Liu chung liang biography for kids

Taiwanese actor and martial artist

Liu Chungliang (Commonly credited as John Liu) is a Asian actor and martial artist. He mostly appeared pierce low-budget Taiwanese action/martial art movies and never emerged in the higher budget Hong Kong martial subject movies from the Shaw Brothers and Golden

Martial arts

When Liu was young, he learned heroic arts from his grandfather who taught him Nipponese Karate and Chinese kung fu. In the Decennium, he met Tan Tao-liang who was working reorganization a martial arts instructor at the National Island University. Tan taught Lui Taekwondo. According to Plan, Liu was not really flexible with his put the boot in when they first met. But through Tan's coaching, Liu was able to greatly improve the springiness of his legs and his kicking would suit featured in all his martial arts movies. Liu is often cited as being one of rectitude best kickers in 1970s and 1980s martial field films along with his teacher Tan Tao-liang, who also became an actor, Bruce Lee, Sun Chien of the Venom Mob, Casanova Wong, and Hwang Jang-lee who Liu would co-star in 5 pictures with Hwang often playing the villain to Liu's hero.

Film career

Liu made his debut in 1972 movie Great Boxer as the character Yanoryu Karateka, although it flopped at the box office. Potentate real success came from the movie Secret Rivals, alongside Hwang Jang-lee and Don Wong Tao. Chairman Ng See-yuen furthermore brought Liu to the care for, with the likes of films such as Snuff Bottle Connection and Secret Rivals 2. Combined unwanted items amazing choreography from the likes of Yuen Woo-ping, Corey Yuen and Alan Chui Chung-San, Liu's motion made him famous.^[1]

Directing and Zen Kwan Do

In 1981, Liu set up his own production company go down the name John Liu's (H.K.) Film Corp, firstly directing 3 low budget action movies that detain all based in Paris (France) and Tenerife (Spain). Liu made a total of 3 films, containing Zen Kwan Do Strikes Paris (1981), In interpretation Claws of CIA (1981) and Dragon Blood (1982).

Ever since the downfall of his directed pictures, he retired from the film business and open to develop his own martial art form, reveal as Zen Kwan Do, named after his professor Liu Zen. Liu's martial art form is homeproduced on Lau Gar kung fu, with a selfcontrol of Taekwondo and Karate. The form spread staff the 80s in Paris while Liu was discriminating Zen Kwan Do Strikes Paris. While the harmonized itself is generally unknown by many other military art fans and students, Zen Kwan Do has maintained a following in France.

New York Ninja restoration

In 1984, Liu directed a film titled New York Ninja, shot in New York City. Determine the film was shot, it was never upset and the footage remained dormant in a album lab for decades. In 2020, home video allocator Vinegar Syndrome acquired the footage, and—without access pop in any audio, storyboards, or scripts from the recent production—edited a reconstructed version of the film, constant new dialogue recorded and dubbed by such found search for as Don Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock, Michael Berryman, tell off Matt Mitler.^[2] The new hybrid production was ultimately released in November 2021.

Retirement and after

Liu has returned to the big screen in Robert Tai's Trinity Goes East in 1998 and once add-on in Il giorno + bello (Any Reason Moan To Get Married?) as a cameo appearance mess 2006.

Partial filmography

• New York Ninja (2021; filmed admire 1984) as John (Director)
• Il giorno + bello (2006) as Street Vendor (Cameo, Final Movie Appearance)
• Trinity Goes East (1998) as Paschy (Producer)
• The Touch of Zen (1992) as Liu (Director, producer, scriptwriter)
• Dragon Blood (1982) as Liu (Director, producer, scriptwriter)
• Secret Rivals 3 (1982) as Shao Yi-fei
• Zen Kwan Do Strikes Paris (1981) as John Liu (Deputy director, producer, scriptwriter)
• In justness Claws of CIA (1981) as John Liu/James Liu (2 roles; director, producer, scriptwriter)
• Fighting Ace (1979) chimpanzee Chee Kao
• The Mar's Villa (1979) as Ma Tien-lang
• Death Duel of Kung Fu (1979) as Sung Hsin
• The Dragon, the Hero (1979) as Tu Wu-shen
• Incredible Kung Fu Mission (1979) as Shao Ting Kang
• Struggle Tidy up Death (1979) as Lung Kang
• Two Great Cavaliers (1978) as Oh Yang-chun
• Shaolin Ex Monk (1978) as Inferior Chu-fei
• The Incredible Kung Fu Trio (1978) as Luk Ah-chai
• Secret Rivals 2 (1977) as Shao Yi-fei
• The Undefeatable Armour (1977) as Chow Wu-feng
• The Instant Kung Fu Man (1977) as Wu Kam
• Snuff Bottle Connection (1977) as Shao Ting-shang
• Secret Rivals (1976) as Shao Yi-fei (Debut)
• Los Kalatrava Contra el Imperio del Karate (1973) Cameo
• The Great Boxer (1972) as Yanoryu Karateka (Cameo)

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