Martial Artist or Actor?

Donnie Yen

tai chi, Boxing, Kickboxing, Jeet Kune Do, Hapkido, Mixed martial arts, Taekwondo, Karate, Muay Thai, Wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Hung Ga, Sanda, Judo, Shaolin kung fu (from his mother Bow-sim Mark), wudangquan (from his mother Bow-sim Mark), Wing Chun, and Wushu.

purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ)
black belt in judo
6th degree black belt in taekwondo

Oh, a slacker, ey?
 
I started studying Martial Arts ("Karate") about a year ago. Started from a place of a high level of ignorance. Thought there was Karate, Judo (Ju-jitsu) Tae kwon Do and Aikido and that was it.

Boy, was I ever wrong. As I understand it now there are over 100 "styles" of Karate alone. Then Korean, Chinese, Thai, eastern European, Middle Eastern and others. Probably a finite number that is not capable of being counted and is increasing daily.
 
I started studying Martial Arts ("Karate") about a year ago. Started from a place of a high level of ignorance. Thought there was Karate, Judo (Ju-jitsu) Tae kwon Do and Aikido and that was it.

Boy, was I ever wrong. As I understand it now there are over 100 "styles" of Karate alone. Then Korean, Chinese, Thai, eastern European, Middle Eastern and others. Probably a finite number that is not capable of being counted and is increasing daily.
He doesn't know about the koryū rabbit hole yet...
 
Fight scenes are fun to coordinate. Alphonso Ribeiro hosted a late night talk show back in the day. I coordinated a fight scene for him to open his show one night. Lots of fun. He’s a really nice man, too.
Buka, this is awesome my friend. It seems you have had some great adventures and experiences in life.
 
I think Jet li is the goat as far as post Bruce Lee mainstream 😁
The movie The One was my first introduction to Jet Li. I like him but could never really get into him as much as Bruce Lee. The first time my dad had me watch Enter the Dragon I was completely blown away. I still watch it about once a year. The man was and continues to be an inspiration for martial artists.
 

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