Subject: Martial Arts

• Kung Fu Monks

  March 19, 2009

• LYT's Film Pick of the Weekend 6-15-07

  Note: This will be a weekly blog feature, as our award-winning film critic recommends at least one newly released film to see over the weekend. Sometimes it will be speculative; others, based on actual films seen. Opinions of LYT do not necessarily reflect those of other human beings. DOA: DEAD OR ALIVE The Weinsteins clearly want to kill this film dead, releasing it on the same day as a mega-budget superhero film starring Jessica Alba, and giving it little or no fanfare. I don't know why –

  June 15, 2007

• Comic-Con 2007: Universal Focus/Rogue, part 1

  Neil Gaiman and Henry Selick kick things off by announcing a special screening of some early footage from Coraline, their new stop-motion collaboration. It'll be later in the evening at a nearby theater, and passes can be had at the Rogue booth. Those sitting in Hall H all day at the actual panels are out of luck. They couldn't have just shown us a little bit here? Nahh, make us wait in line all over again for something else. Tidbits: the voice cast includes Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ter

  July 30, 2007

• Saturday's Headlines & Surprises: Pampering Predators

  To Catch--and Pamper!--a Predator: Where the hell is Chris Hansen with Dateline NBC? Why do I ask? Well, in Orange County, authority figures--particularly cops--nabbed for outrageous sexual conduct either get re-elected, promoted or pampered. The latest example is Jason David Rosewarne. The married Anaheim police officer used his job to meet and molest an underage girl, skipped bail to flee to England, lived as a felony fugitive for three years and returned to the U.S. in July 2006. Though

  August 11, 2007

• Wednesday's Headlines & Surprises: A Real Saint in OC

  While Politicians Yap, Strickland Performs: The current issue of People celebrates Orange County’s Alena Strickland, 49, for taking in 112 foster children. Yes, 112. Even more impressive? According to the article, each child has had special needs such as autism, blindness and deafness. She doesn’t do it alone. Strickland has her retired restaurateur husband Philip Pedone by her side. What motives her? "I was faced with a need, I can [help], so what's my excuse not to?" she told the magazine.

  October 24, 2007

• IFL Orange County team: R.I.P.

  According to an official inside the team-based mixed martial arts league known as the International Fight League, we will not have an Orange County team this year. Last year, our local team-- the Southern California Condors--was coached by Brazilian MMA legend Laguna Niguel-based Marco "King of the Streets" Ruas and competed against teams of fighters from all over the country. However, IFL spokesman Jerry Milani says Ruas wasn't able to get a team ready this year in time to compete, but would

  February 20, 2008

• Erin DeWitt's Boyfriend

  Canadian hip-hop duo The Chuds created this tribute to 2'9" martial artist Weng-Weng, and paired it with some video clips from the small actor's many films. The ladies can't seem to help themselves in his presence. . . Can you blame them?

  May 28, 2008

• Quinton "Rampage" Jackson goes on a . . .

  . . . rampage. Of course he does. In what assorted Internet pundits are already calling the stupidest hit-and-run ever, Ultimate Fighting Championship superstar (and Irvine resident) Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, who was the subject of this 2007 Weekly cover story, was arrested yesterday in Balboa after slamming his truck into several vehicles, jumping a center divider and driving up onto a sidewalk, which forced several pedestrians to leap out of the way to avoid injury. Apparently the reason fo

  July 16, 2008

• To Do Tonight 7/21

  2008 WORLD TAEKWONDO HANMADANG, 8 p.m. Witness the first time the World Taekwondo Hanmadang is held outside of Korea. You'll get to see people fighting each other and breaking things with their fists. Anaheim Convention Center 800 W. Katella Ave. Anaheim CA 92802 (714) 765-8950 KARAOKE, 9 p.m. On a side note, I can't wait for Pineapple Express to open. Pineapple Hill Saloon And Grill 654 E. 1st St. Tustin CA 92780 (714) 669-9818 YOU'RE GETTING WARMER, 4 p.m. Enjoy a musical theatre experience

  July 21, 2008

• Babies, Porn Stars and Mixed-Martial Artists

  New York Post Page 6 columnist Richard Johnson reports today that retired porn star Jenna Jameson is having “Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz's love child. Well, at least we think it's Tito's. Pity the fool who is the father if it is not. By the by, our image of Ortiz was shot by former Weekly staffer Luke Y. Thompson, who covered the North American Mixed Martial Arts Association Expo back in December on this very site. It's unclear whether the amazing LYT will be invited into the la

  August 6, 2008

• Quinton "Rampage" Jackson faces charges

  Orange County prosecutors today charged professional fighter Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, the subject of a 2007 OC Weekly cover story, with two felonies and three misdemeanors for a wild July 15 incident in Costa Mesa. According to Farrah Emami, spokesperson for the district attorney's office, the mixed martial arts fighter crashed into several vehicles and then fled responding police near the southbound 55 freeway and 19th Street. When cops caught up with Jackson, they say he was aggressively we

