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Sonny Sison

Kung Fu Movie Guide Podcast

Kung Fu Drive-In Podcast

JAMCast | Joining All Movement Podcast

The Flip Chronicles

Mark Strange

Cynthia Rothrock

Alain Moussi

Ron Van Clief

Jean-Paul Ly

Stu Bennett

Vincent Soberano

Jason Tobin

Don Niam

Sarah Chang

Maria Tran

Zara Phythian

Katrina Durden

Matthias Hoene

KENJI TANIGAKI

OwlTail

In this third episode of The Flip Chronicles, I talk with martial arts fight choreographer/action director Sonny Sison via Manila in this long chat about Filipino Martial Arts, known as FMA. It’s not a very well known form of fighting arts from Asia, but it’s slowly getting the notice of Hollywood from notable fight scenes you’d see in “The Bourne Identity”, “The Hunted” and “Book of Eli” to name a few. Sonny Sison got his start on-camera as a Power Ranger, and a bevy of roles in many of Hollywoods best action films. And if you’re into mango shakes, he’s your guy. Being one of they main players today in the preservation of FMA, he talks about how he handles realistic fight scenes in the projects under his belt of over thirty years. He did the action direction for “Buy Bust” a major action hit to come out of the Philippines recently and is contributing his skills for an upcoming HBO Asia action series. Music for this episode, “Sigaw” by Nino Alejandro available on Spotify and Apple Music. I'd like to thank Instarem for providing me with a Project Grant, to start this new project. Instarem is a money remittance service that offers the same exchange rate you see on google and low to zero, fees.  Instarem is offering $15 for a first-time bonus offer, on transfer to those who send money to the Philippines. Click the Instarem link in the podcast description to sign up. Each new sign up and first-time transfer helps support my comedy and the podcast. " Click or Cut/Paste this link: http://bit.ly/instarex15Also, don’t forget to go to iTunes to buy and download all four of my comedy albums now!

In this third episode of The Flip Chronicles, I talk with martial arts fight choreographer/action director Sonny Sison via Manila in this long chat about Filipino Martial Arts, known as FMA. It’s not a very well known form of fighting arts from Asia, but it’s slowly getting the notice of Hollywood from notable fight scenes you’d see in “The Bourne Identity”, “The Hunted” and “Book of Eli” to name a few. Sonny Sison got his start on-camera as a Power Ranger, and a bevy of roles in many of Hollywoods best action films. And if you’re into mango shakes, he’s your guy. Being one of they main players today in the preservation of FMA, he talks about how he handles realistic fight scenes in the projects under his belt of over thirty years. He did the action direction for “Buy Bust” a major action hit to come out of the Philippines recently and is contributing his skills for an upcoming HBO Asia action series. Music for this episode, “Sigaw” by Nino Alejandro available on Spotify and Apple Music. I'd like to thank Instarem for providing me with a Project Grant, to start this new project. Instarem is a money remittance service that offers the same exchange rate you see on google and low to zero, fees. Instarem is offering $15 for a first-time bonus offer, on transfer to those who send money to the Philippines. Click the Instarem link in the podcast description to sign up. Each new sign up and first-time transfer helps support my comedy and the podcast. " Click or Cut/Paste this link: <a href="http://bit.ly/instarex15" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/instarex15</a> Also, don’t forget to go to iTunes to buy and download all four of my comedy albums now!

