Jet Li once said: "The routines of martial arts are like a gorgeous appearance." ”
After hearing this sentence, some netizens began to question the actual combat ability of some kung fu stars.
Did Bruce Lee have the ability to fight?
Who is more powerful, Donnie Yen or Wu Jing?
How is Jackie Chan doing?
There are all kinds of rumors on this topic, and everyone likes to give examples to try to prove that the stars they support are "more powerful", so they often argue fiercely, and even use fierce words to abuse each other.
In fact, Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Wu Jing, Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, etc., are mostly from martial arts teams or theater troupes, and their action styles are different from Western fighting, focusing more on routines and visual effects, which is far from real combat ......Therefore, it is difficult to say that they are real "combat masters".
However, what are the conditions for a real "combat master"?
Pico advocates setting a threshold where one must first pass the ring and win. If this threshold is not clear enough, you can also be hired as a coach by the military or recognized as a master in the world to be considered a qualification.
Once these two conditions are met, the real "practical masters" in the Chinese film industry will come into being.
Some of them are real boxing champions, while others excel in defeating gangsters, and some are dedicated to the study of fighting, and some of them even hold positions at the Public Security University.
Born in Canada, Chinese boxing champion Billy Zhou is widely regarded as the most successful fighter in the ring in Hong Kong, and has the nickname "Tiger". He has a record of 43 wins and eight defeats in the ring, 31 of which have been won by knockout, and he has never been knocked out by an opponent in his life.
He won the Canadian Lightweight Kickboxing Championship in 1982 and the World Lightweight-Middleweight Kickboxing Championship again in 1985.
In 1988, Sammo Hung went to the United States to shoot the movie "The Bride Crossing the Port", and needed to find a strong boxer to play the role, and Billy Chow was the recommended choice for the locals.
Sammo Hung was so impressed by him that Billy Chow joined the Hung family class and went to Hong Kong with Sammo Hung and performed well in many action movies.
When it comes to the movies that fans are most interested in, it is undoubtedly necessary to mention "Jingwu Heroes" by Billy Chou and Jet Li.
He showed unshakable strength in the movie, and if it weren't for Jet Li's protagonist aura, Billy Zhou would not be his opponent at all. During the filming process, Billy Zhou needed to be careful throughout the whole process to avoid accidentally injuring Jet Li.
Billy Chow, who has retired from film, most recently made a cameo appearance in "Brother **" in 2018, and is currently based in Canada, where he continues to teach boxing and occasionally make some updates.
There is a person in the Hong Kong film industry who is as famous as Zhou Billy, and he is Chen Huimin. Chan Wai-man is a native of Hong Kong, born in Tsuen Wan, New Territories. He began to learn martial arts at an early age, first learning Tan Jia Sanzhan Boxing, and later Western boxing.
Due to his brilliant achievements in the ring, 14K boss Yin Guoju once came to visit and offered to invite him to join the club as the head coach with a salary of up to 2 million, and since then, his life has changed dramatically.
He has a strong affection for his country, and in 1972 he competed in Southeast Asian boxing competitions, where he won the championship with his outstanding performance. Subsequently, he bid farewell to boxing and turned to the film industry, and starred in the work "Blood Love" directed by He Fan in the same year.
Chen Huimin competed again in the World Elite Fighting Championship in 1983 and defeated Japanese fighter Tsuyoshi Morisaki in the tournament to win the title. Since then, his reputation has been greatly enhanced in Xiangjiang, and he is known as "a legend in the boxing world and a master of legs".
Chen Huimin starred in many kung fu movies in the 70s with his outstanding skills, and collaborated with directors Zhang Che, Wu Ma, Luo Wei and others.
After entering the 80s, he gradually developed in the direction of supporting roles, often playing roles such as gang leaders or big brothers. Most of these characters are positive images, with the righteousness of the rivers and lakes, and there are also many funny and ridiculous images.
At present, Chen Huimin is engaged in commercial activities in the mainland, and is sometimes invited to appear in some films.
