as a newborn long prior to arriving to The Chosen One’s town and renaming himself “Betty”. The film literally pokes at everything […]

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Get Ready For Two Days Of DRAGONFEST Next Summer!

If you were one of the fortunate ones to attend this year’s revival of Dragonfest back in May and wanted more, then you’re in luck! Martial Arts History Museum’s own founder and curator Michael Matsuda is already kicking things off ahead of next year’s events – the second following its 2014 revival since its intial host and creator, actor Gerald Okamura back in May. Plans are now in motion to host Dragonfest 2015 in July as the Museum’s biggest convention, host to a wide array of appearances from actors, authors, martial artists and filmmakers, and a display of cool merchandise for your own enjoyment. These and other things have all been a major part of shedding light on the history and legacy that martial arts has in entertainment and other aspects of everyday culture and life, as per the motive of the museum’s existence. There’s something special happening here, and […]

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