GC:ĝon't you think that one of the charms of that movie was it captured the period? We got John Davis over, his company, and we all got involved with it and now we're going to do it. He's also a big fan of the movie, a fan of martial arts movies and Wu-Tang music and things of that nature. We got together with Samuel Jackson about a year and half ago. So it's been an idea that's been floating around in my head and through a few other peoples' heads. But he also always said somebody should do this – Taimak should make the movie over. It's pretty funny – pretty weird in its own weird way. That's some crazy shit, right? Me, him, Wesley Snipes, hanging out and shit. And you know Taimak, who starred in the movie THE LAST DRAGON, ironically becomes a disciple of Sifu's (Shaolin Monk Shi Yanming). He approached me with the idea with Berry Gordy's son about two years ago. We met up at Quentin Tarantino's house one night – hanging out – and hit it off each other. I'm a big fan of that movie and I had a chance to meet with Berry Gordy's son and some other Hollywood executives, Dallas Jackson. I've always been a big fan of martial arts movies of course and LAST DRAGON was one of the urban films done by Motown back in the day. GC: What's this I hear about your involvement with THE LAST DRAGON remake with Samuel L. The day after Barack Obama won the election, I had the chance to catch up with RZA and rap about what's been happening in kung fu cinema, along with his own promising projects. RZA has been an avid supporter of the project. The HHCF has held invitational tournaments and awarded scholarships to at-risk youth participants. Recently, I've reconnected with RZA through his participation with the Hip Hop Chess Federation, a non-profit organization that explores the confluence of hip hop, chess and martial arts. We journeyed to Wudang Mountain, the inspiration for Wu-Tang Clan. In 1999, I had the honor of travelling in China with RZA and his shifu, Shaolin Monk Shi Yanming. RZA on Iron Fist, the Last Dragon and Barack Obama It may be that you speak some mandarin, however, if you don't know ch'an buddhism, you would probably be lost, besides that Shifu has a Henan tint in his dialect of Mandarin. All this just to say I am very very familiar with this Sutra and you can trust what I am saying is the truth about it, besides the fact of everything else, especially that it is Shi Yan Ming reciting the Sutra on the track. The most recent disciples are now being named from a new sutra as we finished the Heart Sutra, now disciples are named from the 88 Buddhas, Ba Shi Ba Fo Jing. All disciples outside of RZA and the last new classes we've accepted are given part of their dharma name from that Sutra specifically, such as my name which is Shi Heng Fa, "Shi" coming from the Buddha's family name, "Heng" being my generation which is 35th generation which also comes from a poem written by the founder of our lineage- each successive lineage taking the next word in the poem as a name- so Shi Yan Ming is 34th generation fighting monk, the word "Yan" being the 34th word in the poem, and so on.Shifu chose to use the same naming convention for the next part of our name, mine is 'Fa' which means Dharma. This is one of our most if not *the* most important Sutra that we study and practice, there is even video of Shi Yan Ming reciting this Sutra for RZA in the studio, I think if memory serves me correct it was in a National Geographic documentary. I can tell you without a doubt that what is represented is EXACTLY what is being said, because I am a disciple of the USA Shaolin Temple, we chant this Sutra, and it makes perfect sense that Shifu would use this to pay respect to ODB. I know some mandarin from my time in china, but couldnt pick out one word apart from shi and shi has about 10 different meanings lolit may be that you speak some mandarin, however, if you don't know ch'an buddhism, you would probably be lost, besides that Shifu has a Henan tint in his dialect of Mandarin. ^^props but thats not what was being said
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