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Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine: September + October 2015For over three decades, he\u2019s played some of the most memorable Kung Fu villains. Starting with his debut role in the groundbreaking 1982 film Shaolin Temple (\u5c11\u6797\u5bfa), Master Ji Chunhua (\u8ba1\u6625\u534e) has played bad guys such as the cold-blooded murderer Royal Liu in Yellow River Fighter (1988\u9ec4\u6cb3\u5927\u4fa0), the Poison Juice Monster in The New Legend of Shaolin (1994 \u6d2a\u7199\u5b98), the immoral Duan Yanqing in CCTVs Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (2003\u5929\u9f99\u516b\u90e8), and the \u201cmain thug\u201d in Empire of Assassins (2011\u523a\u5ba2\u5e1d\u570b). Ji was cast in Shaolin Temple when he was only 19 years old. Since then, he\u2019s been in over fifty films, including all three installments of the pivotal Shaolin Trilogy. His role in Shaolin Temple earned him the nickname amongst Kung Fu film fans he still carries today \u2013 Bald Eagle (Tu Ying \u79bf\u9df9).<\/p>\n

Ji\u2019s intense glare and skinhead look give him an appearance both intimidating and fierce, but in person he\u2019s very open and cheerful. He doesn\u2019t get challenged. \u201cPeople look at me and say, \u2018Don\u2019t mess with him. He looks mean.\u2019 Director Tsui Hark (\u5f90\u514b) once told me, \u2018You have symmetry and proper facial features. It is your eyes \u2013 eyes that cut people like a knife.\u2019 Ji\u2019s rapid-clip Mandarin bears the unique accent of the Southern Yangzi River folk. Ji is very straightforward. He loves to tell jokes and make people laugh. \u201cMost people tell me, \u2018You are 100% opposite to the roles you play in the movies.\u2019 It must be true; otherwise, I would be crazy already.\u201d Earlier this year, Publisher Gigi Oh was invited to Master Ji\u2019s home for a gourmet dinner and got to speak to him at length about his remarkable martial arts career. \u201cI am an athlete, not an actor. I love Wushu. For my Wushu dream, I persistently portray a villain.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was skinny and small when I was young. One day my father brought his subordinate, Wang Xingde (\u738b\u4fe1\u5f97), home and told me, \u2018Uncle Wang practices Wushu.\u2019 Wang asked me if I would like to learn Wushu. I had no idea of what Wushu was. Wang told me \u2018like boxing.\u2019 What boy doesn\u2019t like boxing? I nodded my head. Wang brought me to the Hangzhou Amateur Wushu School to learn Wushu from Peng Liangming (\u5f6d\u826f\u660e). Later, I got good enough to be recruited for Zhejiang Province Wushu Team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Premature Baldness \u2013 a Curse and a Blessing
\n\u201cFate might be a good thing can also be bad,\u201d says Ji thoughtfully. \u201cUsually they come together.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ji suffered from Alopecia universalis, a condition that causes the rapid loss of all body hair, even the eyebrows. When it happened to young Ji, there were no bald-headed athletes. Baldness was looked down upon. \u201cFor about two months, I had this recurring dream every night. A big wok flew over my head. It suddenly turned upside down and dropped to cover me inside. My hair started falling out by the handful. It may be because the Chinese medicine I took for treating my broken fingers was cooked in an aluminum pot and that had some chemical reactions. I don\u2019t know the real reason, but I was definitely under great stress like any other athlete. If you got hurt or had a fever, you still had to persist in training. I was seventeen years old. My dream was to become a professional Wushu athlete. I was a good looking guy. This incident ended my dream. I lost all my confidence with the loss of my hair. I felt ashamed and did not want to go out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ji was forced out of competition, taking an early retirement from the professional Wushu team. He went home to wait for a new job assignment. Wang Xinde asked the bored and depressed Ji to join his Sanda team practice. At the same time, Director Zhang Xinyan (\u5f20\u946b\u708e) went to Hangzhou, the capitol city of Zhejiang province, seeking martial talent for Shaolin Temple. Both the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office and the National Sports Commission had opened the door for Zhang to handpick the best martial artists for his unprecedented film project. Zhejiang has one of the leading Wushu teams in the nation. Wang Xingde and Peng Liangming were asked to bring their students to audition. Ji was hiding behind other students and did not want to try it out until Zhang spotted him. Zhang watched very carefully and after Ji\u2019s last movement, Zhang shouted out, \u2018You are the one!