The tailor master in "Kung Fu" must be no stranger to everyone, he is ostensibly a cowering girl, but in fact he is a hidden martial arts master, a set of Hongjia iron fist fighting can be described as a tiger and tiger, and he does not fall behind when fighting everyone alone, this contradictory but quite distinctive character can be said to have left a deep impression on the audience
And his actor Zhao Zhiling, with this role, ushered in the peak of his acting career, but some people may not know that Zhou Xingchi's first choice for this role was actually not Zhao Zhiling, but another Hongquan master Qi Champion
Speaking of the name of Qi Champion, many people may not know, he is zhang Che's third generation of disciples, but also in the 70s Shao's film in the strength of the star, and some flower fist embroidery legs are not the same, Qi Champion's martial arts skills can be described as very deep, as the fourth generation of Huang Feihong's disciple, he learned martial arts since childhood, mainly attacking southern boxing, in the early 70s began to set foot in the film industry filming, because of its robust figure and strong boxing skills and occupy a place in the show business circle, and the golden partner formed by Fu Sheng in that year can also be said to be unlimited scenery
But it is such a real Hongquan master, why did he accidentally miss the classic movie "Kung Fu" later, today let's talk about the martial arts life of Qi Champion, Qi Guanjun was born in Panyu, Guangdong, the hometown of martial arts, because he was influenced by the martial arts customs in his hometown since childhood, he entered the Hongquan master Zhao Wei at the age of 11 to study
Zhao Wei studied under Liu Zhan, a martial arts master of the Southern Sect, and Liu Zhan was Huang Feihong's apprentice, so Qi Guanjun can also be regarded as a fourth-generation disciple of the famous master
Here we briefly talk about Hongquan, Hongquan belongs to the traditional Chinese martial arts, there is a distinction between the Southern Sect Hongquan and the Northern Sect Hongquan, of which the Southern Sect Hongquan is also known as hongjiaquan, which belongs to the first of the five fists of the Lingnan Five Fists, and Liu Li Cai Mo is called the five famous fists in Guangdong, and there are three treasures in the Hong fist, namely the I-word Fuhu Fist Andteel Fist and the Tiger Crane Double Fist, and the Qi Champion we are talking about today is the Southern Fist in the Hong Fist
Because of his inner love and obsession with martial arts, Qi Champion has been practicing diligently for ten years, during which he not only has a good kung fu in a down-to-earth manner, but also cultivates a muscle comparable to that of a bodybuilder
In the 1960s, when the film and television industry was booming, Qi Guanjun, who had a superb martial art, naturally dreamed of being able to get ahead, so in 1968, he applied for the martial arts training class held by Cathay Pacific Film Company, and comprehensively learned the kung fu of other factions such as Nanpai Leg Method and Mantis Fist, which can be said to have gone up another level in martial arts, and then he participated in the selection competition for the movie "Manhood" held by The Yangtze River Film Company, and also won the championship in one fell swoop
I thought that I would show my fists in the film and television industry since then, but I didn't expect to wait for a long time without waiting for a movie invitation, but later he applied for the longbow film company founded by Zhang Che, with a strong image and excellent kung fu, after 7 auditions, he finally got the opportunity to participate in "Shaolin Children"
In the film, he plays Hu Huiqian, and Fu Sheng plays Fang Shiyu Chen Guantai, played by Hong Xiguan, who is also a disciple of the three major Shaolin laymen, and in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the villains led by Wu Sangui, the three of them join forces and give the audience a blood-spurting martial arts feast
This film once released to unprecedented praise, but also let Zhang Che this fledgling but also with a special skill of the boy quite a good feeling, familiar with zhang Che director audience knows that he recommended new people are generally in pairs, such as Wang Yu and Luo Lie Jiang David and Dillon, etc., so to Qi Champion here, is arranged with Fu Sheng, the two cooperated to shoot a lot of martial arts movies, such as "Hong Fist and Wing Chun", "Shaolin Five Ancestors", "Fang Shiyu and Hu Huiqian" and so on, This series of films has made Qi Guanguan's star image deeply rooted in people's hearts, and also made his fame rise rapidly in just a few years
But careful viewers may find that almost every role created by Qi Guanjun is an image, a word does not fit, and it is necessary to undress every time, full of beautiful muscles did attract a lot of attention at that time, but in terms of acting, it is a bit stiff, the whole person's expression is dull, even if there are lines, it is not moving
In this contrast, the lively and funny Fu Sheng is obviously more popular than him, but it is also good that he caught up with the era of paying attention to true kung fu, which was able to rank among the first-line stars, but as the saying goes, spending no hundred days of red people is not good for a thousand days, in the late 70s, because Zhang Che began to cultivate a new generation of disciples, so Qi Champion Chen Guantai and others also slowly changed from protagonists to supporting roles, in 1977 after filming "Hu Huiqian Blood Battle Xichan Temple", Qi Guanjun and Shao Shi broke off their contract and went to Taiwan to develop
In Taiwan, he founded the Champion Film and Television Company, and wrote and directed the action film "The Great Villain", but because of the lack of shooting experience, so that the box office was dismal, it can be said that this film made Qi Guanjun lose money
In desperation, he became an actor again, and although he also shot a lot of action movies, compared with before, the reputation did not seem to be so good, and later as kung fu films no longer flourished, Qi Guanjun also began to gradually withdraw from the film world, shifting the focus of his career to opening a martial arts hall professor Hong Quan
Subsequently, he was invited by his uncle Liu Jialiang
In 2003, he starred in the role of dart head Yu Ocean in "Drunken Horse", and used the iron fist at the end of the film to fight liu Jialiang and Wu Jing's strong fight, making the audience call this really a sword, after all, he was more than half a hundred years old at this time
It is worth mentioning that in this film, Qi Guanjun's acting skills seem to be better than before, he no longer only pays attention to the strong martial arts fight, but also begins to favor the interpretation of the character's personality, such as the role of Yu Haiyang, although he is strong in martial arts, but he is also sinister and cunning
It was also this villain role that made Zhou Xingchi, who was preparing for "Kung Fu" at the time, deeply attracted, he had sincerely invited Qi Guanjun to play the role of a tailor in the film, but because it was in the period of "SARS pop", coupled with the fact that Qi Champion had just enjoyed thousands of dollars, the stacking of various reasons made him have to give up this role, and finally Zhou Xingchi chose another Hongquan master Zhao Zhiling to play
Zhao Zhiling's father Zhao Jiao is also a teacher Chenglin Shirong, even if he and Qi Guanjun are also out of the same door, the huge success of this movie made Zhao Zhiling famous, but for Qi Guanjun, it has become the regret of his life
However, there are always some imperfections in life, although the missed "Kung Fu" movie, but Qi Champion's martial arts life has not stopped, now 71 years old, he still has a full of muscles and young looks, from the appearance does not look like an ancient old man at all
As a powerful star, although the starlight is no longer there, his story is engraved in the images of that era and has lasted for a long time