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Statistics : 11630 Movies 19215 People 1448 Studios 29 Articles 73 Interviews 12 DVD Reviews 32452 Screenshots 3722 Videos
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Tang was born in Korea from Chinese parents who had immigrated there to escape the trouble of their war-torn native land during the Japanese invasion of the thirties and forties. At the age of seven he began training in the country�s national martial art of Taekwondo and eventually he would become one of the great world masters of this art. During his competitive days, he developed his trademark prodigious leg dexterity as well as his "hopping" manoeuvre, a spectacular move where he would hop towards an opponent in between powerful kicking strikes up in the air. Eventually Tang became a great champion, winning countless national tournament events consecutively.
Besides Taekwondo, Tang was also taught a peculiar brand of martial art called Gecko, not a fighting art but a climbing technique to scale walls using both legs which would be featured later in some of his films. In between films Tang Tao Liang spent time teaching. One of his students John Liu followed in his master's footsteps and he too became a favourite "bootmaster" performer in such kung fu films as Seret Rivals (76) and The Snuff Bottle Connection (77). He also came up with his own kicking techniques, which he named "Zen Kwan-do". Another of Tang's students was Yuen Biao. As martial art cinema was declining at the dawn of the eighties, Tang left movies, his last appearance being in Godfather Of Fury (82).
Since then he has relocated to California and opened his own school. In the late nineties he taught Shannon Lee, Bruce Lee's daughter, the man whose kicking prowess had brought attention to the kicking oriented performer in the first place. Thus in a way, Tang had come full circle.
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Young Hero Of Shaolin |
1975 |
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Tornado Of Pearl River |
1974 |
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Top Fighter |
1993 |
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Tattooed Dragon, The |
1973 |
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Tattoo Connection, The |
1978 |
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Sunset In The Forbidden City |
1976 |
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Story In Temple Red Lily, The |
1976 |
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Snake Crane Secret |
1978 |
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Showdown At the Cotton Mill |
1978 |
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Shaolin Invincibles |
1979 |
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Shaolin Deadly Kicks |
1977 |
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Secret Of The Shaolin Poles, The |
1977 |
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Scorching Sun, Fierce Winds, And Wild Fire |
1979 |
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Revenger, The |
1979 |
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Revenge Of The Shaolin Master |
1979 |
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Mask Of Vengeance |
1980 |
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Kung Fu Emperor, The |
1981 |
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Knife Of Devil's Roaring And Soul Missing |
1976 |
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Jungle Heat |
1984 |
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Invincible Kung Fu Legs |
1980 |
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Hot, The Cool And The Vicious, The |
1976 |
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Himalayan, The |
1976 |
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Heroine Of Tribulation |
1981 |
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Heroes, The |
1980 |
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Hero Of The Time |
1979 |
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Hero Of Chiu Chow, The |
1973 |
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Hand Of Death |
1976 |
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Godfathers Of Fury |
1982 |
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Godfather's Fury |
1978 |
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General Stone |
1976 |
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Eight Escorts, The |
1980 |
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Dynasty |
1977 |
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Duel With The Devils |
1977 |
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Dual Flying Kicks |
1978 |
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Dragon, The Lizard, The Boxer, The |
1977 |
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Conspiracy Of Thieves |
1975 |
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Challenge Of Death |
1978 |
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Boxer's Adventure, The |
1979 |
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Bloody Treasury Fight |
1979 |
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