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The Art Of High-Impact Kicking - Chung Hom Kok Road

In 1982, Seasonal Films released an instructional video on kicking techniques. Who should be a better teacher than Hwang Jang-Lee? I can't think of any. The director of this gem is the unforgettable Roy Horan. The video's fantastic intro was staged like a classic fight scene from that era. It was filmed on the south side of Hong Kong Island. A retro-futuristic looking vantage point at the end of Chung Hom Kok Road forms the appropriate backdrop for this stylish piece of cult. 






The 36 Deadly Styles - Yu Yuen Mansion

Thanks to director Joseph Kuo, the abandoned and meanwhile very dilapidated luxury villa can be admired in its '79 glory. This was the second filmshoot for actor Nick Cheung on the property. Two years before The 36 Deadly Styles, he had already filmed a fight scene for the film 10 Magnificent Killers at this location.


Dance of the Drunk Mantis - Chat Sing Temple

Hwang Jang-Lee, Corey Yuen and Brandy Yuen Jan-Yeung communicate with their fists in the opening fightscene of Yuen Woo-Ping's follow up to Drunken Master. Once again, the videogenic Chat Sing Temple provides a proper backdrop for the combatants' kicks and punches. 








Hell's Windstaff - Chat Sing Temple

Following the example of Drunken Master and its stylistics, Hell's Windstaff (aka The Dragon and the Tiger Kids) features some of the same actors and also some of the same filming locations. Another great opportunity to watch some of Hong Kong's finest on-screen fighters duke it out in front of the beautiful Chat Sing Temple.









Snuff-Bottle Connection - Behind the Scenes

Hwang Jang-Lee and Roy Horan on location in Taiwan for the shooting of "Snuff-Bottle Connection". The film's action director Yuen Woo-Ping would reunite with the two of them for his next project Snake in the Eagle's Shadow.