Episode 03: Sonny Sison & Filipino Martial Arts

After watching Thailand's Ong-Bak and Indonesia's The Raid, the producer, stunt coordinator and fight choreographer Sonny Sison had an epiphany. Where were the Filipino action films promoting their indigenous martial arts styles, like Ong-Bak did with Muay Thai, and The Raid with silat? Determined to do the same for his home country, Sonny left Hollywood and boarded the next plane to Manila, taking over 25 years' worth of industry experience with him to a country still developing as a global player in the movie market. Since relocating, he has been on a self-made mission to promote the Filipino martial arts through his fight choreography. In 2018, he worked with director Erik Matti on the non-stop fight fest, BuyBust, and this year sees the arrival of Maria, a Filipino action film directed by Pedring A. Lopez and starring Cristine Reyes, which is available now on Netflix. In this episode, we discuss his upbringing in the Philippines and Hawaii, where he first discovered his love of martial arts through the movies, before his relocation to Hollywood and his work in the entertainment industry. He befriended fellow Hawaiian, Mark Dacascos, and the two started out on their show-business journeys together, with Sonny eventually ploughing his own furrow via Power Rangers, producing, dancing with Michael Jackson and stunt performing on huge Hollywood films like The Rundown, The Green Hornet, Olympus Has Fallen and Godzilla. Sonny worked as the second unit director on Mark Dacascos' directorial debut, Showdown in Manila, and as Sonny explains, he has plans to work with his old friend again. We discuss the rich heritage and cinematic appeal of Filipino martial arts, the challenges of working in the country's film industry, and how you go about training someone with no martial arts background to look like an absolute bad-ass on screen.LINKSFollow Sonny on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sonny-Sison-Producer-Action-Director-1720324101578654/Follow Sonny on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sonny.808pride/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After watching Thailand's Ong-Bak and Indonesia's The Raid, the producer, stunt coordinator and fight choreographer Sonny Sison had an epiphany. Where were the Filipino action films promoting their indigenous martial arts styles, like Ong-Bak did with Muay Thai, and The Raid with silat? Determined to do the same for his home country, Sonny left Hollywood and boarded the next plane to Manila, taking over 25 years' worth of industry experience with him to a country still developing as a global player in the movie market. Since relocating, he has been on a self-made mission to promote the Filipino martial arts through his fight choreography. In 2018, he worked with director Erik Matti on the non-stop fight fest, BuyBust, and this year sees the arrival of Maria, a Filipino action film directed by Pedring A. Lopez and starring Cristine Reyes, which is available now on Netflix. In this episode, we discuss his upbringing in the Philippines and Hawaii, where he first discovered his love of martial arts through the movies, before his relocation to Hollywood and his work in the entertainment industry. He befriended fellow Hawaiian, Mark Dacascos, and the two started out on their show-business journeys together, with Sonny eventually ploughing his own furrow via Power Rangers, producing, dancing with Michael Jackson and stunt performing on huge Hollywood films like The Rundown, The Green Hornet, Olympus Has Fallen and Godzilla. Sonny worked as the second unit director on Mark Dacascos' directorial debut, Showdown in Manila, and as Sonny explains, he has plans to work with his old friend again. We discuss the rich heritage and cinematic appeal of Filipino martial arts, the challenges of working in the country's film industry, and how you go about training someone with no martial arts background to look like an absolute bad-ass on screen.LINKSFollow Sonny on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Sonny-Sison-Producer-Action-Director-1720324101578654/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/Sonny-Sison-Producer-Action-Director-1720324101578654/</a>Follow Sonny on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sonny.808pride/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/sonny.808pride/</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Episode 39 - Sonny Sison

Actor, stuntman, producer, and action director Sonny Sison, joins me to talk about his days as a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers putty and then moving on to directing the action for high profile Hollywood blockbusters. He also shares his vision for elevating the Filipino Martial Arts by taking his skills to the Philippines and working to draw the international action scene back to the PI. BUY BUST TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33XZIrH2Hk8 BLACK OPS STUDIO ASIA: https://www.blackops.asia/ We discuss, debate and dissect kung fu and martial arts movies past, present, and future! VISIT THE CASTAWAYS AT: www.uselessdebate.com/castaways SPONSORS: www.tinboxsolutions.com www.wearenotgoodpeople.com   INTRO MUSIC:  URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Leisure-B/Live_In_Space/07_ninja  Comments: http://freemusicarchive.org/ Copyright: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike OUTRO MUSIC: http://youtu.be/5zeRoGFft2s  by Justin H @KingofKungFuAMP

Actor, stuntman, producer, and action director Sonny Sison, joins me to talk about his days as a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers putty and then moving on to directing the action for high profile Hollywood blockbusters. He also shares his vision for elevating the Filipino Martial Arts by taking his skills to the Philippines and working to draw the international action scene back to the PI. BUY BUST TRAILER: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33XZIrH2Hk8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33XZIrH2Hk8</a> BLACK OPS STUDIO ASIA: <a href="https://www.blackops.asia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.blackops.asia/</a> We discuss, debate and dissect kung fu and martial arts movies past, present, and future! VISIT THE CASTAWAYS AT: <a href="http://www.uselessdebate.com/castaways" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.uselessdebate.com/castaways</a> SPONSORS: <a href="http://www.tinboxsolutions.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.tinboxsolutions.com</a> <a href="http://www.wearenotgoodpeople.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.wearenotgoodpeople.com</a> INTRO MUSIC:  URL: <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Leisure-B/Live_In_Space/07_ninja" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Leisure-B/Live_In_Space/07_ninja</a> Comments: <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://freemusicarchive.org/</a> Copyright: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike OUTRO MUSIC: <a href="https://t.co/muYkySgbEv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/5zeRoGFft2s </a> by Justin H @KingofKungFuAMP

S2E61: Interview with Sonny Sison, Filipino Martial Artist, Action Director, Actor, Stuntman