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	Huo Yuanjia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Huo Yuanjia (Fok Yun Gap in Cantonese) was born sometime between 1867 and 1869 in Xiaonan Village in Jinghai County in Tianjin, the fourth of his father Huo En Di's ten children.
		Huo Yuanjia, however, was born weak and susceptible to illness (at an early age he contracted jaundice that would recur periodically for the rest of his life) so his father refused to teach him Wushu.
		Huo Yuanjia needed to disguise the fact that his school was for the learning of self-defense, the building up of health and mind, and the instilling of pride and patriotism into its members and the community.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Huo_Yuanjia (2876 words)

	JET LI's FEARLESS
		Huo faced incredible personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness and into history, forever defining the true spirit of martial arts.
		Huo realizes that the future of martial arts lies in sportsmanship and not brutality, and he rejoins society to apply what he has learned.
		Huo commits to the bout and faces off against, respectively, a British boxer, a Spanish swordsman, a Belgian soldier, and a Japanese martial artist.
	www.jetlisfearless.com (371 words)

	Fearless (2006)
		Huo learns enough kung-fu to become a champion as an adult, but his success is marred by pride, jealousy, and an overwhelming immaturity.
		Huo's hubris is his downfall, and the so-called "Champion of Tianjin" is soon stripped of everything he holds dear.
		Huo Yuanjia is a classic hero out of a screenwriting textbook; he's a man who rises from the ashes of his own failures to become an inspiration to a nation, and prime fodder for martyrhood.
	lovehkfilm.com /reviews_2/fearless.htm (1335 words)

	Jet Li's Fearless - ComingSoon.net Movie Reviews
		Huo Yuanjia (Jet Li) is the greatest fighter in Tianjin but his prowess comes from pride and anger, and breeds arrogance.
		Huo lives like a rock star -- ignoring his mother and daughter, partying till all hours of the night with his entourage of students, and running up a huge bar bill he can't actually pay (with the understanding that he may be an alcoholic) -- and everyone knows how that story normally ends.
		Huo eventually wanders his way to Siam, where he is taken in by an old woman and her blind daughter (Sun Li).
	comingsoon.net /news/reviewsnews.php?id=16590 (850 words)

	Wushu and Qigong
		Huo Yuanjia, a name not familiar to many people, suddenly became known to every household after a Hong Kong television series about his life and martial arts was shown a few years ago.
		Huo Yuanjia was born into a wushu master's family in Dongguang County south of Tianjin.
		As little Huo Yuanjia was very weak and often ill, his father decided not to teach him martial arts.
	www.pasadena.edu /chinese/cultural/wushu.html (3054 words)

	Manila Bulletin Online
		This hard-hitting movie tells the story of Huo Yuanjia, the man who founded the Jingwu School of Wushu and represented Chinese martial arts to generationsâ¦A man, who fought his way out of darkness and into history.
		Huo Yuanjia is played by Jet Li, the most accomplished martial arts star working today who has built a phenomenally successful career out of his skills as a fighter.
		Huo is a patriotic figurehead in Chinese history because he united all the different schools of martial arts under one roof and introduced China to the virtue of sportsmanship.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2006/02/25/WLBG2006022557113.html (507 words)

	HUO YUANJIA
		Huo Yuanjia con un pantalón y una blusa corta de color gris, zapatillas y llevando su trenza en la cintura ceñida por una faja, estaba sentado en un lado, muy tranquilo, sus ojos reflejaban paz y serenidad, su imagen era la de todo un valiente.
		Huo aceptó, y cuando salió con sus discípulos, vio a un hombre en medio del escenario, muy fuerte, de unos treinta y pico de años, con un cuerpo fornido y corpulento que estaba esperándole.
		Huo Yuanjia estaba seguro de las habilidades de su alumno, pero a pesar de ello, le dijo que tuviese mucho cuidado.
	www.centrokaimen.com.ar /Kung_fu/yuanjia.htm (2495 words)

