Li takes the lead as huo yuanjia, a chinese martial arts fighter who takes a deep personal journey and keeps his promises made at important life. Based on the life of hua yuan jia, fearless is set in the early 20th century. Huo was born in xiaonanhe village in jinghai county, tianjin, as the fourth of huo endis ten children. I believe that theres no superiority or inferiority in wushu. Qing nian huo yuanjia zhi chong chu jiang hu youth huo yuanjia bian ju, li lin and five others. Just the distinction of practitioners with different levels of ability. Huo yuanjia thought that the teaching of traditional wushu would be a good way to rebuild the confidence and the spirit of the chinese people. Jet lis fearless huo yuan jia legend of a fighter quotes huos mother. During his childhood, he frequently became ill and, as a result, was often taken advantage of by the other children in his province. The series was directed by kuk kwokleung and starred ekin cheng, jordan chan, zhou muyin, bryan leung, ding li and qu yue in the lead roles. Jet lis fearless by ronny yu jet li, betty sun, dong. Huo yuanjia was born in 1868 in xiaonan village, jinghai county, tianjin, and was the fourth of ten children.
But at the same time, the film, based more on lis personal journey than huo yuanjia s life, is a deeply spiritual and emotional film that transcends many of cliches and conventions of other wushu. The picture then cuts back to huos boyhood in the city of tianjin, in north. Competitions can help discover our weaknesses and lead to. The main character is a man named huo yuanjia the same as in the title, and is portrayed by the famed 21st century actor jet li. Yet the book is more than just a historical record or a techniques guide, but in fact a comprehensive look at the chin woo phenomenon interspersed with the authors own personal journey. The story of fok yun gap also know as hou yuan chia one of. Sometime later, i noticed that amazon had this book about the life of huo yuanjia and i decided to purchase it. The story of chin woo kung fu examines the legends and the facts behind one of the worlds largest martial arts organisations. Dec 19, 2006 huo yuanjia was a reallife legendary chinese martial artist, and although its near impossible to separate the man from the legends that have spawned, it would be fair to say that jet lis fearless is most definitely not a documentary about his life. The name fearless is used for the english released version. Fearless is a story about chinese martial arts guru huo yuanjia. It follows his rise and fall as an undefeated fighter, through his darker moments as he falls from his throne to his growth as a selfostracized vagabond who learns the ways of the land via a faraway farming village. After a successful run in the 80s and 90s and a semisuccessful run directing a couple of franchise horror sequels in hollywood, ronny yu returned to hong kong as most hong kong. The title huo yuanjia is used in the 2006 chinese released version of the movie.
The story of chin woo kung fu examines the legends and the facts. Dialogue here can get a little spoilerish, but not to a degree that would ruin the experience. The real life of huo yuanjia and his friendship with lu zijian. Oct 27, 2014 fearless, the story of chin woo kung fu is a book that charts the history of the style, how it has travelled around the globe and the connections with modern culture. With yao lin chen, yeh fang, fung fung, harkon fung. Huo was the son of a wushu professor in tianjin, but because of his poor health, he wasnt allowed to study martial arts himself. Fearless the story of chin woo kung fu huo yuanjia school. The performance was part of the opening ceremony of the th all china games in tianjin. Huo, yuanjia 18681909 people and organisations trove. Battles between comic characters and real life people are not overly allowed on the battle forums, please read the rules. A biography of chinese martial arts master huo yuanjia, who is the founder and spiritual guru of the. For most of its running time it is action packed with handsome photography and gritty realistic fight scenes. Chin woo was born out of a need to restore unity and was on the front lines in the fight to reclaim national pride and solidarity, a charge led by huo yuanjia. Been awhile since i saw fearless, but iirc huo yuanjia is the more grounded of the two, where ip man is basically superhuman.
Most widely held works about yuanjia huo huo yuan jia fearless by rentai yu visual. Fearless 2006 directors cut hd version kungfu kingdom. Jun 10, 2015 and truth be told, they came pretty close with fearless huo yuanjia. Grandmaster huo yuanjia grandmaster huo yuan jia founder of chin woo, 1867 1909 was the fourth child in a family of 10 brothers and sisters. Huo yuanjia guy from fearlessjet li vs batgirl cass. But the man refuses because his son has asthma and he fears that he wont be strong enough. In the 1870s, tianjin, chinas martial arts flourished, and the martial art often relied on the signing of life and death to show the strengths of all parties, including the huo family who cultivated the familys ancestral. Jet li keeps his honor in fearless the boston globe. Fearless lesson on true victory huo yuanjia buddhist channel. Chinese superstar jet lis farewell to traditional wushu films is a costume biopic inspired by the exploits of master huo yuanjia 18691910, who dedicated himself to uniting chinas rival.
Singapore dubbed jet lis most important and final martial arts epic, fearless huo yuanjia is a study on the true meaning of victory. Huo yuanjia was a reallife legendary chinese martial artist, and although its near impossible to separate the man from the legends that have spawned, it would be fair to say that jet lis fearless is most definitely not a documentary about his life. Grandmaster huo yuan jia founder of chin woo, 1867 1909 was the fourth child in a family of 10 brothers and sisters. What the move does right, however, it does very well. It also includes a mini autobiography of the authors journey in the martial arts, focusing on his almost 20 year relationship with chin woo. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Fearless tells a fictionalized rendition of the life of hou yuanjia, master martial arts teacher and former wushu champion of china.
