Updated Collector's Bios

[da mischievous wingding]

hey, everyone. I thought it would be interesting to have everyone who utilizes this forum post some basic information about themselves, namely where do you live, how long you have been collecting and from where do you buy your movies?
as for me, i live in Rochester, NY, but I began collecting while living in the New York City area. I've been collecting since 1997, or 1998. i've bought from shops in Long Island, Queens, Brooklyn and Times Square, New York. i've bought from chain retailers like SunCoast and FYE. I've bought from some members of this forum. today, i often buy online.
and you...?

[limubai2000]

I live on the US Trust Territory of Guam in Micronesia, Asia.

I've been actively collecting since 99.

I get my movies from -

Yesasia
Sensasian
Ebay
HKflix
the mighty Amazon

and by travelling to Taiwan, HK, or the Philippines.

[edit - add] - I stopped counting my collection at 800...

I'm 34 but I will start retro-aging this year and turn 33. :p

[shawbros]

Collected since '84, traded on the net since '92.

[Chen Zhen]

live in Canada...

only started collecting since 2002...but i think i have a fairly respectable collection in that short time.

[beardy82]

live in the US... been collecting 4 almost a year and about 100 dvds and 30 dvd-rs

[vlade2002]

Started collecting around 1994/95. Importing from the UK alot.

[fabhui]

From the UK, been collecting since about 1990 (when I was 12 :D ). Got between 1500 - 2000 VHS and between 2500 - 3000 DVDs.

[leung jarn]

Uk, collecting since 2000. got along way to go to catch up with you guys.
I prefer old school classic kf but don't mind a bit of wire work.

[ShaofuSage]

New Jersey, US - been collecting since '96, started off slow since I was still in high school and had little money, but have been pickin' up speed lately. For years, I bought from random stores in the Jersey/Philly/NY area, but now I strictly purchase on-line from DDDHouse, Amazon, HKflix. My collection presently stands at a humble 230 movies.

[iron flag]

I'm origanally from N.Y.C.,now living in Berlin,Germany via L.A. Been a big fan of K.F.Movies since 81' or so. Had VHS copies of many popular Movies (Venoms, Gordon etc.)since the 80's but just got really into collecting since 2001(When I finally got a DVD Player and started using the net.)I have about 220 MA DVD's.

[TheManInWhite]

I live in Long Island by way of NYC. I've been a fan since mid-70s and buying films since the earlier 90s. I stopped for a while then took it back up again within the past few years. I'm far from a hardcore collector as I'll only buy what I like or what has gotten favorable reviews. I'm not much of an online buyer. In fact, the most buying I do is with the members here at this forum. Otherwise, I'll venture to my local Pathmark which surprisingly has a pretty good selection of cheap KF DVDs. I get my Celestial SB fix when I borrow movies from my father-in-law who get his films from YesAsia. Once I get my Cyberhome DVD player, I guess I should start buying my own Celestials. :lol

[Markgway]

Name: Markgway
Location: Scotland
First Kung Fu film: Enter the Dragon
Year of viewing first KF film: 1990
Current age: 25

[Holy Robe of Shaolin]

Name: Holy Robe of Shaolin
Location: Los Angeles, CA.
Age: 35
First Kung Fu film: Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth (I was about 9 years old when I first seen it.)
Collecting since: 1991
Total collection: 485 VHS / 653 DVD's
I get my films from: Rarekungfumovies.com, HK Flix, Poker Industries, Ebay, Vomit Bag Video, Amazon.com, Flash Legs UK.

[fabhui]

Name: Fabhui
Location: England
First Kung Fu film: Enter the Dragon
Year of viewing first KF film: 1984
Current age: 27 next Tuesday

[leung jarn]

I gets me films from : play.com, Hk flix, dddhouse (not the weekly cheap stuff), amazon.co.uk, cd-wow.

[magicpoe]

Live in the US
Started collecting in 1999.
I buy most everything from either CDWOW or dddhouse. Rarely I might purchase something at a traditional DVD outlet such as BestBuy.
Half of my movie collection is kung fu and I have over 600 movies.

[ironfistedmonk2003]

From the UK, 28 years old.

My first Kung Fu film was probably Enter the Dragon so far back in the mists of time I couldn't guess what year. Been collecting for about 6 years now, got just over 1100 films not including different formats/versions, around 900 odd are Martial Arts movies. Cleaned out the local stores and buy all my stuff online now, mostly from CD-Wow, DDDHouse, Play.com, Sendit.com, Flashlegsrare

[Knockabout]

Danish prime male, 25 years old.
Collecting VHS since 1995, DVDs around 2000 (after I got the internet) and first now DVD-Rs..
I only buy DVDs from England (or other EU countries), to avoid paying taxes.
Most of the time by using: www.find-dvd.co.uk

Since I still enjoy watching the movies, more than collecting them, my collection is only a mere 330 films (not counting VHS).

[Markgway]

Danish prime male

You mean Bacon? :p

[gogalee]

Hello evreyone, Mabuhay! i'm an avid kung fu fan & collector fr. the philippines, i've started collecting films since the time of betamax movies in the mid-80's. i got around more than 1000 movies on my collection and still growing.

