Bow Sim Mark Tai Chi Arts Association

Grandmaster Mark’s son Donnie Yen has a new interview in Time Out Hong Kong where talks about growing up in Boston and studying at his mother’s school. Read it here:

http://www.timeout.com.hk/feature-stories/features/41907/donnie-yen.html

He also has some new TV commercials in China:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITrnVT0j1mY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOb3NPrkaEw

His latest movie, THE LOST BLADESMAN, will open April 28 in Asia. The North American rights have been bought by The Weinstein Company. LEGEND OF THE FIST: THE RETURN OF CHEN ZHEN will get a US release on April 22.

Grandmaster Bow Sim Mark and the Bow Sim Mark Tai Chi Arts Association will be celebrating the 35th anniversary of the founding of her Boston school, the Chinese Wushu Research Institute, this summer on July 9 and 10. Plans include a open house in the afternoon and a banquet with performances on Saturday, and an open class on Sunday morning. More details will follow soon.

Master Rick Wong will teach a seminar on pushing hands at the Boston school on Sunday March 27 from 1 to 3 PM. Price is $40. For more information, call 617–426–0958 or email us at: cwri@taichi-arts.com

For more information about Master Wong, go to http://www.rickwongsmartialarts.com/

Video from a previous seminar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvtdRGC-kTE

Grandmaster Bow Sim Mark’s son, kung fu actor Donnie Yen, will star in the upcoming film THE LOST BLADESMAN, which will be released in Asia on April 28. The story is taken from the Chinese classic novel “Romance of the Three Kingdoms.” Yen plays Guan Yu, the most famous hero in Chinese history, and Jiang Wen plays Cao Cao, his nemesis. The episode dramatized by the film is known as “crossing five passes and slaying six generals,” an action packed sequence that sees General Guan facing overwhelming obstacles while escorting his sworn brother’s wife to safety.

Check out the trailer on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA2NETUFkc0

UPDATE: 2nd trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im3TakweFFM

NEW: Behind the scenes footage on Youtube (in Chinese only)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev1sQkbjZyo

The Boston Globe on Feb.2 2011 has run an op ed piece by Carlo Rotella on Grandmaster Bow Sim Mark and her school, focussing on how she has been training topnotch students, including her son, Donnie Yen, and daughter, Chris Yen, since 1976.

Read it here: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2011/02/02/the_martial_arts_hub/