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Director Du Xiao Shares His Visions and Goals

When China's multiple awarding director Du Xiao read the script of A Legend of Shaolin Kungfu, he approached it with reminiscence. As everyone is aware, Jet Li's version of Shaolin Temple is known throughout the world for its authentic portrayal of martial arts scenes, their elegance and practicality.

The kungfu culture developed rapidly following that, and films like Swordsman and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon brought about a different school of martial arts choreography, tending towards surrealism, etherealness and gracefulness.

-- Legend of Shaolin Kungfu II: Thirteen Warrior Monks --

Anecdote: Li Yuan says that pertaining to this training scene, he had a little dream when he was very young. Back then, when he just started training in swordplay, he hoped that one day, he would have the chance to using his own interpretation to perform swordplay on the screen. And finally, after ten years of hard work, here's the result...

Video of Li Yuan doing something similar to Drunken Swordplay: Li Yuan's Blog