\u2019 That was the birth of Bald Eagle. It launched Ji\u2019s acting career, typecasting him to play villains for the next two decades. The other stars Zhang picked from the Zhejiang team were Hu Jianqiang (\u80e1\u5efa\u5f3a), Chen Guoan (\u9648\u56fd\u5b89), and Bian Liqiong (\u8fb9\u529b\u5f3a). After Shaolin Temple, many of the cast followed Director Zhang to make Kids from Shaolin (1984 \u5c11\u6797\u5c0f\u5b50). The third installment of the Shaolin trilogy, Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986 \u5357\u5317\u5c11\u6797), also featured the same ensemble but with Lau Kar-Leung (\u5289\u5bb6\u826f) in the director\u2019s chair. “When you meet a certain person, he can change your life. That\u2019s what I have experienced,\u201d says Ji. At nine, he met Wang Xinde, who first introduced him to Wushu. At nineteen, he met Director Zhang Xinyan and started acting. \u201cThese two are the people to whom I am most grateful person.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Hong Kong film industry labelled martial actors as wuhang (\u201cmartial traveler\u201d \u6b66\u884c). For many years, all of the wuhang from Mainland China were under the jurisdiction of the Chinese Wushu Institute (CWI). Their contracts were signed between the CWI and the Hong Kong Sil-Metropole Organization Ltd (\u9999\u6e2f\u94f6\u90fd\u516c\u53f8). At filming locations, they had to wake at 6 AM, long before the camera would start rolling, and their Wushu coach would train them. There wasn\u2019t much pay. They received a stipend from CWI, but nothing from the Hong Kong film industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 1985, when Director Zhang told me, \u2018You can be a lifelong actor,\u2019 I did not believe it. I did not think I had the look to be one. However, producers and directors came to ask me to join their movie productions. I\u2019ve never had to fight for any roles. Opportunities came to me naturally. This was Zhang\u2019s foresight.\u201d Ji followed Zhang\u2019s advice. It was a major turning point in his life. \u201cI have no regrets. Acting prolonged my Wushu life. Otherwise I would be still in Hangzhou and facing retirement now. Maybe my health would be poor. But most of all, I would have the sense of loss.\u201d So Ji left his job and signed an individual contract with Hong Kong Sil-Metropole. \u201cI had the longest contract of anyone else \u2013 1986 to 1993. I told Zhang, \u2018I only have the connection with you not the company. So, if you were not there, I won\u2019t sign the contract.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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After Ji finished the Zhang-produced film Red Fists (1993\u5c11\u6797\u8c6a\u4fa0\u4f20), Jet Li, who also debuted in Shaolin Temple and was part of Zhang\u2019s martial stable of actors, asked for Ji\u2019s help. Jet had started his own film company, Go East Entertainment Production Co. Ltd. (\u6b63\u4e1c\u5236\u4f5c\u6709\u9650\u516c\u53f8). \u201cI did not renew my contract with Sil-Metropole. I was in Jet\u2019s two new films, The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk (1993 \u65b9\u4e16\u7389) and The New Legend of Shaolin. I started entering the China market. I lived in Hong Kong from 1980 to 2000 so people from the Mainland thought I was a native Hong Kong actor. It wasn\u2019t until I worked with Director Yuan Bin (\u5143\u5f6c) on the 40-episode TV series Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils that the mainland audiences accepted me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Master Ji Chunhua<\/p>\n

Bad Guys Take Hard Falls
\nThe downside of playing the villain is there is a lot of spitting blood and dying. \u201cThis one,\u201d says Ji, tapping his left leg, \u201cwas broken while filming The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk, plus the bones of my right knee were shattered. After the surgery, I could not squat down. The Doctor ordered me to rest. Rest hurts, exercise hurts. So I chose an extreme method for healing. I leaned against a wall and squatted down, inch by inch, until my legs felt numb. When it was too painful, I would rest for a couple of days, and then train again. Finally, after three months, my legs were back to normal.