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RIP: Kung Fu actor - Shek Kin (age: 96)
asian_XL
06-04-2009, 08:37 PM
The bad guy in some Bruce Lee movies
http://twitchfilm.net/site/images/uploads/Shek_Kin.jpg
http://current.com/items/90156722_shek-kin-dead-at-96.htm
http://www.kungfucinema.com/martial-arts-actor-shek-kin-dead-at-96-7734
:cry::cry::cry:
ilvtofu
06-04-2009, 09:03 PM
hmm along wif that other guy in bangkok, kung fu is a dying art
murd0c
06-04-2009, 09:12 PM
That's not something to cry about, yes it's sad but he lived until 96.....Thats something to be proud of most of us won't even close to that.
Ikkaku
06-04-2009, 11:17 PM
I was just wondering the other day if he was still alive (remember watching his stuff when i was a toddler :lol), well, that answers my question :(
asian_XL
06-04-2009, 11:17 PM
^ I bet you haven't watched a lot of his movies...
he's so well known in asia, even his name has become part of our everyday slang...
hmm along wif that other guy in bangkok, kung fu is a dying art
this guy is NOT Jackie Chan, he doesn't know kung fu...he's just the dr. evil in kung fu movies. gosh, get your fact right.
Grandmaster TSE
06-04-2009, 11:21 PM
damn, that guy is so famous in asian cinema
RIP!!!!!
Spectre_Cdn
06-04-2009, 11:40 PM
this guy is NOT Jackie Chan, he doesn't know kung fu...he's just the dr. evil in kung fu movies. gosh, get your fact right.
Are you referring to Shek Kin? He does have a martial arts background
Born in 1913, Shek began practicing martial arts in childhood. During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong he joined a drama club and turned to show business.
Source (http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=83066&sid=24111185&con_type=3)
Shek Kin came to his acting career with a background in martial arts, rather than the usual opera training. His first teacher seems to have been Chao Lien-cheng, a specialist in Northern Shaolin style who was affiliated with the Chin Woo Association founded by Huo Yuanjia (see Jet Li’s FEARLESS).
Shek eventually became a full time student at the Chin Woo branch in Canton (Guangzhou), where he trained with a well known master named Sun Yu-fung. Sun’s expertise was in do (broadsword or saber) and lohan techniques. In later years Shek described his personal style as mi tsong lohan chuan or "combined lohan fist."* He also studied Chinese wrestling, or shuai jiao, and tan tui (spring leg) kicking techniques. Other teachers included Chao Kuei-lin, who taught him mantis and eagle claw boxing, and Wong Yung-feng, who trained him in the use of an obscure "secret weapon" called piao, which seems to have been a kind of dart.
This eclectic background contributed to his success as a martial arts actor, since it gave him the versatility needed to master the choreography quickly. It makes sense that lohan boxing became Shek’s specialty, since it emphasizes dramatic poses that mimic traditional Buddhist devotional statues - ideal training for an aspiring kung fu performer!
Source (http://www.kungfucinema.com/the-awesome-kung-fu-of-shek-kin-1251)
His fighting scenes wouldn't have been as good had he not studied martial arts.
Iceman_2K
06-04-2009, 11:48 PM
He's Northern Shaolin, which is the same school that i've been training at for the last 15 years. Him and my Si Gung knew each other, since they both were from the same styles and had learned from the same teacher. We've got a few of his old school photos from the 60's at our club.
pandalove
06-05-2009, 12:18 AM
he has many kung fu style from many branches... this guy was a crazy sob .. he can rival bruce lee he was jus very humble
RIP
asian_XL
06-05-2009, 05:36 AM
Are you referring to Shek Kin? He does have a martial arts background
Source (http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=83066&sid=24111185&con_type=3)
Source (http://www.kungfucinema.com/the-awesome-kung-fu-of-shek-kin-1251)
His fighting scenes wouldn't have been as good had he not studied martial arts.
maybe I am wrong...but his kung fu sucks in most bruce lee movies. probably he was getting old.
q0192837465
06-05-2009, 02:17 PM
oh damn, another star has fallen.
People like him from back in the days r real stars. The guys nowadays pale in comparison
dark0821
06-05-2009, 02:40 PM
RIP... damn.. sad to see him go..
Gt-R R34
06-05-2009, 03:07 PM
He's Northern Shaolin, which is the same school that i've been training at for the last 15 years. Him and my Si Gung knew each other, since they both were from the same styles and had learned from the same teacher. We've got a few of his old school photos from the 60's at our club.
where do you train @?
Presto
06-05-2009, 05:11 PM
Wow... RIP. I'm glad to see he made it to 96. Sadly, I only remember him from Enter the Dragon.
Iceman_2K
06-05-2009, 05:20 PM
Kin Fung Athletic Group.
where do you train @?
achiam
06-06-2009, 08:52 PM
How did they hide his hand in Enter The Dragon
KingDeeCee
06-06-2009, 09:13 PM
What an awesome name.... Shek Kin.
Anyways, I'm too young to know this guy. Prob pick some of his movies up.
RIP.
ilvtofu
06-06-2009, 10:27 PM
maybe I am wrong...but his kung fu sucks in most bruce lee movies. probably he was getting old.
sounds like an excuse cos Spectre_Cdn just pwnd u! :D
asian_XL
06-07-2009, 04:35 AM
:facepalm: I getta stop talking to idiots
achiam
06-07-2009, 05:10 AM
What an awesome name.... Shek Kin.
Anyways, I'm too young to know this guy. Prob pick some of his movies up.
RIP.
omg dood
u gotta rent Enter The Dragon
He's the bad dood, Han
RacePace
06-07-2009, 08:48 AM
What a legend, RIP
hotjoint
06-08-2009, 07:49 AM
wow he lived until 96 thats good these days
shenmecar
06-08-2009, 11:50 AM
that IS good to have lived to 96. wow
StylinRed
06-08-2009, 12:27 PM
i didnt know he was still alive!
achiam
06-08-2009, 01:19 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ifl6TkPnjI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQORnYPqU3A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8voT8m_BzfU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN9SNgWWUFs
ilvtofu
06-08-2009, 05:27 PM
lol #2 is epic pikachu squeal
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