Yu Chenghui (16 August 1939 â€" 4 July 2015), sometimes credited as
Yue Sing-wai, was a Chinese actor, action director and martial
artist.Yu started practising martial arts at the age of 11,
specialising in the use of the jian (Chinese sword). He won the
championship title at the age of 20 in a wushu competition held in
Qingdao. He joined the Shandong wushu team later and emerged as the
champion in the zuijian ("Drunken Sword") category in another wushu
competition.Yu once injured his leg during a training session and
almost lost the use of his leg due to delayed medical treatment. He
left the wushu team later to recover from his injury and worked in a
factory for the next decade or so. During that period of time, Yu
spent his free time studying martial arts and interacting with other
martial artists to improve his techniques until he had fully
recovered.For 14 years during the course of his martial arts career,
Yu had been working on recreating the shuang shou jian (double-handed
sword) movement, which was believed to be extinct since the Tang
Dynasty. In the wee hours of the morning of 15 September 1975, during
a thunderstorm, Yu saw how a praying mantis reacted in response to the
heavy downpour and conceived the ideas for completing the design of
the swordplay technique. The shuang shou jian is now officially
recognised as a category in wushu competitions.
Yue Sing-wai, was a Chinese actor, action director and martial
artist.Yu started practising martial arts at the age of 11,
specialising in the use of the jian (Chinese sword). He won the
championship title at the age of 20 in a wushu competition held in
Qingdao. He joined the Shandong wushu team later and emerged as the
champion in the zuijian ("Drunken Sword") category in another wushu
competition.Yu once injured his leg during a training session and
almost lost the use of his leg due to delayed medical treatment. He
left the wushu team later to recover from his injury and worked in a
factory for the next decade or so. During that period of time, Yu
spent his free time studying martial arts and interacting with other
martial artists to improve his techniques until he had fully
recovered.For 14 years during the course of his martial arts career,
Yu had been working on recreating the shuang shou jian (double-handed
sword) movement, which was believed to be extinct since the Tang
Dynasty. In the wee hours of the morning of 15 September 1975, during
a thunderstorm, Yu saw how a praying mantis reacted in response to the
heavy downpour and conceived the ideas for completing the design of
the swordplay technique. The shuang shou jian is now officially
recognised as a category in wushu competitions.
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