Showing posts with label Bryan Leung Ka Yan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bryan Leung Ka Yan. Show all posts

Saturday, March 18, 2017

Warriors Two - Wing Chun Kuen's 6 and a Half Points Pole training scene

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Warriros Two is a 1978 movie directed by Sammo Hung and is about Dr. Leung Jan (played by Bryan "Beardy" Leung) teaching Cashier Hua aka Chan Wah-shun (portrayed by Casanova Wong). This specific scene continues with my series of comparisons on Wing Chun Kuen's 6 and a Half Point Pole.





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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Chen Kuan-tai in Shaolin King Boxer (aka Iron Fists) (1979) (Full movie)

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Happy 70th Birthday Chen Kuan-tai!!

In his honor, I'm posting one of his movies.

Enjoy!



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Plot: Two mercenaries attempt to break out their partner from prison. They are stopped by a local hero and a policeman. The evil duo take it out on the hero's family. Now it's personal.







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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Yuen Biao in Knockabout (雜家小子) (1979) (Full movie)

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Posting this oldschool classic in recognition of Yuen Biao's 57th Birthday. Enjoy!



Knockabout (1979)
雜家小子
(Za jia xiao zi)
(English dubbed)

Knockabout is Sammo Hung's brilliant cinematic achievement at merging comedy with kung fu. His meticulous blending of the two ingredients is vividly demonstrated in this film.

The film follows two con artist brothers, Yipao (Yuen Biao) and Taipao (Bryan Leung). One day they are cheated out of their ill-gotten gains in an encounter with Jia Wu Dao (Lau Kar Wing). They try to fight him, to retrieve their money, but are defeated, so they ask him to train them, hoping to become the best fighters in the city. After surpassing the fighting skills of "ordinary people", Yipao soon discovers that Jia Wu Dao is a murderer. When he realises his secret has been revealed, Jia Wu Dao attempts to kill Yipao, but Taipao blocks the fatal blow and is killed in his place. Yipao escapes and plots how he will avenge his brother's death.





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Monday, January 20, 2014

Happy 65th Birthday Bryan "Beardy" Leung! (Warriors Two-1978-Full Movie)

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Today is Bryan Leung's 65th birthday! He is also known as:

  • Leung Kar-yan
  • Leung Ka-yan
  • Liang Jia-ren
  • and affectionately known as "Beardy" for his ever-present facial hair (at least in the oldschool movies)

In my opinion, his best known role is probably as Leung Jan, a famous Wing Chun Kuen master in the Sammo Hung directed (and co-starred) Warriors Two.

Posting this movie in his honor as tribute!

Enjoy!






Warriors Two (1978)
(Chinese:  贊先生與找錢華; Zan xian sheng yu zhao qian hua)


Synopsis

 Hua (Casanova Wong) stumbles upon a plot hatched by a businessman to take over the city of Fushan by killing its Mayor. Hua hides out at the home of an elderly doctor and master of Wing Chun. Fei (Sammo Hung) persuades the old master (Bryan Leung) to teach the young cashier Wing Chun, and the three eventually go head-to-head with the villains.







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Bryan Leung as Huo Yuan-jia in Legend of a Fighter (1982) (Full movie)

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Many people know of Chen Zhen played by alternately Bruce Lee (The Chinese Connection), Jet Li (Fist of Legend), and Donnie Yen (in the TV series Fists of Fury and in the movie Legend of the Fist: Return of Chen Zhen). But do you all remember Huo Yuanjia (Cantonese: Fok Yuen-gap)? The fictious Chen Zhen is a student of the historical personage Huo Yuanjia. Jet Li played Huo in his 2006's Fearless. But back in 1982 Bryan "Beardy" Leung plays Huo in this movie.

Enjoy this English dubbed movie!



Legend of a Fighter (1982
(霍元甲 / Chinese: Huo Yuanjia / Cantonese: Fok Yuen-gap)


 
 
 


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Bryan Leung in The Victim (1980) (Full movie)

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This movie features Sammo Hung wielding the three-sectional staff and Bryan Leung with the staff.

Enjoy this classic!




The Victim (orig. 身不由已; Shen bu you ji)


A rich man with a kind heart takes in a suffering homeless orphan named Chun Yau. The man’s spoiled/jealous son does not take well to his new stepbrother. Chun Yau grows into a righteous martial artist played by Bryan Leung. Likewise, the jealous son grows into a bitter gang leader, essayed by Chang Yi. The jealous son holds a grudge against his stepbrother because Chun Yau stole his girlfriend. Now, Chang Yi has made it his goal to hunt down Chun Yau and his bride, Yu Ti prompting the newlyweds to spend their lives together running in fear from the gang leader. But one day Chun Yau runs into a bumbling tough guy named Fatty, who immediately challenges him to fight. Chun Yau quickly dispatches of his aggressor, prompting Fatty to set himself up as Chun Yau’s pupil. Apparently Fatty has promised his ancestors that he shall learn proper Kung Fu by training under the man who beats him (and Chun Yau is the first to do so.). However, Chun Yau and his wife are trying to keep a low profile and they want nothing to do with Fatty, as all he does is attract attention. Fatty, meanwhile, can’t help but wonder why such a great martial artist lives in fear.






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Bryan Leung - The Thundering Mantis (1980)

1/20/2014 10:51:00 AM  , , ,  No comments

 



It's Bryan Leung's birthday today! Check out one of his early classics!
Enjoy!


Thundering Mantis (1980) (Chinese:  癲螳螂)

Synopsis

Ah Chi (Ka-Yan Leung) is obsessed with the martial arts and, more often than not, his kung-fu clowning gets him into trouble. One day he gets into a fight defending the locals from a violent thug who turns out to be an enforcer for tong boss Hsia (Eddie Ko) of the notorious Jade Brotherhood. In retaliation, Hsia forces Chi's martial arts master to expel him. Masterless and working for a fish vendor, Chi meets a crafty kid (Yat Lung Wong), whose uncle Chow Tung (Simon Yuen) is a master of the Insane Mantis style. Though the crotchety old man refuses to teach Chi his technique, Chi picks up what he can in secret. Master Chow soon relents after Chi is badly beaten in yet another battle with Hsia's goons. Insane Mantis instruction now begins in earnest with great acrobatic acuity. Eventually, however, Hsia and his lackeys ambush and kill both the fish vendor and the old master which, in turn, completes Ah Chi's descent into total insanity. Emulating praying mantis behavior, Ah Chi unleashes an outright cannibalistic rage directed against the Jade Brotherhood's big boss himself!

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Thursday, May 02, 2013

REVIEW: My review of "The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)"

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The RZA (of the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan) starred and co-wrote the script. This was also his directorial debut.


Here's the trailer:

 

I wanted to like it. I knew it was homage to Oldschool Shaw Brothers films. Did I say that I really wanted to like it? Well I didn't. 


 
Something or a few things were missing. I can't put my finger on it but the ingredients for an epic oldschool-styled movie were there: 

  • Oldschool legends Chen Kuan-tai and Bryan Leung Ka Yan in cameos
  • Rotties Lucy Liu and Jaime Chung
  • Characters/names homage to The Kid with the Golden Arms
  • Exotic weapons
  • Cung Le was in it too



Perhaps this movie had TOO much things going on. By that I mean, it had too many elements as homage to the oldschool movies. If a few elements were used, it may have worked. Almost all the homage elements were used. As a whole, the movie didn't quite work for me.


Pass on this if you haven't seen it yet.



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