3 Kingdoms Series (San Guo Yan Yi)
The 3 Kingdom series, San Guo Yan Yi is available in China with English subtitles. Although not full of hot and spicy martial arts, it based on historical fact and really gives you pretty good insight into the nature of China.
It reinforces the idea that many Chinese philosophies arose from military strategy and strongly supports the military/martial arts connection.
58 vcd set and well worth watching.
"Its better to build bridges rather than dig holes but occasionally you have to dig a few holes to build the foundation of a strong bridge."
"Traditional Northern Chinese Martial Arts are all Sons of the Same Mother," Liu Yun Qiao