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Post by siuyiu on Aug 2, 2014 1:23:07 GMT
oh, i'm not saying all the people you listed aren't! i'm no expert on adam cheng's life, so perhaps that's a fact that i just never encountered.
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Post by chefying on Aug 2, 2014 5:25:24 GMT
When Liu Chia Liang passed away, I read somewhere that Adam Cheng was Liu Chia Liang's elder pupil, so, I'm very surprised by what you tell me, but as I'm not as specialized as many members of this forum, perhaps I'm mistaken... I am aware Adam Cheng was Liu Chia Liang's pupil. I remember watching a clip on TV a very long time ago where Adam Cheng mentioned this. Adam Cheng also said that he learned from Liu Chia Liang how to wield/unfold the Chinese folding fan used in the TV series "Chor Lau Hiong." By this time, Adam Cheng was no longer a spring chicken. He must have been in his 30's by this time. I suppose the question is this - does being a pupil have to mean a learner/practitioner of martial arts? I am not too sure if Adam Cheng would have the time to learn martial arts from Liu Chia Liang from scratch. At 30 years of age, with a career in showbiz, I am not too sure if Adam Cheng was capable of practicing the Hung Family style of martial arts from Liu Chia Liang. Perhaps Liu Chia Liang was more a mentor than martial arts coach. Or perhaps Liu Chia Liang was there more to show Adam Cheng how to make the martial arts movements more plausible or more interesting or maybe even more pleasing to the eye (as opposed to lethal strokes).
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Post by reinafu on Aug 2, 2014 13:01:32 GMT
Adam Cheng already played in martial arts movies under Liu Chia Liang teaching in the 60's (black and white Cantonese movies) and it's mentioned in all Adam Cheng's biographies/descriptions on the internet that I read that he practises martial arts among other sports... And when Liu Chia Liang passed away, it was mentioned in the article I read in a magazine that it was precisely because Adam Cheng was his older student that it was him who hold the funeral tablet (there even is a picture showing this, but I don't remember in which magazine it is and I didn't save the link).It seems to me that if you're someone's student, then you must learn and practise...
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Post by reinafu on Aug 2, 2014 14:17:26 GMT
I wonder if Yang Pan Pan, Connie Chan, Fung Bo Bo, Siao Fong Fong, Tso Tat Wah and Cheung Ying Choi can be added to this list, anyone have an idea ?
And what about Mama Hung (Sammo's mother) and Tse Gam Guk ?
It seems to me that I read that Chi Kuan Chun is also a practitioner. What about Lo Lieh, Wang Yu, David Chiang ? From some interviews mentioned in the Celestial movies, it seemed to me that David Chiang was a practitioner too, but I also read on other forums that a lot of people doubt about his martial arts abilities (though it seems to me he was also Liu CHia Liang's student), so, I wonder what is true or not...
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Post by siuyiu on Aug 2, 2014 19:00:06 GMT
yang pan pan is on the list--#13. very doubtful that the other lades (connie chan, fung bo bo, siao fong fong) would know any martial arts beyond the moves they were taught for filming purposes. there's still a stigma regarding practitioners of martial arts to this day--seen as something "proper" people don't learn, unless you're of a certain age and learning tai chi for "health" reasons. women, especially, are not encouraged to learn it. i'm also curious about whether lo lieh, wang yu, and david chiang are/were practitioners and not just well-trained on the production sets to look convincing.
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Post by reinafu on Aug 2, 2014 20:33:35 GMT
Sorry, I hadn't seen Yang Pan Pan...
Simon Yuen should be added to the list as well as Liu Chia Hui and Liu Chia Yung, right ?
I'm also wondering about Yueh Hua, Wong Yuen San and Goo Goon Chung...
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Post by siuyiu on Aug 2, 2014 20:43:31 GMT
i only know that wong yuen san does know--learned since he was a child.
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Post by reinafu on Aug 2, 2014 22:18:32 GMT
Thanks for the information.
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Post by Admin on Aug 6, 2014 16:34:46 GMT
Chen Kuan Tai and Kara Hui definitely know kungfu!
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Post by ttocs on Aug 24, 2014 16:11:22 GMT
Bruce Lee
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Post by chefying on Aug 25, 2014 4:58:58 GMT
You are right! We missed this big time, didn't we?
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Post by ttocs on Aug 25, 2014 23:26:25 GMT
Yes, chefying, I was a bit surprised . Also, Jimmy Wang Yu should be in the list. Cheers... You are right! We missed this big time, didn't we?
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Post by Admin on Sept 11, 2014 13:08:59 GMT
reinafu is right. Kara Hui, Chen Kuan Tai definitely know martial art. Also Austin Wai! He knows martial art right?
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Post by reinafu on Sept 30, 2014 17:34:11 GMT
I think that we can add Liu Yung to the list of actors who knew martial arts...
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Post by reinafu on Sept 30, 2014 19:44:49 GMT
I just read that in addition of being a stuntman, David Chiang was also a fight instructor at the Shaw Brothers' studios, so, I suppose that it means that he also knew martial arts...
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