Jet li plays huo yuanjia obviously in this mostly fictionalized take on the life of huo yuanjia, and. Not sure if ive seen huo yuanjia probably have but cant remember. On the surface, fearless resembles many of the countless martial arts films that have come before it, including some of jet lis most famous movies. Per the films press notes, huo was the creator of the missing fist style of martial arts and founde r of the progressive jingwu sports federation. I found the book very interesting and i feel it provides an excellent companion to the fearless film.
Huo is fascinated with the ancient chinese fighting art of wushu, and hopes his father, a master of the martial arts, will teach him. Huo yuanjia 18 january 1868 9 august 1910, courtesy name junqing, was a chinese. Aug 29, 2019 chin woo was born out of a need to restore unity and was on the front lines in the fight to reclaim national pride and solidarity, a charge led by huo yuanjia. Jet lis fearless visual huo yuanjia by chenqu book jin men da xia huo yuanjia by yunan feng book zheng shuo. Ten years later, the film still holds its own and can be seen as one of the best in the genre. The book provided more detail into huos life and how he began his martial arts school. Comics do not bend to the same physics as the real world. Through the competition we can discover this and meet the true self.
Huo yuanjia, however, was born weak and susceptible to illness at an early age he contracted jaundice that would recur periodically for the rest of his life so his father refused to teach him traditional wushu. Sep 15, 2017 huo shoujin, an 81yearold grandson of huo yuanjia was so upset by how his ancestor was portrayed in fearless, as well as by the historical inaccuracies in the film, that he and other descendants launched a lawsuit against jet li and the films producers and distributors in march 2006. Jan 27, 2015 this hopeful actiondrama film, fearless 2006 u. Earlier film portraying huo yuanjias biography wushu and qigong british pharmacopoeia dating from 1917 regarding the use of arsenic as treatment of tuberculosis arsenic used in chinese herbal medicine for over 2400 years. I watched legend of a fighter again to prepare me for fearless, a 2006 film starring jet li as the same historical figure, huo yuan chia, who is the subject of legend. The familys main source of income was from agriculture, but huo endi also made a living by escorting merchant caravans to manchuria and back. Jet lis fearless huo yuan jia legend of a fighter 2006. Huo yuanjia is a television series based on the life of the chinese martial artist huo yuanjia. Fearless, the story of chin woo kung fu is a book that charts the history of the style, how it has travelled around the globe and the connections with modern culture. It includes a subplot about chen zhen, a fictional apprentice of huo yuanjia and the protagonist of the 1972 film fist of fury. Fearless opens in shanghai, china, circa 1910, when wushu master huo yuanjia martial arts superstar jet li prepares to battle one japanese opponent, tanaka shidou nakamura, and three american. Huo yuanjia soaks into himself to learn the true nature of his craft, and jet li carries that character with stoic breadth along the rest of his years. The huo family had a long tradition of being practitioners of traditional wushu. Accompanying huo yuanjia until his death when huo yuanjias jing wu martial arts academy opened his doors, numbers of others martial arts associations sent gifts and greetings but among them was also one japanese martial arts association which sent a plaque where it was written the famous insult to chinese population.
Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Dec 25, 2010 jet li fearless huo yuan jia o grande mestre. Jet li practices the same martial arts discipline as hua yuan jia, and here he. As well as exploring the legend of the founder, huo yuanjia, known as fearless, the author looks at how the chin woo jingwu association revolutionised martial arts at the turn of the twentieth century. Shigeru umebayashi fearless men theme of yuanjia and moon fearless soundtrack. Its a great source for martial arts fans who wish to find out more about the life of huo yuanjia. Grandmaster huo yuanjia and the history of chin woo. It is a fictionalized biopic of famous martial arts master huo yuanjia 18681910. A biography of chinese martial arts master huo yuanjia, who is the founder and spiritual guru of the jin wu sports federation.
But at the same time, the film, based more on lis personal journey than huo yuanjias life, is a deeply spiritual and emotional film that transcends many of cliches and conventions of other wushu. Jet lis fearless is the story of huo yuanjia, who we meet as a young boy in the 1800s. Too bad a too predictable by half story and jet lis performance hold it back from greatness. Fearless is based on the true story of martial arts legend, huo yuanjia, who. His father huo endi was a guard for merchant caravans traveling to and from manchuria, though the family derived most of its income from farming. The 2006 hong kong film fearless stars jet li as the famous martial artist huo yuanjia. Huo yuanjia 18 january 1868 9 august 1910, 1 courtesy name junqing, was a chinese martial artist and a cofounder of the chin woo athletic association, a martial arts school in shanghai. The big difference between the two films is that legend spends a good portion on the boyhood and training of young huo, while fearless is more about his. And truth be told, they came pretty close with fearless huo yuanjia. Most widely held works about yuanjia huo huo yuan jia fearless by rentai yu. The picture then cuts back to huo s boyhood in the city. Huo yuanjia is a chinese martial artist and a cofounder of the chin woo athletic association, a martial arts school in shanghai. The story of fok yun gap also know as hou yuan chia one of chinas greatest marital artists.
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