	Karazen.com \| Fearless - Jet Li 2006 Preview Trailer Chinese Movie DVD
		This is the story of Huo Yuanjia: A fighter, who represents Chinese martial arts to a nation; A man, who fought his way out of darkness and into history.
		Yuanjia saw that the future of martial arts lay in the spirit of sportsmanship and not brutality.
		They hatch a plan to humiliate Yuanjia by pitching him against four fighters representing the four major foreign powers in China, Yuanjia’s friend, Nong Jinsun, suspects a trap but Yuanjia sees this is a good opportunity to demonstrate the spirit of sportsmanship.
	www.karazen.com /reviews/movies/fearless.php (1768 words)

	Huo Yuan Jia
		Based on the life of Martial Artsmaster Huo Yuanjia (1868-1910), this biopic is set during the late 1800's to early 1900's, a pivotal period in China's history, when the whole country is shrouded under increasing internal turmoil and the imminent threat of foreign invasion.
		Huo Yuanjia begins the story as a cocky, young Martial Arts practitioner with only one thing in his mind, to become the best at his craft at all costs.
		Huo Yuan Jia was the famous Chinese martial artist who defeated foreign martial artists in highly publicized matches during when China was �overwhelmed� by the European and Japanese�s �invasion�.
	www.divxplanet.com /sub/m/8017/Huo-Yuan-Jia.html (589 words)

	Asia Pacific Arts: No Fear
		Huo is in the midst of a tournament involving four fighters from the international settlement government.
		During a friendly discussion in Huo’s more arrogant days, Huo stands in the ring and talks about how one has to fight when one is in the ring, while Nong suggests that one has the choice not to enter the ring at all.
		In another dispute, one of Huo Yuanjia’s descendants is reportedly suing the filmmakers because of their inaccurate portrayal of Huo as having no heirs.
	www.asiaarts.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=54877 (1420 words)

	Grandson of Kung Fu Master Depicted in Fearless Sues Jet Li \| Asian American Daily \| GoldSea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Huo Shoujin, the grandson of deceased kung fu expert Huo Yuanjia, filed a lawsuit in the Beijing Haidian District People's Court on Tuesday demanding filmmakers issue a written public apology to the Huo family and halt the worldwide release of the film, Xinhua said.
		The movie, titled ``Fearless'' in English and ``Huo Yuanjia'' in Mandarin, traces the master's evolution from a vain fighter keen on total domination to one who uses fighting as a means of self-betterment.
		The family was also unhappy that Huo was portrayed as a wealthy man with servants when he actually had a working class background, the earlier reports said.
	goldsea.com /Asiagate/603/09fearless.html (445 words)

	Fearless: Cranky Critic® Movie Reviews
		As a matter of prolog we are introduced to Master Huo (Collin Chou) and his sons, one of whom, Huo Yuanjia (a younger Lu Yuhao), is forbidden to train.
		Huo Yuanjia grows into an illiterate adult (portrayed as such by Jet Li), strong -- the training has cured his asthma -- and determined to revenge himself upon Zhou, the other bullies of his youth and the enemies of his father's school -- father had died in combat, before his son's eyes, years earlier.
		When one of Huo's disciples is carried back to the school one evening, beaten and bloodied, claiming it was at the hands of Master Chin, the arrogant, hot tempered Master Huo tears across town to interrupt Chin's birthday celebration and inflict a most terrible, and most final revenge.
	www.crankycritic.com /archive06/fearless.html (1082 words)

	The Real Huo Yuanjia? - No BS Martial Arts
		Huo's real fame as an expert in Wushu came when in 1901 he responded to leaflets advertising a challenge by a Russian wrestler who claimed to be unbeatable in China.
		Huo needed to disguise the fact that this school was for learning of self defence, the building up of health and mind and instilling pride and partrionism back to its members and the surrounding community.
		Huo's death caused a certain amount of despair, and the numbers of members depleted, but with the Japanese's insolent "21 Demands" in 1915 the students of Huo were spurred on.
	www.bullshido.net /forums/showthread.php?t=31662 (2675 words)

