The untold story about the “intense” real life of actor Vu Hai who has just passed away

The famous actor Vu Hai in the movies “The Judge”, “The Taste of Friendship” is the Deputy General Secretary of the Hanoi Martial Arts Association, the Deputy Head of the Thang Long martial arts sect. And there are many surprises about this character that not everyone knows.

Actor Vu Hai died at 5pm on April 10 at his home. He suffered from marrow cancer and did not recover after 3 months of treatment. Many colleagues, friends and audiences were shocked to hear the news of Vu Hai’s death.

Actor Bao Anh shares behind-the-scenes photos of martial arts master Vu Hai and his colleagues while filming “The Judge”

On his personal page, actor Bao Anh (playing Bao Ngao of the Judge) shared a series of commemorative photos with martial artist Vu Hai and the film crew in the past, saying: “Are you going to meet the president, right? Well then, goodbye, Hung perch”. Actor Danh Thai mourned: “Farewell Mr. Vu Hai”.

Actor Vu Hai was born in 1960, in a family rich in martial arts traditions in Hanoi. His grandfather was a famous martial artist. From a young age, he also studied with a number of famous martial artists, including the late Master Van Nhan – the founder of Thang Long Vo Dao.

He has also affirmed his position in the Vietnamese martial arts village when he became the Deputy General Secretary of the Hanoi Martial Arts Association and successfully organized many major congresses and tournaments. In addition, he is also the Director of a security company, specializing in providing bodyguards and protection for units and agencies in need.

Master Vu Hai in his first movie Silver Swamp. Screenshots.

In an article written 10 years ago there was an anecdote related to his talent. According to master Van Thang, martial artist Vu Hai is the great disciple of the late master Van Nhan. From a young age, he was tutored, taught, and imparted martial arts by the “Special Commanding Master” himself. Therefore, Master Vu Hai has successfully practiced many secrets of the sect.

When talking about martial arts master Vu Hai, master Van Thang paid him special respect. Vu Hai is superior to the famous masters of the discipline today in terms of skillful use of short weapons (daggers, daggers, chains, sticks). Even a small umbrella in the hands of martial artist Vu Hai becomes a powerful weapon.

In particular, martial artist Vu Hai is considered a master of using hidden weapons. He can launch a shadow when fast, powerful and accurate, making the martial arts world nicknamed: “Master of Vietnamese martial arts” or “Ha Thanh is the first secret weapon”.

Master Vu Hai in the movie Taste of Friendship. Photo: FBNV.

To be able to imagine the superior talent of martial artist Vu Hai, Grand Master Van Thang told a story that he “unmasked” the media about excessively praising martial arts performances of masters from China. Country. In the flashback, Master Van Thang takes us back to 2007.

According to Master Van Thang, at that time, the Chinese martial arts group was invited to perform kung fu in Vietnam to exchange. This event was widely reported by the press and attracted the attention of the public.

People come to see Chinese martial arts masters perform in large numbers. Many people are stunned when they directly see the martial arts masters from China perform. The performances are said by the media that only great masters like in the old classic movies can do. Like using the eyelids to pair two coins stuck to two buckets of water, using a long cast iron rod to hit people, the cast iron bar broke and people were unharmed…

At that time, martial arts master Vu Hai wanted to prove to the people that the Chinese martial arts performances were not difficult. To convince the media, Master Hai decided to re-perform those performances at a more difficult level. He wanted to let the world know that the level of Vietnamese martial arts is not inferior to Chinese martial arts.

Think is do, right after 10 days since the controversial performance of the masters from China at Thuyen Quang Lake, Master Vu Hai and disciples of the Thang Long Vo Dao sect have re-enacted the whole thing. those shows.

After this event, the martial arts world as well as the people understood that “the performance of Chinese masters is only at a normal level and cannot be called kung fu”. Because according to Master Van Thang, a performance is considered Kungfu only when you can do it but others can’t.

Specializing in playing the role of a delinquent on screen, Vu Hai is honest and likable in real life

To perform the “steel man” kung fu show, master Vu Hai used a stick instead of a cast iron bar. Because of the brittle nature of the cast iron bar, it is easy to break, just need to hit it hard plus a little trick to break it into two. Meanwhile, wooden sticks have better flexibility. Therefore, in order to do this, it is necessary to have a much more profound internal work.

According to Grand Master Van Thang, Master Hai is one of the few famous martial artists invited to train and train martial arts for police and military soldiers. Also with his prestige, Master Vu Hai was assigned to hold the position of Vice President of Hanoi Traditional Martial Arts Association.

Talking about his martial arts talent, Master Vu Hai is very humble. Because according to him, martial arts must be proven firsthand to convince. According to “Ha Thanh The First Dark Weapon”, the only secret to becoming a master is hard work.

The popularity of martial arts has brought martial arts master Vu Hai into an exciting new field. Thanks to a predestined chance, he was exposed to cinema and quickly asserted his own identity in the roles. Master Hai shared, the first time he fell in love with art was when he was invited to direct the martial arts choreography for the play “Thousand-year love history” of Thang Long theater. Then this play was an unexpected success due to the contribution from the action sequences. The name of martial artist Vu Hai began to be noticed by many people in the film world. He was invited by the directors of martial arts films as a mentor.

Up to now, martial artist Vu Hai has not ceased to be surprised because he has become a movie actor. “Perhaps I can act in movies because I inherited artistic blood from my mother. She was a famous Cai Luong singer before,” Master Hai confided.

Vu Hai dedicates his life to martial arts

Most of Vu Hai’s roles are just supporting roles, screen time is quite short and he is a side-by-side actor, but each of his roles also leaves a strong impression in the audience’s hearts with his thorny image, along with many dangerous stunts he performed beautifully with the experience of a martial arts master.

In a sharing, Vu Hai said that acting is not “pink” as many people think. To be able to participate in movies, he also traded a lot of time, health and work.

Although for Vu Hai, art is just a side job and a place for him to show the artistic blood he received from his mother who is a reformed actor, while his endless passion is still martial arts and his main profession is business. However, it can be seen that with art, Vu Hai always works seriously and leaves many unforgettable impressions on the audience.

However, on the afternoon of April 10, the talented martial artist and actor took his last breath at the age of 62 after a short treatment for pancreatic cancer. The sudden departure of martial artist and actor Vu Hai made many people who loved him shocked and saddened.