Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Yuen Siu Tin

Yuen Siu Tin was a stocky man, very fast and energtic, I have been watching him teaching his sons including the famous Yuen Woo Ping when we lived in Tung Tau Estate at Kowloon City. The building has a central space of about 400 square feet at every storey for people to play Soccer, Ping Pong,  practice Kung Fu or whatever you like. At That time I was only 15 years old. I noticed Yuen Siu Tin was moving very swiftly in his action on his famous Monkey Fist Style...

After a couple of years, his famous Movie " Drunken Master was a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts action comedy film directed by Yuen Woo-Ping, and starring Jackie Chan. The film popularised the Zui Quan (醉拳, "drunken fist") style. It was a great success at the Hong Kong box office. The film earned two and a half times the amount of Chan's previous film, Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, which was also considered a successful film.It was an early example of the comedic kung fu style for which he became famous. This movie got a fresh rating of 73% on Rotten Tomatoes.

HK Snob

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