A Fistful of Stances
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A Fistful of Stances is a 2010 TVB
television drama from Hong Kong
produced and created by Lee Tim-shing
. The Chinese title, literally meaning "Iron Horse Seeks Bridge," defines a person who is able to finally use his high potential to learn powerful techniques.
), owner of a martial arts training school, is reunited with her long-lost son Ku Yu Cheung
(Kevin Cheng
) after years of agonizing separation. On his return home, Yu-Cheung is shocked to find that his younger brother Koo Yu-Tong (Kenneth Ma
) has been critically ill and that his father was murdered long ago by Wing Tak (Dominic Lam
), the existing director of a pharmaceutical company and a bitter old foe of the Koos.
Pinning all the family hope on Yu-Cheung, he later learns a special set of kung fu skills, and register for the Seven States Martial Arts Championship Tournament. Out of the blue, Yu-Cheung's opponent in the final turns out to be Wing Man-Kwan (Jacky Heung
).
After the tournament, Yu-Cheung and his family found evidence to prove to everyone that Wing Tak is guilty. Wing Tak began to use cruel ways again to save himself.
Chow family
Wing family
Other cast
Television Broadcasts Limited
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television drama from Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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produced and created by Lee Tim-shing
Lee Tim-Shing
Lee Tim-shing or Lee Tim-sing is a Hong Kong television producer, director, and writer. Lee entered Television Broadcasts Limited in 1969 as a set decorator. He became a director in 1975 and promoted to a producer a few years later...
. The Chinese title, literally meaning "Iron Horse Seeks Bridge," defines a person who is able to finally use his high potential to learn powerful techniques.
Synopsis
Au-Yeung Wai-Lan (Yuen QiuYuen Qiu
Yuen Qiu is an actress and martial artist. She is an expert of both Chinese martial arts and Beijing-opera skills, and was apprenticed under the same master, Yu Jim-yuen, as Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung Kam-Bo at China Drama Academy.Yuen Qiu worked as a stunt woman and as a night club performer...
), owner of a martial arts training school, is reunited with her long-lost son Ku Yu Cheung
Ku Yu Cheung
Ku Yu Cheung was a Chinese martial artist who disseminated the Bak sil lum martial arts system across southern China in the early 1900’s. Ku was known for his expertise in Iron Palm hand conditioning among other Chinese Martial Art training exercises...
(Kevin Cheng
Kevin Cheng
Kevin Cheng Ka-wing is a Chinese American singer and television actor from Hong Kong. He is currently an artist under the management of TVB. Kevin Cheng rose to fame in late 2004 after his first lead role in Hard Fate as "Ken"...
) after years of agonizing separation. On his return home, Yu-Cheung is shocked to find that his younger brother Koo Yu-Tong (Kenneth Ma
Kenneth Ma
Kenneth Ma Kwok-ming is a Chinese Canadian actor from Hong Kong. He graduated from University of British Columbia majoring in Mechanical Engineering...
) has been critically ill and that his father was murdered long ago by Wing Tak (Dominic Lam
Dominic Lam
Dominic Lam Ka-Wah is an actor in Hong Kong, and a disc jockey in both Vancouver, British Columbia and Toronto, Ontario.-Early Life in Hong Kong:...
), the existing director of a pharmaceutical company and a bitter old foe of the Koos.
Pinning all the family hope on Yu-Cheung, he later learns a special set of kung fu skills, and register for the Seven States Martial Arts Championship Tournament. Out of the blue, Yu-Cheung's opponent in the final turns out to be Wing Man-Kwan (Jacky Heung
Jacky Heung
Jacky Heung Cho is a Hong Kong actor. He is the son of film producer/presenter Charles Heung, and the nephew of Jimmy Heung.-Filmography:-External links:*...
).
After the tournament, Yu-Cheung and his family found evidence to prove to everyone that Wing Tak is guilty. Wing Tak began to use cruel ways again to save himself.
