Cynthia Witthoft - My Kung Fu is Better than Yours!

"My Kung Fu is Better than Yours!"
Song from (1993-2007) Bootleg Her 4

[Tribute to Cynthia Rothrock]
Cynthia Rothrock is one of the greatest martial arts/action film stars in the world, Few other performers can match her presence and energy on the silver screen. She is the undisputed "Queen of Martial Arts films".
Cynthia Rothrock is not only a great action star, but also an incredibly accomplished martial artist. She holds 5 Black Belts in various Far Eastern martial disciplines. These Arts include; Tang Soo Do (Korean), Tae Kwon Do (Korean), Eagle Claw (Chinese), Wu Shu (contemporary Chinese), and Northern Shaolin (classical Chinese).
When she was a 13-year-old growing up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, she started taking lessons at her parents best friends private gym. Little did she know at the time that this casual interest would lead to a full-time professional career. Her natural abilities were quickly recognized by her martial arts teachers and they encouraged her to enter open karate competition, By the time she had earned her first Black Belt she was well on her way to becoming a martial arts champion. By 1982 Cynthia was one of the premier Kata (forms) and weapon competitors in the United States. Competing in divisions that were not segregated by male-female categories, she literally captured every title in both open and closed karate competition. From 1981-1985 she was the undefeated World Karate Champion in both forms and weapon competition. Establishing a legacy of wins and accumulating hundreds of trophies for her martial arts prowess; a feat that is unparalleled even to this day! She is a consummate performer with such Chinese weapons as the Chinese Double Broad Swords, Staff, Chinese Nine-section Steel Whip Chain, Chinese Iron Fan, and an assortment of Okinawan Kobudo and Japanese Bugei Weapons.
As a Forms and Weapon Champion, Cynthia Rothrock has traveled the world performing the intricacies of her martial arts arsenal. With precision flare and panache she has demonstrated before hundreds of thousands of spectators across the globe. Her "action-packed" self-defense and fight scenario performances garnered her the reputation as a consummate professional in the World of Martial Arts.
This international exposure soon propelled her to martial arts celebrity status and within a mere period of less than two years Cynthia became a household name in martial arts circles. In addition to being featured on the cover of virtually every martial arts magazine in the world, Cynthia has been featured in over 300 stories and articles in national and international publications. Some of these magazines include Black Belt Magazine (United States), Inside Kung-Fu (United States), Martial Arts Training (United States), Martial Arts Stars (United States), Inside Karate (United States), Sensei (Spanish-Argentina), Australian Fighting Arts, China Sports (Beijing, China), Budo (Brazil), Combat Sport (Spanish-Brazil), Combat Magazine (England), Sushido (French), Kung-Fu Wu Shu (French), Karate Budo Journal (Germany), Australian Tae Kwon Do, The Fighters (England), Martial Arts Illustrated (England), Michael De Pasquale Jr.'s Karate International (United States), Budo Karate (Japan), Banzai International (Italy), Czarny Pas (Poland), Cinturon Negro (Spain), Ninja Weapons (United States), El Budoka (Spain), Kicksider (Germany), Impact Magazine (Germany), Karate Illustrated (United States), The Swedish Fighter's International (Sweden), Master (United States), Kung-Fu Illustrated (United States), The Fighter (Thailand), Masters Series (United States), The Martial Arts Gazette (United States), Karate Profiles (United States), Sport Karate International (United States), The World of Martial Arts (United States), The Dojo (United States), and hundreds of National and International newspapers.
Cynthia Rothrock is also one of the very select individuals to be inducted into the Black Belt Hall of Fame and Inside Kung-Fu Hall of Fame. Inclusions in such renowned organizations as the Martial Arts Gallery of Fame, MARTIAL ARTS, Traditions, History, People, The Martial Arts Sourcebook, and dozens of other historical reference books of martial significance.
http://www.cynthiarothrock.org/

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[cetata7878]

*****

[TakuanDaikon]

She was without doubt a fantastic martial artist, though most of her movies were pretty cheesy. That's no reflection on her, of course, since the vast majority of martial arts movies are cheesy, particularly the older ones, but I like them anyways :)

She was a pioneer and an accomplished martial artist, and really led the way in a lot of areas. Kudos to her!

[debonair5150]

Hella tight! What's the title of the first movie? I see a lot of Kill Bill in there.

[colopity]

Badass, really quite cool...as usual with the west film companies it's all about the insurance.

[AlbaniaBoyNoFear]

fuck it................

[raijinzz]

Her Hong Kong movies are so much cooler than her American ones.

[datachip]

@TakuanDaikon I agree. This genre is tacky, but I too fell into it once when I was sick and someone brought me a bunch of old Jackie Chan flicks. It was liking watching a ballet: contrived, sure, but I prefer the word choreographed.

This lady is as much artist as martial, and such a pleasure to watch her work.

[datachip]

The 2nd half is too blood & guts for me, but she is amazing - right up there with Jackie. Wonderful. Thank you for the introduction.

[Luzifer3188]

welche filme sind 3,40 und 3,52 und ab 4,00 minuten. ich bitte um antwort, danke

[notyourmind]

What was that at 4:00 ? Looked like Annie Lennox

spitting out lighter fluid.

I saw Cynthia back in '81 doing the tiger-hook swords

at a tournament in Dallas.

[Aracknia]

Fighting styles/stances as seen in order in the first two fight scenes. Monkey, phoenix, eagle/tiger(not sure which), snake, and lastly mantis. The fact that I could recognize these on sight should scare me because I have no formal training or knowledge on kung fu.