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the winter of 2010 in Yinchuan, Ji took a more serious injury on the set of Legend of Shaolin Kungfu III: Heroes of the Great Desert (2011 \u5c11\u6797\u5bfa\u4f20\u5947\u4e09). He took a major fall on his neck, leaving him paralyzed. \u201cIn almost all of my films I was playing the villain, so I was beaten, often beaten to death. That required me to overexert my neck. The Yinchuan winters are very cold and windy. We were shooting a scene outside the Great Wall. I thought it was only one action scene so I did not do enough warming up. Instead I was resting in a car, waiting for my turn. The close-up shots were completed without any problem. When the long scene started, I told the stunt double, \u2018Don\u2019t worry. Just kick my back. I will act accordingly.\u2019 After the first kick, I was supposed to fall in a ditch, crawl uphill, and flee, only to be chased and kicked again. When I received the first kick, my neck was whiplashed. I found myself lying on the bottom of the ditch. My fingers were numb and my body could not feel anything. I looked up and saw all terrified eyes staring at me. I knew something went horribly wrong. All I could say was, \u2018Don\u2019t touch me! Who has three insects?\u2019 In the film industry, we customarily burn insects as an offering for God\u2019s blessings. At that moment, I knew there was nothing anyone could do. I turned to God for help. It was the scariest moment in my life.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI finally regained feeling and could move after a few hours. I finished filming of Legend of Shaolin Kungfu III despite my neck pain. My doctor looked at my X-rays and told me to get surgery right away. But I had promised to take a small role in the TV series All Men Are Brothers (2011\u65b0\u6c34\u6d52\u4f20). I told my doctor, \u2018Give me ten days. I will be very careful and have the surgery upon my return.\u2019 When I came back, my doctor examined my new X-ray and asked me if I still felt neck pain. I told him the pain was gone and I felt fine. He said, \u2018Your vertebra have re-aligned themselves and your nerves are no longer pinched. Everyone has self-healing ability but it\u2019s a miracle to see you can heal so quickly. Neck surgery is risky. There is a 50\/50 chance it could go wrong. I no longer advise you have surgery, but remember, you don\u2019t have a second chance to get hurt again.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are two ways to fight illness. First, let a doctor of physical therapist treat and massage. Second is self-healing. The first one is the passive approach; the second takes initiative. After my neck injury, I tried exercising by holding my legs up close to my chest and rolling on the ground. This exercise also helped my core muscles. In Chinese, huo dong (\u6d3b\u52a8) means activity or exercise. Huo means \u2018alive\u2019 and dong means \u2018move.\u2019 So to stay alive we must keep moving. I don\u2019t pay much heed to so-called TV health experts. I would rather learn the secret from a healthy person who is over eighty years old.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEvery day I practice whenever I can, especially while I am watching TV. I\u2019m proud that my weight has not changed since I was nineteen. I know how I worked through the past years. It becomes a hobby, or you might say it\u2019s an addiction. When I\u2019m home between films, I get up early and play the stock market. I don\u2019t invest heavy, but I like to keep my brain active. In the afternoon, I exercise, running or bike riding for two or three hours. I love the freedom of riding my bike.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Way of the Wuhang
\nTimes have changed for martial artists aspiring to make it in the movies. Nowadays, anyone can post their fight scenes on YouTube, and while there are some excellent shorts out there, few ever get noticed enough to get their big break. Ji may have fallen into movies by sheer luck, but he worked hard at it to stay in it for so many years. \u201cA wuhang needs at least eight years of martial arts training, but acting, well, take me for example. I did not go to a formal acting school. But if you spend double, triple or ten times the effort to practice your role and memorize your lines, you\u2019ll be okay.