Alexander Lou
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Alexander Lo is a former taekwondo
champion from Taiwan
, who has great physical skills. Alexander worked on many films during the 1980s about Ninja
s, such as The Ninja Hunter, The Super Ninja, Ninja vs. Shaolin, Ninja Condors 13, and Mafia vs. Ninja
. He also worked on Shaolin
films such as Shaolin Chastity Kung Fu and the famous Shaolin vs. Lama. The director who Lo most frequently worked with is Robert Tai, who in 1984 directed him in a nine-hour epic titled Ninja: The Final Duel (redubbed and released in 1999 as Shaolin Dolemite
. Some time after that film, Alexander quit acting but did not stop making movies. He continued a long partnership with Robert Tai, only this time as an action choreographer, working on such films as Fists of Legends II. He often collaborated with his good friend, the African-American kick-boxer Eugene Thomas
(Trammell), where they either fought together as a black/Asian duo, or faced up against each other as arch enemies.
Taekwondo
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
champion from Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, who has great physical skills. Alexander worked on many films during the 1980s about Ninja
Ninja
A or was a covert agent or mercenary of feudal Japan specializing in unorthodox arts of war. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, as well as open combat in certain situations...
s, such as The Ninja Hunter, The Super Ninja, Ninja vs. Shaolin, Ninja Condors 13, and Mafia vs. Ninja
Mafia vs. Ninja
'Mafia vs. Ninja' aka Hong men jue e zhe is a 1984 martial arts film directed by Robert Tai. Made in Hong Kong, it stars Alexander Lou in alongside Eugene Thomas.-Plot:...
. He also worked on Shaolin
Shaolin kung fu
Shaolin Kung Fu refers to a collection of Chinese martial arts that claim affiliation with the Shaolin Monastery.Of the multitude styles of kung fu and wushu, only some are actually related to Shaolin...
films such as Shaolin Chastity Kung Fu and the famous Shaolin vs. Lama. The director who Lo most frequently worked with is Robert Tai, who in 1984 directed him in a nine-hour epic titled Ninja: The Final Duel (redubbed and released in 1999 as Shaolin Dolemite
Shaolin Dolemite
Shaolin Dolemite is a 1999 direct-to-video film starring Rudy Ray Moore and in name, a sequel to Dolemite.The film was created by re-dubbing footage filmed for the 1986 Taiwanese kung fu film Ren zhe da ....
. Some time after that film, Alexander quit acting but did not stop making movies. He continued a long partnership with Robert Tai, only this time as an action choreographer, working on such films as Fists of Legends II. He often collaborated with his good friend, the African-American kick-boxer Eugene Thomas
Eugene Thomas
Eugene Thomas is an African-American martial artist and B-movie actor, who went to Taiwan and Hong Kong in the early 1980s, where he made about a dozen movies, mostly about Ninjas, like Mafia vs. Ninja or USA Ninja, where he frequently collaborated with the tae kwon do specialist Alexander Lou...
(Trammell), where they either fought together as a black/Asian duo, or faced up against each other as arch enemies.