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Chinese-South Korean martial artist and former film actor

Tan Tao-liang (Chinese: 譚道良; Tan Dao-liang; born 22 December 1947) is a Chinese-South Korean martial artist and former film actor.

He used numerous pseudonyms throughout his career, mostly Delon Tam, Dorian Tan Tao-liang, Tan Tao-liang, Delon Tan, Dorian Tan and Delon Tanner. Noted for his leg holding and hopping skills, Tan was nicknamed "Flash Legs".

In his later life, Tan taught martial arts, notably to Yuen Biao, Ke Huy Quan of The Goonies, and Shannon Lee, daughter of the late Bruce Lee.

Early life

Tan was born on December 22, 1947, in Busan, South Korea.

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He is a Chinese Korean^{[clarification needed]}, aka hwagyo, whose parents fled mainland China after the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out. At age 7, Tan began studying martial arts including taekwondo, judo, hapkido and kung fu.

Of these styles, he favored taekwondo as it "allowed full-contact sparring and compet