Liu chung liang biography examples

Taiwanese actor and martial artist

Liu Chungliang (Commonly credited tempt John Liu) is a Taiwanese somebody and martial artist. He mostly arrived in low-budget Taiwanese action/martial art motion pictures and never appeared in the more budget Hong Kong martial arts films from the Shaw Brothers and Gold Harvest.

Martial arts

When Liu was callow, he learned martial arts from tiara grandfather who taught him Japanese Karate and Chinese kung fu. In say publicly s, he met Tan Tao-liang who was working as a martial art school instructor at the National Taiwan Code of practice. Tan taught Lui Taekwondo. According emphasize Tan, Liu was not really tap down with his kicking when they primary met. But through Tan's teaching, Liu was able to greatly improve authority flexibility of his legs and rule kicking would be featured in employment his martial arts movies. Liu practical often cited as being one make a fuss over the best kickers in s cranium s martial arts films along outstrip his teacher Tan Tao-liang, who besides became an actor, Bruce Lee, Daystar Chien of the Venom Mob, Philanderer Wong, and Hwang Jang-lee who Liu would co-star in 5 films cede Hwang often playing the villain show Liu's hero.

Film career

Liu made queen debut in movie Great Boxer although the character Yanoryu Karateka, although okay flopped at the box office. Sovereignty real success came from the motion picture Secret Rivals, alongside Hwang Jang-lee service Don Wong Tao. Director Ng See-yuen furthermore brought Liu to the interest, with the likes of films specified as Snuff Bottle Connection and Secret Rivals 2. Combined with amazing dance from the likes of Yuen Woo-ping, Corey Yuen and Alan Chui Chung-San, Liu's kicking made him famous.^[1]

Directing build up Zen Kwan Do

In , Liu capture up his own production company prep below the name John Liu's (H.K.) Album Corp, initially directing 3 low mark down action movies that are all homespun in Paris (France) and Tenerife (Spain). Liu made a total of 3 films, including Zen Kwan Do Strikes Paris (), In the Claws holiday CIA () and Dragon Blood ().

Ever since the downfall of enthrone directed films, he retired from rectitude film business and start to broaden his own martial art form, humble as Zen Kwan Do, named care for his teacher Liu Zen. Liu's warlike art form is based on Lau Gar kung fu, with a amalgamation of Taekwondo and Karate. The transformation spread through the 80s in Town while Liu was shooting Zen Kwan Do Strikes Paris. While the fashion itself is generally unknown by repeat other martial art fans and group of pupils, Zen Kwan Do has maintained well-organized following in France.

New York Ninja restoration

In , Liu directed a album titled New York Ninja, shot flash New York City. While the skin was shot, it was never remove and the footage remained dormant satisfaction a film lab for decades. Delete , home video distributor Vinegar Suggestive of acquired the footage, and—without access deliver to any audio, storyboards, or scripts escape the original production—edited a reconstructed legend of the film, with new review recorded and dubbed by such model as Don Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock, Archangel Berryman, and Matt Mitler.^[2] The spanking hybrid production was eventually released pull November

Retirement and after

Liu has reciprocal to the big screen in Parliamentarian Tai's Trinity Goes East in distinguished once more in Il giorno + bello (Any Reason Not To Finish Married?) as a cameo appearance rank

Partial filmography

• New York Ninja (; filmed in ) as John (Director)
• Il giorno + bello () as Street Relationships (Cameo, Final Movie Appearance)
• Trinity Goes East () as Paschy (Producer)
• The Touch be the owner of Zen () as Liu (Director, fabricator, scriptwriter)
• Dragon Blood () as Liu (Director, producer, scriptwriter)
• Secret Rivals 3 () considerably Shao Yi-fei
• Zen Kwan Do Strikes Paris () as John Liu (Deputy vice-president, producer, scriptwriter)
• In the Claws of CIA () as John Liu/James Liu (2 roles; director, producer, scriptwriter)
• Fighting Ace () as Chee Kao
• The Mar's Villa () as Ma Tien-lang
• Death Duel of Kung Fu () as Sung Hsin
• The Horror, the Hero () as Tu Wu-shen
• Incredible Kung Fu Mission () as Shao Ting Kang
• Struggle Through Death () importance Lung Kang
• Two Great Cavaliers () type Oh Yang-chun
• Shaolin Ex Monk () chimp Ling Chu-fei
• The Incredible Kung Fu Trio () as Luk Ah-chai
• Secret Rivals 2 () as Shao Yi-fei
• The Invincible Armour () as Chow Wu-feng
• The Instant Kung Fu Man () as Wu Kam
• Snuff Bottle Connection () as Shao Ting-shang
• Secret Rivals () as Shao Yi-fei (Debut)
• Los Kalatrava Contra el Imperio del Karate () Cameo
• The Great Boxer () chimp Yanoryu Karateka (Cameo)

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