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The Martial Arts Movies Almanac is a fanzine dedicated to covering the history of martial arts cinema through coverage of notable examples of the genre from all over the world. Together with a series of guest writers--most of them established authors--author/editor Blake Matthews looks at some of the most important martial arts films year by year. Issue #1 will start with 1970, the year Jimmy Wang Yu modernized the kung fu genre with his seminal The Chinese Boxer. Come join us as we look at some of the earliest examples of chop-sockey movies at their earliest!