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    269 - The B@stard Swordsman (Full Movie)

    Starring: Norman Chu, Tony Liu Yung, Liu Hsueh-Hua, Wilson Tong, Ku Kuan-Chung, Sun Chien, Wang Li, Kuan Feng, Yang Ching-Ching, etc.

    (End fight; Norman Chu & Liu Hsueh-Hua vs. Tony Liu Yung, Wang Li, & Kuan Feng)

    *end fight starts @ 1:23:15*

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpM_bU0nT8o

    Unfortunately, this is in a poor (new) English dub. The special effects, though dated by today's standards, still hold up, and the wirework shown is more difficult than most of the recent CGI wuxia films out of China today.
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    270 - I Will Finally Knock You Down, Dad (full movie)

    Starring: Chin Siu-Ho, Chen Kuan-Tai, Lo Lieh, Lily Li, Phillip Ko, Bill Tung, Chiu Chi-Ling, Hsu Hsia, etc.

    (A very '80s training sequence: @ approx. 1:11:00)

    (End Fights: Chin Siu-Ho vs. Phillip Ko, @ approx. 1:14:45; Chin Siu-Ho vs. Chen Kuan-Tai @ approx. 1:24:12)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo-54ZnIUNo

    This is a late Shaw Bros film (1984). It's also one of the more rarely-seen Shaw Bros films. Unfortunately, the sound is a bit out of sync.

    **spoiler**
    There is no big, decisive end fight, as it was intended as a 'lighthearted comedy' at a time when comedies were eclipsing KF movies in popularity in HK. There are some fast-paced fights, though. Many in the West mainly recognize Chin Siu-Ho as Jet Li's co-star in Fist of Legend and The Tai Chi Master, but he began his film career before Jet Li did, at Shaw Bros in the late 1970s.

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    271 - Fast Fingers

    (End fight; Chin Siu-Ho & Lo Meng vs. Wang Lung-Wei; also featuring Bill Tung, Chiang Chin, etc.)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMMlPL0NYd0

    The fights are entertaining, if you can ignore the incessant clown music...
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    272 - Shaolin Martial Arts (1974)

    This was another earlier entry that had been removed from youtube.

    This entire last part of the movie is fun if you enjoy old-school movie training sequences. Shaolin Martial Arts was one of, if not the, first KF films that placed a *heavy* emphasis on prolonged training scenes. In this case, Fu Sheng is taught Hung Gar Tiger/Crane by Simon Yuen Siu-Tin (father of Yuen Woo-Ping & the Yuen clan); and Chi Kuan-Chun is taught "inch-power," supposedly from Wing Chun. It's 100% cinematic versions of KF, but works very well in that context. It's obvious that the training scenes with Chi Kuan-Chun and some of Fu Sheng's use of the "crane's beak" were a major influence on Quentin Tarantino for Uma Thurman's character in Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2, though for her 'short power,' she was taught to use the fist, and Chi Kuan-Chun is taught the finger thrust.

    The arch-villains, played by Wang Lung-Wei and Leung Kar-Yan, are supposed to be "near-invincible" practitioners of "protective qi gong" and "iron (or steel) body" respectively.

    (End fight: Chi Kuan-Chun vs. Wang Lung-Wei, Chiang Tao, & Fung Hark-On; Fu Sheng vs. Leung Kar-Yan) *end fight starts @ approx. 14:40*

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y75iq...eature=related
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    273 - A Bloody Fight

    (Warehouse fight; Lau Kar-Leung & Norman Chu vs. gang. Also featuring Chu Yuan)

    **fight starts @ 2:20**

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7MD7Y-DOrs
    Last edited by Jimbo; 02-13-2012 at 01:38 PM.

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    274 Master of Tai Chi - Vincent Zhao This is a TVB broadcast series clip.

    The guy (in white) that Vincent Zhao is playing really steals the show here. Though the choreography is not complex, the guy's kung fu shines so brightly as to require repeated viewing. The style presented in the choreography is the Zhao Bao style of Chen Tai Chi. Some say it is the original style. I see very strong connectives to Shaolin via its push hand and flower hand methods.

    Jimbo,

    This guy's kung fu body mechanics reminds me very much of Master Wang Tung Feng of Taiwan. I remember Master Wang put out a book on Tai Chi. Could there be a link to what Master Wang teaches and the Zhao Bao style of Chen Tai Chi?


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHkLNvKgJUA


    mickey

    Edit: Found Him!!!(the guy in white, still in white)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79lfEBj2Ohs
    Last edited by mickey; 02-14-2012 at 01:43 PM.

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    Nice finds, mickey. I'd never seen the Zhao Bao style before.

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    275 - The Tournament

    (Angela Mao vs. Tony Leung Siu-Hung(??) as Muay Thai fighter)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwgSn...eature=related
    Last edited by Jimbo; 02-19-2012 at 03:29 PM.

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    276 - The Dead and the Deadly

    This film has few fights in it, but the ones it has are fast-paced and very well-done. The main thrust of the film were its supernatural themes. In these fights, Sammo Hung's character is possessed by the ghost of Wu Ma's character. Although these were the end fights, they finish up quite a ways before the movie itself ends.

    The movie starred Sammo Hung, Wu Ma, Lam Ching-Ying, Cherie Chung, Chung Fa, Hui Leung-Mei, Kwon Young-Moon, etc.

