Mark Houghton (何麥) on Hong Kong stunts, Hung Gar, and Drunken Master 2 (Action Talks #12) from Action Talks with Eric Jacobus

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Mark Houghton (何麥) on Hong Kong stunts, Hung Gar, and Drunken Master 2 (Action Talks #12)

2 hour 57 minutes Posted Jun 8, 2023 at 10:32 pm.

Houghton's early days and first martial arts

How Houghton started learning Kung Fu

Saved from a Mcdojo

Plans to learn Kung Fu in the 80s

How to stay in Malaysia

Seeing Lau Kar Leung on the big screen

Brief history of Hung Ga Kuen/洪家拳

Hung Society History

Meeting Mark's FIrst Hung Gar Master

Involvement with Malaysia Gangs

Opening up a Martial Arts School in the UK

Meeting Lau Kar Leung for the first time

How closely nit were the HK stunt community?

Lau Kar Leung thoughts on Shaw Brothers

Working with Philip Ko

Philip Ko Fei's Action Style

HK vs US fight choreographing

Does martial art training help for fight scenes?

How to keep getting HK stunt jobs

Two "Black Snow" movie confusion

How many injuries does Mark have?

HK stunt women, working with Moon Lee

What makes 80s-90s HK movies stand out

Fight scene with Sammo Hung

Dubbing foreigners in Hong Kong

Frankie Chan Action Style

Bak Mei vs Hung Gar Drama?

Lau Kar Leung's Intent for Drunken Master 2

Hung Initiation Right

How HK movies got investments back then and now

Drunken Master 2 Drama

Action Design for Drunken Master 2

Last Action Design for Drunken Master 2

Different ideals for Drunken Boxing

Why did Lau Kar Leung make Drunken Master 3?

Working with Gordon Liu

2nd Malaysian knife fight

Lau Kar Leung working with Kim Won Jin & Chin Ka Lok

Telegraphing in fight scenes

Lau Kar Leung's thought on Northern Style Kung Fu

Mark's thoughts on the future of martial art movies

Lau Kar Leung's view on violence

Has becoming a parent change his views?

I Am the White Tiger documentary

Signing off

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Mark Houghton / 何麥 is a western stuntman who worked in Hong Kong in the

90s alongside Sammo Hung, Phillip Ko, Jackie Chan, and Lau Ka Leung. He

talks about his Hung Gar training, his extensive Hong Kong filmography,

and of course, what went down on Drunken Master 2. His HKMDB is at https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=8520&display_set=eng

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Edited by Patrick Nan

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