Jeffrey Falcon

Falcon initially studied taekwondo, and but in the 1980s began practicing wushu. He won several state and national championships in California, between 1982 and 1983.{{Cite web |date=1999-11-18 |title=FALCON JOURNAL |url=http://www.asiaonline.net.hk/~falconwb/JOURNAL.html |access-date=2024-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991118221353/http://www.asiaonline.net.hk/~falconwb/JOURNAL.html |archive-date=1999-11-18 |url-status=live }} In 1984, he studied with the Beijing Wushu Team under coach Wu Bin. He was a member of the US National Wushu Team from 1985 to 1988.{{Cite web |title=US Wushu Team |url=https://www.uswushuacademy.com/index.php/en-us/2-4/us-wushu-team |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=www.uswushuacademy.com}} He represented the United States at the 1st International Invitational Wushu Championships in Xi'an in August 1985. He later became a wushu coach, and graduated from Beijing Sport University.

Falcon began his film career in Chinese-language martial arts films.{{Cite web |last=Langley |first=Christopher |date=2014-12-01 |title=From Jayhawkers To Jawa: A Short History Of Filming In Death Valley, Part II |url=https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/artbound/from-jayhawkers-to-jawa-a-short-history-of-filming-in-death-valley-part-ii |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=PBS SoCal |language=en}} While living in Taiwan, teaching English and martial arts, he was noticed by Jackie Chan after a television performance. Falcon was then invited to appear in a film in Hong Kong, which led to subsequent film work.{{Cite web |last=Savlov |first=Marc |date=1998-09-18 |title=Six-String Reverb |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/1998-09-18/520285/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=The Austin Chronicle |language=en-US}}

In total, he appeared in seventeen action films,{{Cite web |last=Rohr |first=Jay |date=2023-09-18 |title=Six-String Samurai: Rocking the Wasteland for 25 Years |url=https://filmobsessive.com/film/film-features/film25yl/six-string-samurai-rocking-the-wasteland-for-25-years/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=Film Obsessive |language=en-US}} including Outlaw Brothers{{Cite web |last=Heath |first=Paul Thomas |date=2023-04-12 |title=Cynthia Rothrock-led 'Lady Reporter' set for restored home release |url=https://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2023/04/12/cynthia-rothrock-led-lady-reporter-set-for-restored-home-release/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=The Hollywood News |language=en-GB}} and The Inspector Wears Skirts.{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Ben |date=2012-05-19 |title=The Inspector Wears Skirts (1988) |url=https://kungfumovieguide.com/the-inspector-wears-skirts/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=Kung Fu Movie Guide |language=en-GB}} He adopted the Chinese stage name Git Foo ({{lang-zh|m=|t=傑夫|p=Jié fū|j=Git⁶ Fu¹|l=Jeff|s=}}).{{Cite web |title=Jeff Falcon |url=https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=8095&display_set=eng |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=hkmdb.com}} Although Falcon sought to continue his studies in Buddhism and Chinese, he was dissatisfied with being typecast as a villain and in smaller roles. He returned to the United States to pursue larger acting roles.

In California, Falcon began working with Lance Mungia in 1996 to develop the script for a samurai movie, which eventually became Six-String Samurai. After Mungia observed one night that Falcon looked like Buddy Holly, the two developed the idea of incorporating rock and roll into the film. In addition to starring as Buddy in the film, Falcon did fight choreography, production design, and costume design.{{Cite web |last=Pincus |first=Adam |date=1998-06-01 |title=Lance Mungia's Six-String Samurai |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/archives/issues/summer1998/better_tomorrow.php |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=Filmmaker Magazine}}

According to a 2003 interview with fellow Hong Kong martial artist and actor, John Ladalski, Falcon retired from films and returned to China, where he married and pursued other work.{{Cite web |last=Lanuque |first=Arnaud |date=2003-03-01 |title=Exclusive interview with John Ladalski |url=http://ifrance.com/hkcinemagic/siteanglais/ainterview/aintjohnladasky.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406011447/http://ifrance.com/hkcinemagic/siteanglais/ainterview/aintjohnladasky.htm |archive-date=2005-04-06 |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=HK Cinemagic}}

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• Operation Pink Squad (1988)
• The Inspector Wears Skirts (1988)
• Prince of the Sun (1989)
• The Inspector Wears Skirts 2 (1989)
• Burning Ambition (1989)
• Blonde Fury (1989)
• The Outlaw Brothers (1990)
• Lethal Contact (1992)
• Caged Beauties (1992)
• The Way of the Lady Boxers (1993)
• Rape in Public Sea (1993)
• Happy Partner (1993)
• Oh! Yes Sir! (1994)
• Six-String Samurai (1998) - Also screenwriter and fight choreographer

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Category:1962 births

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