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Justin Chien as Charles Sun in "The Brothers Sun" (Netflix)

How insecure mobsters led to comedy

Hanh Nguyen
Mark Dacascos in "Knights of the Zodiac" (David Lukacs)

Mark Dacascos talks action & "Iron Chef"

Gary M. Kramer
Priya Kantara in "Polite Society" (Parisa Taghizadeh/Focus Features)

Martial arts, Bollywood & rageful women

Gary M. Kramer
Marko Zaror in "Fist of the Condor" (Well Go USA)

"John Wick" fighter talks traffic battle

Gary M. Kramer
The Young Turks Cenk Uygur, left, and the popular podcast host Joe Rogan. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Cenk Uygur wants to fight Joe Rogan

Brett Bachman
Supporters of former President Donald Trump take a selfie with My Pillow founder Mike Lindell as they wait for the start of a rally at the Lorain County Fairgrounds on June 26, 2021 in Wellington, Ohio. (Getty Images)

Lindell "attacked" during photo-op?

Brett Bachman
Lewis Tan in "Mortal Kombat" (Warner Bros.)

What martial arts means to Asian America

Paula Young Lee
Billy Moore (Getty/Anne-Christine Poujoulat)

My first Muay Thai fight in Thailand

Billy Moore
"Papa Machete" (Jonathan David Kane)

"Papa Machete" dances with the blade

Tom Roston
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My toxic masculinity education

Matt Saccaro
Lawrence Makoare in "The Dead Lands" (Transmission Films)

A Maori action movie? Hell yes

Andrew O'Hehir

A crazy-genius action comedy

Andrew O'Hehir

"The Raid 2": Too damn much

Andrew O'Hehir
Russian President Vladimir Putin (AP/Ivan Sekretarev)

David Trifunov - GlobalPost
Keanu Reeves in "Man of Tai Chi"

Keanu Reeves, kung fu master

Andrew O'Hehir
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