Martial arts lost pearls, Qiu Yunbo: After 10 years of hard work, no matter how hard the audience can never remember my name Qiu Yunbo's martial arts training road Qiu Yunbo, a talented martial arts wizard who turned out to be born, officially entered the Hong Kong film industry and did not want to be buried by Qiu Yunbo, resolutely went to Hollywood to develop and was recognized by Hollywood, and even began to fight behind the scenes after being known as "Reborn Bruce Lee" After the "Death Flying Car" series

Recently, there have been media reports that the long-unknown martial arts star Qiu Yunbo has made a low-key appearance to celebrate the birthday of Japanese-American Tagawa Yoko, who is also a martial arts star.

The two met in 1995's "The King of Fighting", both Asians broke into Hollywood, and the two have been friends for 26 years.

Although Qiu Yunbo is 60 years old, he looks very good overall, (it seems that martial arts training can indeed fight aging) But in recent years, whether it is Hong Kong or Hollywood, I have not seen any new works of Qiu Yunbo, why did he go?

Qiu Yunbo is a typical "incense inside the wall, incense outside the wall"

To this day, there are still many people who do not know his name, but they have also seen his movies of that year. Although not the protagonist, but the kung fu foundation is definitely not lost to the protagonist, Zhen Zidan and him are difficult to fight. He wanted to look good, to have hands, but in the Hong Kong film industry is "obscure", and later developed in Hollywood but became famous in one fell swoop.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > Qiu Yunbo's path to martial arts</h1>

Born in Hong Kong on July 17, 1960, Qiu Yunbo lived in the United States with his family for a period of time at the age of 12, and spent his entire adolescence in the United States.

At that time, Bruce Lee had a decisive influence abroad, and many people began to become interested in Chinese kung fu because of Bruce Lee's films, and Qiu Yunbo was one of them. Watching Bruce Lee in the movie "hoe the strong to help the weak, fight and hug the uneven" through kung fu, many boys began to show their attitude with actions.

Qiu Yunbo, 19, like other boys, began to sign up to learn martial arts. But at that time, many martial arts classes in the United States were "foreign instructors", and they were mainly karate, which was completely different from Qiu Yunbo's imagination, and he wanted to learn the real "Chinese kung fu". So Qiu Yunbo used his extracurricular time to look for "authentic" Chinese martial arts halls everywhere in California, and with perseverance, Qiu Yunbo also formally contacted Chinese kung fu as usual.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="48" > Qiu Yunbo, a gifted martial arts prodigy</h1>

Anyone who has practiced martial arts knows that "Tong Zi Gong" is very important, and it is necessary to practice the basic skills from an early age to master the real Kung Fu. For a boy who only began to contact martial arts at the age of 19, he did not expect much from others, but felt that he should be regarded as a hobby and strengthen his body by the way. Kung Fu is not a hobby for Qiu Yunbo, but a "dream". Therefore, in just one year, Qiu Yunbo overtook a group of "brothers" in the martial arts hall, not only practicing Chinese kung fu but also becoming a "little coach" in the martial arts hall.

In this way, Qiu Yunbo, with the reputation of "martial arts wizard", resolutely returned to China in 1982 to participate in the "National Wushu Competition", when he just wanted to "test" how many layers of "skill" his Chinese kung fu had, but who could have imagined that Qiu Yunbo would go all the way and finally win the "National Wushu Championship" of the year. He was only 22 years old.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="52" > Qiu Yunbo, who turned out to be a person, officially entered the Hong Kong film industry</h1>

After successfully winning the title of "Martial Arts Champion", many film and television companies in Hong Kong have become interested in this young man. The 198 years were the most glorious moments of Hong Kong martial arts films, not only in the local areas, but also in southeast Asia as a whole , which "relied" on Hong Kong's martial arts films. The market is so large, the need for "capable people and strangers" is also not rejected, not to mention the conditions like Qiu Yunbo, a little cultivation may be able to become a "superstar", so many film and television companies throw olive branches to Qiu Yunbo.