[killer meteor]

Killer Meteor AKA James Lee
Location: Lancashire, England
First Kung Fu film: Game Of Death
Year Of Viewing First KF Film: January 2001
Age: 18

[monk sante]

USA
(Boston)

Monk Sante
first kung fu film: "the Big Boss"
I've been a Kung Fu movie fan since the mid 70's (yes im an old fart)
been collecting films since the late 70's and beyond.
I have thousands of kung fu films in my library.
:hat

[GwaiLoMoFo]

Name: GwaiLoMoFo
Age:28
Location: USA, Washington State
First Fu Film: Chinese Connection
Sources: DDDhouse, YesAsia, CD-wow, deepdiscountdvd.com, ebay, local chain stores, and especially good traders from this forum!!
Background: Been watching since gradeschool (@85'). Only been collecting off and on for the last 5. Have around 350+ original titles.

[tino]

31 year old from Tennessee. I started watching kung fu movies in 1985 ( I was in 5th grade). I statred collecting in 1999 and I have 100+ old school movies and 130 Celestial shaw movies.I usually buy from yesasia.

[lacali]

Location: Los Angeles, California, USA

Kung Fu collection started in 1986 but majority of collection actually started in 1990.

First Kung Fu film in collection: The Shanghai 13

Total titles collected so far: 850+ including over 200 celestial released Shaw Brothers

Sources: Advantage Video (no longer exists), Beijing Video, Grandmaster Video, HKflix, Kungfumovies.net, Asiandisc.com, Pokerindustries.com, Half.com, Hivizone.com, Sensasian.com, Yesasia.com, Layoyo.com, CDwow.com, DDDhouse.com, BestBuy, Circuit City, many local video stores, and the other kungfu fans I met here.

[monwobobbo]

hey wing ding i live in rochester as well, small world. i've been collecting since the 80s. been more serious about it for the last maybe 10 years.

[da mischievous wingding]

well, it's good to know there is a fellow collector in these parts! your name seems familiar. i believe you used to post on this forum more frequently a couple of years back. glad to hear from you again. and if i am wrong about you, then please forgive me. *

[rindge]

Rindge living in Buffalo by way of Boston (Roxbury actually).

Been collecting hardcore since 1993-4. Started the 1st website in 1995 - The Trader's Forum - to facilitate the trading of Asian movies. Major sources in the early days wereNY based - 43rd chamber, films and games, and karate videos, and the bazaar in Harlem on 125th. After the website the sources were from all over the US.


Stopped collecting in 1999 but have been on the Celestial Bandwagon for obvious reasons since 2002? DDDHouse is my primary source of films these days except when I find myself in NYC - Sept 3rd is the next trip.

I have about 300+ VHS and a growing library of DVD's.

Rindge

[monwobobbo]

you have the right guy. i don't have much time so i don't post that often but i do stop by the forum a couple of times a week to see whats up. perhaps we can get together sometime.

[glidedrxlr22]

Name:glidedrxlr22
Age:32
Location: Southern CA, USA
First Fu Film: Fatal Flying Guillotine
Sources: Suncoast Video, Bestbuy, Circuit City, and from Half.com.
Background: Watched kung fu movies as a kid during the 80's. Only started collecting about 2 years ago. I have 40 dvds...as I only collect those that have gotten good reviews or have some of my favorite stars. It's very hard not to buy more, but I limit myself to just a few per month.

[da mischievous wingding]

Western New York is in da house! Hello, Rindge!
Monwobobbo, you can hit up the e-mail at jmwingding@yahoo.com. and we will politik.
Ciao!
hey, i'm still looking for some more forum members to reveal themselves. What's up with chia ling aka Judy Lee? I am a big chia ling fan too. just picked up Blazing Temple, and i've got Shaolin Temple (seven spirits of the pagoda) on the way. what's up with falkor? or are he and ms. lee mediators or something and cannot participate in this post? *

[Chia Ling AKA Judy Lee]

Hey Mr Mischievous!

Im no mediator but Im straight politikin, thats whats up! :hat

Im 21 and reside in London, UK. Hey Killer, I cant believe you are 18!

I buy alot from ebay and am very stingy! The average cost of a dvd to me must be less than $5. I then splurge on Flashlegs dvds, my second family.

Ive seen so many independent Taiwanese films, Im now branching into Chang Cheh and Godfrey Ho. Yes I am like that.

Blazing Temple is a great film! Dont expect too much from Judy tho! As for Shaolin Temple, I copped that and the actual film on the disc was Jet Li's first. Let me know what you think!

[da mischievous wingding]

you are a guy, right? the reason i ask is because of your screenname, which is that of a female martial artist. but this could just be because of your admiration of her martial arts skills, irregardless of sex.
seeking confirmation.
*

[Chia Ling AKA Judy Lee]

Hey yeah thats right. Its a ridiculous choice of screen name, but its too late now. ;)

[Markgway]

You're a guy???

Aw, @#%$! Can you send those dirty e-mails back unopened please... :o and if you do open them my penis is bigger in real life. Honest!! :p

[da mischievous wingding]

you are a cheeky bast#$d! LOL

[Chia Ling AKA Judy Lee]

:( But Mark, I thought u loved me?

[Markgway]

You're dumped!! I'm eloping with Limubai tomorrow. :b

[Topgun]

I live in Fresno, CA. Have been collecting since 1988 over of 200 of VHS, VCD, and DVD. I started watching
KF movies while living in the refugee camps in Thailand when I was 13, and now 33.

Hey Holy Robe of Shaolin,

Since you live in LA, do you know any of those movie stars down there?

Topgun

[Eightmanxx]

I'm 25, i live in Brazil and i think my first kung-fu film was Project A. My collection started circa 93-94, with the release of some John Woo movies and other heroic bloodshed ones thanks to the success of Hard Target around here but it really became serious when i started to work as a film critic (around 2001) and noticed that nobody in Brazil knew s*** about asian films! :P

I own about 650 titles in DVD (originals, dvdr and vcd/vhs/ld/divx conversions) and about 200 tapes.