Despite his advanced age, his financial strength is good, and he doesn't have to rely on going to the cave or bringing goods through live broadcasts to make a living like some Hong Kong actors, but he has a wonderful life.
Liang Xiaolong is the closest to Bruce Lee in the "Hong Kong Four Little Dragons (Bruce Lee, Leung Bruce Leung, Dillon, Jackie Chan)", he studied the Northern Style Leg Method with his uncle Shaw Brothers martial arts Liang Xiaosong at the age of 15, and later learned karate under the black belt Yamaguchi in karate, and his strength is very strong.
He has participated in three Hong Kong martial arts competitions, two of which were champions and one runner-up.
Liang Xiaolong had the most brilliant record in his street fighting performance, not in the ring.
Once, he was attacked by more than a dozen armed bandits in the stairwell of Ping An Building, but he was unprepared but was able to defeat ten with one, which made people in Hong Kong dare not underestimate him.
Producer Wu Siyuan later invited him to go out of the mountain, so that he could step into the showbiz.
Liang Xiaolong and Xu Xiaoming collaborated in 1981 to jointly launch the TV series "The Great Hero Huo Yuanjia", in which he played the role of Chen Zhen and participated in the filming of action scenes.
The show caused a sensation as soon as it was launched in Chinese-speaking areas, and Liang Xiaolong also became popular for a while, and then gradually faded out of the showbiz.
It wasn't until 2004 that she received an invitation from Stephen Chow to make a comeback to participate in the movie "Kung Fu", playing the evil god of Huoyun in the film, ushering in the second spring of her career.
Liang Xiaolong is still developing in the mainland and has participated in some online movie performances, although he is not young, he still has a passion for acting.
In the Hong Kong entertainment industry, it is recognized that Bruce Leung has strong practical ability, and even Jackie Chan has been instructed by him.
Huang Jiada is one of the few masters who has been affirmed by Liang Xiaolong.
Wong Ka Tat won the title of Thai kickboxing champion in 1972 and entered the film industry in the same year, starring in the kung fu film "Aikido".
He won the World Muay Thai Championship again in 1984 and has served as the head coach of the Royal Hong Kong Police Karate Club, the head coach of the New York State Police Headquarters and the head martial arts coach of the Marine Corps.
Huang Jiada specializes in aikido, karate, Muay Thai, and is also highly accomplished in Shaolin boxing, and he is the holder of the 8th dan black belt of the Korean Boxing Association and the 8th dan black belt of the All Japan Hard Karate Federation.
He was apprenticed to Sylvester Stallone, and Wei Feng, president of the International Jeet Kune Do, was also a student he taught.
Huang Jiada has shown very good acting skills in kung fu movies such as "Taekwonquan Shocks Kyushu", "Black Road" and "Life and Death Battle in the Sino-Thai Boxing Arena". It wasn't until 2006 that he starred in the movie "Martial Arts Love", and then he retired, and now he is 75 years old.
Dewey, formerly known as Tu Jilong, is a Taiwanese-born movie star who is a three-time West Coast Fighting Championship.
After enlisting in the army, he was promoted to colonel and became the head of karate, taekwondo, and kokushu in both the navy and army, and was proficient in martial arts such as swordsmanship, knife fighting, and stick fighting.
His outstanding performance made him favored by the great director Zhang Che in 1970, so he got the opportunity to participate in the martial arts film "Revenge" starring Dillon, and therefore took the stage name "Slaying the Dragon".
Dillon felt that his stage name "Dewey" was in conflict with his stage name "Dillon", so he persuaded him to change it to "Dewey".
Devie joined Sammo Hung in 1985, when Shaw Brothers was no longer in production. He has worked with Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen and others.
He is 69 years old and is currently in semi-retirement, and occasionally participates in some online movies, but his body is still strong.
In the 80s, kung fu movies in the mainland were all the rage, most of which were jointly produced by Hong Kong and the mainland, and the quality was high, and there were also some self-produced works with good reputation.
