Martial Artist or Actor?

[Buka]

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?

 

[Xue Sheng]

Oh, a slacker, ey?

yup, laziest man in Chinese cinema

 

[opr1945]

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.

 

[Haruhiko]

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...

 

[Stuarto]

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.

 

[Stuarto]

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.

 

[Buka]

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.

I’m a Bruce fan as well. I didn’t care for most of his films but always enjoyed Enter the Dragon. I liked some of Return of the Dragon, too, but Lee’s voice replaced with someone else’s irritates me.

I thought Unleashed was Jet Li’s best film. It even has Morgan Freeman in it as a main character. If you haven’t seen it it’s worth a watch IMO.

 

[Buka]

I’m also a huge fan of Mark Dacascos. I’ll watch him in anything. Even the TV series Iron Chef.