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Chiu Chi-ling (Chinese: 趙志淩; Jyutping: ziu6 zi3 ling4; born 1943) is a martial artist and actor who appears mostly in Kung Fu style movies produced in Hong Kong. He also teaches Hung Gar Kung Fu at Chiu Chi-ling Hung Gar Kung Fu Association, a San Francisco-based martial arts school he founded, and at the old Chiu Family Kwoon in Hong Kong rooted under the lineage of Lam Sai-wing. Every year he visits his students and grand students around the world and organizes worldwide Kung Fu tournaments. The Kung Fu style he is part of was passed down directly from southern shaolin temple and carries names like Hung Hei-gun and Wong Fei-hung.
Chiu Chi-ling | |||||||||||
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| Born | 1943 (age 80–81) | ||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Actor, martial arts teacher | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1978–present | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 趙志淩 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 赵志凌 | ||||||||||
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He has appeared in over 70 movies, both as an actor and stunt man. His abilities as an actor and martial arts practitioner has allowed him to work with most of the top Hong Kong film makers including Bruce Li, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-fat and Stephen Chow.
He started practising Hung Gar Kung Fu when he was six years old under the tutelage of his father Chiu Kau (who won with the famous tiger-crane set over the whole of China in his sixties) and mother Chiu Shiu-ying, who were renowned for their solid Hung Gar. They were also both well-known doctors and Chiu learned from his father, beside the art of Kung Fu, the art of bone setting (Dit-Da).
In the early 1970s, he opened a school which attracted many celebrities, athletes and performers. This exposure to the entertainment industry gave him his start in acting. He has appeared in such well-known Kung Fu style movies as Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, Duel of the Seven Tigers, the comic smash-hit Kung Fu Hustle, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons. Adventures of Power and The Mermaid. Chiu Chu-ling has also appeared in Tiger and Crane Shaolin Kung Fu demonstrating the techniques from shaolin tiger and crane.[1][2]
He currently resides in Alameda, California.
References
edit- ^ TanDaoKungFu, Street Fighting, Shaolin Style, retrieved 2019-01-20[dead YouTube link]
- ^ Wu Tang Collection, Wu Tang Collection - Tiger and Crane Shaolin Kung Fu, retrieved 2019-01-20[dead YouTube link]
External links
edit- Chi-ling Chiu at IMDb
- Picture of Young Grandmaster Chiu Chi-ling
- sample techniques used in Hung Gar kung fu
- Official GM Chiu Chi-ling homepage Europe
- Official GM Chiu Chi-ling homepage Mexico
- International Chiu Chi-ling Hung Gar Kung Fu Association Oaxaca - Mexico Branch
- Adventures of Power
- Kung Fu Hustle
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