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    Yu Jim-yuen (September 5, 1905 – September 8, 1997) ( Chinese: 于占元; pinyin: Yú Zhānyuán; Jyutping: jyu1 zim1 jyun4) was a Chinese martial artist, actor, teacher and the master of the China Drama Academy, one of the main Peking Opera Schools in Hong Kong from which Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Yuen Qiu, Yuen Wah, and Corey Yuen ...

    • 1940–1970
  2. Because all the boys and girls in the school were “adopted” students of the master, Yu Jim Yuen, they took on his name, and underwent a brutal training regimen. This photo of the master was actually taken years after Jackie left the school, when he played a role in a kung fu movie, “The Old Master.”

  3. Apr 14, 2024 · Yu Jim-yuen (front) with his students, including Sammo Hung (front row, second from right), at Yu’s birthday party in 1988. Photo: Sing Pao.

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  5. Jul 4, 2021 · Yu Jim-yuen continued to teach martial arts and opera in the US, albeit without the same severity bestowed on the likes of Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. The funeral for Yu Jim-yuen in Los ...

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    To turn his students into talented fighters, Yu made Chan go through grueling exercises that lasted most of the day and only allowed for six hours of sleep each night. For ten years, Chan and his classmates followed a strict and intense training regimen. During this time, bullying by his fellow students wasn’t discouraged, which only made his exper...

    As Chan’s training continued into his teenage years, there came a point where it came time for him to become a member of the Seven Little Fortunes, a group of Yu’s best students whose jobs were to put on public shows where they had to showcase their martial arts skills in front of crowds. As a result, Chan and classmates such as Sammo Hung and Yuen...

    While Chan and the various members of the Seven Little Fortunes at the academy admittedly faced several rough years at the academy, many of them – not the least of which being Chan himself – found great success in the martial arts movie industry. As he said in his book, these years were what really made him “Jackie Chan”. Also, the fact that it was...

  6. Sep 12, 1997 · Martial arts grandmaster Yu Jim-yuen, who died on Monday at the age of 94, made teaching his traditional brand of kung fu into his life's work. Born in Beijing in 1903, Yu gave kung fu lectures to ...

  7. Jim-Yuen Yu was born on 5 September 1905 in Hong Kong, China. He was an actor, known for Big and Little Wong Tin Bar (1962), The Old Master (1979) and Jin dao guai ke (1968). He died on 8 September 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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