Director Zhang Zien put Feng Jicai's eponymous ** "Divine Whip" on the screen, vividly reproducing the magnificent scene of the Boxer Rebellion in the form of a movie, which was created in 1986.
"Divine Whip" is still a classic in the minds of fans, and Chen Baoguo's role as the bully ruffian in the film has made him a high-profile actor in the film and television industry.
Wang Ya plays the male protagonist Silly Er, but he is not very interested in acting. In addition to participating in this film, he played a role in the 2019 TV series "Hunting".
At that time, people were generally known for their seriousness and simplicity, and filmmakers at that time had little experience in making martial arts films, so they could only rely on gradual exploration.
When the main creator was casting, because the male protagonist was a martial arts master, he naturally had to find someone who knew kung fu to play this role. So they found the first captain Wang Yawei in the national boxing team.
In 1984 and 1986, Wang Yawei won the championship in the national wushu sanda competition twice.
For two consecutive years, he won the 81kg National Boxing Championship in 1987 and 1988.
He won the 75 kg title again in 1989 and the 71 kg again in 1990.
The third place in the 81kg category at the Asian Boxing Championships came in 1989In 1990, he won the Asian Games runner-up title in the 71kg category again.
Wang Yawei, who is currently an associate professor in the Department of Police Defense and Control at the Police Sports Training College of the Chinese People's Public Security University, devotes most of his time and energy to teaching martial arts, acting in movies and TV series only out of interest, but his image on the screen is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In 2004, inspired by the decline of kung fu films in Hong Kong, Tsui Hark decided to direct an action film "Sanda" with the theme of inheriting the Chinese arts, influenced by the Muay Thai movie "Boxer".
Tsui Hark wrote the script for the film, with Mak Zishan as the director, and Inner Mongolian boxer Zhao Zilong as the male lead, who is known as the "Sanda King" and nicknamed the "Invincible Wind and Fire Dragon".
Born in Inner Mongolia, Zhao Zilong, although he is Han, is 185cm tall, and has good physical fitness and love of sports since he was a child, especially good at basketball and discus.
When I was in high school, due to my unsatisfactory results in the entrance examination, it happened that the Second Brigade of Inner Mongolia Physical Education came to our school to enroll. With the recommendation of my teacher, I was successfully admitted and began my journey of learning sanda in the Inner Mongolia Sports Team, and since then I have embarked on the road of martial arts.
Since 2000, Zhao Zilong has participated in the Chinese Wushu Sanda King Championship and has shown strong strength in the fierce competition. After three years of hard work, he won the first championship in the 85kg class in 2002, became the "Sanda King", and won the title of "God Leg King".
Since then, Zhao Zilong has become a well-known fighting star in the mainland, and thus won the role of the male number one in the movie "Sanda".
Zhao Zilong returned to boxing after participating in this movie, and has never set foot in film and television works since.
Zhao Zilong has been playing in the Sanda King Championship to the current MMA Elite Martial Arts Ultimate Fighting Tournament, with a current record of 25 wins and 5 losses, and has successfully knocked out his opponent 11 times.
In 2011, Liu Hailong began to get involved in the field of movies and TV series, and successively starred in film and television works such as "Water Margin", "Tough Guy 2: Accompany to the End", "Police Story 2013" and so on.
Liu Hailong is famous for his "willow leg splitting", with a height of 174cm, and his leg sweeping skills are extremely superb, and many people find it difficult to resist his kicks.
Born in Yantai, Shandong Province, Liu Hailong began studying martial arts at the age of 13, and then entered the Laizhou Zhonghua Martial Arts School for further study, and was selected to train in the Shandong Sanda Team.
In 2000, Liu Hailong won the title of Chinese Sanda King, and two years later, in 2002, he won the "Golden Belt" of the Sino-Thai Confrontation, and participated in the Chinese Wushu Sanda King Championship in the same year, and won the title of "Super Sanda King".
Liu Hailong gradually retired from the martial arts world after defeating Japan's Hiroshi Iga, which happened in 2009.
