as part of a family of Peking Opera artists he learned martial arts from
his father Yuen Hsiao-Tien aka Yuen Siu-Tin (Northern style Kung Fu)
Movie Facts
first movie experience in the Wong Fei Hung series with Kwan Tak-Hing
first official job as fight choreographer from Ng See-Yuen on Mad Killer
(1971)
Ng See Yuen gives him with Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978) his
first chance to direct
he directs his father who plays Jackie Chan's
Sifu in Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master
he discovers the talents of Jackie Chan
(Snake in the Eagle's Shadow) and Donnie
Yen (Drunken Tai Chi)
if you want the best in martial artistry - whether comical (Drunken
Master), street fighting style (In the Line of Duty 4,Tiger
Cage series), more visually stunning than realistic (Tai Chi Master)
or simply some of the best fights (Fist of Legend) - get a Yuen
Woo-Ping movie!