    (End fight; Sammo Hung vs. Kwon Yong-moon, Yuen Wu, and Chung Fa)

    **end fights start @ 8:00, and continue over a minute into the second clip**

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP20G...eature=related

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b4Ld...eature=related

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    277 - The Killer Wears White (full movie)

    Starring: Stephen Tung Wai, Roy Chiao, Yen Shi-Kwan, Wong Ha, Chan Lung.

    Killer Wears White is another one of those kung fu films that had relatively few fights, but when the fights do roll around, they tend to be very good. Story-wise, this movie is also well above-average. Both Stephen Tung Wai and Roy Chiao had considerable film careers, but are most familiar in the West as appearing in the opening scenes of Enter The Dragon...Stephen as Bruce Lee's young pupil, and Roy as the head 'Shaolin' monk. Roy also played Jean-Claude Van Damme's teacher in Bloodsport, although Roy himself was not a martial artist. Yen Shi-Kwan gets a chance to play an especially brutal villain.

    (End fight; Stephen Tung Wai vs. Wong Ha; Stephen Tung Wai & Roy Chiao vs. Yen Shi-Kwan. **end fights begin @ approximately 1:24:40**)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L5lZC7cZGE
    Last edited by Jimbo; 02-26-2012 at 10:48 AM.

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    278 - Daggers 8

    The last 1/3 of the film.

    (Wilson Tong vs. Lily Li *@ 3:15. End fight; Meng Yuan-Wen vs. Wilson Tong *@ 16:15)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePOs-...eature=related

    Meng Yuan-Wen (a.k.a., Meng Yuen-Man) was a classmate of Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Corey Yuen, Yuen Wah, etc., at Yu Jim-Yuen's Peking/Beijing Opera school. He was one of the all-time best onscreen acrobats, better than Jackie Chan in that aspect. Unfortunately, he suffered a heart attack in 1981 which, although non-fatal, forced him to retire from the film industry.

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    279 - Martial Club (full movie)

    The end fight of this was an early entry that had been removed from youtube. It's one of the most kung fu-filled of Lau Kar-Leung's films, which says a lot. Watching it, you can almost get 'kung fu overload.' But the complexity of the choreography, and the excellent camerawork, are a lost art today. The end fight is an all-time classic of movie fu, featuring northern vs. southern kung fu. Starring Gordon Liu as a young Wong Fei-Hong, and Wang Lung-Wei as the northerner. Also with Lau Kar-Leung himself explaining the lion dance.

    Unfortunately, parts of the movie become bogged down with some bad comedy, and Mai Te-Lao's character (playing Wong Fei-Hong's pal) becomes especially annoying. The English dub is also not the best, and there are some parts that are in Cantonese w/out subs.

    Starring: Gordon Liu, Kara Hui, Wang Lung-Wei, Mai Te-Lao, Ku Feng, Chu Tieh-Ho, Ching Chu, Wilson Tong, Hsiao Hou, etc.

    (End fight begins @ approximately 1:39:00; Gordon Liu vs. Wang Lung-Wei)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK_0FUE6H-I
    Last edited by Jimbo; 03-10-2012 at 03:53 PM.

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    280 - Disciples of Shaolin (1975, full movie)

    Starring: Fu Sheng, Chi Kuan-Chun, Chiang Tao, Fung Hark-On, etc.

    Disciples of Shaolin is considered one of Fu Sheng's finest films, possibly his best. His co-star, Chi Kuan-Chun, has stated that of all the films he's acted in, DOS is his personal favorite. This movie is a perfect example of how Fu Sheng and Chi Kuan-Chun's contrasting personalities played off each other so well.

    DOS was the last Cheng Cheh-directed film in which Lau Kar-Leung worked as martial arts choreographer. The fight scenes are not at all flashy, but are executed with extreme precision. DOS's story was remade, in a modern setting, three years later, as Chinatown Kid, which also starred Fu Sheng.

    This has a good English dub, and it is worth watching the whole movie.

    (End fights: Fu Sheng vs. Fung Hark-On & Chiang Tao *begins @ approx. 1:21:45; Chi Kuan-Chun vs. Chiang Tao *begins @ approx. 1:44:05)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjS1u...eature=related

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    281 - Heroes of the East (Challenge of the Ninja was one of its alternate titles)

    (Lau Kar-Leung drunken-style fight; also featuring Gordon Liu & Norman Chu)

    This scene stands out as my favorite drunken-style fight scene. Lau shows incredible precision and control, and the moves come across as more martially-oriented than the drunken-style fighting in most KF films.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTR84vNzNR4

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    282 - The Young Vagabond

    This movie came out at the very tail-end of Shaw Brothers' movie production run, in 1985. This end fight is notable for a few reasons; there is a resemblance between this fight and the end fight in Thundering Mantis, i.e., the hero goes literally insane. Also, Gordon Liu's onscreen style does not rely on "shapes" as in most of his period films. Gordon's character (Beggar Su) also incorporates more kicks in this fight than he was usually accustomed to doing. But then again, it appears as if Gordon was doubled in some parts of the scene. This is a very rare film, and it's uncertain how many people actually saw it when/if it was ever released theatrically. By 1985, the types of period films that Shaw Bros were noted for were out of style.

    (End fight; Gordon Liu vs. Wang Lung-Wei. Also with Kuan Feng)

    *End fight begins @ approximately 8:30*

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqjQo...feature=relmfu

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHYmG...feature=relmfu
    Last edited by Jimbo; 04-11-2012 at 08:37 PM.

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