Kung Fu superstar Bruce Lee is the heir of Wing Chun, who once created his own Jeet Kune Do. He has practiced martial arts since he was a child and has been practicing martial arts for twenty years. His best skill is boxing, but in most of the movies he has appeared in, he has demonstrated his "jumping leg skills".
's famous martial arts such as "Li's three consecutive kicks" and "flying kicks" are well received by the audience. In fact, these are all kung fu after careful design and improvement. Legend has it that Bruce Lee was born with "flat feet", which is not conducive to practicing leg skills. Poor jumping ability. Therefore, the boss of Jiahe asked Bruce Lee to use the "trampoline" in the movie.
Borrowing the power of the "trampoline", Bruce Lee showed off in Jiahe's films, and made good films such as "Big Brother Tangshan" and "Jing Wu Men". The result not only made Bruce Lee popular in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, but also made the company earn It has to be full. Zou Wenhuai, the owner of Golden Harvest, has been able to gain a firm foothold in Hong Kong from now on and compete with the film company of Run Run and .
Bruce Lee used "trampoline" to make movies, although it is because his feet are not as good as his hands , but this does not prove that his legs are not good. In fact, Bruce Lee also learned "Tan legs" when he was a teenager. It's just that the focus of later practice is different. The reason why the Hong Kong director let Bruce Lee use the "flying kick" is still related to the popular style of Hong Kong martial arts films that year.
1. The classic "Volley Flying Kick"
The Lee Kungfu in Hong Kong-produced movies is not the real Lee Kungfu. Although when Zou Wenhuai invited Bruce Lee to join, he publicized that he wanted to make "fight to the flesh" and "realistic kung fu film". However, no matter how realistic it is, sacrifices must be made for viewing.
Before Bruce Lee arrived in Hong Kong, Hong Kong-produced martial arts films were popular with Diaoweiya and some fancy play styles. , especially Shaw's costume movies, pays special attention to the display of "light work". Although 's actors also have some martial arts skills, after all, focuses on "fiction". Although elegant, it is not as real as Western action movies.
After Bruce Lee returned to Hong Kong in 1971, Zou Wenhuai, the owner of Golden Harvest Pictures, found him and hoped to cooperate with him to make some "realistic action movies". Bruce Lee became popular in the United States, and the style of Western-style action movies that Zou Wenhuai saw has a market among Hong Kong people.
However, the realistic style of play is "effective" but "not good-looking" in actual combat. In reality, fighting only needs two or two blows to knock down people and it is over, and if the movie is shot in this way, it is likely to be completely out of Hong Kong people's taste. Therefore, Zou Wenhuai discussed with Bruce Lee that would perform some "artistic processing" on his action performance. Bruce Lee is naturally arrogant, and it is difficult for others to persuade him to give up "real fighting".
But the relationship between Zou Wenhuai and Bruce Lee is not the same. He uses the method of splitting the accounts to cooperate with Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee feels respected, so he has always regarded him as a brother, and he has been very cooperative with his "artistic processing".
That's why we saw Bruce Lee's exciting action performances in those Hong Kong movies. In particular, Bruce Lee's "Volley Kick" in "Jing Wu Men", this classic action later became the standard of Chen Zhen related film and television dramas.
When Bruce Lee accidentally passed away in 1973, many mainlanders did not know him. It wasn't until the 1980s when Hong Kong-produced movies and TV films were introduced to the mainland that Bruce Lee became popular in the mainland. After watching Bruce Lee's movie, mainland audiences are extremely sorry to learn that he died young.
So, there is a legend in folks: Bruce Lee will come back in 1983. Many post-70s and post-80s in believe this. But as time goes by, the children grow up slowly and realize that this is simply impossible.
In 1982, Bruce Lee died nine years ago, and ten years after "Jing Wu Men" was released, Hong Kong ATV could no longer wait. At that time, ATV's "Fearless" became a hit, so the company's top management decided to make the TV series "Chen Zhen". Chen Zhen, played by Liang Xiaolong in the play, perfectly goodbye Bruce Lee’s “flying kick” trick at the end of the play. is still unforgettable.
2. Bruce Lee, Shaw Brothers and Jiahe
Bruce Lee is a very ambitious person. He determined early on to save enough money to allow his wife and children to live a good life. But before 1971, worked hard in the United States, and he didn't reach the level of popularity, because after all, it was a foreign country.
Bruce Lee in 1971, just after his establishment, he had plans for his future, and decided to take advantage of the popularity of "Green Hornet" to return to Hong Kong to develop. Shaw Brothers film was the dominant one in Hong Kong. After receiving the news that he wanted to come back and develop, he was the first to extend an olive branch to him. However, their cooperation was not successful. According to legend, Bruce Lee said in a telephone interview that he wanted to come back for development, and Shaw's staff also talked with him on the phone. But Run Run Shaw said that he hoped he would return to Hong Kong first before discussing cooperation matters. Bruce Lee felt that Shaw didn't pay enough attention to himself, and asked the other party to send someone to the United States to negotiate with him, but finally broke up.
Shaw's wealth is strong, and there are countless capable people under him, so he didn't see Bruce Lee in his eyes. Jiahe’s boss, Zou Wenhuai, was originally Run Run Shaw’s capable man, but he just came out to do it alone. Therefore, Zou Wenhuai seized the opportunity to recruit Bruce Lee, and for the first time proposed to share accounts with Bruce Lee's movies. He believes: A successful businessman should learn to make money with his collaborators.
Zou Wenhuai not only knows how to do business, but also a person. He is on the same level as Bruce Lee. In company affairs, Bruce will decide the small things himself, and he will make decisions on only big things. Bruce Lee regarded him Zou Wenhuai as his brother and Jiahe as his own business. has devoted all his efforts to the art of action design, dubbing and lines.
"Big Brother Tangshan" became a hit, doubling the box office of Hong Kong-produced films, and "Jingwumen" performed even better, becoming popular in Japan and Korea. At this time, Run Run Shaw regretted not being the first. In 1972, Golden Harvest Films swept the entire Hong Kong film scene with Bruce Lee's "tornado", and Shaw was almost helpless.
Unexpectedly, on July 20, 1973, Bruce Lee died strangely, which is tantamount to saving the life of Shaw Kung Fu film in disguise. After Bruce Lee's death, Zou Wenhuai poached Shaw Brothers' famous comedian Xu Guanwen and brothers, starting the era of comedy. Jiahe had been playing against the Shaw Brothers until 1985 when Shaw Films announced the suspension of production and since then turned to the wireless TV industry.
Conclusion
Bruce Lee's "flying kick", to a certain extent, has taken advantage of the power of the "trampoline", which is different from his boxing skills in actual combat. "Volley Flying Kick" is "artistic processing". But because the action matched the martial arts design of the performance movie "Jing Wu Men", the performance was exquisite and vivid, and finally became the iconic action of Chen Zhen.
Later in the 82 version of "Chen Zhen" and 2010 "Jing Wu Fengyun", Liang Xiaolong, Donnie Yen paid tribute to Bruce Lee's predecessors through this iconic action!
