Fast-paced taekwondo action. The Korean Tigers are possibly the best demo team in the world — inspiration for our own demonstrations.
Video time: 3:54
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5EmAy_KOTQ
The National Geographic channel measures the speed and force of kicks from four different martial arts — capoira, karate, muay thai, taekwondo.
Video time: 7:22
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnu94B6Edrs
Lots More Taekwondo Videos
We have a much extensive list of exciting taekwondo-related videos available in our Taekwondo section. Check it out!
1st U.S. Yongmudo Championships (November 2010)
Fil Vrnak from U.C. Berkeley at the 1st U.S. Yongmudo Championships.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9u-L_dCDVI
1st U.S. Yongmudo Championships (November 2010)
Charles Kunzman from U.C. Berkeley at the 1st U.S. Yongmudo Championships.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyi_4HSY2iM
Yong-in University Yongmudo Demonstration
See the students of Yongin University in action. They demonstrate a variety of skills — incredible falls, throws, and joint-locks.
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More Yongmudo-related videos are available in our yongmduo section. Check 'em out!
An informative National Geographic documentary about the people and skills at the Shaolin Monastery.
Video time: 47:16
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-5S5mvayCw
A BBC documentary on the training and culture at the Shaolin Temple that highlights the performance aspect of the training including an emphasis on the income generating .
Video time: 44:08
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-FzTw3MD_M
Doug and Jimmy travel to China and train in Kung Fu for five days. Doug trains at a school in a renovated tenement building in the city. Jimmy heads up into the mountains at the second oldest Buddhist temple in China for his training.
Video time: 54:23
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv5zatyMLMg
A BBC camera crew follows Peter Owen Jones, a vicar in the Church of England, on his extreme spiritual journey. In this episode, he's at the Shaolin Temple seeking a greater understanding of this unique discipline.
Video time: 58:58
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIAVx5KHHZ0
A National Geographic documentary on the weapons and history of Japanese sword fighting. Forensic studies document the effects of the swords. Warning: Contains violent imagery. Viewer discretion is advised.
Video time: 43:03
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHRtxjmH0qs
Documentary on Bushido ("the way of the warrior") with details of the legends, myths, and mystique of Japanese sword. It includes details on how the sword is forged.
Video time: 47:33
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbFPlAHW0nU
A Nova documentary (in HD) on the Samurai sword, "one of the greatest fighting weapons of its day if not of all-time." Includes an analysis of the Japanese sword.
Video time: 1:37:11
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85z1tD4KElc
A theatrically released 2013 film with a variety of home film clips, movie clips, and interviews with friends, family, actors, performing artists, and athletes influenced by Bruce Lee.
Video time: 1:30:14
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qBFByTfh-k
A very comprehensive documentary of Bruce Lee’s life including scenes from his early films as a child actor in Hong Kong, his screen test for Charlie Chan’s Number One Son, an aborted television series (when he was 24-years-old), and much more.
Video time: 42:55
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oqMNCA2AoE
The first 48 minutes are a summary of his martial arts and movie making. The last 50 minutes describe the story of Lee's unfinished film, The Game of Death, with the pieced together footage of the semi-completed fight scenes.
Video time: 1:40:00
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxu8z2xaqec
“A blend of vintage film footage and interviews, this documentary tribute [uses] rarely seen archive footage [and] trace[s] both the history of martial arts and the phenomenal impact Bruce Lee had on this culture. [N]arrated by Shannon Lee, Bruce Lee’s daughter.”
Video time: 42:55
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGNo0wyxkvk
Excellent vintage footage of Ueshiba Sensei in action with English narration describing his philosophy.
Video time: 25:28
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GT9qe1DSgw
An excellent documentary on one of the greatest martial artists of the 20th Century.
Video time: 47:44
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo6sG1UqQAs
A 10-minute clip of the inspiring life of Keiko Fukudo Sensei (1913-2013), the first woman promoted to 6th dan and the first woman promoted to 10th dan.
She battled family and gender discrimination throughout her life — even being stuck at 5th degree black belt for 30 years because that was simply the highest rank allowed for women. She is “the last student of judo’s founder, Jigoro Kano, who opened his judo school, the Kodokan, in Tokyo, in 1882. Kano added a women’s section to his school about 40 years later and invited Fukuda to train because of her martial arts lineage. She was the granddaughter of a renowned jujitsu master who had taught that Japanese martial art to Kano.”
“I think a lot of why I am 98 has to do with judo,” Fukuda Sensei said. “I have my health, and judo is my connection to less stress and difficulty. As far as I know, no one has lived their life completely for judo as I have.”
Documentary filmmaker Yuriko Gamo Romer will have a film about Fukudo Sensei in 2012. In the meantime, this 10-minute clip is a very nice introduction. Fukudo Sensei shares the meaning of the brave and bold decision to walk her own path at 7:12.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km3OgDB-3nc
Video clip: “Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful” (11:09)A solid selection although #10 is questionable. But, the narrator does an excellent job of explaining why each scene — including #10 — is on this list.
Video time: 11.19
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEnL3ukPauM
There are a few duds in here (brutal, yes, but also clumsy). It starts off well (Bourne vs. Desh) then coughs up a couple of duds (Lethal Weapon 4 and Fast Five? Headbutts, grunting, and re-setting the separated shoulder? Again? Ugh.), but then nails the rest. Brutal is the right word.
Video time: 13:03
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzXOStvEoZk
Maybe not the top 5 fights scenes of all-time, but the rehearsal definitely paid off in some great action.
Video time: 22:00
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGoVzVCXCwU
There is detailed fight choreography, but it does start out with blades and graphic cutting. It continues with brutal scenes of violence. Viewer discretion advised.
Video time: 43:05
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLHckl6QwGo
Great selection. We would bump #5 up higher and switch with #2. Otherwise, it's all great stuff!
Video time: 7:50
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se1y2R5QRKU
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