A group of martial arts practitioners goes through a variety of stamina and endurance tasks to determine a winner.
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Korea's great stunt teams have contributed to the rise of K-content worldwide. 'Super Action' through survival entertainment aims to find the best stunt team competing on their professional technique and directing skills.
"Dual of Kung Fu" focuses on action and martial arts, taking the rise of Chinese action movies and the question of epochs as a guide. Learning Drunken Boxing and other Chinese martial arts moves recreates classic action movie scenes and highlights the honing of young actors' acting skills. The whole process of training, cultural exchange and learning, in order to showcase the industry ecology behind action movies, tries to trigger a new round of attention and discussion amongst society about Chinese Kung Fu and action actors.
Pedro Elias and Robin Pront unleash the fighters on themselves in "De kooiboys" (The Cage Boys). Television producer Pedro Elias and film director Robin Pront have been avid MMA fans for years. They've been discussing the sport for years on their podcast "Oep z'n bakkes," but they've always stayed safely on the sidelines. This time, they're taking the plunge themselves. For a year, they'll train with the world's greatest cage champions in various fighting disciplines. Along the way, they'll face their own limitations, fears, and prejudices.
This is a world of magic where magic is used for everything. But deep in the forest exists a young man who spends his time training and bulking up. He can't use magic, but he enjoys a peaceful life with his father. But one day, his life is put in danger! Will his muscular body protect him from the magic users who are out to get him? Powerfully trained muscles crush magic as this abnormal magical fantasy begins!
Xie Mingyuan, the martial arts alliance leader, plans to marry his daughter, Xie Tianba, to Ningyuan Marquis, a notorious traitor. Outraged, Xie Tianba leaves home and ventures into the martial world, where she is saved by Mo Haoran, leader of the Storm Sect. As she helps relieve him from a rare poison, they gradually fall in love. Later, Xie Tianba uncovers dark secrets about her father and becomes entangled in a web of betrayal and conflict, testing her trust in Mo Haoran and forcing her to confront her own beliefs and loyalties.
Ohma Tokita enters a hidden world where corporate disputes are settled in brutal gladiator bouts. Forget the money, he just wants to fight — and win.
WMAC Masters is an American live-action television show produced by Norman Grossfeld featuring choreographed martial arts fights. It was created and licensed by 4Kids Entertainment. The show, while featuring real martial arts by trained martial artists, depicted a fantasy setting using fictional episodic stories, with each episode relating a life lesson. Battles were fought on elaborate closed sets, with an omniscient narrator, on-screen scoring and health gauges, giving the show a feel of a cinematic live-action video game. WMAC stands for the fictional World Martial Arts Council, where the best martial artists compete for the ultimate prize, the Dragon Star. The Dragon Star is a gold trophy that looks like a shuriken surrounded by a dragon; it was proof that its holder was the best martial artist in the world.
Like his legendary namesake, Kwai Chang Caine is a warrior monk, operating a Shaolin temple in Northern California. After an evil priest, Tan, destroys the temple, Caine and his young son, Peter each believe the other has perished. The two embark on very different paths -- Caine wanders the Earth, while Peter is a cop. When fate brings the two together, they work to overcome their differing philosophies to battle Tan, and then to help the innocent and bring justice to the new Wild West -- 90s urban America.
Sammo Law spins, kicks, and chops his way through crime as a one-man police force in Los Angeles. He's a tough law enforcer who comes to the U.S. in search of a former friend and protegée — and gets drafted as part of the LAPD.
Framed for murder, Detective Reno Raines becomes a fugitive bounty hunter who fights crime while trying to clear his name. His troubles began after he testified about police corruption, leading Lt. Donald Dixon to set him up.
The frank and straightforward wandering hero, Hu Zi, and the outwardly aloof yet kind-hearted noble man, Qi Xiaoxuan, become acquainted through conflict. From mutual disdain to becoming friends like "tiger and crane," they unite with a group of partners who are "adorably naive foodies" and "smiling with a sinister heart." In the end, they uncover the royal sorcerer's conspiracy, eliminate evil, and uphold justice in the human world.
Li Changshou is reborn in the ancient era before the Fengshen War and carefully plots his path to immortality, avoiding danger at all costs. Mastering concealment, alchemy, and divine powers, he strives to remain unnoticed in a perilous world. However, his quiet life is disrupted when his master takes in a new junior disciple, throwing his plans into chaos.
In this world a goddess bestows each person with a class and skills that will determine one's life direction. Despite being born the son of a Sword Princess and an Archmage, Arel has not received a class or skills. So, Arel must rely on his own grit, determination and natural talents to pursue and achieve greatness—becoming a new kind of hero. A hero without a class!
