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-- Wang Qun's Funeral --

Wang Qun's funeral wake was held on January 9, and Zhao Bao Gang, Wu Jing, etc turned up to see him off. Wang Qun was known to be a very nice person in the circle. Wu Jing was grief-stricken at loss of someone close to him. His senior Wang Qun had been very kind to him and taken good care of him. When Wu Jing was bullied, Wang Qun would stood up for him. Jet Li, Yu Rongguang and Sammo Hung have also expressed their condolences by sending in wreaths. Video: Qianlong, Sohu, Sina.

-- Wang Qun Passes Away --

On January 3, 2008 at 5.10am, Mainland martial arts star Wang Qun, 48, died of sudden myocardial infarction. The wushu champion who came from the same wushu school as Jet Li and Wu Jing, Wang Qun had assumed responsibility as the Beijing Wushu Team leader for 17 years. Wang Qun had starred in several Chinese martial arts movies in the 1980s and early 1990s such as Cut-Thoat Struggle For An Invaluable Treasure, Godly Beggar, Huang Tianba, The Magic Legs and Fist from Shaolin. He had also worked with Wu Jing on a few TV series, Master of Taichi, New Shaolin Temple and New Reincarnation, playing some sort of an eccentric or removed elder who guides Wu Jing in one way or another. Let's observe a moment of silence for Wang Qun, one of the the most notable martial artists ever to grace the silver screen.  Liaoning Daily | Video: Sohu

-- Master of Taichi DVD --

Wu Jing's tour-de-force, Master of Tai Chi, has been re-released recently by Tai Seng on shortened edition DVD that comes complete with English subtitles and dub. Master of Taichi is loosely based on the life of Yang Lu Chan, the founder of Yang Style Tai Chi, on the trials he goes through in order to study Chen Style Tai Chi, his encounter with the Manchurian royalty as well as his matches against the legendary Dong Hai Chuan. Yuen Wo Ping and Chueng Sing Yim direct this TV series of incredible martial arts sequences that comprises of multitudes of wushu stars like Yu Hai, Wang Qun, Billy Chow, Kara Hui, Xu Xiang Dong, Tan Qiao, Kou Zhan Wen...

The DVD is now available at YesAsia.