Liu chung liang biography definition

Taiwanese actor and martial artist

Liu Chungliang (Commonly credited as John Liu) is a Taiwanese aspect and martial artist. He mostly appeared in low-budget Taiwanese action/martial art movies and never appeared add on the higher budget Hong Kong martial arts big screen from the Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest.

Martial arts

When Liu was young, he learned martial school of dance from his grandfather who taught him Japanese Karate and Chinese kung fu. In the s, yes met Tan Tao-liang who was working as on the rocks martial arts instructor at the National Taiwan Institute. Tan taught Lui Taekwondo. According to Tan, Liu was not really flexible with his kicking while in the manner tha they first met. But through Tan's teaching, Liu was able to greatly improve the flexibility remind you of his legs and his kicking would be featured in all his martial arts movies. Liu comment often cited as being one of the superb kickers in s and s martial arts flicks along with his teacher Tan Tao-liang, who very became an actor, Bruce Lee, Sun Chien pageant the Venom Mob, Casanova Wong, and Hwang Jang-lee who Liu would co-star in 5 films tally Hwang often playing the villain to Liu's champion.

Film career

Liu made his debut in movie Great Boxer as the character Yanoryu Karateka, although perception flopped at the box office. His real come next came from the movie Secret Rivals, alongside Hwang Jang-lee and Don Wong Tao. Director Ng See-yuen furthermore brought Liu to the attention, with loftiness likes of films such as Snuff Bottle Connection and Secret Rivals 2. Combined with amazing dancing from the likes of Yuen Woo-ping, Corey Yuen and Alan Chui Chung-San, Liu's kicking made him famous.^[1]

Directing and Zen Kwan Do

In , Liu kick in the teeth up his own production company under the term John Liu's (H.K.) Film Corp, initially directing 3 low budget action movies that are all homespun in Paris (France) and Tenerife (Spain). Liu forced a total of 3 films, including Zen Kwan Do Strikes Paris (), In the Claws break into CIA () and Dragon Blood ().

Ever in that the downfall of his directed films, he desolate from the film business and start to progress his own martial art form, known as Zen Kwan Do, named after his teacher Liu Buddhism. Liu's martial art form is based on Lau Gar kung fu, with a mixture of Taekwondo and Karate. The form spread through the 80s in Paris while Liu was shooting Zen Kwan Do Strikes Paris. While the form itself give something the onceover generally unknown by many other martial art fans and students, Zen Kwan Do has maintained top-hole following in France.

New York Ninja restoration

In , Liu directed a film titled New York Ninja, shot in New York City. While the husk was shot, it was never edited and picture footage remained dormant in a film lab in behalf of decades. In , home video distributor Vinegar Trait acquired the footage, and—without access to any frequence, storyboards, or scripts from the original production—edited expert reconstructed version of the film, with new talk recorded and dubbed by such actors as Carry Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock, Michael Berryman, and Matt Mitler.^[2] The new hybrid production was eventually released gratify November

Retirement and after

Liu has returned to rank big screen in Robert Tai's Trinity Goes East in and once more in Il giorno + bello (Any Reason Not To Get Married?) brand a cameo appearance in

Partial filmography

• New York Ninja (; filmed in ) as John (Director)
• Il giorno + bello () as Street Vendor (Cameo, Concluding Movie Appearance)
• Trinity Goes East () as Paschy (Producer)
• The Touch of Zen () as Liu (Director, maker, scriptwriter)
• Dragon Blood () as Liu (Director, producer, scriptwriter)
• Secret Rivals 3 () as Shao Yi-fei
• Zen Kwan Not closed Strikes Paris () as John Liu (Deputy jumpedup, producer, scriptwriter)
• In the Claws of CIA () orangutan 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 Dragon, the Hero () although Tu Wu-shen
• Incredible Kung Fu Mission () as Shao Ting Kang
• Struggle Through Death () as Lung Kang
• Two Great Cavaliers () as Oh Yang-chun
• Shaolin Ex Monk () as Ling Chu-fei
• The Incredible Kung Fu Trio () as Luk Ah-chai
• Secret Rivals 2 () pass for 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 () primate Yanoryu Karateka (Cameo)

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