With the aura of a national martial arts champion, Qiu Yunbo at that time believed that he could break through the "piece of the sky" in the film industry. He followed the example of those "superstars" and took a stage name - "Wei Long". In this way, Qiu Yunbo officially entered the Hong Kong film industry.

Qiu Yunbo, who opened the road of acting, also finally realized that dreams are beautiful and reality is a cruel fact

At that time, Hong Kong martial arts films seemed to be "in short supply", and Qiu Yunbo was also "like a model" with excellent conditions. However, the market for martial arts films has long been "divided into three worlds", Jackie Chan, Dillon, Jin Bao, these "several dragons" were the "weather vane" of Hong Kong martial arts stars at that time, and martial arts films must be the protagonists to sell money. So when it was Qiu Yunbo's turn to join in, there weren't many opportunities at all.

Qiu Yunbo, the "newcomer", has no connections, no background, and some are just a kung fu, so the movies he starred in can only be a small supporting role villain and the like, and even sometimes he has to be a stand-in and a martial artist.

Since about 1986, Hong Kong films have also had more genres, although it is still inseparable from "action fights", but some fashion commercial films have also begun to rise. At this time, a number of stars in line with this kind of theme have emerged, such as: Ren Dahua, Wan Ziliang, Zhou Runfa, Andy Lau, which are the "best".

Therefore, in the period from 1986 to 1989, Qiu Yunbo has been playing these people in the movie: the movie "One Brother", he gave Ren Dahua and Wan Ziliang as supporting roles, the movie "Supreme Supreme", he gave Andy Lau and Tan Yonglin as supporting roles, and the movie "Dragon tiger new wind", he gave Zheng Zeshi and Liu Qingyun as supporting roles.

In the films made in these 4 years, Qiu Yunbo basically played supporting roles such as the protagonist's subordinates and villain thugs.

Qiu Yunbo ushered in a "masterpiece" but was rumored to be "discordant" with Zhen Zidan

In 1990, Qiu Yunbo starred in the most well-known audience "Money Laundering", in which Zhen Zidan is the male protagonist, with the "first beauty of Hong Kong" Guan Zhilin, in the movie, although Qiu Yunbo is still a villain, but this time the role is very heavy, almost male second.

"Money Laundering" has a wonderful fight scene between Qiu Yunbo and Zhen Zidan, it is said that during the filming, Zhen Zidan could not resist Qiu Yunbo's moves, and the well-built Qiu Yunbo had a lot of difficult "volley side kicks" and "reaction whip legs" in the movie, which can be said to be stronger than Zhen Zidan in terms of strength or speed, which also led to rumors that the two "made discord" because of this cooperation.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="60" > Qiu Yunbo, who did not want to be buried, resolutely went to Hollywood to develop</h1>

In the words of Qiu Yunbo in an interview that year: "In Hong Kong, there are too many martial arts stars, and I have been working hard in the Hong Kong film industry for 10 years, and I have never been able to wait for my own opportunity." No matter how hard I try, it seems that the audience can only remember my face, but never my name."

This is really too difficult to accept for Qiu Yunbo, the "martial arts wizard" who was "born out of nowhere", who has paid 10 years in the Hong Kong film industry, even starting from scratch, but in the end there is not even a masterpiece that can be handed.

Qiu Yunbo in 1993 also finally understood that he would never have the opportunity to "get ahead" in the Hong Kong film industry, and he was not willing to be buried in this way, so he made a decision: leave Hong Kong and go to Hollywood to continue to work.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="63" > recognized by Hollywood and even known as "Reborn Bruce Lee"</h1>

Although Bruce Lee died as early as 1973, his influence around the world continues to this day, and it is Bruce Lee who has brought Chinese kung fu culture to the world. Therefore, Qiu Yunbo, who came to Hollywood, got more opportunities than in Hong Kong. Some movies have to have Chinese kung fu elements, so Hollywood is very welcome for talents like Qiu Yunbo to join in.

