You Should Watch These Badass, Women-Led Martial Arts Films — jezebel.com

When you think about classic Chinese martial arts films (because I know you do all the time), usually, heavy hitting actors like Bruce Lee, Gordon Liu, Jackie Chan, even Lau Kar-leung immediately come to mind. But what about women martial artists? Turns out, there are a lot of them. And they are the epitome of badass. Women like Michelle Yeoh, JeeJa Yanin, and Zhang Ziyi have made a huge impression in recent years, but back in the "golden era" of martial arts movies during the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, actresses and martial arts experts like Angela Mao, Judy Lee, and Leanne Liu were dealing exaggerated blows (accompanied by equally exaggerated sound effects) with the best of them, creating some of the genre's most iconic films.

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