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A young Huo Yuanjia. Huo was born in Xiaonanhe Village in Jinghai County, Tianjin, as the fourth of Huo Endi's ten children. The family's main source of income was agriculture, but Huo Endi also made a living by escorting merchant caravans to Manchuria and back.
Mar 1, 2018 · The movie is loosely based (sometimes VERY loosely) on the life of Huo Yuanjia 霍元甲 (1860-1910), one of China’s most famous martial artists. Much has been made of the liberties taken with the life of the real Huo Yuanjia in making this film and one of Huo’s descendants, Huo Shoujin, even filed a lawsuit against Jet Li himself trying to ...
Box office. USD$68.1 million. Fearless, also known as Huo Yuanjia (霍元甲) in Chinese, as Spirit in Japan and as Jet Li's Fearless in the United Kingdom and in the United States, is a 2006 martial arts film directed by Ronny Yu and starring Jet Li.
Aug 5, 2023 · Huo Yuanjia later went on to become China's voice against imperial forces by defeating several Western fighters including Irish boxer, Hercules O'Brien. In 1910, Huo Yuanjia died at the age of 42. While Chen Gongzhe, a historian and Yuanjia's student, believed that the cause of Yuanjia's death was hemoptysis, many speculated that he was poisoned by the Japanese.
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Sep 7, 2023 · In the story, after Huo is murdered by the Japanese, Chen manages to defeat arrogant Japanese martial artists and avenge Huo’s death. The success of the movie made Chen Zhen, Huo Yuanjia, and the Jingwu School icons of Chinese pop culture. More Chinese people have since started to become familiar with the term “精武门,” literally ...
Fearless: Directed by Ronny Yu. With Jet Li, Li Sun, Yong Dong, Yun Qu. A biography of Chinese Martial Arts Master Huo Yuanjia, who is the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation.
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Huo Yuanjia was thus the winner by default and became famous in Shanghai. Together with his close friend Nong Jinsun (农劲荪), Huo Yuan Jia founded the Chin Woo Physical Training Centre (精武体操会) in 1910. It is the forerunner of today’s Chin Woo Athletic Association (精武体育会). Unfortunately, Huo Yuanjia died a few months later.