Cast
Ku family| Cast | Role | Description |
| Chung King-fai | Au-Yeung Biu 歐陽彪 |
Au-Yeung Wai-lan's father Ku Kin-shing's father-in-law Killed by Wing-Tak |
| Eileen Yeow Eileen Yeow -Career:Eileen won the title of Miss Singapore Universe in 1991. After that, she went on to represent Singapore in the Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas during the same year. Her best friend, Miss Hong Kong Anita Yuen then encouraged her to expand her acting career in Hong Kong. She then went to... |
Hau Ho-fa 侯荷花 |
Au-Yeung Wai-lan's stepmother Au-Yeung Biu's 2nd Wife Killed by Wing-Tak (Semi- Villain) |
| Tavia Yeung Tavia Yeung Tavia Yeung Yi is a Hong Kong actress under Hong Kong's Television Broadcast Limited or TVB. She has starred in numerous popular Hong Kong television series such as Vigilante Force, Twin of Brothers, Dicey Business, Heart of Greed, Moonlight Resonance and Beyond the Realm of Conscience.- Career... |
Au-Yeung Wai-Lan 歐陽惠蘭 |
Mother of Ku Yue-chang, Ku Yue-tong, Ku Yue-yan, Ku Man-kuen, Ku Yue-leung |
| Yuen Qiu Yuen Qiu Yuen Qiu is an actress and martial artist. She is an expert of both Chinese martial arts and Beijing-opera skills, and was apprenticed under the same master, Yu Jim-yuen, as Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung Kam-Bo at China Drama Academy.Yuen Qiu worked as a stunt woman and as a night club performer... |
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| Kevin Cheng Kevin Cheng Kevin Cheng Ka-wing is a Chinese American singer and television actor from Hong Kong. He is currently an artist under the management of TVB. Kevin Cheng rose to fame in late 2004 after his first lead role in Hard Fate as "Ken"... |
Ku Kin-shing 顧堅誠 |
Au-Yeung Wai-Lan's husband Father of Ku Yue-Cheung, Ku Yue-Tong, Ku Yue-yan, Ku Man-kuen, Ku Yue-Leung and Ying Ngan-Ming Killed by Wing-Tak, witnessed by Au-Yeung Biu's apprentice, Pai Jeung (排 長) |
| Ku Yu Cheung Ku Yu Cheung Ku Yu Cheung was a Chinese martial artist who disseminated the Bak sil lum martial arts system across southern China in the early 1900’s. Ku was known for his expertise in Iron Palm hand conditioning among other Chinese Martial Art training exercises... 顧汝章 |
Before identity was Law Siu Dong (羅小冬) Au-Yeung Wai-Lan and Ku Kin-shing's long lost son and first child Love triangle with Ying Ngan-Ming and Chow Bing-Bing Wing Tak's sworn enemy Chow Bing Bing' ex boyfriend Ying Ngan-Ming's love interest |
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| Kenneth Ma Kenneth Ma Kenneth Ma Kwok-ming is a Chinese Canadian actor from Hong Kong. He graduated from University of British Columbia majoring in Mechanical Engineering... |
Ku Yue-tong 顧汝棠 |
Au-Yeung Wai Lan's Second Child Has Asthma since 19 years old Wing Tak's sworn enemy |
| Stephen Wong Ka-Lok Stephen Wong Ka-lok Stephen Wong Ka-Lok is a Hong Kong actor currently working for TVB.-Biography:Prior to joining TVB, Wong originally wanted to be a customs officer, which at that point of time due to economical recession, was considered a very stable and well-paid position.... |
Ku Yue-yan 顧汝仁 |
Love triangle with Ku Yue-leung and Wing Tsz-Yau Au-Yeung Wai Lan's Third Child |
| Shirley Yeung Shirley Yeung Shirley Yeung Sze-Ki, born 7 August 1978, is a Hong Kong actress under contract to the TVB television channel.... |
Ku Man-kuen 顧文娟 |
Au-Yeung Wai Lan's Fourth Child Twins; elder sister of Ku Yue-leung Ho Ho-yin's ex-girlfriend |
| Alex Lam (林子善) | Ku Yue-leung 顧汝良 |
Love triangle with Ku Yue-yan and Wing Tsz-Yau Au-Yeung Wai Lan's Fifth Child Twins younger brother of Ku Man-kuen |
| Natalie Tong Natalie Tong Natalie Tong Si Wing is a TVB actress. Before becoming an actress, Natalie was once a model. Natalie once studied in Methodist College.-Films:-TV series:-Awards and nominations:Awards... |
Ying Ngan-Ming 應雁鳴 |
Love triangle with Chow Bing-bing and Ku Yue-cheung Au-Yeung Wai Lan's Adpoted Child got raped by Tam Chung Likes Ku Yue-Cheung |
