
Book Review: These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung-Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World. These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung-Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World is reviewed by Master Marc Zirogiannis. This book by Grady Hendrix and Chris Poggiali is a really wonderful look through text and images about the advent of martial arts in the United States through movies, television, and print media. It is a great read.