One of the most significant figures in the martial arts genre is also one of its most underappreciated stars. Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Jet Li may top most lists when it comes to the greatest martial arts actors of all time , but they're far from the only stars who had a heavy hand in shaping the medium over the years.

One of the many actors who influenced the direction of martial arts movies was Jimmy Wang Yu , an actor known primarily for his work in the late 1960s and 1970s. Over the course of his long career, Jimmy Wang Yu headlined films that are now considered among the genre's best, including The One-Armed Swordsman , The Chinese Boxer , The One-Armed Boxer , and Master of the Flying Guillotine.

However, Wang Yu did more for the genre than just make good movies; his

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