[Gulvballe]

Name: Gulvballe
Location: Denmark
Age: 29
First Kung Fu film: Burning Paradise. I saw it 31/03-1998.
Collecting since: 1998
Total collection: 150 VHS / 785 DVD's

[ziyanlan]

Can you send that picture of Chia ling to me?

[Thekfc]

Thekfc
NYC
38 years old
Been collecting since the mid 80s, had to stop because of lack of room. I have quite a large collection because I seldom go by a reviewer's review-I love to judge how good/bad a movie is for myself. Yes I have a lot of excellent movies & well as crappy ones & I collect from all over the world. Now I am a bit more selective.

__________________________________________________ _

I was born intelligent, education ruined me.:rollin :b ;)

[vlade2002]

Name: Vladan

Age: 26

First Kung Fu Film seen. 1984/85 - Shaolin Temple/Way of The Dragon - maybe even World Of Drunken Master.

Started collecting. 1995? I think.

First movie imported. Twin Dragons UK edition.

Own. Around 1500 - 2000 original mint tapes, maybe 200 new DVD's.

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[carter wong]

Name: Carter Wong
Age:37
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
First Fu Film: Fist of Fury
Background: Been watching since 75'. Been collecting since 1981. Have around 7,350 original "mint" titles on Betamax, VHS, Laser Disc, and DVD.

[Markgway]

Own. Around 1500 - 2000 original mint tapes

I wish you were my next door neighbour. :b

[condamned]

My name is Emrehan from Turkey/ Antalya and am 29 years old. I'm collecting since 2004 and have about 100 movies. The first film I watched is the "Fearless Hyena" in 1983-84.

[Chinatown Kid]

Name: Charles. Location: North Carolina, USA. Age:33. Started collecting in 1983 when I taped The Three Avengers on my Betamax off of Black Belt Theatre. Current collection: 408 dvds, 14 vcds, and several vhs that are not available on dvd or vcd yet. Sources: Yesasia, H.K.Flix,Amazon.com, Flashlegsrare, Rarekungfumovies,Tai Seng, Ebay, Circuit City, Best Buy, Big Lots and anywhere else I can find them!:lol

[theportlykicker]

Real name: Brian Wilson (not the Beach Boy)
Age: 18
Location: West Yorkshire, England

The film that got the ball rolling for me was Way of the Dragon in 2002. I immediately became a Bruce Lee fan but once I'd seen all of his 4.5 movies I naturally moved onto Jackie Chan. This of course lead onto Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao and I'm now interested in any and all kung fu films. My collection is'nt too big though I'm always looking for new films to buy.

I'm mainly into 80s and early 90s kickboxing ala Sammo Hung, but I also love the old skool films of Yuen Wo Ping etc.

Oh, and I'm not a Jet Li fan at all.:rolleyes

[barsader]

live in Buffalo, N.Y.
been collecting for about 5 years now......but not much lately,
due to varying circumstances.

started watching back in the early 80's on saturday afternoon,
and double headers LATE on cats pajamas.

own around 200 kf films...about 1/2 VHS and 1/2 celestial DVD's.

[vlade2002]

I wish you were my next door neighbour.

Like wise Mark, and I wish that I lived in the UK aswell! that way, i'd have ALOT more tapes :)

Im only half the man errm collector I could be... !

;)

[Advantage Gweilo]

I live in Kansas City, Kansas, and I've been collecting since I was 19 or so. I'll be 28 in January. My collection is in the low/mid three hundreds. There wasn't Kung Fu on tv when I was a kid around here, I just happened to stumble upon some good tapes in my teens. I don't remember which was my first.

[acrophobe87]

quite frankly, the size of some of your collections is absolutely frightening to me. did anyone sell their soul to get such huge collections? or just take a second mortgage? maybe sold their body to science?

[Chen Zhen]

Age - 19
First Kung fu purchase - The Big Boss
Collection - roughly 150-200 films
Started Collecting - 2002

[theportlykicker]

Woah, Chen I did'nt know you were that young. You're only a year older than me! I thought I was the only person here who could walk without a zimmerframe! :b

[Squid Lips]

Live in the U.S., Los Angeles.

Been collecting since 1982 (used to get the posters from the local Kung Fu theater and taped the Kung Fu video rentals - almost all Video Gems - with my mom's gigantic VCR and our neighbor's)

Have about 1200 DVDs, original vides and taped off of television the past 20 years or so.

Big colection of lobby cards, posters, etc. from US, HK, etc.

[buff jackson]

I live in the U.S. I'm 44. started collecting probably since 1983. "5 fingers of Death/king boxer was the first movie I saw in 1972 and was hooked. but could not start collecting movies till VHS came out and in Pittsburgh, pa not many asians so all you could get were poor bootlegs and that was even tough. Had to leave 100 dollars security deposit and 10 dollars to rent from an asian store that I discovered in 1983. It was not easy to get them to trust me!!!!

[TheManInWhite]

"Had to leave 100 dollars security deposit and 10 dollars to rent from an asian store that I discovered in 1983."

Been there, done that! I went thru the same thing at a place called Royal Video in Harlem, NY. But boy did they have just about all the SB and Ocean Shores gems though. If I knew what I know now, I would bought another VCR and some dubbing cables. :lol

[Chen Zhen]

Woah, Chen I did'nt know you were that young. You're only a year older than me! I thought I was the only person here who could walk without a zimmerframe!

haha, we're not alone. im pretty sure Yakuza is our age too..we outta start a club :hat

[GwaiLoMoFo]

we outta start a club

I think that would be great for our younger members. And you could hold your club meetings at Chuck E. Cheese's.

