Today is World Health Day, and to commemorate, the creative, slightly mischievous folk over at Durex have just released this commercial featuring Mike Sui — he of the many dialects — in a dinosaur costume.

Also making an appearance is Wushu World Champion and Jet Li stunt double Alfred Hsing – he’s the muscly man — who we last saw producing this funny, dark, disturbing kung-fu video.

Stay safe out there, kids.

(H/T Jonanna Wong)

Let it be noted that kung-fu pays. (Disclaimer: it doesn’t always.) Shen Jianzhong, a 38-year-old man in Bazhou, Hebei province, fought off a mob of hoodlums who had been hired by a property developer to evict him and his family. We’re told that he more or less knocked out seven men, with help from his sidekick, his son.

The above video, which is a month old, recently went viral, showing the aftermath of a serious beatdown. Serious as in Adam West’s Batman vs. the Joker’s henchmen. Reports the Telegraph’s Malcolm Moore:

On October 29, as Mr Shen went to work and his wife popped out for a packet of instant noodles, a mob of “30 to 50 men” materialised at their front door.

“My wife tried to close the door, but they pushed it back and she tripped over. That is how the fight started,” said Mr Shen.

With a flurry of kicks and punches, he and his 18-year-old son, a fellow kung fu devotee, set about the attackers, rendering seven of them near unconscious in the hallway.

“It was self defence. I really cannot remember what kung fu skills I used.

It was quite messy. Only seven people were injured because the rest were scared and stayed outside. Some of them ran away,” he said.

Police, of course, said it was Shen who was in the wrong, since the other guys were unarmed. Shen and his son are currently in Beijing, where the son has been arrested by police.

“I think they are trying to fit up him up with some crime. I am concerned that my actions will end up hurting him,” he said, acknowledging that officials may try to emotionally blackmail him into signing over his lease.

As the Telegraph interviewed Mr Shen, however, his phone rang. It was, he said, a man named Zhou Jin, who claimed to be a member of the Central Military Commission, which oversees the People’s Liberation Army.

“He said he had seen my plight and was outraged. He said I should not give any interviews to the media and he would come and collect me in his car this afternoon,” said Mr Shen.

Shen joins an illustrious line of citizens who have fought back against pushy real estate developers. In May, an elder in Kunming fought off thugs with homemade Molotov cocktails. And who can ever forget Yang Youde, who built a cannon to blast his enemies.

Shen one-ups them all though by fighting with his bare hands. We wish him the best against his next wave of enemies.

UPDATE, 12/31, 2 pm: The fight has caused Shen more trouble, as his son is now in prison.

(H/T Casey G., Shanghaiist)

Posted Friday, this video starring toddler Romeo Elvis Bulte Boivin has already racked up 8 million views, and understandably so. Directed by French Canadian comic book creator Patrick Boivin — who made Iron Baby two years ago starring his daughter, Marguerite Bulte Boivin — Dragon Baby features a baby and kung fu, and if there was a set of magic formulas for a video going viral, I’m pretty sure baby+kung fu would qualify. Check it out.

Also, we haven’t seen kung fu so well utilized since this here. Youku video for those in China after the jump.

(H/T Alicia)

I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen anything quite like this produced in China. The video, a “Kung Fu FAQ” created by the digital marketing agency Flow Creative Studios – just in time for the Zhengzhou International Shaolin Wushu Festival – follows a Walter Mitty-type martial artist who fields questions such as “Can you break bricks?” and “Can you fly?” while repulsing unruly diners, a scornful girlfriend, and a band of thieving strongmen in the hutongs of Beijing. The eight-minute production (not counting the credits) starts slow, but stick with it as it builds toward a shocking and borderline horrifying climax. You’ll learn some things along the way, too, maybe.

For the record, the way to win a boss fight against an opponent who has a knife is to grab the nearest hand towel, wrap it around the wrist of the attacker, whip him around, kick him in the back of the knee, and then deliver a knock-out blow to the diaphragm… or die trying.

Written and produced by Alfred Hsing, directed and shot by Van Yang, featuring Wang Zhenwei, the star bully in Karate Kid (2010), wushu champions Alfred Hsing and Mei Han, and others. Filmed at 4 Corners in Beijing. Youku video for those in China after the jump.

(H/T Joanna Wong)

Venerable Shaolin Monastery, known worldwide as a pilgrimage destination for kung-fu devotees and something or other involving Wu-Tang Clan, helped ring in the 9th Zhengzhou International Shaolin Wushu Festival in Hunan Henan province yesterday with an opening ceremony featuring kids in gold paint and performers in various martial artsy poses. You can watch clips from the show after the jump, along with several pictures via Xinhua.

According to the deputy director of the organizing committee, Wang Zhe, 195 martial arts teams featuring 1,500 athletes from 73 countries and regions will participate in the five-day festival, themed, “Making Friends Through Wushu” and “Expanding Foreign Exchanges, Boosting Economic Development” (emphasis on economic development, most likely). The festival “will include activities such as a welcoming ceremony, Wushu competitions, Wushu seminars and a closing ceremony.” No word on whether Rza will be present.

Gawker Network’s io9 has compiled a list of “27 of the most insane martial arts battles ever filmed,” and would it surprise anyone that most of these were filmed or set in China?

It’s a great list, of course, and if you like martial arts / kung-fu, you’ll lose many minutes of your day going through the videos. But one clip you’ll not find is this from Dunken Master 2, and that seems like somewhat of an oversight:

By the way, you can watch the original Cantonese version of Drunken Master in its entirety on Youku:

Should you do that? Yeah, you probably should do that.

The top YouTube clip:

Anyone notice how Bruce Lee sometimes talks like a professional wrestler? No? Anyway, Enter the Dragon technically premiered on August 29, 1973, but with the time difference between there and here, I hope you can allow a certain leeway in the post title. This musical tribute by Melody Sheep, posted on Tuesday, samples from a Bruce Lee interview and the movies Way of the Dragon and Enter the Dragon. Here’s the mp3 of the track. Youku video for those in China after the jump.

(H/T Angry Asian Man)

The title of this post is borrowed from the title of a Youku video that surfaced a month ago, embedded after the jump: “If you’re going to fight then fight, why pretend you’re Bruce Lee?” The video description also tells us these were middle school students. It looks like at the very end, it’s an adult who pulls the final combatant off the Bruce Lee-wannabe. Nothing else is known.

I almost never use this expression, but I think it’s the only appropriate thing to say here: Oh. My. God.

Here are some of the things that happen in the new trailer for the movie The Man with the Iron Fists:

• Quentin Tarantino presents.
• “When you forge a weapon, you need three things. The right metal. Temperatures over fourteen-hundred degrees. And someone who wants to kill.”
• From writers RZA and Eli Roth.
• Lucy Liu: “Power belongs to no one until it is seized through sex and violence.”
• Russell Crowe.
• Former professional wrestler Batista, in brass.
• They put the F-U… in kung-fu.
• An eyeball popping out of someone’s head and flying toward the camera, followed by a scene of onlookers going, “Oooooh.”
• Featuring new music from The Black Keys, Kanye West, RZA, Wiz Khalifa, the Wu-Tang Clan.

Wikipedia tells us the movie’s premise is, “In nineteenth century China, a blacksmith who makes elaborate weapons for a small village, is forced to unite with warriors and assassins to protect the village and defeat a traitor who threatens to destroy them all.” WHATEVER. My mind remains too blown to process words. Youku video for those in Wu-Tang Clan Land after the jump.