Movie Star Statistics…

According to AmIAnnoying.com, The top 10 actresses in entertainment for 2006 are, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Renée Zellweger, Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Halle Berry, Charlize Theron, Angelina Jolie, Kirsten Dunst and Jennifer Aniston. What I wanted to know was how many of these 10 know martial arts? What discipline do they study? What have they used in film?

Lets start wth Nicole Kidman, who has been in so many movies expecialy action:

Antonia Kidman Yoga: The power and style of ashtanga

Yes, this is Nicole Kidman’s sister, and no, she’s not teaching the class - she’s just taking it. “What the heck do I care if it’s Nicole Kidman’s sister?” my teenage daughter said. “And if you’re going to have your name on it, you should be teaching it.”

In the end, she was won over - I could tell because the constant flow of sarcastic remarks suddenly stopped. Antonia’s tourist talk about Sydney ends at a seaside studio, where she joins a class taught by former ballerina Kate Agnew, who switched to yoga after a dance injury. Agnew takes us effortlessly through sun salute, standing and sitting postures and finishing stretches - her excellent instruction plus that sun-and-sea backdrop make it all seem easier.

Suitable for: all levels, particularly people who are suckers for charming Aussie accents. courtesy of Rocky Mountain News

Who can forget movies like Batman Forever where….Well you have seen the movie I do not need to explain…LOL

Now lets see Reese Witherspoon:

T’ai Chi
Who: Reese Witherspoon, Julianne Moore, Meg Ryan.

This Chinese martial art has big fitness benefits beyond body shaping. The “meditation in motion” concentrates on relieving the physical effects of stress on the body and mind. courtesy of CBS 5

Go into a meditation for too long these days and you’ll come round to find a new type of yoga has become the latest trend, complete with its own star following. There’s partner yoga and even yogalates, a mix of yoga posture with pilates. Head Stateside and you’ll find that the dynamic jivamukti yoga is all the rage in New York, followed by the likes of Uma Thurman. And then there’s kundalini yoga, a more wacky spiritual version taught in LA by Gurmukh and followed by Cindy Crawford and Reese Witherspoon. As for holidays, you can combine yoga with everything from tai chi to colonic irrigation. The website www.freespirituk.com has one of the best listings of yoga holidays. Here’s our guide to who does what and where you can join in the fun: courtesy of Gaurdian Unlimited

Of course I can’t find nothing on Renée Zellweger other than a post about her having a kickable face:

Posted by ki on December 22, 2005 2:21 PM

Renee Zellweger has one of the most kickable faces I’ve ever seen. I’ve never done martial arts or pretty much any physical exertion beyond opening a twist-off cap on a bottle of Yoohoo, but when I see her squinty little fish face I feel the urge to leap up and roundhouse kick her in the grill. courtesy of The Superficial

Continued on karate.martialarm.com

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