He is a natural martial arts wizard, but also the last sword saint in China, originally just an ordinary small worker, but he created his own "mantis sword method", so that the "two-handed sword" returned to the jianghu.
It can be said that he moved the real traditional Chinese martial arts into the big screen, this person is Yu Chenghui, today let us enter the legendary life of the old predecessors.
Born in Penglai, Shandong Province, Yu Chenghui has been interested in martial arts since he was a child, because he often reads martial arts novels, and he also has a dream of a jianghu chivalrous guest in his heart, so his father sent him to a martial arts school and began to learn martial arts.
This was the first time he showed outstanding martial arts talent, a variety of martial arts moves were learned as soon as he learned them, Yu Chenghui soon appeared among the brothers of the division, and won the all-round martial arts championship in the Qingdao Wushu Competition.
After that, Yu Chenghui was sent to the martial arts team of Shandong Sports Institute for further training, and he was proficient in swords, guns and sticks, but among the many weapons, he was particularly obsessed with swordsmanship, practicing hard every day, and mastering a lot of swordplay skills.
After that, he also participated in the East China Wushu Competition, a set of drunken sword skills that were flowing in the clouds and waters, and won the championship without suspense.
However, at this brilliant moment, Yu Chenghui suffered a leg injury during training and could not train in the martial arts team, so he could only retire early.
After leaving the martial arts team, Yu Chenghui entered the paper mill and became a worker, facing a sudden turn in life, Yu Chenghui did not give up his ideals and insisted on martial arts training.
Once by chance he saw a mantis predation scene, which made him instantly inspired, he took the sword method as the foundation, integrated into the mantis predation action, changed the form of the modern sword method one-handed sword, and created a "two-handed mantis sword method".
With this set of self-created sword techniques, Yu Chenghui was sought after by many martial artists, and was invited to become the coach of the Ningxia Martial Arts Team, and Yu Chenghui, who devoted his life to the cause of martial arts, taught by example without reservation.
In the same year, Yu Chenghui was favored by Zhang Xinyan, the director of "Shaolin Temple", who thought that he was the best candidate for the biggest villain Wang Renze, and at first Yu Chenghui was reluctant to star because he wanted to promote Chinese martial arts and did not want to be a film and television actor.
After repeated invitations from Zhang Xinyan, Yu Chenghui finally agreed to join in adhering to the idea of promoting the spirit of martial arts.
In the film, Yu Chenghui does not use a stand-in and does not hang Weiya, showing the real martial arts action, but also showing the long-lost two-handed sword, powerful and beautiful action, which attracted the praise of many people, and finally "Shaolin Temple" won 160 million box office with a dime ticket price.
Yu Chenghui also officially entered the film and television circle, began the road of actor martial arts design teaching, and then starred with Jet Li in the film, "Shaolin Boy" and "North and South Shaolin", which made Yu Chenghui famous.
At this time, Zhang Xinyan thought that Yu Chenghui's swordplay charm was rare, it was difficult for anyone to reach his height, and wanted to make a movie to preserve and circulate, so Zhang Xinyan once again gathered the team of the Shaolin Temple and tailored a "Yellow River Hero" for him.
Yu Chenghui and Ji Chunhua participated in most of the creation of the film, and the self-created mantis sword was also vividly displayed in the film.
In this film, he played ma Yi, a great hero of the Yellow River who was loyal to the country and the people, and the image of a martial arts master wearing a bucket hat and a sword in the ice river, which became a generation of screen classics, and the martial arts action in the film was even more exquisite.
With this film, Yu Chenghui has also become an indispensable character in Jin Yong's martial arts dramas.
For example, the old ancestor of the Huashan Sect in "Smiling Proud of the Rivers and Lakes" is Qingyang
Huang Yaoshi in "The Condor Heroes"
Zhang Sanfeng in "The Book of the Dragon Slayer in the Heavens"
Ip Man in "The Legend of Bruce Lee" and so on, every time he appears, he can bring the audience a bright light.
One of the most classics is the wind Qingyang in "Laughing Proud of the River", that unpredictable look, really let Yu Chenghui play the three points of the wood, after all, the real sword saint, playing a sword master in the film, can be said to be handy.
In 2012, Yu Chenghui was invited by director Xu Haofeng to play the protagonist Qiu Dongyue in "The Trail of Wokou".
When the film was filmed, Yu Chenghui still used real kung fu, and his strength was not reduced, and it is said that at that time, he also knocked out a group of young actors who sought him to practice martial arts.
Later, in "The Arrow Soldier Liu Bai Ape", Yu Chenghui played a lonely and defeated hermit master, using the traditional Chinese martial art Hui Horse Gun, interpreting Yue Fei's thirteen guns to a textbook standard.
A sentence in the play, "Do you understand what the old ancestor left behind?" This statement is more like the inner monologue in Yu Chenghui's heart, and it has also become a classic line of the popular population.
Since then, Yu Chenghui no longer accepts various film contracts, and in his later years, he has spent a lot of time concentrating on the study of swordsmanship martial arts teaching, in order to spread Chinese martial arts culture, he has written many articles on swordsmanship research, some of which have been included in the national martial arts textbooks, and have also made great contributions to Chinese martial arts Yu Chenghui.
But unfortunately, even the titans in the martial arts world cannot escape the baptism of time.
In 2015, Yu Chenghui died of lung disease at the age of 76, and his death has become a regret for many people.
Many martial arts stars have sent tributes, there is also a real hero missing from Chinese martial arts, Yu Chenghui's achievements are unmatched, and the title of "Chinese Sword Saint" may be the best evaluation for him.
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