[ShaofuSage]

Oh yeah, Chuck E Cheese's used to be the sh*t!!!

Also, since we're starting age group clubs, I wanna send a phat shoutout to all my 21-30 yrs old heads, ya'll know who you are. Big Up!!! :lol

[academy]

monk sante:
USA
(Boston)

Cool, I'm from Boston too. What part do you live in?

First Movie: Prodigal Son
Around 150 movies in collection now.
Age: 21

[The Kid]

have been collecting for the past 20 years. I have acquired most of my collection from different parts of the world and from people. 4 year ago I give half of my collection a way, because I felt it is not right not to share what you like with other people. But the main reason was that I was just becoming to obsessed with just saying “I have that film you don’t,� . But, I later learned that the main thing is not just collecting films but just loving them and watching them. I am now trying to covert all my films on to DVD and try dubbing them in English. One of my favourite film is Ways of Kung Fu, please don’t ask why, it is a personal reason that, I can’t even explain to my self. I have this film in every type, wide and full screen, dubbed..etc.. But my top films are One-armed swordsman, Deadly Duo, the Heroes, Layout Kung Fu, Shaolin Plot, Dressed to Fight, Clutch of Power and Killer From Above, etc…

I am working as film editor and also doing film MA. By biggest dream is to direct a kung fu film, something like a remake of the Big Rascal.

[whitelotus]

My name is Mike, live in Toronto Canada, been collecting on and off from when I was 13, I'm over 30 now...growing up was all VHS, I have over 300 vhs tapes, I just started collecting dvd a year ago I have got over 250 dvd's in just one year, I was so die hard VHS.....how times have changed, also I study Kung Fu my style is 7
Star Praying Mantis....

This is the best board on the net.... best traders!!


whitelotus

[iron fist2006]

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[Isfahani]

lol...you're spamming, and I think with that you just lost any chance of getting any business from anyone here...

And quite possibly a DOS@ too. BIG duh!

PS: learn how to close your tags for images, you n00b.

[Ninja Sinai]

Name: Ninja Sinai

Location: West Yorkshire, UK

Age: 26

First kung fu movie I ever saw: The Big Boss, in 1984

First kung fu movie in my collection: The classic, Snake In The Eagles Shadow. In fact I still have the 21 year old VHS copy lying around somewhere!

Collecting since: 1985

ALL TIME fav kung fu movie: Snake In The Eagles Shadow

ALL TIME fav non-kung fu movie: Malcolm X

ALL TIME fav food: My mums mouth watering spicy chicken biryani

Worst kung fu movie I’ve EVER seen in my life: The Invincible Kung Fu Trio – AVOID at ALL costs!!!!

I buy my movies from:

Play.com
Flashlegsrare.com
DDDhouse.com

Background: Used to be a Reggae/Ragga DJ, have over 400 records & over 250 Live Reggae Dancehall Sound Tapes. The only things I collect nowadays is Books (mainly Islamic) and my DVDs.

[TheDenizen]

I'm The Denizen, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I'm 30 and I've been collecting martial arts DVDs since last year.

First Kung Fu movie: Chinese Connection
Favourite Kung FU movie: Eight Diagram Pole Fighter

I was always a fan of Bruce Lee as far back as I can remember. Last year, when I decided to upgrade my VHS copies of all my Bruce Lee flicks, I re-discovered my love for all things kung fu, and tangentially discovered samurai movies also.

my collection: www.dvdaficionado.com/dvd...thedenizen (http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=thedenizen)

[vengeanceofhumanlanterns]

name; Dave
age; 37
location; Gloucester, MA. USA

First Kung Fu Film; Seven Blows Of The Dragon/Five Fingers Of Death

Favorite Kung Fu Film; Human (Skin) Lanterns
(I have many favorites but if forced to choose)

I started collecting in 96'?
I was fortunate enough to have a friend who worked at Kung Fu Video in Boston, MA. Andre Edwards (a very cool cat). Any movie I did'nt like I could return and swap until I found something I felt was worth keeping. I don't believe in holding on to every single martial arts flick you come across. A fan's collection should be tantamount to their individual taste. My collection probably numbers around 750 films. Of which there's probably 100 - 150 I view on a yearly basis. However, I'm always looking for rare gems I have'nt seen.

[kung fu 750]

Hi I am new here but love this fourm. I am in Kansas, probabily the only person in Kansas that has a kung fu movie collection. I have about 150 to 180 movies. Mostily on dvd. I like the hard hitting martial ars movies, fist of legend, Ong back, and the earily Sammo Hung stuff. I started collecting 10 years ago and look forward to expanding my colection.

Ron

[talgoma1]

I'm from queens n.y. but now reside in port st.lucie fl. and i collected my first in 1986.It was death dual of kung fu .and master killer of course it was all vhs then now i collect on dvd and i do quite a bit of my shopping on amazon.com and hkflix.com

[Dahnamics]

from Chicago

22 years old, started collecting when i got five deadly venoms and master of the flying guillotine for christmas when i was 17..

now i got about 80 dvds and 50 dvdrs

i get my @#%$ from fry's, bestbuy, suncoast

and online from layoyo, hkflix, and pokerindustries

[The Amazing Psychoper]

Hi,

I'm 26, from Québec,and started collecting kung fu movies about two years ago. I have now 85 dvds and still collecting...

I like movies that has great inventive choreghraphy, from
Yuen Wo Ping to Lau Kar Leung, not to forget Sammo Hung, the Venoms, Tang chia, Ching Siu Tung, early Jackie Chan...