	Jet Li's Fearless - Arts and Faith
		Huo was weak and often ill as a child, so his father did not want to teach him martial arts.
		However, Huo was determined to learn, and would watch his father and brothers practice Wushu, then mimic their moves secretly in a nearby forest.
		Huo's life was cut short on September 14th, 1910, during a Shanghai tournament between Chinese fighters, and fighters from foreign occupying powers in China.
	artsandfaith.com /index.php?showtopic=10933 (2258 words)

	la creme d'asie -> Huo Yuan Jia 霍元甲 By Jet Li (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jet Li's character, Huo Yuanjia was a legendary martial arts master and Chinese patriot during the foreign invasions of 1868 and 1910.
		With patriotism, Huo Yuan Jia's determination was stirred and he competed and beat the opponent....This is the story of the growing up years of Huo Yuan Jia, every drop of sweat described.
		Huo Yuan Jia is truly a work that depicted the real life of Jet Li himself, the growing up from a young boy to a man and becomes a martial art master.
	s2.invisionfree.com /la_creme_d_asie/index.php?showtopic=1577 (4250 words)

	Entertainment: Grandson Contests Hero's Movie Image - The Post Chronicle
		Huo Shoujin, 81, grandson of martial arts hero Huo Yuanjia, filed the case at Beijing's Haidian District People's Court on Tuesday.
		Yang told Chinese media that Jet Li, who plays Huo in the movie and is one of the investors in the film, also might be accused during the case.
		Huo Zizheng, another descendant of Huo Yuanjia's, said, "If you make a movie based on a real person, you can't get away by saying it's a fictitious story.
	www.postchronicle.com /news/entertainment/printer_2129716.shtml (199 words)

	Huo Yuan Jia's Offspring Asks for Apology from Jet Li (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Fearless tells the story of martial arts master Huo Yuanjia (1869-1910), the founder and spiritual leader of the Jing Wu Federation, a non-government kung fu organization in the early 1900s in China.
		According to their story, Huo's sons were all killed and he left no offspring.
		Huo said he only learned from newspaper coverage that Li was planning to make the movie about his great-grandfather.
	www.yonghegong.com /english/features/film/158188.htm (306 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Yuanjia remains true to his oath as he diligently trains in solitude for years before battling against fighters from all around his region, exhibiting an outsized ego to match his increasing fame.
		Yuanjia’s hubris backfires when another local wushu master beats up one of his students, and the revenge-seeking Yuanjia interrupts the man’s birthday celebration to challenge him to a contest that will serve as the action centerpiece of the movie.
		As party guests flee, Yuanjia and his opponent wield mighty Daoshu swords against one another in a breathtaking duel that is one of the most electrifying fight sequences ever filmed.
	www.mauitime.com /story.aspx?story_id=2147 (649 words)

	Reviews: Jet Li's Fearless - Christianity Today Movies
		Huo Yuanjia is a legendary Chinese martial arts hero who rose to attention in the early 1900s through challenge matches with foreign fighters.
		In fact, Huo's descendents have demanded an apology from Jet Li and the studio for the liberties—especially for suggesting that Huo Yuanjia had no descendents.
		Huo (Jet Li) grows up in the late 1800s with a father who is a well-known fighter and teacher in the Wushu style of fighting.
	www.christianitytoday.com /movies/reviews/2006/jetlisfearless.html (1321 words)

	TIME Asia Print Page: Emotion in Motion -- February 6, 2006 Vol. 167, No. 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Playing Huo Yuanjia, a real-life fighter who energized China during the last dark days of the Qing dynasty, Li puts a Buddhist spin on his storyline.
		At the start of Fearless, Huo is a ball of highly skilled but undirected martial-arts aggression; his only goal is to become the top fighter in his hometown of Tianjin.
		Overcome by guilt and self-loathing, Huo drifts away, ending up in the kind of idyllic rural village where a beautiful blind girl named Moon (Sun Li) can help him understand that existence is about more than just beating people up.
	time.com /time/asia/magazine/printout/0,13675,501060206-1154256,00.html (831 words)

	Buddhist Channel \| Bodhi Wood \| A "Fearless" Lesson on True Victory (Huo Yuanjia)
		Though a semi-fictitious dramatisation of the life of Huo Yuanjia, who was the historical restorer of the glory of Chinese martial arts, the film is peppered with timelessly true Buddhist lessons.
		When asked whether he understood the grades of tea, Huo Yuanjia replied that it is not that he does not know tea, but that he does not wish to differentiate it into superior or inferior grades, since tea is just tea.
		The story imagines Huo Yuanjia having a final vision of himself gracefully practising martial arts in the countryside, finally at peace with the world, at peace with himself.
	www.buddhistchannel.tv /index.php?id=12,2359,0,0,1,0 (1178 words)

