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Women in martial arts
How well do you know your female MMA fighters? Mulan aside, who are some female kung fu legends – and the actresses who played them? From MMA champions such as Bruce Lee fan Zhang Weili and Amanda Nunes, to actresses like Juju Chan, these women are, pound for pound, the toughest fighters in the world.
Updated: 08 Sep, 2020
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How Bruce Lee inspired China’s UFC champ Zhang Weili
China’s Zhang Weili has used her fear of failure, since losing her opening professional fight as a mixed martial artist, to win every subsequent bout
15 Oct, 2019
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These 7 kick-ass Asian women don’t need a man to save them
JuJu Chan, Liu Yifei, Chang Pei-pei, Zhang Ziyi, Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia Khan and Yanin Vismitananda prove women are great at action, too
28 Jan, 2020
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Why Hong Kong star JuJu Chan gets a kick from Bruce Lee
The Hong Kong-born actress actress talks to STYLE about her favourite fight scene and getting in fighting shape
21 Nov, 2019
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How 5 of MMA’s best female fighters reached the top
Amanda Nunes, Paige VanZant, Michelle Waterson, Rose Namajunas and Joanna Jędrzejczyk are a dangerous mixture of beauty and brawn, and provide great examples of athleticism, charisma and talent for young girls to look up to
26 Nov, 2019
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Mulan’s got company – 6 more female kung fu masters
Classic wuxia novels such as Legends of the Condor Heroes and The Smiling, Proud Wanderer are packed full of fierce female fighters,
08 Feb, 2020
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Who is Valentina Shevchenko, UFC champ in Bruised?
She’s the current best female flyweight, is 2019’s No 15 MMA Fighter of the Year and is starring in Halle Berry’s Bruised, but Valentina Shevchenko is more than just a kick-boxing legend
12 Dec, 2019
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Bruce Lee fan Zhang Weili: China’s first UFC champion
Chinese traditions, cuisine and kung fu rank highly in the fighter’s hobbies and interests – as does a robust workout routine
03 Sep, 2019
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5 things about JuJu Chan, Hong Kong’s high-kicking Bruce Lee heir
Hong Kong-born actress JuJu Chan starred in Netflix series Wu Assassins and will be playing opposite Nicolas Cage in upcoming martial arts flick Jiu Jitsu
07 Dec, 2019
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Which female martial artists could floor Bruce Lee?
Yuenü allegedly beat 3,000 other swordsmen at a contest during the Zhou kingdom, Mulan has a form of tai chi named after her, and Wu Mei created a kung fu fighting style based on animal movements and adapted for human limbs
18 Dec, 2019
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