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{{short description|Hong Kong actor}}
{{more footnotes|date=January 2013}}
{{infobox person
| name = Chiu Chi-ling
| image = Chiu Chi Ling.JPG
| alt = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1943}}
| birth_place = [[Hong Kong]], [[China]]
| occupation = Actor, martial arts teacher
| years_active = 1978&ndash;present
| module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes
| t = 趙志淩
| s = 赵志凌
| p = Zhào Zhìlíng
| j = Ziu6 Zi3ling4
}}
}}

'''Chiu Chi-ling''' ({{zh|c=趙志淩|j=ziu<sup>6</sup> zi<sup>3</sup> ling<sup>4</sup>}}; born 1943) is a [[martial artist]] and [[actor]] who appears mostly in [[Kung Fu]] style [[film|movies]] produced in [[Hong Kong]]. He also teaches [[Hung Gar|Hung Gar Kung Fu]] at Chiu Chi-ling Hung Gar Kung Fu Association, a [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]]-based [[martial arts]] school he founded, and at the old Chiu Family Kwoon in Hong Kong rooted under the lineage of [[Lam Sai Wing|Lam Sai-wing]]. Every year he visits his students and grand students around the world and organizes worldwide Kung Fu tournaments. The Kung Fu style he is part of was passed down directly from southern [[Shaolin Monastery|shaolin]] temple and carries names like [[Hung Hei-gun]] and [[Wong Fei-hung]].

He has appeared in over 70 movies, both as an actor and [[stunt man]]. His abilities as an actor and martial arts practitioner has allowed him to work with most of the top Hong Kong film makers including [[Bruce Li]], [[Jackie Chan]], [[Chow Yun-fat]] and [[Stephen Chow]].

He started practising Hung Gar Kung Fu when he was six years old under the tutelage of his father Chiu Kau (who won with the famous tiger-crane set over the whole of China in his sixties) and mother Chiu Shiu-ying, who were <!-- ?? --> renowned for their solid Hung Gar. They were also both well-known doctors and Chiu learned from his father, beside the art of Kung Fu, the art of bone setting ([[Dit Da|Dit-Da]]).

In the early 1970s, he opened a [[school]] which attracted many celebrities, athletes and performers. This exposure to the entertainment industry gave him his start in acting. He has appeared in such well-known Kung Fu style movies as ''[[Snake in the Eagle's Shadow]]'', ''[[Duel of the Seven Tigers]]'', the comic smash-hit ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'', ''[[Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons]]''. ''[[Adventures of Power]]'' and ''[[The Mermaid (2016 film)|The Mermaid]]''.  Chiu Chu-ling has also appeared in ''Tiger and Crane Shaolin Kung Fu'' demonstrating the techniques from shaolin tiger and crane.<ref>{{Citation|last=TanDaoKungFu|title=Street Fighting, Shaolin Style|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu29xqjzmJM&app=desktop|access-date=2019-01-20}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Wu Tang Collection|title=Wu Tang Collection - Tiger and Crane Shaolin Kung Fu|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbOfHDAbgss&app=desktop|access-date=2019-01-20}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref>

He currently resides in [[Alameda, California]].

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=1787710|name=Chi-ling Chiu}}
*[http://www.afn.org/~afn59160/images/chuchilingbws.jpg Picture of Young Grandmaster Chiu Chi-ling]
*[http://www.afn.org/~afn59160/sillumhistorycont3.htm sample techniques used in Hung Gar kung fu]
*[https://www.chiuchiling.eu/ Official GM Chiu Chi-ling homepage Europe]
*[http://www.chiuchiling.mex.tl/ Official GM Chiu Chi-ling homepage Mexico]
*[http://www.hunggaroaxaca.mex.tl/ International Chiu Chi-ling Hung Gar Kung Fu Association Oaxaca - Mexico Branch]
*[http://www.adventuresofpower.com/ Adventures of Power]
*[http://www.sonyclassics.com/kungfuhustle/splash/brothersum/ Kung Fu Hustle]

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