Qiu Yunbo also relied on his excellent Chinese kung fu, coupled with a strong body shape and handsome appearance, once he appeared in the movie "The King of Fighting", it can be said that he was stunned in Hollywood. Although he is still a supporting role in this movie, the director also gave Qiu Yunbo a lot of opportunities to show, and all the kung fu fights in it showed Qiu Yunbo's ability.

After watching Qiu Yunbo's skills, the director at the time, Paul Anderson, knew that it was too wasteful to just let him play a supporting role, and in the follow-up episode "King of Fighters 2", Qiu Yunbo played the leading role without suspense. His outstanding performance in the movie, coupled with the exciting martial arts kung fu that makes people "boil with blood", makes people feel as if they have seen another Chinese superstar after Bruce Lee shine in Hollywood, so they have the reputation of "reborn Bruce Lee".

In just a few short years, Qiu Yunbo has gained a firm foothold in Hollywood, starring in movies that have been acclaimed and popular, and many Hollywood action movies such as "Life and Death Fight" and "Street Fighter" have also achieved good results. Especially in "Street Fighter", Qiu Yunbo staged the classic live-action kombat, whether it was bare-handed or knife and gun sticks, which simply made a bunch of foreigners scream in their throats.

It is worth mentioning that Qiu Yunbo recalled the years of working hard in Hong Kong, and specially wrote and directed a movie in 2003 that paid tribute to stunt stunt stunts, "Red Pants: The Life of Hong Kong Stunt Boys". Although Qiu Yunbo, who has feelings and righteousness, has not got what he wants in the Hong Kong film industry, he knows that as a "red pants" who are honored and easy, in order to dream of actions that are difficult no matter how dangerous, the "red pants" always come to the board. In addition to paying tribute to this group of "red pants", Qiu Yunbo is also commemorating his own years of obscurity in Hong Kong.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" Data-track="68" > the "Death Bike" series and began to move behind the scenes</h1>

In 2008, Qiu Yunbo partnered with Jason. Statham, who starred in the Death Bike series of movies. Qiu Yunbo played the Chinese boss in it - 14K, don't look at the appearance of the bald head, that kind of handsome is really not ordinary. Especially the scene of riding on that Porsche drag racing car is definitely handsome to the point of explosion. In addition, the action director of the "Death Speed" series of movies is also Qiu Yunbo, who was indeed a "big name" in Hollywood at that time.

In 2013, after Qiu Yunbo finished filming "Death Speed car 3", he began to focus on the backstage, more as a martial arts instructor. It is not that Qiu Yunbo "can't move", but that after he got married in 2009, he has been working hard and spending too little time with his family, which is also the ultimate reason why Qiu Yunbo turned behind the scenes.

Even in 2016, when Yuan Heping was preparing for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon's Green Sword of the Underworld", he sincerely invited Qiu Yunbo to come back to participate in the performance, and he could be favored by the "world's first martial finger", I don't know how many people dare not think of the opportunity, but when facing Yuan Heping, Qiu Yunbo resolutely resigned. Yuan Heping asked why, and Qiu Yunbo only replied lightly: "When I was young, I neglected my family for my dreams, and now I want to leave more time for them." Looking at this "indifferent to fame and fortune" wizard, Yuan Heping also expressed respect.

In fact, in Qiu Yunbo's answer, we may be able to feel a hint of "unwillingness", when he was full of ambition, with a body of ability to break through the rivers and lakes, but the years have passed, 10 years of hard work is still "doing nothing", "hating" to go away, just to prove themselves. Got it, ignored it, and now, just want to be with my family for the rest of my life.

This may also be a microcosm of the reality of many of us, teenagers and twenties go out to work and earn a living, while waiting for opportunities, while facing reality. It's not easy for anyone, cheer each other on!