The first kung fu movie I saw was Enter the Dragon but Iron Monkey is really the one that hooked me... :evil

[kungfucollectors]

we are a group of collectors from 4 countries working together collecting films.
our average age is 32
active in collecting rare,swordplay, kung fu, modern action, korean, taiwanese, golden harvest, shaw brothers films.
also lobby cards, magazines, posters and other kung fu related material

interests include: dubbing, subbing rare movies, websites and reviews

[houndslow]

hi my names andrew
aged 37 disabled
been collecting about 3 years
been a big fan of martial arts films for 20 odd years
i have about 650-700 dvd,s mostly old skool

[Iron Boat]

Hey I am from St. Louis Missouri, USA, been a fan since I was a baby in the late 70s, what's funny is that I thought those Martial Arts films I was watching on Black Belt Theater were decades old, I would of never known they were brand stanking new. Anyway I started collecting in 2000 when I sought to revisit my childhood, I came across 5 deadly Venoms and Return of the 5 Venoms (Crippled Avengers) at Blockbuster of all places and that set me off on collecting craze that still continues 6 years later.

[HungKuen]

I hardly ever post here anymore, but since I've been a member for like five years or so, I might as well join the party, right? ^_^

Name: Daniel Johansson, aka HungKuen/TigerCraneFist/VernerOlund
Age: 20
Location: Umeå, Sweden
Collector since: Christmas 2000 when I got Way of the Dragon, Wheels on Meals, and Thunderbolt on VHS.
First MA movie: Saw Operation Condor, Crazy Safari and Drunken Master when I was eight. Loved them, and watched Jackie Chan and Jet Li movies on and off until I was thirteen and started collecting.
Collection: Some seventy VCD's, countless VHS's, and some fifty+ DVD's.

[Beat TG]

I gotta back Hung Kuen up since we both live in Sweden.

-Name: Anthony Gloria
-Age: 21
-Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
-First martial arts/HK movie: The Big Boss, quickly became a big Bruce fan watching all his films and later moved on to Jackie, Jet, Sammo, Biao and lastly Donnie. Since then I've also converted from kung fu movies to general Hong Kong movies after watching John Woo's as well as other great HK directors' movies.
-Collector since: Fall 2001 after purchasing In The Line Of Duty 4 HKL DVD.
-Collection: Since 2001 however, my collection has decreased from around 30-35 original DVDs to 5. I usually go after DVD reviews these days.;)

[Shaolin Dog Paw]

Name: SDP

Location: Pacific Northwest

First Kung fu movie: Half a Loaf of Kung Fu - Jackie Chan

Favorite Kung Fu: Dirty Kung Fu, Crippled Avengers, Taoism Drunkard, anything with Elton Chong, HJL, Gordon Liu, any campy type of movie, or Kung Fu horror.

Favorite non Kung Fu: Seven Samurai, Braveheart, LOTR trilogy, Conan the Barbarian, Barefoot Gen, Young Frankenstien, etc...

Been collecting since 1988, thats when my uncle went to prison for a 25 year stretch and left me with his collection, a mix of about 300 tapes and laser discs. In 1995 I joined the military and my collection totaled about 600 movies.

When i finally came home 7 years later, i found out that the best friend i entrusted my movies with, had sold all but 10 movies. Over the years i built on those 10 movies untill i had about 70, found this forum 2 years ago... and now i have 830 movies.

I practiced Tae Kwon Do for 15 years until i broke my back this past year in an ATV accident. My collection came in handy when i was stuck in a bed with nothing to do.

[sikmao]

Howdy y'all, Sikmao here,
my 1st flick to see was 5 Fingers of Death. (i didn't really like this one tho', & i passed over it, when it was re-released.)
i've been into KF flix since the late 70's. i think it was "Rendezvous of Death" that really got me started!!! & when the "Venoms" came on the scene, it was all over!!! (my innocence, that is!)
i've got about 300+ DVD's & way too many VHS to count!
i've been doing MA, for over 30yrs now! (yet, i'm only 25!!!;) hahahaha!) i practice HUNG FUT Kuen & CHEN style TaiJi.
i live in Frisco, Cali now, but grew up in NYC.
i really LOVE this forum & being able to read & discuss all these wonderful topics! mostly, i get stuff from CD-Wow, lately. occasionally i'll go to Chinatown to see if there's anything i've missed.
word.

[Brigadier Chow]

Peace everyone! I just joined the forum but have been checking it out since 04'. I'm from Brooklyn NY and have been watching Kung Fu movies for over 25 yrs. I used to go to the Rugby, Granada and Kennmore theaters back in the late 70's and early 80's in East Flatbush (for those who know what I'm talking about) ,"The Duece" and Chinatown. I used to collect VHS when that started fading out, some of the places I would get tapes are: Karate Center, 43rd Chamber (who before that were on 42 st). My favorite are Shaw Brothers, but I also love many of the independent flix. I took a hiatus from collecting in 97' but when they started to remaster the Shaw collection I jumped back in with both feet. Over the years I have accumulated over 350 vhs and about 600 dvd. I love this forum, it is the only place I can come and feel normal about this obsession we all here seem to have!!!:rollin

[the dirty tiger]