The story that centers around two male leads gives a light and fun take on an unconventional pugilistic world. It depicts youth at its finest and follows the sect master of an evil sect, the number one swordsman in the land, a doctor with a mysterious identity, a loyal maidservant and a famous courtesan with unparallelled beauty. Individuals with seemingly no connection to each other play their part in this wuxia story. (Source: ChineseDrama.info)
Tomboy Tomo couldn't have picked a more awkward high school crush 'cause it’s on her childhood friend, Junichiro, but he only sees her as one of the guys. Despite her pretty looks and signals, nothing gets through to this meathead! Will Junichiro ever realize Tomo's into him and see her for the cutesy girl she actually is?!
Mysteriously transformed into mini versions of themselves, Goku and his friends travel to the Demon Realm to uncover the truth and find a cure.
Manji is a crass, violent samurai with a special ability: he cannot die. Cursed with immortality by the nun Yobikuni as punishment for his ruthless deeds, he has grown weary of his ageless life. The only way to lift the curse is to slay 1,000 evil men. So Manji wanders Japan, shedding the blood of the wicked on his quest to finally die.
The next generation of UFC stars are produced in an intense elimination tournament that separates the contenders from the pretenders.
Follow real-life law enforcement officers from various regions and departments of the United States armed with nothing but with cameras to capture their actions, performing their daily duty to serve and protect the public.
A group of the country's most creative and skilled tattoo artists compete for a hundred thousand dollars and the title of Ink Master. The stakes couldn't be higher with "living canvasses" donating their skin to be permanently marked in this adrenalized competition elimination.
Two talented chefs go head-to-head for the chance to Beat Bobby Flay. To get to Bobby the chefs must first face off against each other, creating a spectacular dish with a secret ingredient of Bobby's choice. Judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Jeff Mauro know Bobby's strengths and his weaknesses. Their goal: Pick the chef who has the skills to take down Bobby Flay in his own arena. The winning chef gets to challenge Bobby with his or her surprise signature dish. If Bobby goes down, the winner can tell the world, "I beat Bobby Flay!"
Dancers selected in open auditions across America take part in a rigorous competition designed to best display their talents, training and personalities to a panel of judges and viewers as they strive to win votes and avoid elimination.
Competitors re-create weapons from historical periods ranging from Japanese katanas to medieval broadswords to ancient throwing blades. Each entry is judged on its artistry as well as its functionality and accuracy.
A high energy, fast paced cooking competition that challenges four up-and-coming chefs to turn a selection of everyday ingredients into an extraordinary three-course meal. After each course, a contestant gets “chopped” by our panel of esteemed culinary luminaries until the last man or woman left standing claims victory.
This game show sees contestants solve word puzzles, similar to those used in Hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a giant carnival wheel.
The superstars of World Wrestling Entertainment's "SmackDown" brand collide each and every Friday on WWE Friday Night SmackDown.
This spin-off of the wildly popular House Hunters goes around the globe. Home hunters and their realtors check out all sorts of architectural styles and work through the quirks of buying real estate in other countries.
Couples finally meet their fiancé upon prison release. Once the bars are gone, will their love survive after lockup on the rocky road to the altar? Will the inmates ditch their mate as they face shocking "firsts", fights & family drama! Is it true love or just a con?
Tough and tenacious people are marooned on a tropical island with little more than the clothes on their backs and the drive to be the sole survivor.
I gathered 1,000 people to fight for $5,000,000, the LARGEST cash prize in TV history! We're also giving away a private island, Lamborghinis, and millions more in cash throughout the competition! Go watch to see the greatest show ever made!
Americans move to a foreign country all in the name of love. Will uprooting their lives in the United States pay off, or will they be packing up and moving back to America brokenhearted?
BattleBots promises to wow viewers with next generation robots—bigger, faster and stronger than ever before. The show will focus on the design and build of each robot, the bot builder backstories, their intense pursuit of the championship and the spectacle of the event.
Quiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge to come up with the answers no-one else can think of.
Dwayne Johnson redefines the athletic competition, giving exceptional men and women from all walks of life the chance to test their physical strength and mental fortitude for the chance to battle on Mount Olympus in hopes of becoming a Titan.
In this intense obstacle course series, elite athletes from the U.S. and other countries compete for cash prizes, individual glory and national pride.
Dance Moms is an American dance reality series that debuted on Lifetime on July 13, 2011. Created by Collins Avenue Productions, it is set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the Abby Lee Dance Company, and follows children's early careers in dance show business and their mothers.
An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode.