  August 25, 2008

• Last Night: Tricky at House of Blues

  Better Than: Playing a game of Guitar Hero while blind folded. It was a strange thing trudging up the steps of Disney's House of Blues to find an empty bar on the second floor. It's typically the first crowd you see before disappearing down the stairs to find a spot at ground level. But just minutes before Tricky (producer,trip icon and co-founder of Massive Attack) strolled on stage, you could practically run and slide across the floor on your knees and not hit a single person. Maybe it's j

  September 12, 2008

• Grabbing a Tiger by the Tale

  February 8, 2001

• Why America Loves an Asian Martial-Arts Flick

  February 22, 2001

• Deaths of OC MMA Fighter, Wife, Suspected to be Murder-Suicide

  The LA Times, industry publications the Wrestling Observer and Sherdog and plenty of other sources report that autopsy results are leading authorities to believe that the deaths of an Orange County professional mixed martial arts fighter and his wife were exactly what they appeared to be when news broke yesterday: a murder-suicide.Justin Levens, 28, and his wife, Sarah McLean-Levens, 25, were found dead from gunshot wounds Wednesday afternoon at their Laguna Niguel condominium. The gun was foun

  December 18, 2008

• Former UFC Fighter Kimo Leopoldo Arrested in Tustin

  TMZ is reporting that former UFC fighter Kimo Leopoldo was arrested this afternoon in Tustin after police discovered a "small amount of what is believed to be meth" in his car.What's interesting is what led them to search his car in the first place: He was dressed in a Long Beach police jumpsuit. He's still in custody, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department, and police are looking into how he got his hands on the uniform in the first place.  He is scheduled to appear in court

  February 16, 2009

• To Do Tonight - 3/24

  Shaoling Temple Kung Fu Monks Team, 7 p.m.Witness Venerable Grand Monk Master Shi Yong Xin and the Shaoling Temple Kung Fu Monks Team as they "hi-ya!" their way into your heart.Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana, CA; 714-567-3600Magnolia, 7:30 p.m.Bring a chair or blanket and huddle on the floor of this hip Fullerton art gallery for some cinematic enjoyment on the small screen. Hibbleton Art Gallery, 112 W. Wilshire Ave., Fullerton, CAFall in Love with Comedy featuring J

  March 24, 2009

• Slave Labor in LBC

  Miguel SaavedraThe Long Beach woman featured in this LA Weekly story a month ago pleaded guilty today, along with her husband, to charges of forced labor for illegally harboring two Philippine women in her home and forcing them to work in her elder care businesses after tricking them into coming to the U.S. The women worked against their will for years at a time, and were threatened by Pelayo. Federal agents shut down the elder care homes in April 2008 after federal search warrants were served.

  March 24, 2009

• Hy, Tough Guy!

  January 22, 2009

• Bollywood Goes Far East for 'Chandni Chowk to China'

  January 15, 2009

• Ox Fest

  January 1, 2009

• Chop Chop

  December 25, 2008

• Women Warriors

  December 21, 2000

• Chip Off The Block

  July 17, 2008

• Tae Kwon Do Comedy 'The Foot Fist Way' Stars a Truly Cringe-Tastic Danny McBride

  May 29, 2008

• Sparring With Shadows: How Jeremy Williams' Death Devastated OC's First Pro Mixed-Martial-Arts Team

  May 1, 2008

• Caging Dr. Kessler

  Meet Orange County's ultimate fight doc

  January 31, 2008

• Haute Couture

  Fighting Meets Uber Fashion at the First NAMMAE Convention

  December 6, 2007

• On the Range

  Ridin’, ropin’, rasslin’ & other games of skill & contests of  strength, blazing trails, seeing sights &, of course, Anteaters

  September 20, 2007

• Get in the Cage!

  After this weekend, Irvine’s Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson just might make mixed martial arts everyone’s favorite spectator sport

  September 6, 2007

• Test My Balls of Fury

  More entertaining than the actual movie!

  August 30, 2007

• An Eiffel of Action

  The third time around, Tucker and Chan's Rush Hour still charms

  August 9, 2007

• A True Horror Classic

  When the Levees Broke

  December 21, 2006

• Feckless

  September 21, 2006

• Special Screenings

  July 27, 2006

• Street-Fighting Men

  July 20, 2006

• Live Review

  December 15, 2005

• Hong Kong Phooey

  October 13, 2005

• Too Much Dick Spoils the Gumbo

  September 8, 2005

• Kicks and Giggles

  April 21, 2005

• The Kickup Artist

  April 21, 2005

• Elbows of Fury

  February 10, 2005

• Love and Death

  December 2, 2004

• Come to Papa

  October 30, 2003

• The Hair Care Conspiracy!

  February 21, 2002

• Hurry!

  December 6, 2001

• Letters

  November 16, 2000

• 1: Shall We Begin?

  October 26, 2000

• Love Thyself Meditation Class

  May 7, 2009

• Rushmore

  May 21, 2009