Dressed in tattered clothes, with long silver hair, a red nose and a wine gourd, he is the drunkard Su Qi'er in people's minds, a hidden martial arts master, and the "wine fairy" master of the famous actor Jackie Chan.
He is Yuan Xiaotian, the first martial arts instructor in China, the founder of Drunken Fist, and the prototype of "Zhen Yuanzhai" in "King of Fists".
Under his unassuming appearance, he has amazing boxing skills, every move is clean and neat, showing a heroic style.
But what kind of legendary story is behind him? The Ziya childlike character Ji of this issue will lead everyone into the "Drunken Fist Master" Yuan Xiaotian and feel the happiness and revenge in the martial arts world.
"Su Qi'er" Yuan Xiaotian
"I'm low, I'm high, shaky and won't pour, I know best in the wine." I believe that as soon as this lyric comes out, everyone can hum its melody.
This melody also naturally brings us into the spirited martial arts world, left fist, right hand, drink a pot of wine, you can break into the rivers and lakes.
This is from Jackie Chan's movie "Drunken Fist", when the movie was broadcast, it caused a burst of martial arts, but the success of this film is also inseparable from an important person, that is, "Su Qi'er" Yuan Xiaotian.
As China's first martial arts instructor, his life is a legend. In 1912, Yuan Xiaotian was born into an ordinary family in Beiping, and in that turbulent era, in order to save his life, he embarked on the road of learning martial arts from an early age.
Under the guidance of the "Guide", he began to practice the martial arts of the Northern Sect, such as Mandarin Duck Feet, Twelve Road Bouncing Legs, Eight-Step Fist, Deer Step Plum Blossom Stake...
He had all studied, freezing three feet was not a day's cold, dripping water stone was not a day's work, after a long period of cultivation, his punches and styles were particularly solid, as if he had become a martial arts master.
In 1937, Yuan Xiaotian received an invitation from the cantonese opera master Xue Juexian to go to Hong Kong to guide the northern martial arts scenes in Cantonese opera.
Bringing his eighteen martial arts into the dashing and unbridled Cantonese opera, this kind of rigid and soft performance made Yuan Xiaotian deeply immersed in it, and since then, it has also paved the way for him to enter the film world.
With the development of the film industry, Yuan Xiaotian was introduced to the film industry by people, but his appearance was mediocre and did not have the appearance of a film actor, so he took a different path and began to do martial arts stand-ins.
At that time, the martial arts stand-in of the heroine in the popular movie "The Great Hero of Kanto" was played by Yuan Xiaotian, who presented authentic kung fu on the big screen, and these wonderful martial arts actions were also handed down through the form of movies.
In the 1960s, the Hong Kong film industry was developing rapidly, and Yuan Xiaotian began to work as a martial arts instructor, and he quickly occupied a place in the film industry with his superb martial arts achievements.
In 1960, during the broadcast of the movie "Iron Wall King Kong", Yuan Xiaotian appeared on the list under the name of "martial arts instructor", which also made him the "founding father" of Chinese martial arts instructors.
In addition, he will occasionally guest appear in some important characters in the movie, although the role is small, but also left a lot of wonderful pictures in the film industry, "Yitian Slaughter Dragon", "Snowflake Excalibur", "Huang Feihong"...
The shadow of the Northern Sect martial arts can be seen in one film after another, in which he played an important character in Guan Dexing's version of "Huang Feihong", and showed the moves and styles of the Northern Sect martial arts on the big screen.
Five sons
After 1970, Yuan Xiaotian planned to retire in order to find a successor, Yuan Heping, known as the "world's first martial finger", was his eldest son and the representative of Yuan Jiaban.
In 1977, at the invitation of Yuan Heping, Yuan Xiaotian participated in "Drunken Fist" and "Snake-shaped Executioner", and what was unexpected was that the broadcast of these two films actually made him famous, and the father-son file with Jackie Chan once dominated the screen kung fu film.
In "The Serpentine Executioner", he plays the peerless master Bai Changtian, who gives important guidance for Jackie Chan's role of Jian Fu to defeat Shangguan, a set of snake-shaped fists that combine rigidity and softness, virtual and real, which is dazzling and makes people see blood boiling;
In "Drunken Fist", he also used the identity of "wine fairy" Su Qi'er to temper Huang Feihong every day, drink a pot of wine, and a set of drunken eight immortal fists flowing in the clouds, which could not help but make people clap the case.
These two movies made Jackie Chan burst into flames, and also made Yuan Xiaotian the founder of Drunken Fist, and also let more people know that there is such a martial arts master in the film industry.
The explosion of "Drunken Fist" even spread to foreign countries, and this white-haired and white-bearded world-class master went abroad to become the comic "Dragon Ball" Sun Wu rice, and also became the town wuzhai in the game "King of Fighters".
The success of many martial arts movies is inseparable from Yuan Xiaotian's martial arts attainments and guidance, under his guidance, the Northern School of Martial Arts is displayed on the screen, and people also feel the charm of kung fu and the happiness and revenge in the martial arts world.
This charm of his not only influenced many viewers with kung fu dreams, but also affected his five sons. His five sons all worked as martial arts instructors in the film industry, the most famous of which was Yuan Heping.
The eldest son, Yuan Heping, has filmed "Drunken Fist" and "Hero Haojie Su Qi'er" as a director, and as a martial arts instructor, he has directed "The King of Kung Fu" and "A Generation of Grandmasters", and won the Best Action Design Award at the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards.
The second son, Yuan Xinyi, appeared in front of the screen as a bad guy, and played a white-fronted tiger who carried many lives in "Brave and Fearless".
The third son, Yuan Xiangren, has done martial arts instruction in many films, such as "Bodyguard", "Meteor Butterfly Sword" and so on. The fourth son, Yuan Richu, starred in many martial arts films, such as "Qimen Dunjia", "Huo Yuanjia" and so on.
The seventh son, Yuan Longju, has directed the most famous movie is Chow Sing Chi's "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qi'er".
Although the four younger sons are not as famous as the eldest son, they are equally excellent, and they all make many contributions to the film industry with the northern school of martial arts, and also inherit Yuan Jiaban.
parting
The children are so outstanding, which makes Yuan Xiaotian very proud, but there are unexpected storms in the sky, and Yuan Xiaotian should have enjoyed the heavenly years.
However, he suffered from lung cancer in his old age and died in 1980, and a generation of martial arts masters who died at the age of 68 died, which is regrettable.
Compared with the modern fist-to-flesh fist technique of Hongjiaban, Yuan Jiaban's moves integrate the strengths of the north and the south, mainly the northern school of kung fu, and have been improved and expanded, soft with rigidity, just in the middle with soft, showing the audience a gorgeous martial arts feast.
In the legend of Yuan Xiaotian's life, he left countless classic images for the film and television industry, and also left Yuan Jiaban for Wulin, opening branches and scattering leaves, scattering the Northern Sect martial arts to all over the world, and becoming a generation of masters.
He is the master of Jackie Chan's drama inside and outside the drama, and also the master of Zhen Zidan, who used his meager strength to leave a "martial arts treasure" for the film industry, and also made an irrevocable contribution to the promotion of Chinese martial arts.
Although Yuan Xiaotian has passed away, his kung fu and spirit will remain forever, and I think that he may have gone to the martial arts world of happiness and revenge, where he was a unique hero who "drank from the letter tomb and took off his sword and knees".
The legendary life of "Drunken Fist Master" Yuan Xiaotian ended here, do you remember the world-class master with red nose and white hair on the screen? Do you still have the dream of martial arts? Everyone is welcome to actively leave their own opinions in the comment area.
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