Hey, a friend of mine would like to know what martial arts were used in the Matrix films. Any details you could spare would be appreciated.
2007-10-09 10:36:33 · 7 answers · asked by Keegarosan 2 in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
The Matrix movie choreographer Yuen Woo Ping is a well known Hong Kong stunt director and has worked with Jet Li, Chow Yun Fat and Jackie Chan among others on numerous movies. He has a Wushu background and if I'm not mistaken, he was one of Jackie Chan's Beijing Opera School classmate and childhood friend along with Yuen Biao and Samo Hung. So most of the fight scenes in the Matrix were derived from Wushu forms or what little that Keannu could make out of it since his stiff body rendered most of the Wushu forms unrecognizable, I think Laurence Fishburne did a far more believable job than Keannu, though still not as smooth.
2007-10-09 23:37:43 · answer #1 · answered by Shienaran 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Hey, a friend of mine would like to know what martial arts were used in the Matrix films. Any details you could spare would be appreciated.
2015-08-06 11:48:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, but thats to be expected from theatrical performance. I tend to watch them and notice the disparity between what is really really cool looking and what is functional. I relax and just enjoy how cool the choreography actually is, its more fun. Fight Choreographers are almost all martial artists, they are usualy aware of the openings and the defences, would you like to watch an eternal fight scene, eventually everything would be repeated and boring. Pretty cool idea though.
2016-03-17 02:36:18 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
matrix/hollywood fu
most martial arts in movies arent a specific style its a blend of many performance aspects of martial arts to catch an audience eye.
2007-10-09 10:43:07 · answer #4 · answered by Cnote 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Closest thing to the movies are Contemporary Wushu which is a acrobatic display of skill, performance of routine, done single, in group and choreographed sparring, with or without weapons.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GT8tENSEvHQ
Watch it and you will know what I mean.
2007-10-11 04:59:27 · answer #5 · answered by Straight Lead 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hollywood-fu with some Choreography-do
2007-10-09 10:56:11 · answer #6 · answered by SAINT G 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
kung fu. all you need to do watch the special features.
2007-10-09 11:59:43 · answer #7 · answered by clown(s) around 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