Kam Yuen, (born in

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), is a Chinese-born American martial arts expert who was the consultant and stunt coordinator for the original television series ''

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''. He also played the roles of Wong Ti and Lin Wu in the series and was the double for

Keye Luke Keye Luke (, Cantonese: Luk Shek Kee; June 18, 1904 – January 12, 1991) was a Chinese-born American film and television actor, technical advisor and artist and a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild. He was known for playing Lee Chan, t ...

, who played Master Po in the series. Yuen was

David Carradine David Carradine ( ; born John Arthur Carradine Jr.; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor best known for playing martial arts roles. He is perhaps best known as the star of the 1970s television series ''Kung Fu'', playi ...

's martial arts instructor. He credited Yuen as the inspiration for the series' main character,

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; Carradine’s book, ''The Spirit of Shaolin'', was dedicated to Kam. A grandmaster of

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and known as the "Praying Mantis of North America" for his skill in the fighting style, Yuen’s film credits include the role of Red Band in ''

Circle of Iron ''Circle of Iron'' is a 1978 martial arts fantasy film directed by Richard Moore and co-written by Bruce Lee, who intended to star in the film himself, but died before production. The film is also known as ''The Silent Flute'', which was the ...

'', co-written by

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which was produced posthumously and also stars Carradine, and ''Project Eliminator''. Yuen graduated from

Manhattan College Manhattan College is a private, Catholic, liberal arts university in the Bronx, New York City. Originally established in 1853 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Christian Brothers) as an academy for day students, it was ...

in 1964. A former aerospace engineer, he is also noted for his expertise in

tai chi Tai chi (), short for Tai chi ch'üan ( zh, s=太极拳, t=太極拳, first=t, p=Tàijíquán, labels=no), sometimes called " shadowboxing", is an internal Chinese martial art practiced for defense training, health benefits and meditation. ...

and

qigong ''Qigong'' (), ''qi gong'', ''chi kung'', ''chi 'ung'', or ''chi gung'' () is a system of coordinated body-posture and movement, breathing, and meditation used for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial-arts training. With roots in ...

, as well as feng shui. He authored several books on the subject including ''Beginning Kung-Fu'' and ''Technique and Form of the Three Sectional Staff in Kung Fu (Literary links to the Orient)''. He is also a 2012 inductee in the

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’s Hall of Fame. In addition, World Black Belt has called him a living legend. He is also a

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and now consults patients who suffer from chronic pain. His method was initially called Yuen Energetics, but it was changed to the “Yuen Method”, co-founded with Marnie Greenberg. According to Yuen and Greenberg, the Yuen Method “relieves pain through feeling for the exact causes of pain… ermedweaknesses, then strengthening the deletion process for the deletion to take place, ”and the process then resets “the mind, body, spirit”. He authored several

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titles on the subject, including ''Delete Pain and Stress On the Spot'' (co-authored with Greenberg), ''The Power of Instant Healing'', ''Instant Rejuvenation'' and ''Instant Pain Elimination''.

References

External links

Official website
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