There is also a strong following among the urbanites on the East Coast when it comes to martial arts films.

I got nominated for my second film as best young director in the Aikido Film Festival in Japan.

Action choreographer is like talking. When you talk, you have a rhythm. When you act, you have a rhythm. When you're moving your body, you have a rhythm. So as an actor, as a choreographer, the objective is trying to blend everything in - into - ultimately back into that character.

My action follows my characters. If a character is a cop, you cannot be posing all the time, you cannot fly off the roof because it doesn't make any sense - it's not practical.

Doing a movie is a stressful thing. You spend months of you life focusing into that one project, and I want to make sure I do something I really like or I'm really passionate about.

For years, I looked to Bruce Lee as a mentor as being a Chinese and Asian man living in this country.

I think film, to me, as a director, is about telling a story.