| Lee Shing-Cheung Lee Shing-Cheung Henry Lee Shing-cheung is a Hong Kong TVB actor.-Acting:Lee graduated from the 8th TVB Training Class in August 1979. He landed his first role in Hong Kong '81, one of TVB's long-running series, and was most notable for enacting Michael in Looking Back In Anger, one of TVB's most popular dramas to... |
Au-Yeung Cheung 歐陽昌 |
Au-Yeung Wai-Lan's brother |
Chow family
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Ram Chiang | Leung Cham 梁湛 |
Master/Mentor of Ku Yue-Cheung Chow Fong Fong's husband |
| Angela Tong Angela Tong Angela Tong, born 30 June 1975 in Montreal, Canada with family roots in Shunde, Guangdong, China, is a Hong Kong actress and was Miss Chinese Montreal 1995. She went to Concordia University.-Pageant life:... |
Chow Fong-fong 周芳芳 |
Chow Bing-bing's older sister Leung Cham's wife (Semi villain) |
| Nancy Wu Nancy Wu Nancy Wu Ding Yan is a Chinese actress contracted to TVB. In 1999, she participated in TVB's 18th Annual New Talent Singing Awards competition and finished in the top four. In 2001, she entered TVB's 3rd Annual Cover Girl Competition and won the Most Photogenic Award, the Most Fit Award, the Most... |
Chow Bing-bing 周冰冰 |
Love triangle with Ying Ngan-Ming and Ku Yue-cheung Chow Fong-fong's younger sister Kwan Hung's ex-wife Ku Yue-cheung's ex-girlfriend (villain) |
Wing family
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Dominic Lam Dominic Lam Dominic Lam Ka-Wah is an actor in Hong Kong, and a disc jockey in both Vancouver, British Columbia and Toronto, Ontario.-Early Life in Hong Kong:... |
Wing Tak 榮 德 |
Killed Au-Yeung Biu, Hau Ho-fa and Koo Kin-shing (Main Villain) |
| Kara Hui Kara Hui Kara Hui Ying-Hung is a Hong Kong actress of Manchu ancestry.-Biography and career:Hui's family moved to Hong Kong in 1966 and she started working at night clubs at fourteen. In her interview on Be My Guest, Hui revealed her family lost their savings from her father's business acquaintances... |
Cheung Sheung-chu 蔣上珠 |
Wing tak's wife Shot Koo Kin-shing and injured him (Semi-Villain) |
| Selena Li Selena Li Selena Li Sze-wan is an actress and former Miss Hong Kong 2003 contestant. That year, as a contestant from Toronto, Selena was the winner of Miss Talent and Miss Photogenic. Prior to entering the Miss Hong Kong pageant, Selena was attending the University of Toronto studying for a Bachelor of... |
Wing Tsz-ching 榮芷晴 |
Doctor Wing Tak's first child |
| Jacky Heung Jacky Heung Jacky Heung Cho is a Hong Kong actor. He is the son of film producer/presenter Charles Heung, and the nephew of Jimmy Heung.-Filmography:-External links:*... |
Wing Man-kwan 榮萬鈞 |
Killed Ah Kwong Wing Tak's second child (villain) |
| Angel Chiang (蔣家旻) | Wing Tsz-yau 榮芷悠 |
Wing Tak's third child Ku Yue Yan's girlfriend |
Other cast
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Jack Wu Jack Wu Jack Wu is a television actor, and host from Hong Kong, working for TVB.-TV series:-External links:*... |
Ho Ho-yin 何浩然 |
Ku Man-kuen's ex-boyfriend |
| Eric Li Eric Li (actor) -TV series:-References:... |
Tam Chung 譚忠 |
Wing Man Kwan's mentor Rapist of Ying Ngan-Ming (Villain) |
| Helen Ma | Chan Kiu 陳嬌 |
Abducted Ku Yue-cheung and attempted to abduct Ku Yue-tong |
| Lily Li Lily Li Lily Li is a Hong Kong actress.-Filmography:* State of Divinity * Centre Stage* The Young Master* Disciples of the 36th Chamber* Shatter* Shaolin Mantis* Challenge of the Masters... |
Aunt 12 十二嬸 |
Helped Cheung Sheung-chu frame Tam Chung |
Awards nominations
TVB Anniversary Awards (2010)- Nominated: Best Drama
- Nominated: Best Actor (Kevin Cheng)
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actor (Dominic Lam) Top 5
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actress (Selena Li)
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actress (Natalie Tong)
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actress (Kara Hui) Top 5
- Nominated: My Favourite Male Character (Kenneth Ma) Top 5
- Nominated: Most Improved Actor (Alex Lam)
- Nominated: Most Improved Actress (Selena Li)
- Won: Most Improved Actress (Natalie Tong)
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