Tao-liang Tan
| Tao-liang Tan | |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | (traditional) |
| Jyutping | Tan2 Dao4 liang2 (Cantonese) |
| Birth name | Tan Dao-liang |
| Origin | Hong Kong, South Korea |
| Born |
22 December 1947 Pusan, South Korea |
| Occupation | Martial arts instructor, actor, film producer, and screenwriter |
| Years active | 1973–91 |
| Ancestry | Shandong, China |
Tao-liang Tan (Chinese: 譚道良; Tan Dao-liang; born 22 December 1947) is a Hong Kong martial arts instructor and former film actor. He has been credited under numerous names throughout his career, most frequently Dorian Tan Tao-liang, Tan Tao-liang, Dorian Tan, and Delon Tanners. Noted for his leg holding and hopping skills, Tan was nicknamed "Flash Legs".
Later in life, Tan dedicated his time to teaching martial arts. Notable students of his throughout the years include Yuen Biao, and Shannon Lee, daughter of the late Bruce Lee.
Tao-liang Tan was born on December 22, 1947, in Busan, South Korea. He is a Chinese Korean whose parents fled mainland China after the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out. At age 7, Tan began studying a number of martial arts including taekwondo, judo, hapkido, and kung fu. Of these styles, he favored taekwondo as it "allowed for full contact, sparring and competition." In an interview, he said he liked high kicks because in taekwondo scoring, a kick to the head is worth two points. Tan went on to win many championships as well as a world title.
At age 23, Tan began teaching taekwondo at the National Taiwan University. He went on to teach martial arts actor John Liu.
In 1973, Tan's fighting style was noticed by filmmakers and he was asked to appear in the film The Hero of Chiu Chow. After the film's release, he continued to act in motion pictures while spending most of his time teaching martial arts. 1976 was when Tan reached breakthrough success by starring in John Woo's Hand of Death, which also featured early performances by Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao.
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