	Michelle Yeoh in Jet Li's upcoming "Huo Yuanjia" (Mobius)
		Huo Yuanjia, 1868-1910, the character portrayed by Bruce Lee in "Fist of Fury"
		That character is Chen Zhen, while Huo Yuanjia was Chen's master who was poisoned by the Japanese in FIST OF FURY and FIST OF LEGEND.
		As far as I know, Huo Yuanjia's life story (with Leung Kar Yan as the title character) was covered in Yuen Woo Ping's LEGEND OF A FIGHTER.
	s8.invisionfree.com /MHVF/ar/t2783.htm (347 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - Fearless (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Biopic of famed mainland martial artist Huo Yuanjia (1869-1910) -- founder of the Jingwu school that Bruce Lee was a member of in "Fist of Fury" (1972), and Li himself in the 1994 remake, "Fist of Legend" -- plays fast and loose with the few known facts of Huo's life.
		Plot flashes back 30 years to Huo as a kid in Tianjin, northern China, where he's forbidden to train by his martial artist dad (Collin Chou, from "The Matrix" pics II and III), so does so on the sly.
		By-the-numbers plot then follows Huo as he travels to Southeast Asia, discovers humility among some rice farmers, tweaks the heart of a blind peasant girl (Betty Sun) and eventually returns to China a changed man. Fight vs. Tanaka closes the movie on an elevated note.
	www.variety.com /review/VE1117930006?categoryid=31&cs=1&nid=2562 (854 words)

	Fearless (UK - DVD R2) in Reviews > Video Discs at DVDActive
		No longer caring whether he lives or dies, Yuanjia flees Tianjin and ends up in a remote village where he is cared for by an old woman and her blind granddaughter, Moon.
		Yuanjia challenges O’Brien and beats him, prompting the Foreign Chamber of Commerce to hatch a plan to humiliate Yuanjia by pitting him against fighters from the four major foreign powers in China.
		The track is able to bring to life the subtleties of the wind whispering in the trees during Yuanjia’s exile, but perhaps the most impressive use of all of the channels working in tandem is during Yuanjia’s duel with Master Chin, in which swords clash, furniture breaks and thunder travels around the soundstage.
	www.dvdactive.com /reviews/dvd/fearless.html (2211 words)

	Huo Yuan Jia (2006) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Huo Yuanjia was the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation.
		Goofs: Continuity: When Huo Yuanjia and Master Chen fight in the restaurant, Huo slices the top of Chen's head, yet when Chen is brought to his house the cut is gone.
		It has a very strong plot which is also based on a true story about an martial arts master, Huo Yuan Jia and together with great actors and actresses, a masterpiece is presented.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0446059 (467 words)

	Emanuel Levy : Comment - Fearless: Behind the Scenes
		Yes, there would be lots of great fight scenes; yes, Huo is a fascinating historical character; but the story still needed something that spoke to contemporary audiences…it needed a soul.
		Huo is a patriotic icon in Chinese history because he united all of the different schools of martial arts under one roof, and introduced China to the virtue of sportsmanship.
		Also helping Li finally bring Huo Yuanjia to the screen is a close personal friend and longtime colleague, action choreographer extraordinaire Yuen Wo Ping.
	www.emanuellevy.com /article.php?articleID=3260 (2071 words)

	Fearless (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Huo squares off against four formidable opponents, representing the imperialist powers in China at the time, and the resulting death match is a dozy, with Wo Ping skillfully blending an array of fight styles and Li displaying an elegant mastery of both traditional weaponry and hand-to-hand combat.
		Just as Huo prepares to face the final challenger, Tanaka (Nakamura Shidou, in a sadly underused role), the film flashes back to his childhood in Tianjin, where the seeds of a resolve to greatness are sown by the humiliation of his martial artist father (Collin Chou) in a public duel.
		A vengeful disciple then slaughters Huo's family, leaving him so distraught that he wanders the countryside in a daze before winding up in a remote mountain village, where an old peasant lady and her beautiful blind granddaughter, Moon (Betty Sun), inspire him to use his powers for good.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002689270 (589 words)

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