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first appeared in Shaolin Temple, I couldn\u2019t even say two words. When the director called, \u2018Yubei! (get ready \u9810\u5099),\u2019 and all the crew was staring and laughing at me so I had a hard time concentrating. That was also due to my own lack of self-confidence. Luckily, all the films dubbed our voices. If Jet Li\u2019s voice wasn\u2019t over-dubbed by Tong Zhirong (\u7ae5\u81ea\u8363), the result would have been different. Film dubbing is a professional field of trained skilled voice actors. Some new wuhang are overconfident; they use their own voices and it backfires. I can act with my body movements, and my eyes can show jingqishen (the three treasures \u2013 essence, qi and spirit \u7cbe\u6c23\u795e), but my voice is no good, so all of my films use dubbing. I only used my real voice in The Era of Vampires (2003 \u5343\u5e74\u50f5\u5c38\u738b) directed by Tsui Hark. He told me that film was only for foreign distribution with English subtitles, so I agreed to use my real voice. But if there was a domestic version, I would have asked to be over-dubbed. I am a southerner, so I have a heavy accent. Even today, if they ask me to do synchronous shooting, I refuse. I am not an artist nor a dramatic actor. I am an athlete. Some people say I act well. I say I am blind in acting but fearless. I tell aspiring wuhang, \u2018Don\u2019t be afraid. First, make everyone in front of you disappear. Don\u2019t become entangled when saying the wrong lines. Let it go. It can be dubbed over. Everyone in this circle knows that I like to work as a wuhang. I am in this circle and can communicate with you guys, but my true love is martial arts.\u2019<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was chatting with Corey Yuan (the director of The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk \u5143\u594e) and he said, \u2018Nowadays safety is #1.\u2019 I said, \u2018When you directed us in the \u201890s, how come you never kept safety in mind? Just go for it! Do more! Do better!\u2019 He had to admit that the films he did during the \u201890s were the best and most satisfying films. It\u2019s because they combined three positive energies. Yuan said, \u2018First, Jet Li himself was the boss. He invested in those films. Second, I had high expectations. I was young and wanted to produce good films to prove my ability. And third, all the wuhang were marching forward together. Everyone was eager to work. \u201cLet me do it! Let me do it!\u201d Adding all of energies together made for an exquisite production. Today, the investors ask for a safer environment, plus older ages, softer hearts, and so on. They find all kinds of excuses to forgive themselves.\u2019 I joked with him, saying, \u2018Why did you never mention safety is #1 with us? You pushed me to keep going when I had a cast on my leg!\u2019 Human energy is unlimited. Some people excel under pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSome \u201890s kids complain how hard it is to be an actor. Sometimes you have to drink with the director or producer to keep a good relationship. \u2018Ganbei! (\u2018Dry your cup\u2019 \u5e72\u676f) I will give you this role.\u2019 I tell them, \u2018I don\u2019t. I use the time to train myself to be in the top shape all the time. You can drink with the boss, but after gaining weight, how can you look like a knight? He might give you one time chance, but that\u2019s all. Maintaining a 60-year-old body that still can do stunts \u2013 there are not many in our industry. It\u2019s up to you to make your decision.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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From Villain to Good Guy
\n\u201cI have a new image on screen! In the two different projects I\u2019ve been involved with last year, I was not the villain. I was a good She policeman in Shinning Jian Ou (\u91d1\u74ef), which is a film produced to safeguard public interest and improve social and moral levels [Note: the She people are one of the 56 minority groups officially recognized within China \u7572\u65cf]. That film is directed by the Chinese Culture and Art Peacekeeping group Tian Qi (\u7530\u4e03). The other one was Dragon Locomotive (\u9f99\u53f7\u673a), a 30-episode comedy TV series. I\u2019m in the first 10 episodes. The show is about the first locomotive made by Tangshan Railway Vehicle Co., Ltd. It\u2019s directed by Ying Da (\u82f1\u8fbe).<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat might I do in the future? I might edit all my action clips from different stages in my career together \u2013 my action footage from the Shaolin Trilogy and all of the others \u2013 and watch myself growing from an energetic nineteen-year-old to sixty in slow motion\u2026 I\u2019ve never set a target or time frame. As long as there is a need, I\u2019ll keep working. Some people ask me, \u2018Why not try to be an action director?\u2019 I tell them if I\u2019m an action director, I will spend most of my time behind the camera yelling, \u201cYubei! Kaishi! (\u2018Begin\u2019 or in the case of moviemaking \u2018action\u2019 \u958b\u59cb).\u201d I can\u2019t keep myself in shape like that. I am now like a soldier. The boss pays me to train. Many people accompany me with training. How happy it is!\u201d<\/p>\n

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