Nov 15 2008

Jet Li

Jet Li

 

Jet Li was a martial art world champion several times. He started training at the Beijing martial art academy at age eight and won five gold medals in the Chinese championships. In his teens, he was already a national coach. And before he was 20, he had starred in his first movie: Shaolin Temple (1979),which started the 1980s Kung-Fu boom in mainland China. He first attempt at directing “Born to Defend”(1986) met with failure. He is the biggest Asian movie star after Jackie Chan. He relocated to Hong Kong, where he was the biggest star of the early 1990s Kung-Fu

Trivia

Won Chinese national championship in the acrobatic martial art wushu when he was 11; his prize was a trip to Washington D.C. to meet President Richard Nixon.

He studies English with a tutor for 4 hours a day.

Jet & wife Nina Li Chi became parents to a 6 lb. 13 oz. daughter. Jane. [19 April 2000]Jet Was originally cast in the role of the character Li Mu Bai in Ang Lee’s martial arts blockbuster Wo

Kiss of the Dragon

Kiss of the Dragon

hu cang long (2000) (Crouching Tiger. Hidden Dragon),but turned it down. The decision was prompted by a promise to his wife Nina Li Chi that he would not work while she was pregnant. The role of Li Mu Bai went to actor Yun-Fat Chow. Li said this himself during an appearance on the Tonight Show promoting “Kiss of the Dragon”

Other than providing voice-overs for Kit Yun in Rise to Honor (2003) (VG), he also did the motion-capture for his fight scenes.

Injured his foot while escaping the tsunami that followed a 9.0 earthquake in the Indian Ocean. Li and his four year old daughter were on vacation in the Maldives on December 26th. 2004. The two were in the lobby of their hotel when the wave came ashore. Scooping up his daughter and running for higher ground,a piece of furniture hit his foot, causing the injury.

Has claimed his martial arts film Huo Yuanjia (Fearless) will be his last martial arts movie, and that he will concentrate on other matters in the future. One of those matters is apparently a documentary about Buddhism.

His Mandarin name is Li Lianjie. His Cantonese name is Lei Lin-Git (or Lee Lin-Kit).

Jet Li and his One Foundantion Project

Recently, I watched several interviews of Jet Li on TV. All of these interviews are about Jet Li’s life philosophy to the world and his One Foundantion Project, seldom about his movie. As Jet Li says,”the movie is not my first concern”. What he most wanted is building the Project successfully and arousing the true love of peoples to the other ones. I believe Jet Li is not just a movie star, but a philosophy, a charitarian, a real buddhism believer.  He is the one you need to look up to.

All the people cannot forget the tsunami which sweep the South Asia on december 26, 2004. Jet Li and his family is so close to the death. And this disaster changes him for ever. He begin to devote himself to the charity activities and his religion–buddhism. He tries his best to propagandize his One Foundation Project. What is this project? Using his own words, the concept of One Foundation Project is:

                1 person + 1 dollar + 1 month (each month) = 1 (big family) family

Translation: Each person who can, donates one dollar per month. Everyone is connected as one world. The generosity you show to others ultimately comes back to yourself.

I really donate 1 yuan when I see the idea. That is on the premiere of the movie Curse of the golden flower, when the premiere activity comes to the end. Jet Li is invited to go to the stage. All of the comperes consider Jet Li–the international super star –could help them to propagandize the film, and he actually do this, but just a few words. Jet Li knows this premiere is attracting the whole world’s attention. So he uses the few costful time to give publicity to the concept of one foundation. He wants to let the people know his idea of 1 big family and join this activity, he wants to let people know how important of their donates to the poor, to the ones who need help. But the behaviors of these comperes make me feel angry. They interrupt Jet Li’s speech several times, since they want Jet Li to say more about the film. