New Year Martial Blowout

Yes Happy New Year to all , over the past 7-8 weeks we have been busy on site putting together some new event features and special articles based on Famous Martial artists / History of  Hong Kong Cinema in the UK in the 80' /90's as well as quite a few reviews. 

Since last time there have been quite few reviews listed on site :

We have had two Bluray reviews go live ,the first being the 2009 Jingle Ma film Mulan.

The second featured Bluray title is The Banquet from 2006.

Vicki Zhao in Mulan

We have also taken a look at American releases Six Bullets with Jean Claude Van Damme and also his turn in Expendables 2 with Stallone and the likes of Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis.

Another great film reviewed is the quirky but 70's style Japanese film Karate Robo Zaborgar from Noburo Iguchi.

Karate Robo Zaborgar ,one crazy film ,but so much fun!

Go On guess the name of this Guy

Karate Robo Lives

Could be a romance here!

There are still a couple to come from our Christmas list but let us tell you what's coming your way in films over the next 6-8 weeks.

We have some classic films heading your way ,with a look at the Cynthia Rothrock and Richard Norton film Rage and Honour . Then our Bluray special this month is ''By the Will of Genghis Khan'' with Edvard Ondar.

Our new release film films ( subject to availability) are Forced to Fight which sees Gary Daniles return to a full blooded martial arts movie in the lead role and action film ''Kill'em All '' from the producers of Bangkok Adrenalin.

Gary Daniels is Back to Fight!

Games front : our resident games expert will be giving the , lowdown on a couple of Wii U titles ,namely  Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Wii U edition and  Darksiders 2 ,which tells the story of  one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse on a quest to return the balance of Humanity to the world, well that's what I've read any how.

Wii U magic

Events are a bit scarce this time of year but do catch up with our Look at the Christmas Hyper Japan show which we attended just before Christmas, we will also be doing a special feature on one of the acts of the show to coming soon.

Take a Massage at Hyper Japan Christmas

The show floor

Cosplay on Stage

Spend your money at Hyper Japan

Kamui Sword masters on Stage on Friday 23rd November

Kamui Workshop

Kamui and Tomoyasu Hotei on stage on Friday 23rd November

That's all for now ,but hey i hoped i have whet your appetite and given you some browsing to do. So till next time ,and i promise it be as long before i update this blog for K.I.T.G. again. 

Stay Well ,Train Hard and remember where here to keep you in the know about what floats your boat!

Sertes Nake

Six weeks of action on site in our Christmas run-up

Hi all

Yes back with a another installment in what's going down on K.I.T.G.

Well since last update we have been quite busy with our Korean special on site and all this has fallen inline with the London Korean Film Festival which we have attended on a few occasions in the last ten days.

Reviews up now on site include

War of Arrows on Bluray

The Sword with No Name  on Bluray

The Kick -a Thai / Korean co-production about a family of Taekwondo experts living in Thailand who get involved in a plot to steal national treasures .

Continuing with the Korean theme we will have a review of The Thieves from director Choi Dong-Hun and KPOP comedy ''PAPA'' on site shortly ,all to tie in with our coverage of the Korean Film Festival in London.

KPOP comedy PAPA

The opening Gala film ,The Thieves

Future reviews and features on site include the new Wong Jing film which is the third in the Naked series of films ,yes Naked Soldier is imminent ,it stars Jennifer Tse and Sammo Hung among the players.

A scene from NAKED SOLDIER

Also look out for further Bluray features as we get through another couple of  Europe region Bluray's that offer more kick for your money.

Where also waiting on a couple of Japanese cult movies in the form of 2010's Mutant Girls Squad and 2011 Karate Robo Zarborgar. We just love these wacky flicks ,though there rarely for the faint of heart or those under 18 years of age.

We also look at what the likes of Steven Seagal and Jean Claude Van Damme have been doing of late as we tackle a couple of  recent straight to video releases.

On the games front ,our resident games expert has finalised his  Shenmue overview and it's up on site now. Also in the gaming department his coverage of the Eurogamer Expo is complete , published in three installments across each of the groups sites ,the first part appears on K.I.T.G. with successive installments appearing on Shoot'em in the Head.co.uk and Cosplay Heroes.co.uk  .

The new Devil May Cry reboot at Eurogamer Expo in September

Cosplay at Eurogamer Expo

This also means he's free to cover some more gaming gems and of course the new Nintendo Wii U launch which happens in a little under three weeks.

Of note the sites Virtua Fighter page is offline now while it under go's a revamp ,will be back in the new year with a new look and brought bang up to date.

Feature wise we will be attending the Hyper Japan Christmas show at the end of November ,so look  out for a feature on the event with photos and video.

Another feature is we take a preview look at the forthcoming Jackie Chan film CZ12 .it's out on the 12-12-2012 in Asian cinemas ,so a DVD and Bluray release will be shortly afterwards. We build up to the launch of the film and show how Jackie really is the Man and still has what it takes to astonish audiences like he did way back in the 80's.

One of twelve new posters for Jackie Chan's new film -CZ12 aka Armour of God III

Jackie returns to the big stunts in his role as The Asian Hawk

So keep tuned and keep checking the site ,Facebook and twitter for news of what's going down on Kick'em in the Ghoulies.

Till next time ,Train Hard,Be Safe and enjoy Christmas.

The Snake

MCM Expo,New films, and Hong Kong Film Festival

Yes i decided to update the blogger site ,so since last update we have of course attended the MCM eXpo in May, the show was good and fell on the hottest three days of the year. With a hall full of games to play ,stars of TV and Film appearing ,with Sunday playing Host to Film Star Danny DeVito ,who entertained the crowd with his many stories.

New reviews on site have been quite rounded in that we have covered some great films from around the Far East.

Our review of ''Inseparable '' with Daniel Wu and Kevin Spacey went live a couple of weeks back, and after receiving the full uncut version of Taiwanese epic ''SEEDIQ BALE'' ,our review went live a few days ago showcasing the Terracotta Far East Film Festival screening and the full version on DVD.

Seediq Bale aka Warriors of the Rainbow

Iko Uwais in The Raid.

Also our review of the Gareth Edawards film''The Raid '' went live to after catching up with the film. The star Iko Uwais looks set to be the next big martial arts star ,but then i have been saying that since seeing ''Merantu'' 18 months back. Though everyone has been saying here have you seen the Raid ,the guys amazing. So for all you out there tellin me ,get this ''I TOLD YOU FIRST ''.

Plus we also looked at the new Tsui Hark remake of  his 1992 film ''New Dragon Gate'' ,yes we reviewed the 2D version of ''The Flying Swords of Dragon GATE 3D''  with Jet Li in the lead role.

Tsui Hark returns to Wuxia and Jet Li comes along for the Ride.

As i type we are in the middle of covering the recently announced HK15 Film Festival in London. ,for more details visit our sites calendar page where you can find the info on the festival that runs until the 14th of July at the Odeon Covent Garden in Londons Shaftsbury Avenue. More news on this shortly when we do a review of the show.

The Festival runs from the 2nd July till the 14th July 2012

MCM eXpo kicks of on the 25th of May

Looking forward as always on K.I.T.G. the next event we will be at is the MCM eXpo in May at London's Excel Centre ,it runs from Friday the 25th of May till the end on Sunday Evening .Last year was the first MCM we had covered and really did not know what to expect. 

Where really geared up for this year ,and will get a good overview of the games and stars at the event, and of course the many people who turn up in Cosplay to brighten up the event.

Thing is with these events ,money is easily spent with the many wonderful stalls selling ,Media ,Apparel,Trinkets and Novelia  . 

Looking forward to this one Big Time.And then we get to do it all again in October when the event returns for it's winter show. 

Click here for MCM site

The next show in their calender  after London in May is in Manchester on the 21st of July.,Can't see us slapping to Manchester though ,bit far for a day trip.Especially if your in Cosplay..Any way they don't let warlords on Trains.

