Bollywood Kung-Fu!!

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Shaolin to the stars...the Bollywood stars....

Shaolin’s Indian face is basking in Bollywood’s limelight
May 24, 2011


Kanishka Sharma ith Bollywood star John Abraham on the sets of Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal.

Watching The 36th Chamber of Shaolin transformed the life of Kanishka Sharma.

It inspired him to take up martial arts at the age of seven, and Kanishka can now proudly look back over a career spanning 26 years in the same.

“Martial arts teaches you to be strong, but it also teaches you to be humble,” says Kanishka. “Shaolin says if you know how to hurt someone, then you should also know how to heal someone.”

Kanishka’s Shaolin expertise has led him to be called in to train Bollywood stars like Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan (for Don) and Abhishek Bachchan (for Game).

“Priyanka is an incredibly fast learner,” says Kanishka. “She’s as flexible as rubber! As for SRK, everybody knows he’s a hard worker.”

Abhishek comes in for a fair share of praise too.

“As an individual, Abhishek is highly knowledgeable. He knows a lot about warfare and it is a pleasure to interact with him,” says Kanishka.

Not just behind the scenes, Kanishka has enjoyed a bit of the limelight too, with a role in the John Abraham-starrer Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal. But he asserts, “As long as the project is good, I don’t care if it’s in front of or behind the camera.”

Kanishka says there are a lot of misconceptions about martial arts: “The type of martial arts that are practiced today are all sports forms. They can only get you gold medals in a tournament, they don’t teach you how to save a life on the street.”

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Rowdy Rathore sounds amusing. Good to see Akshay doing another martial arts flick.

28/06/2011
Akshay Kumar to train in combat karate for his next

New Delhi, Jun 28 (PTI) Action star is taking two months off to train in traditional combat karate for his next film, ''Rowdy Rathore''.

The 43-year-old actor will train in this form of martial arts for his role in the Prabhudeva directed film set in the rustic heartland of India which also stars Sonakshi Sinha.

"Akshay along with the action director of the film will take time out to study the traditional martial arts form that is popularly practiced in the underground sectors of South East Asia and can only be practiced by people who have great expertise and concentration," a source said.

The Bollywood star also plans to introduce Combat Karate in his Karate Academy next year and also in the Invitational National Karate Championship 2012.

"Akshay Kumar is very passionate about the sport and believes that the introduction of new martial arts forms will only take the Championship to a greater height. The planning for its establishment is currently being discussed," the source added.