I am in england, first film I saw was Project A when it was on British tv around abouts 1990 I guess, then forgot about it for a few years. In 1994 I borrowed some Jackie Chan / Lo Wei films from my sisters friends boyfriend ( thanks Keith ! ) and saw his awful bootleg of Eastern Condors. The first films I bought were Dragon Fist, Operation Condor,Police Story 2 and 3 - still love Operation Condor and the whole PS series and Eastern Condors is one of the best ever !!!! Been a mad collector since then. Have around 2500 or more films, many many posters, many many many lobbies, hundreds of magazines, a shelf full of books as well as other nicknacks. Published 5 issues of my own short lived mag around 2002 - 03. Bought very little lately as planning to move to Asia soon. Might sell off a lot of my odd bits soon so I have less to move.....If I knew back then what I know now then I wouldnt have bought half the old VHS, VCD and LD I have, you young 'uns dont know how easy you have it since the advent of DVD and the second 'boom' brought about by Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon....Not that I am complaining, it is great that so many rares are becoming not rare any more, just annoyed at the money I wasted before... :D

[Lei Kung]

Kung fu 750, for years I thought I was the only collector in Kansas. Anyway, looks like I have the biggest collection in the state. I've got around 250-300 movies, been into kung fu movies since 2001 I think.

I got into this when a friend gave me Ric Meyer's book after hearing I liked Jackie Chan. First old school movie I remember getting is Legendary Weapons.

I host Kung Fu Fridays here in Kansas every Saturday night at my apartment.

I get my movies from DDDhouse, Hkflix, occasionally from Yesasia, Sensasian, Deepdiscount, Suncoast, and from dollar bins at grocery stores.

[pressureworld]

Name: Pressureworld
Age: 35
City: Atlanta, GA

Hello everyone my profile is long overdue, i have been a member since 03 and have been into kung fu flicks most of my life. I grew up going to the movies and drive in theaters with my father to see these ficks as a child during the late 70's. (i remember one of the films we went to see was infra-man) During the 80's I taped everything I could off of black belt theater (channel 69 in Atlanta) and later I bought washed out tapes of shaws, independents from anyone I could. After watching these films as a child, teenager and a grown man I got burned out. Im a fan of world cinema and my interest expanded into spaghetti westerns, samurai films, galli, cult you name it but eventually I came back to my old love kung fu flicks. Im just getting back in the game and im in the process of rebuilding my collection btw my favorite film is The Hot, The Cool and The Vicious

[Dahnamics]

Name: Dahnamics
Age: 23
Location: Chicago, IL

Profile: I collect Old School Kung Fu, New School Kung Fu, Korean, Japanese (Samurai, Yakuza, Pinky Violence), Swordplay Films, Exploitation and many others.. I also collect vinyl OST's, and vinyl in general for collecting as well as sampling purposes.. I'm also an active trader of DVDR media, so get at me with those lists! My favorite kung fu flick is 10 Master Killers!

1ne,
Dah 0]

[stormybman]

Hello, kung fu filmfans, i've been collecting since around 1981, my first two films were VHS copies of Fist of Fury, and The Big Boss, by a company i no longer remember the name, however, these tapes were good quality, and the films were cut. I then found a store here in Chicago, where i live and this guy had 1000's of Martial Arts films on VHS! I 've been collecting every since then. In '98 i started on DVD's and currently have over 600 DVD's and 500 VHS. The Shaws remasters have been a gem, and with home theater Dolby Digital audio has really improved the experience, though many complained about the 5.1 remixed audios and the company stopped including the tracks on the releases in the last twelve months. That was a drag for me but the film quality has never looked better.
Let's talk Kung Fu.....!!!!!!!!

[oldeschool17]

Attn: Pressureworld
I too am from Atlanta! What part? I guess you can say im in the emory/va highlands area

anyways
Name: oldeschool17
Location: Atlanta,GA
Current Age:25
First Kung Fu Film: Thats a hard one. I must have been 6 or 7yrs old(mid 80s) when i first watched kung fu movies. My earliest memories stem from, but not limited to all the Bruce Lee movies, to Crippled Avengers, to 36 Chambers, to my dads copy of 7 Blows of the Deadly Dragon.
Years Collecting: Since 96 i believe.
Where I buy: hkflix and just recently, dddhouse

[cabanin]

I went to see Five Fingers of Death the first week it opened.proceded to see every KungFu movie that came in it's wake. Back then the films were all rated R, being 12, I worked a deal with the theater usher at the local grind house in New Haven, Connecticut. He would let me in the back door of the theater for two bucks every Saturday. Most of the movies that played were bashers, I still love basher flicks to this day. In 1988, I stumbled onto a wall of Ocean Shores videos at the local shop, and there was "Karado the Hong Kong Cat" I was back in heaven and have been collecting ever since.This is the best community on the web for Kung Fu movies. Keep up the good work.

[monwobobbo]

i posted early but didn't give much info

name Bob MacDuffie

location Rochester ny USA

first film -ENTER THE DRAGON and then a few bruceploitation flix that seemed to be all that played around here back in the day. Capitol theater ruled.

collecting : consider myself more of an accumulator but have about 275 old school flix on DVD and a few still on vhs. also have about 70 newer kung fu flix as well as some japanese, american and other countries martial arts films.

not an actual martial artist just like the films.

[AlbertV]

I'm originally from Westchester, New York. I currently live in Pennsylvania with my wife and two kids and am moving to Florida in a few weeks. Been watching MA films since I was 4 years old thanks to my dad, one of the biggest Bruce Lee fans around. Started when they would have Bruce Lee week on WNYW 5 and saw The Big Boss, aka Fists of Fury when it was on a Monday night at 8pm. My late uncle would also visit and bring MA flicks to lend me for the week and my dad and I used to go to the Bronx every weekend and I would always rent the MA films. Officially started collecting after graduating high school. I would get Videos from Suncoast, FYE, and even stores in NYC. Once I became a film studies major and the DVD era came, I would go to Chinatown and collect DVDs. Combined movies on DVD, VHS, and of course, MA movies I taped from cable, I'd have to say I have oh...about 1000 or more MA movies in total.