He starred in the movie "Chao Gai" in 2011 and played the role of the pioneer Suo Chao in the TV series "Water Margin". In the same year, he also participated in the movies "Tough Guy 2: Accompany to the End" and "Cai Li Buddha Boxing", showing his enthusiasm for acting.
Yoo Hae-ryong starred in mostly action movies and TV series, and although he didn't come from a martial arts background, he struggled to control the force when punching and kicking, which could easily cause harm to his co-actors during filming.
Therefore, the audience will inevitably feel regretful, because he has not been given the opportunity to fully display his talent in these film and television works.
In recent years, the boxer who has been hailed as the most talented boxer in the fighting world is Yang Jianping, who has the nickname "Chinese Tiger".
He is from Changde, Hunan, 172 cm tall, handsome, with an excellent figure, and has the potential to be like a kung fu star.
At the age of 13, Yang Jianping learned wrestling with Han Long, a national Greco-Roman wrestling champion, and later switched to freestyle wrestling. His wrestling skills came from learning to wrestle to get started.
In 2001, Yang Jianping was selected for the boxing team of the Hunan Provincial Sports Institute again, where he studied boxing under national boxing champion Zhang Guangcheng, and since then, he has been able to master the wrestling and boxing skills of mixed boxing with ease.
He won the 65kg National Sanda Championship in 2008 and then the Chinese 65kg Mixed Martial Arts Championship in 2009.
During his career, Yang Jianping has participated in well-known fighting events in China, including "Ultimate Fighter", "Wulin Style", and "Kunlun Duel", and has achieved brilliant results.
He once fought against Ning Guangyou in the UFC Macau station, and is a favorite fighting star of mainland boxing fans, with a whopping 71 on social **60,000 followers.
In 2012, he participated in the movie "King of the Street" directed by Yue Song, and there were many wonderful fight scenes with Yue Song in the film.
Because of his wonderful performance, Yang Jianping re-starred in the two movies "Raptors" and "Saints Row". In the 2020 movie "Pioneer", he made a stunning appearance again and won praise from the audience.
The last thing to emphasize is Bruce Lee.
There is a great disagreement among the audience about Bruce Lee's actual combat ability.
Bruce Lee has not had a record in the ring in his life, and many rumors of his record lack conclusive evidence, but this is not the case.
While studying in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee competed in intercollegiate boxing competitions and won the title by defeating three-time British champion Gary Elms.
Of course, some may question the authority of such student competitions, but when Bruce Lee arrived in the United States, he opened a martial arts gym, taught boxing to foreigners, and coached Mike Stone, Joe Lewis and Chuck Norris.
He also got acquainted with Lee Jun-koo, the "father of American taekwondo". In the United States, where "pragmatism" is prevalent, if he did not have real skills, I am afraid that he would have been exposed long ago.
Even Chen Huimin, who once won the World Fighting Championship, said: "Anyone who dares to fight with Bruce Lee is stupid." ”
Bruce Lee created Jeet Kune Do and introduced the term "Kung Fu" into Hollywood, becoming a symbol of Eastern culture. Even martial artists such as Conor McGregor, Manny Pacquiao and Anderson Silva have idolized him, and UFC president Dana White considers him the father of MMA, which is a testament to his unquestionable prowess.
As Chinese, we should understand and know Bruce Lee with a respectful mindset and discover what is worth learning from him, rather than denigrating him with a fastidious eye.
These 10 actual combat masters, although they are stars familiar to the audience, except for Bruce Lee, most of them did not leave classic works that can represent individuals.
Going back to the reason, it boils down to a clear difference between real combat and theatrical performance. Films and television works do not fully show the movements that martial arts or kung fu masters are good at.
Most of these masters have no professional acting training, so once they face the camera, they usually reveal their lack of acting skills.
Therefore, the actual combat masters in the entertainment industry have not made outstanding achievements.
He became a special case because he has been a child star since he was a child and has a high talent for acting. He successfully incorporated his martial arts skills into the film and created an era.