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either way, the fight choreography is pretty fricking convincing.
http://egotvonline.com/2011/03/29/the-best-jackie-chan-fight-scenes/
http://egotvonline.com/2011/03/29/the-best-jackie-chan-fight-scenes/
Have you ever wondered where Hong Kong action film stars Jackie Chan, Angela Mao, Carter Wong, and Smo Hung got their martial arts training?
It wasn't from some wizened Chinese Kung Fu master who specialized in "secret" techniques. Actually, all four of these actors, as well as other film stars, learned their fighting techniques from a South Korean Hapkido instructor -- himself a noted martial arts film star in Hong Kong.
The teacher's name is Jin Pal Kim, a high-ranking instructor under Hapkido great Ji Han Jae. In the 1960's, kim was a member of South Korean President Chung Hee Park's secret service defense force, and in 1966, Kim drew the job of personal bodyguard for the United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during the latter's visit to South Korea.
In the early 1970's, Kim moved to Hong Kong, opening a Hapkido school and pursuing an acting career. Kim, who now resides in Westminster, California, eventually starred in eight martial arts films, all produced by Hong Kong's third largest film company, Kai Fa Productions.
jackie chan absolutely knows martial arts to a very high extent. go watch his movies before he was in hollywood, he does a lot more sick shit in those than he does in his hollywood flicks.
meh
any MMA fighter owns any of those hollywood martial arts types (come to think of it, any non-hollywood martial art type too)
meh
any MMA fighter owns any of those hollywood martial arts types (come to think of it, any non-hollywood martial art type too)
any MMA fighter owns any of those hollywood martial arts types
yes. The answer is yes. You can add sammo hung, jet li, and a ton of others to the list.
As for hapkido, that would be utterly subsidiary to his main training :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/yu_jim-yuen
j chan started training at age 6 with him, and for a decade worked towards mastering what he was taught, at what amounts to a boarding school for badasses. Hapkido wasn't on the plate. That's like saying bruce lee was a great martial artist because he studied boxing. Yes, he later studied and greatly respected boxing, but he spent the bulk of his youth mastering wing chun.
The thing I love about Jackie is that he does ALL of his own stunts, no fill-ins or stuntmen, plus I believe he choreographs most of his fights, as well.
He used to, but he's said in interviews over the last few years that he's getting too old to do ALL his own stunts, but he still does them when it's viable.
He used to, but he's said in interviews over the last few years that he's getting too old to do ALL his own stunts, but he still does them when it's viable.
I'm going to add Arm-Chair Martial Artists to my list of ATOT descriptions.
Fact: Any student training for a week in ANY martial arts studio ANY where in the US would be more than capable of beating ANY ATOT member to a pulp.
I'm going to add Arm-Chair Martial Artists to my list of ATOT descriptions.
Fact: Any student training for a week in ANY martial arts studio ANY where in the US would be more than capable of beating ANY ATOT member to a pulp.
Even Woosta?