“Empty Forever” does not look like Jean-Claude Van Damme. He appears frail and reticent, almost androgynous. That is until he crouches into the eagle posture for an all-points defense. Instantaneously ...

SHAOLIN, China Empty Forever does not look like Jean-Claude Van Damme. He appears frail and reticent, almost androgynous. That is, until he crouches into the eagle posture for an all-points defense.

Although it’s common in English to refer to Chinese martial arts as “kung fu”, the term is actually derived from the Chinese phrase gong fu, which can simply mean “work that takes time” – so even ...