Happy 52nd Birthday Wesley Snipes!! [The Art of War (2000) (Full movie)]

Today is the 52nd Birthday of Wesley Snipes!


Copied from Wiki:

Snipes began training in martial arts when he was 12 years old. He has a 5th degree black belt in Shotokan karate and a 2nd degree black belt in Hapkido. He has also trained in Capoeira under Mestre Jelon Vieira and in a number of other disciplines including kung fu at the USA Shaolin Temple and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. During his time in New York, Snipes was trained in fighting by his friend and mentor Brooke Ellis. 

In his honor, posting a full movie, The Art of  War.


Happy 52nd Wesley Snipes!

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Shaw is an operative for the United Nations' covert dirty-tricks squad, using espionage and quasi-ethical tactics to secure peace and cooperation. When a shipping container full of dead Vietnamese refugees turns up on the docks and China's ambassador is gunned down at a dinner celebrating a new trade agreement with China and the US, Shaw is framed for the murder and must evade the FBI and Triad gangsters to find out what is really going on.

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Other Wesley Snipes posts you may have missed:

• Happy 51st Birthday Wesley Snipes! (Passenger 57 GIF Set 1)
• Wesley Snipes' Passenger 57 GIF Set 2
• Wesley Snipes - Passenger 57 GIF Set 3
• Wesley Snipes' Passenger GIF Set #4
• Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes (1998) (Full movie)
• Wesley Snipes - 52 Hand Blocks

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For further info, please check:

• IMDB - The Art of War
• Wiki - The Art of War (movie)
• IMDB - Wesley Snipes
• Wiki - Wesley Snipes

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Wesley Snipes' Passenger GIF Set #4

Today's entry in the Passenger 57 Animated GIF set will close out this series. Hope you have enjoyed the GIF's so far. Snipes is pretty smooth in his action scenes. There's a rumor or perhaps it's confirmed already that Snipes will be in Sylvester Stallone's Expendables 3! Cross your fingers!!


Enjoy!

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Other Wesley Snipes posts:

• Happy 51st Birthday Wesley Snipes! (Passenger 57 GIF Set 1)
• Wesley Snipes' Passenger 57 GIF Set 2
• Wesley Snipes - Passenger 57 GIF Set 3
• Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes (1998) (Full movie)
• Wesley Snipes - 52 Hand Blocks
• Happy 52nd Birthday Wesley Snipes!! [The Art of War (2000) (Full movie)]

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Wesley Snipes - Passenger 57 GIF Set 3

Today's post is a continuation of animated GIF sets from Wesley Snipes' "Passenger 57."

If you missed the previous entries, at the end of this post you can find links.

Enjoy!

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Other Wesley Snipes posts:

• Happy 51st Birthday Wesley Snipes! (Passenger 57 GIF Set 1)
• Wesley Snipes' Passenger 57 GIF Set 2
• Wesley Snipes' Passenger GIF Set #4
• Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes (1998) (Full movie)
• Wesley Snipes - 52 Hand Blocks
• Happy 52nd Birthday Wesley Snipes!! [The Art of War (2000) (Full movie)]

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Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes (1998) (Full movie)

Wednesday, July 31st, Wesley Snipes turned 51! I made some animated GIF's from his Passenger 57. Please check them out in case you missed them. More GIF's coming!

• Happy 51st Birthhday Wesley Snipes! (Passenger 57 GIF Set 1)
• Wesley Snipes' Passenger 57 GIF Set 2

Today continuing with the Wesley Snipes theme, check out this TV documentary from 1998 that he headlined:

1998 TV special honoring the grand masters of the martial arts with guest stars from film and television, music performances, live demonstrations, competitions and tributes to Jackie Chan, Bennie "The Jet" Urquidez, Cynthia Rothrock, Billy Blanks, Ernie Reyes Sr., and Shaka Zulu.

Enjoy!








For more info:

• IMDB
• Turner Classic Movies

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Wesley Snipes' Passenger 57 GIF Set 2

Today I present to you the 2nd set of animated GIF's I made from Wesley Snipes' Passenger 57. In case you missed the 1st set, please check out:

• Happy 51st Birthhday Wesley Snipes! (Passenger 57 GIF Set 1)

In real life a very dangerous situation:  Empty Hand vs. Knife. Here are the GIF's:

 

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Other Wesley Snipes posts:

• Happy 51st Birthhday Wesley Snipes! (Passenger 57 GIF Set 1)
• Wesley Snipes - Passenger 57 GIF Set 3
• Wesley Snipes' Passenger GIF Set #4
• Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes (1998) (Full movie)
• Wesley Snipes - 52 Hand Blocks
• Happy 52nd Birthday Wesley Snipes!! [The Art of War (2000) (Full movie)]

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Happy 51st B'day Mr. Snipes!

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Happy 51st Birthday Wesley Snipes! (Passenger 57 GIF Set 1)

Action Star Wesley Snipes turned 51 today! Snipes is the star of movies such as Passenger 57, Blade series, Rising Sun, The Fan and many more.


Speaking of Passenger 57, check out this first set of animated GIF's. Enjoy!

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Other Wesley Snipes posts:

• Wesley Snipes' Passenger 57 GIF Set 2
• Wesley Snipes - Passenger 57 GIF Set 3
• Wesley Snipes' Passenger GIF Set #4
• Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes (1998) (Full movie)
• Wesley Snipes - 52 Hand Blocks
• Happy 52nd Birthday Wesley Snipes!! [The Art of War (2000) (Full movie)]

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Happy 51st Wesley! Many many more to come!!


 
Further Info:

• Wiki
• IMDB

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Wesley Snipes - 52 Hand Blocks

I've not seen this movie, but in the new issue of Black Belt (January 2009), a columnist reviewed this movie which is out on dvd and mentioned some points of interest:

In Betrayal, Shaw has retired from the spy game and is mourning the death of his martial arts master, a cross-dresser named Mother whose fighting system is never mentioned but resembles a type of silat.

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...Shaw uses the exact same moves against an assassin that his instructor used 30 years earlier against a challenger - punch for punch and block for block. Shaw even kisses his fingertips before touching his downed opponent on the head, just like Mother did.

There is some talk that Snipes knows some 52 IIRC. So maybe he incorporated that into the movie? Or the director or screenwriter just googled and found the Details article by Doug Century which mentioned Mother Dear and the kissing of fists? I don't know. What I do know is that I will check on this via Daniel Marks and his site http://www.fwape.com.

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