Two days ago, "We Are Coming", the eighth master Yuan Heping made a surprise appearance, re-directed Huang Feihong, and Guan Zhilin dressed as thirteen aunts again after many years, evoking our infinite memories. Eighth Master Yuan Ping's back is a little bent, his hair is also white, and the 72-year-old is still so dedicated and serious at work, which can't help but make people move.
There is no shortage of excellent martial arts instructors in the Hong Kong film industry, from Liu Jialiang and Tang Jia, to Yuan Heping Yuan Xiangren, to Hong Jinbao Jackie Chan, and then to Cheng Xiaodong Yuankui, but there is only one person who can be called the world's first martial artist, he is the eighth master Yuan Heping.
Yuan Heping was born in 1945 in Guangzhou into a martial arts family, his father Yuan Xiaotian was an early martial arts instructor in the Hong Kong film industry (there was no martial arts instructor at that time), and yuan Xiangren, Yuan Richu and other brothers were also martial arts practitioners. In addition to learning kung fu with his father, Yuan Heping once studied under Yu Zhanyuan, whose stage name was Yuanqing, and Hong Jinbao, Jackie Chan and other seven little fu were all brothers.
The eighth master Yuan Heping entered the film industry in 1962, when he was a dragon and tiger martial artist, which is simply a martial artist. After eight years of hard work, he became an action director in 1970. As an action director for 8 years, it is worth mentioning that Master Liu Jialiang was the first person to change from martial arts instructor to director.
Since bruce Lee's death, there are many people in the Hong Kong film industry who have always hoped to create Bruce Lee second, deliberately imitating him, and any actor who can do martial arts wants to become Bruce Lee second at that time. In the end, it was Yuan Heping who joined forces with Jackie Chan to launch the kung fu comedies "Snake-like Executioner" and "Drunken Fist", and the two became popular because of this.
Later, Baye said very modestly in the interview that he and Jackie Chan did not know who was popular, because neither of them was red at that time. Yuan Heping admired Jackie Chan more, thinking that his kung fu and performance were more suitable for kung fu comedy, and did not expect the first time the two tested the waters to create a world kung fu superstar after Bruce Lee. Looking back, the two are mutually accomplished, and one is indispensable.
After Yuan Heping formed his own Yuan family class, filmed a series of excellent works, such as "Qimen Dunjia", "Heavenly Master Collision with Evil", "Laughing Taiji", "Royal Master Sister IV Direct Witness", etc., at the beginning he vigorously supported his brother Yuan Richu as the protagonist, but Yuan Richu's figure and appearance did not meet the potential of being the protagonist, and then focused on cultivating Zhen Zidan, zhen Zidan in the 80s was a popular student of Yuan Jiaban, and was cultivated by the eighth master.
In the 1990s, Yuan Heping, Xu Ke and Jet Li joined forces to create the "Huang Feihong" series, which opened a new chapter in Hong Kong martial arts films. Yuan Heping's movements are somewhat different from Liu Jialiang's hard bridge hard horse, he appears to be more flexible, paying more attention to the flexible use of props. Master Liu Jialiang just kept sticking to what he thought was right and didn't agree with Xu Ke's whimsical ideas.
Later, The Eighth Master Yuan Heping and Jet Li collaborated in "Taiji Zhang Sanfeng", "Huang Feihong's Iron Chicken Fighting Centipede", and "Jingwu Hero", of which the actions in "Jingwu Hero" were regarded as textbook fighting. Push Jet Li to a peak.
Eighth Master Yuan Heping has a very high evaluation of Jet Li, saying that he is a martial arts champion, is a talent in action movies, as soon as the connoisseur shoots, he knows whether there is any, Jet Li is the most likely to become a kung fu master, he is a treasure house of martial arts, what martial arts are understood, a little bit of understanding. The two had a great time working together.
Someone once asked jet Li and Jackie Chan who played better, Yuan Heping said that the two have their own characteristics, Jackie Chan likes to play comedy, then let him come to some drunken fist, at the same time Jackie Chan is from the drama class, for flipping, jumping these actions are easy. Jet Li is practicing martial arts, his moves are dashing, and all kinds of movements are difficult for him. The cooperation between Jackie Chan and Jet Li in "The King of Kung Fu", we can see that the actions designed by Yuan Heping for the two are obviously different.
The most burning Wu Jing and "Wolf Warrior 2" in the summer, you should know that his debut work "Kung Fu Kid Breaks into Love" is co-directed by Yuan Heping and Zhang Xinyan, as well as the "Tai Chi Grandmaster" and "Little Li Flying Knife" that make him climb to the peak are all from Director Yuan Heping, when he was a child, it was no wonder that it was so attractive, it turned out to be from the Eighth Master Yuan Heping. It is worth mentioning that the action director of the old version of "Water Margin" is also directed by Yuan Heping.
In addition to eating in the Chinese film industry, the world's first martial arts sign is also well-known abroad, and director Ang Lee cooperated in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", according to Ang Lee's requirements, designed a romantic action, to help "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" win international awards. The film's beautiful and flowing martial arts style immediately attracted the favor of many Hollywood directors, and they invited Yuan Heping to Hollywood.
Seeing the action design in "The Matrix 2", "The Matrix 3", "Kill Bill" and other works is not very familiar, there is no mistake, these are from the Eight Masters.
Xingye's "Kung Fu" was also a twist and turn that year, and the action director began to invite the big brother Hong Jinbao. As we all know, Xingye is a person who has very perfect requirements for movies, but Hong Jinbao has not been able to design the actions that Xingye wants, and contradictions have naturally occurred in the past and back. After that, Xingye invited Eight Ye Yuan to save the scene, successfully completed the filming of "Kung Fu", saw the film's sharp and dashing action, and had to be impressed by Eight Ye.
Of course, Hong Jinbao's ability is also beyond doubt, just look at the recently released "Greedy Wolf", but the star master requirements are too perfect, and Hong Jinbao is the big brother in the film industry, naturally a little tempery. This point Eight Ye Yuan Heping seems to be a little stronger than Hong Jinbao, he will put himself in the right position, I am just an action director, responsible for the director, only care about their own action design spells do not meet the requirements of the director, I think this is the reason why eight masters are respected!
Yuan Heping said that it was more pleasant to cooperate with Xingye in "Kung Fu", and Zhou Xingchi was not so difficult to deal with, in fact, the two had cooperated as early as the movie "A Comic Breaks the End of the World", and Xingye also poured wine for Eight Ye.
Hong Jinbao and Yuan Heping are both martial arts instructors, and they are brothers in the division, and the number of cooperation is also relatively large, of which Yuan Heping also played the eighth master in the "Oriental Condor" directed by Hong Jinbao, and Yuan Kui was seriously injured and could not escape, and finally detonated the bomb and died with the enemy, and the death was more tragic.
In recent years, the eighth master Yuan Heping has served as a martial arts instructor in "Generation Grandmaster", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2" and "Ip Man 3", all of which have a good performance, and what he is most looking forward to in the second half of the year is that he and Xu Ke will join forces again to reshape the classic "Qimen Dunjia", I believe that the eighth master will not let us down.
One of the biggest advantages of Yuan Heping's action design is that it varies from person to person, he will design different actions according to different people, and strive to be the most perfect, and it is also very appropriate to the movie. He once said: "We Chinese action movies are respected overseas, we should do a good job of showing them, which is also part of our traditional culture." "If all filmmakers can be as dedicated and serious as The Eighth Master Yuan Heping, Chinese films are bound to reach the peak!"