But the MCM group put these shows on across the country there was one recently in Birmingham in March and the Midlands in February. So where ever you are you can get to one of their shows.

Film Overload,Hyper Japan 2012,Cosplay Craze and Future events

Been a short while since  i have been here ,all due to sustaining a Nerve Injury in my arm which put paid to typing,writing or anything for that matter, The problem still persists ,but with treatment is less intense,The Saga Continues!

Anyway so this meant that many film /Game and Music reviews where put on hold,but from now they will start to appear,on the main site along with extra photos here on blogger. Already posted is the review of 1986 classic ''Royal Warriors '' with Michelle Yeoh ( then Khan) ,Hiroyuki Sanada and Michael Wong. Some cool pictures will be posted in a day or so of the film right here.

Chinese Opera Themed Film with Yuen Biao

Other films on the horizon are reviews of ''The Woman from Knight Mirror Lake'' and My Kingdom ,the Chinese Opera inspired epic with Yuen Biao and action by Sammo Hung.

But also look out for our expanding Anime section on site with a look at the first 4  parts of the ''Fate Night Stay ''series and over the coming weeks we have ''The Bamboo Blade'', The Sacred Blacksmith'' and though not Martial art orientated we look at the quirky ''Hetalia Axis Powers '' ,all 52 episodes.

Anime comes to K.I.T.G.

Now even though inured i have attended events ,one being the Spring 2012 Hyper Japan show at Earls Court in London in February. With three days of entertainment from Anime,Manga,JPOP and Martial arts plus the colorful Cosplay attendees and competition entries, This year i attended in cosplay myself over the three days ,which was a experience that has got me hooked. (So look out for more Cosplay antics in the future).

Natsuko Aso live on stage Hyper Japan 2012 / Friday 23rd

People at HJ2012

Mario at Hyper Japan

For the full 

overview of the show check out the site feature by clicking     here!.

Fashion at Hyper Japan

Cosplayers of all ages at Hyper Japan

Lolita at Hyper Japan

Cosplay Competitions at Hyper Japan

International Judges at Hyper Japan

Cosplayers

The Cos-Parade

Why was this girl wearing this Bloody Hat ?i nearly took it if her,she kept turning each way i looked.

Look it's a even bigger Hat!

Cosplayer's in the parade on Saturday.

This cosplay was cool! Everyone cheered.,Even the girl in the big hat.

It was sure busy!

Strike a Pose !

Crossplay is very common amongst Cosplayers ,This is a really cool one.

That's a Mighty Weapon!

Stop Fighting over there!

The Competition entrants had a tough time.

Watch where your sticking that!

Maki Tsukada demonstrates Judo while holding a microphone.

GOT YOU NOW!

Audience members get to try  on a Gi.

Maki and Uke on stage .

Solo Cosplay entrants competition on Sunday.

Manticore gives it large!

The art of Jodo Demonstration.

Watch out for that pole ! or Jo as we cal it.

Stop moving away ,let me hit you!

The net event K.I.T.G. will be covering will be the Terracotta Far East Festival in London ,held at the Prince Charles Cinema in London   I will be viewing a selection films from the event over the four days of April the 12th-15th .The opening film is a Korean War epic.'My Way '' from Kang Je-Kyu. (TAEGUKI), then along with the latest from Studio Ghibli and a Friday night Horror fest and all before the weekend films hit.

2011 Korean War Epic ,''My Way'' opens the Terracotta Far East Film Festival on April the 12th.

Another event not so far away now is the Birmingham Martial arts show ''TMAS'' ,even bigger this year with a separate MMA show hall and a host of stars and top martial artists on hand to meet and train with. Depending on training possibilities for myself ,i will cover the show on one or two days, Stars attending include ''Don''The Dragon''Wilson'', Richard Norton,Silvio Simac,Bill Wallace,Terry O'Neil and Taekwondo legend Cassonova Wong.

 So a Lot to get on with ,so stay tuned as at K.I.T.G we aim to entertain.