Biography

Also seen in the family-fest, Dance Of The Drunken Mantis (impersonating his real-life father - "Sam Seed" (Yuen Hsiao-Tien), The Buddhist Fist, and The Crystal Fist, with Billy Chong, playing the Deaf guy, who fights with a Blind partner (which was one of his most noticeable roles to most kung-fu fans). He usually doubles for his father for the more difficult moves, such as tumbling or acrobatics. Though he's played a lot of "background" characters, he is no less talented than most of his brothers, as they all had input when then worked together (though it's common practice in Asia to give the final say to the big (eldest) brother.

He found his niche in directing. His first project was Yuen Biao's film The Champions, whose theme was Soccer (20-years before the film Kung Fu Soccer hit the screens). He snared a much bigger role in Duel Of The Masters another quirky (but entertaining) film from the Yuen Clan. He's worked as a choreographer since around 1971, years later even working with Samo Hung on some of his films, the best being Pedicab Driver. With the success of his film Tamo Monk, reports surfaced that he too, had quit the business and became a monk to devote his life to the teachings of Buddha. He owns the Brandy Film Production Company.