The Bolo Yeung appreciation thread! Pics inside! Come in and enjoy.

[plisk3n]

Because noone's asked for it, I decided to make a thread about one of the greatest martial artists actors ever!

Forget Jet Li, Donnie Yen and whoeever else, Bolo Yeung's the man! There's not a whole lot of information on this guy, but I'm going to paste whatever I can find.

Mini Biography (According to IMDB & http://www.firstuniversal.clara.net/bolobio.htm):
Born July 3rd, 1938 in Canton, China. Height is 5'6" (1.68 m). As a young man in Canton, Bolo studied under many kung fu masters and also learnt acrobatics and started weight training. He eventually became a mainland China power-lifting champion.

In the 60`s, to escape Communism and seek a new life and new opportunities, the young Yang Sze SWAM from China to Hong Kong! He then began teaching body-building.

Bolo begins his day with two hours of weight training, followed by forms, usually Yang style Tai Chi. He admits that his 'dream project' is to make a sequel to ENTER THE DRAGON.... with of course himself as the hero!

His filmography is very long so I'll just paste the link here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001866/

Pictures and comments:
Enter the Dragon

[plisk3n]

BloodSport

Who can forget this great scene where he shoots out a nose rocket just before a fight? That's how great of an actor Bolo is. He can do whatever the hell he wants and still seem menacing.

Van Damme doing his standard fly kick. We all know who the real star here is!

Other films




Ahh! Who can forget that menacing face whenever he would go up for the kill. This dude is total domination!

Personal views:
The movies that I mostly remember this guy from was definitely Enter the Dragon with Bruce Lee and later as "Chong Li" in Bloodsport with Jean Claude Van Damme. Even though he never fought Bruce Lee (Or did he? It's been awhile now) I still remember his menacing face while watching Enter the Dragon as a kid.

I found it really hard to believe that this guy was around 50 when he was cast in Bloodsport. I only wish I could look half as good as this guy when I'm at that age! The guy is currently 66 and has an upcoming sort of sequel to Bloodsport with JC Van Damme called "Kumite."

I hope you've enjoyed this thread as much as I've enjoyed creating / researching it for you guys. This dude rocks! =)

[guest10586]

Van Damme was getting sued by dukes or whoever bloodsport was based on. Guess he lost the case about Van Damme (though he sucks anyways).

Bolo looks looks pure evil, don't think he could ever be a hero.

[seefuthead]

i currently started working out. i have a chest that looks more like bruce lees. kinda small. how do i make it 'bigger' like bolo?

[Desibabu3k]

"Very impressive, but brick not hit back!"

I loved that line from Bloodsport.

[trini]

Bolo is the Original Rude Boy everyone loves him!

[ephemera]

i currently started working out. i have a chest that looks more like bruce lees. kinda small. how do i make it 'bigger' like bolo?

Bench Press.

[confused]

i currently started working out. i have a chest that looks more like bruce lees. kinda small. how do i make it 'bigger' like bolo?

eat

Bolo rox!

[plisk3n]

"Very impressive, but brick not hit back!"

I loved that line from Bloodsport.

LMAO, I thought Van Damme said that? I don't think Bolo spoke a word in Bloodsport. He did all of his acting with his menacing eyes. Now that is some powerful method acting.

[Desibabu3k]

Bolo had two lines in Bloodsport, the other being "I break you, like I break your friend."

[Rometiklan]

Bolo kicks major ass. He stars in 2 of my favourite martial arts movies of all time: Enter the Dragon, and Bloodsport. The guy was 50 when he did Bloodsport? Damn.

I loved the scene in Bloodsport where Chong Li taunts Frank Dux (Van Damme) with that bandana he took off Jackson (Dux's buddy). I liked the scene where Jackson pointed Chong Li out in the crowd and challenged him...Li had this bewildered look that was just hilarious.

He has the most animated facial expressions. He really sells it when his face contorts into a mask of menace after cracking someone's skull.

[peter_pumpkin_eater]

double impact OWNS

[WiZZLa]

I watched Bloodsport on Spike last night. I checked iMDB because I hadn't seen Bolo in years and was VERY surprised to see he was 50 years old when Bloodsport came out! I wonder how he looks at present (67?)

[remmuh]

I watched Bloodsport on Spike last night. I checked iMDB because I hadn't seen Bolo in years and was VERY surprised to see he was 50 years old when Bloodsport came out! I wonder how he looks at present (67?)

maybe like this?


more cool pictures of Bolo!












BOLO IS THE BEST! best thread ever!

[plisk3n]

Yo remmuh, thanks for adding more pictures to this thread! I really like that one with him and his big glasses. Makes him look intelligent or something. LMAO!