Born with a good kung fu
Yan Hua has an innate talent for martial arts, and has been full of great interest and enthusiasm for Xi martial arts since he was a child. His family keenly noticed this and decided to send him to a professional martial arts team for training so that he could get a more systematic and standardized martial arts enlightenment.
In the martial arts team, Yan Hua trained hard, repeated every movement Xi thousands of times, and soon stood out among his peers. Later, Yan Hua participated in various martial arts competitions, and won consecutive championships in many events such as Jiujie Whip, Taijiquan, and Taiji Sword.
This proves that he is a versatile player with a high level of martial arts attainment. While winning the honor, Yan Hua was not proud and complacent, but maintained a modest and cautious attitude, always reminding himself not to slack off.
It is this diligent and inquisitive attitude that has allowed him to accumulate solid and profound internal skills, which has laid a solid foundation for him to shine in the film industry in the future.
Crawling in the film and television industry
In the 80s of the 20th century, Yan Hua entered the film and television industry through the recommendation of a friend, and began to work as a dragon and tiger martial artist and stuntman in movies. This is undoubtedly a great opportunity for someone who is good at martial arts to use their expertise to the extreme.
At first, Yan Hua was relatively unfamiliar with filmmaking, but he was not discouraged and actively integrated into this new environment. When filming action scenes, Yan Hua always studied hard, always maintained a modest and cautious attitude, humbly consulted the director and seniors, and tried to absorb their valuable experience.
Even when encountering very heavy or dangerous movements, Yan Hua never flinched, and he understood that this was a good opportunity to practice true skills. Yan Hua also combined his actual combat experience to constantly optimize his martial arts to make them more suitable for the needs of the screen.
Through unremitting efforts, he has gradually grown from a newcomer to martial arts to an all-round movement expert, laying a solid foundation for his future career in the film industry.
Meet Donnie Yen and officially join the "Zhen Family Class"
In 2003, Yan Hua participated in the action design of the movie "A Thousand Changes", and met the popular superstar Donnie Yen on the set. The two hit it off at first sight and immediately established a good working relationship.
Donnie Yen greatly appreciates Yan Hua's solid martial arts skills and humble and studious work attitude, and is optimistic about this young man from the mainland. So in 2005, Donnie Yen used Yan Hua again and asked him to design actions for the new film "Slaying the Wolf".
Through this cooperation, Donnie Yen thoroughly confirmed Yan Hua's strength and potential, and decided to include him in his core team "Zhen Family Class". For Yan Hua, this is undoubtedly an important turning point in his career, and being able to work with the most popular action stars of the moment is the result of his years of hard work.
After joining the "Zhen Family Class", Yan Hua finally had the opportunity to fight side by side with first-line celebrities, which made him feel extremely honored and excited. Under Donnie Yen's cultivation, Yan Hua quickly grew into a first-class action director and actor, and showed outstanding performances in many movies.
The two have developed a very strong cooperative relationship and a deep personal relationship. Yan Hua is full of gratitude to Donnie Yen, and unswervingly follows him.
Successfully portrayed multiple classic characters
After joining the "Zhen Family Class", Yan Hua got the opportunity to show his skills on the screen. He first made a cameo role in "Slaying the Wolf", although he was just a gangster, Yan Hua still studied thoroughly and brought this role to life.
In 2006, Donnie Yen gave Yan Hua an important opportunity to play the role of the villain "Stick Demon" in "Dragon Tiger Gate". In order to portray this fierce and bloodthirsty villain, Yan Hua entered a long-term psychological construction before the play, and also combined his martial arts expertise to design a unique action language.
In the end, he succeeded in playing a terrifying and unforgettable supervillain. In 2010, Yan Hua interpreted the role of "loud hair" in "Special Identity", the character has a strange temper and a loud voice, Yan Hua used his rich acting experience to successfully ridicule and popularize this role through exaggerated speech and demeanor, but surpassed the two first-line stars and became the highlight of the film.
With his solid acting skills, Yan Hua has successfully created a number of classic roles, showing the audience his all-round side.
Awarded for merit
Yan Hua has been in the film industry for many years and has long been an outstanding master of action design. He continues to push the boundaries and get creative with many blockbuster films, giving the action a unique style.
In 2011, Yan Hua finally won the "Best Action Design" award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for his outstanding action design in "One Man's Martial Arts".
This is not only an affirmation of his works, but also represents a comprehensive recognition of his strength in the industry. Since then, Yan Hua has participated in the action design of many domestic blockbuster films, such as "The Great Wall" and "The Wandering Earth".
With excellent skills and rich experience, Yan Hua has grown into a well-deserved top action master, and his career is ushering in a new peak, and the prospects are limitless.
We look forward to Yan Hua contributing more shocking and exciting action design works to the film.
17 years with Donnie Yen, like a brother trust
For 17 years, Yan Hua has always followed Donnie Yen and regarded him as a close brother. Donnie Yen also relies on and trusts Yan Hua as a family member. Not only do they work together greatly, but they also build strong friendships in life.
The two often learn martial arts, chat about life, and even have dinner and play together, perfectly combining work and life. Donnie Yen always gives Yan Hua the opportunity to fully show his talent on the screen, and Yan Hua also lives up to the trust and contributes to each of Donnie Yen's films.
Even when faced with difficulties in their careers or lives, the two will encourage and support each other. As Yan Hua said gratefully, Donnie Yen is a "good brother with affection and righteousness".
Over the past 17 years, they have formed a deep friendship and built the "Zhen Family Class" into an elite team in the film industry, and the tacit cooperation has also become a strong backing for the team.
Whether it is life or career, they can help each other, and even accompany each other for a lifetime. This kind of fraternal friendship, even beyond blood relations, has become an unforgettable and beautiful time in Yan Hua's life.