MARTIALFORCE.COM
PRESENTS
AN INTERVIEW WITH
CHYNA MCCOY
“My occupation is full time dreamer,
part time filmmaker.”
My name is Eddie Morales and welcome to Martialforce.com Online Martial Arts Magazine. I want to introduce our readers to Chyna McCoy. I first met Chyna through a mutual friend, Actor / Martial Artist Michael Jai White. Michael and I would meet once a week at Tujunga Park located in the city of Los Angeles. We would train together as well as work on fight scenes for whatever project he was involved with at the time. For many Martial Artists, Tujunga Park became the place to workout. One day Michael was mentioning a friend of his by the name of Chyna McCoy that could do incredible stunts and acrobatics as well as Martial Arts. It was almost like an introduction on a stage because when he finished telling me about him, this guy walked up to us that turned out to be Chyna. From that day on Chyna and a few other Martial artist joined us in our training. I have personally been involved in Martial arts since I was a young child, so I can judge if a person really knows there art. Chyna impressed me with both his physical interpretation of the Martial arts and his deep understanding of its workings in regard to application of technique. I met up with Chyna recently and asked him if he would do this interview to which he kindly accepted. Chyna is an original and you will be hearing his name mentioned a lot in the future.
Interview by Eddie Morales
Martialforce.com
Online Magazine
Martialforce.com: Where were you born and raised?
CHYNA MCCOY: I was born in Seville Spain but i was raised in Baltimore City & Washington D.C.
Martialforce.com:
What
is your current occupation?
CHYNA MCCOY: My occupation is full time dreamer, part time filmmaker.
Martialforce.com:
Who
would you say has been your greatest influence throughout your life in
regards to Martial Arts and or life in general?
CHYNA MCCOY: I would say my greatest influence has been Bruce Lee hands down and my Father who made me watch all those Saturday morning Kung fu theaters..
Martialforce.com:
Can
you give our readers an example of what your training consist of?
CHYNA MCCOY: My current and past training consists of Weights, very light weight, stretching, meditating and acrobats with a nice well rounded meal.
Martialforce.com:
What
movie projects are you working on that you could tell our readers about?
CHYNA MCCOY: Well, I'm still working on Kung Fu Hero which we shot in China and I'm also currently getting ready for my new film, killer of Killers & Bayne which is a werewolf action film.
Martialforce.com: How did you get involved in the movie industry?
CHYNA MCCOY: I got involved in the film industry since the day i was introduce to TV, Movies and comic books afterwards I came to California in 1995 to persue my dream and it was up hill every since.
Martialforce.com: At what age did you begin your Martial Arts training?
CHYNA MCCOY: I began actually training martial arts at the age of 35, self taught in all ways but had many teachers such as Bruce Lee, books & films.
PIT FIGHTER MOVIE
Martialforce.com:
Growing up were you athletic or did you make a decision to start training?
CHYNA MCCOY: Growing up I was very Athletic, football, boxing, swimming, Etc.
Martialforce.com:
What
are your thoughts on cross training in regards to weights, running and or
other arts?
CHYNA MCCOY: Cross training when i was growing up was natural, nowadays folks are like wow you have to be an athlete to do that ...hmmmm really...lol
Martialforce.com:
Do
you train for sport or street survival?
CHYNA MCCOY: Do I train for street or sports..i actually train for mental..the street and sport aspect comes naturally if i am put into that situation.
Martialforce.com:
Do
you practice or teach any weapons system?
CHYNA MCCOY: No weapons training in my diet i am strictly hands on.
Martialforce.com:
What
has been your greatest achievement in Martial Arts or life in general?
CHYNA MCCOY: Taking Martial arts from the streets to the screen is my greatest achievement and being able to display some of talents in the Film The Matrix was my ultimate.
Martialforce.com: Can you tell our readers what your participation in the Matrix consisted of?
CHYNA MCCOY: My participation in the matrix was amazing i came on as an action Martial Arts fight double for Larence Fishburns’ character and during that time they also needed someone to do his stunts as well so i was one of the first to do action fight stunt doubling..it was an amazing experience from fighting in the dojo to flying around on the bottom of the helicopter.
Martialforce.com: Thank you for this interview and we here at Martialforce.com wish you much success.
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