Im Just Going To Launch Straight Into A Piece Of Information That I Found Interesting For This Post:

I’m just going to launch straight into a piece of information that I found interesting for this post:

Lu Feng was discussing his time at the opera school during one interview. He said that they were up to start the day at 5 a.m. and the first class began at 5:30. He would learn things like somersaults, which he thought was hard at first, but that training was something that helped him immensely in his career. Breakfast was finished by 7:30, which is when he began to learn about weapons like knives, guns, swords, fei cha, and many more. They would have regular academic studies and classes during the afternoon and night! For 9 years, they continued to do that routine, but the last 2 years were reserved for stage performances!

Nau Nau and Alexander Fu Sheng in The Brave Archer Part III (1980)

Here are two recent pictures of Lu Feng!

He’s directed a tv series called 《新台湾奇案》 recently 😁

Was Sun Jian really on the plum blossom poles?

Yes, he was!

Sun Chien is, as stated before, a taekwondo master. Obviously, this mastery of skill translates into a mastery of one's balance and feet placement -- both things that are exemplified on the plum blossom poles! In the clips where you can see him running across the poles and performing martial arts atop them, he really is doing that stuntwork.

Sun Chien can be seen on the plum blossom poles in both Shaolin Rescuers (1979) and Ten Tigers of Kwangtung (1979), but right now I'll just be using examples from Shaolin Rescuers.

You can see here very clearly that those are his feet actually making contact with those poles. And since this was Chinese cinema in the 70s, their special effects weren't yet advanced enough to fake these visuals. However, just because Sun Chien was capable of these stunts, that's not to say that all of his coworkers were. There are a few times in these movies where his character and another have a fight atop the poles, and with smart editing and quick cuts, and very deliberately not showing their feet, they shot the fights on the ground but made it look like they were both still on the poles.

Ku Kuan-Chung is a magnificent actor, but I don't think he would have been able to do fight choreography while atop the plum blossom poles. On the other hand, I do think Sun Chien could. And in fact, he does! It really depends on the martial arts capabilities of his partner. Where Ku Kuan-Chung was unable to film atop the poles with him, Lau Fong-Sai was able.

Now, the choreography here isn't that complicated, and Sun Chien is the only one who's actually moving around on the poles. But the fact that their feet are visible in this shot implies that Lau Fong-Sai had the ability to keep his balance while fighting, and Ku Kuan-Chung couldn't.

Anyway, this is a long winded post to say and to show that Sun Chien really was doing his stunt work on the plum blossom poles.

Happy Birthday to Lin Chen-Chi!! 🥳

December 1, 1955

Happy birthday Kuo Chui!

This is just going to be a little paragraph about him but I remember in Crippled Avengers, he really blew my mind when I saw that scene with the rings. He’s got such an incredible set of skills that always got highlighted in creative ways. I would definitely consider him a legend. After hearing all the things he’s shared through interviews or what those that know him have to share, it sounds like he’s had a very interesting life so far! He’s had a lot of accomplishments! One reason I made this account was so I could share various pictures, videos, and information about the Venom Mob. So I intend to make plenty more posts about him. Overall, I hope Kuo Chui had a wonderful day 🥳