Today, I would go to Walmart to get some of the Dragon Dynasty or other MA films as well as order from time to time from YesAsia.com or Deep Discount.

[bws30]

Location-resides in Las Vegas,From San Jose CA

First film-Big Boss(thats the 1 I remember)

Some Favorites-The bride with white hair,Dragon Inn,5 deadly vemons,Duel to death,Killer priest,Last hurrah for Chivalry,Invincible obsessed fighter,Master of the flying guillotine,the postman fights back,Street fighter series

Well i'm 25 I started watching kung fu movies when i was little.My uncles would stay up late,and watch kung fu theater(i think thats what it was called) on CH 26.I was hook but what really got me hooked,was watching the old skool ninja films.Seeing guyz disapear,hoping in and out of trees dropping from high levels.As a little kid that was the best,but never thought about collecting.Intell I got my hands on a copy of Storm Riders.Then after that i got a hook up,at blockbusters so then it was on.I started picking up old skool wu-tang tapes and dvds.A few jet li's and jackie chan's and so on,so thats my little short history.My collection i'm not sure the total,but im guessing over 400,but i will get back to u guyz on that total.I myself would say im not a picky person,I love old skool,new skool,wire work.Whateva if u got good action then u got me hooked.I don't need the best story,just have something that doesn't make me stop the movie,take it out and wanna break it.Thats me simple,but this forum so far is a blast, so im glad im apart of it so thx to the makers and i will catch u guyz later.

[gutstringbass]

Buffalo, NY! Looks like a hot bed of Kung Fu.... I have been collecting for about 8 years but remember watching kung fu on NightFlight back in the day.

I have about 300 flicks, I get them everywhere and anywhere including the superflea!

Anyone from Buffalo or Roch want to get in touch for trades, email me!

[5 Element Boxer]

Hello KFC. :)

I live in Brentwood, California and am 25 years of age.

I've been coming to KFC.com for a few years. And I've been a fan of the kung fu genre even longer (about 10 years). I didn't start collecting until around 2000, but I've managed to build up a nice little library since then, which Iam constantly adding to. I haven't actually counted how many movies I have, but Iam guessing around 120 or so. Master Killer (aka 36th Chamber of Shaolin) was the movie that got me hooked onto the genre. And I've been obsessed with kung fu movies ever since.

Anyway, I'm very happy to be part of the community.

[Drunken Monk]

Hello all.

I'm a collector living in Chicago, Il but original from the UK. I moved here last year and, unfortunately, had to leave over 200 kung fu movies back in Britain. Since being here I have been buying DVD's left, right and center in order to establish a US based collection.

[Bus]

I live in Winfield, Alabama


i'm 26 and have been collecting for 10 years and i have a couple hundred dvds and probably 150 or so vhs tapes.. i'm a rapper and beat maker and music, fashion, and kung fu movies go hand and hand.. i've always liked kung fu movies and since i could earn money to buy them i have.. one thing i really remember was i think it was tnt that use to have a friday fight night every week and they'd show a lot of martial arts movies..

[BATTLE AXE 45]

HI,LIVE IN BROOKLYN NY STARTED WATCHING KUNG FU MOVIES IN '72.
SAW ALOT OF MOVIES ON 42nd STREET AND IN CHINATOWN.STARTED
COLLECTING IN THE EARLY 90'S.ONLY HAVE ABOUT 1000 MOVIES,BUT AM
STILL LEARNING AND COLLECTING.:D

[quixote64]

hello everyone. I'm 17 and live in Anchorage,Alaska. I've been collecting for about 3 or 4 years now. My first kung fu movie was Drunken Master 2 and i've been hooked ever since. I've worked up a collection of 300+ DVDs and a few VHS tapes.

[Milkyway]

Age: 21
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
First martial arts/HK movie: The Big Boss, quickly became a big Bruce fan watching all his films and later moved on to Jackie, Jet, Sammo, Biao and lastly Donnie. Since then I've also converted from kung fu movies to general Hong Kong movies after watching John Woo's as well as other great HK directors' movies.
Collector since: Fall 2001 after purchasing In The Line Of Duty 4 HKL DVD.
Collection: Since 2001 however, my collection has decreased from around 30-35 original DVDs to 8. I usually go after DVD reviews these days.

[gorhama]

gorhama..aka...Andy Gorham

27 years old and live in Michigan, USA.

Been a kung fu movie fan since I can remember. Got hooked on martial arts by watching "The Karate Kid" then moved onto "No Retreat No Surrender". Then found Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan and been in love ever since.

Collection: I'm a huge movie buff in general and out of my 500 + collection over 100 are Kung Fu movies. I started collecting really hard core last year. It's a sickness really!!! :D

[Centaur]

I just started my collection recently, but most of them would be from 1964 to 1968. Guess, the movie age of my collection would have been one of the oldest... incidentally, they are old Cantonese B & W movies. :)

[Righteous Master]

Hello, I live in Minnesota where the weather sucks most of the time, but the fishing is almost always great. I am very new to the collecting part of Kung Fu flicks. However, I cannot watch or buy enough Kung Fu movies (My wife says I am obsessed)!
I am on a tight budget which only allows me to buy about 1 KF DVD a week, but I also belong to Blockbuster online which has a pretty good selection of Kung Fu flicks.

[tdb]

Live in U.S. Been collecting dvds since late 90's. Didn't start collecting Asian movies until 1999-2000ish. Right now I've got about 276 asian dvds and 588 anime dvds and another 1100ish other dvds (heavy on the animation/sci-fi/horror). I get my dvds from 3 continents.

[shaw master]

Im from NJ i been collecting for over 20 years.I have 112 shaws 60 non shaw but shaw stars.I probally have more but about 8 years ago i started selling my tapes and replaced with DVDs.I hate sub. shaws ,I have 24 out 112 not to qiuck to buy subs. Because i believe 1 day all shaw movies will be english.The martial arts ones.I buy from antherheaven.biz tons of remasterd english titles.

[jackpot]

I live in Toronto,Ont. I just got into collecting kung fu movies. I have about 60+ DVD's so far and it only gets bigger from here.

[Jstn]

New York City area....I've been collecting for about 8 years, 50 VHS and 100 Dvds...I get them from all over, shops in NYC, ebay, etc.

[bruceleeclones]

Live in the UK, been collecting kung fu movies since i was about 9-10 years old, Im 27 now! Got a collection of well over 1000 on DVD, VCD and VHS. First kung fu movie I got given was Fist of Fury 3 with Bruce Li, and that sparked my love of the Clone movies which continues til this day.

I remember a time when the only way to see the latest hk flicks was from bad bootleg copies, often pretty unwatchable from companies like Eastern Heroes and Shaolin Video, and paying about £20 each for the uncut versions of the Bruce Lee movies, which were also awful quality. Got most of my original collection of kung fu tapes from boot sales and markets, something that you rarely see at those places these days. Moved onto VCD during the late 90's, and then DVD, which I now mostly buy online from yes asia, etc.

Love all types of Hong Kong cinema, and Ive wrote for magazines like Jade Screen, Screen Power, and Vengeance. As well as running a few asian movie related sites.

[ekisha]

Name: Ekin Abdullayev
Age: 20
Gender:Male
Location: Baku,Azerbaijan
First HK movie: Armour Of God or Crazy Safari
First online ordering: DDDHOUSE
I think the first movie i saw was either Armour Of God or Crazy Safari,since then i love hk movies.And my late father was Sammo Hung fan.And credits to him,because of him i am fond of these great movies.
I began to collect movies since 2001,but very slowly,it's very hard to find asian movies here(only mainstream -Bruce Lee/Jackie Chan/Jet Li movies are available)also i don't know any other hk movie fans here,i guess there are very few.Thanks!!!

[Black Dragon]

Peace everyone,

I'm Cee and originally I'm from Philly but I now live in Atlanta. I've been collecting since about 1988. I've got about 200 on VHS and another 150 on DVD (not counting duplicates because I own some movies three and four times). I tend to collect Shaw Bros. because that's what I mostly grew up watching in the 70's and 80's. I usually buy from Yesasia for Celestial Shaw releases and HK Flix for other titles. I used to buy the bootlegs from the porn shops but I have two original Ocean Shore VHS (Street Gangs of hong Kong and Ninja In Deadly Trap). I started buying those bootleg DVD's from Best Buy, Sun Coast and media Play and I also used to hit 43rd chamber when I lived in NY in the late 90's.

[niro]

Location: London, UK
age: 20
first martial arts film bought: Rumble in Hong Kong

I've only just started to collect martial arts films somewhat seriously so collection is very small compared to ppl here...i have about 6 dvds, i used to have few more but my friend lost them.
Before i used to just borrow copied dvds or download them to watch.

At the moment i've only bought martial arts dvds from Play.com and HMV

[Tosh]

Realized I never put my info here.

I'm 37 and have been living in Atlanta for the last 13 years, I grew up watching black belt theater in the late 70's-early 80's, kind of got out of it towards the late 80's with no one else to share my love, started back into the mid 90's with the internet and the wealth of information for these movies. Luckly I live between two kickass Indie video stores that have Asian sections, I also love Samurai and Kaiju movies and been getting into more Yakuza lately. Been on KFF(I guess now it's KFCF) since the beginning of 2005. I'm a musicain and artist and draw major inspiration from these movies.

[thedangerouskid]

I've just joined, stopped collecting awhile ago just due to going to uni but that was years ago now and I am quite keen to get back into it.

Started off buying from Flash Legs in Clapham and then I used to buy from Toby's stall in Camden, London, UK and when I went there earlier this year I saw it was no longer there? Anyone on here from the UK know what happened?

Used to love my Saturday trips coming back with 5-10 films and spending rest of the week watching them.

Big fan of Venoms and Shaw Brothers which probably isn't a surprise.

[smullen]

I'm a 34 year old Network Engineer from St. Louis, Missouri...

I've collected Martial arts movies since my teen years; back then they were on VHS, some bought, some recored off TV when I could catch them...


Between my wife and I we have about 350 DVDs, I'd say a good 150 of them are old martial arts moves or some new movies that that would fall into the martial arts genere... I

I am kind of sad that none of my family or friends like the old M.A. movies and laugh at me when I try to get them to watch one, so I usally watch them by myself...

I also collect Martial Arts (mostly Ninja) weapons...

Shuriken, Sai, Kama, Jute, swords, knives, blowguns, ashiko, shuko, etc... If its been in a old Ninja movie, I might have one or two...

One day, I want to build a really nice backlight case for them all... Something kinda like the evil Ninja's stach spot in the cave on Ninja III: The Domination... Where the hidden drawer slides out of the rock and all the Ninja tools are in there glowing under the backlight... I always thought that would be cool... If I could only get the fog machine to work... OK, joking on that part...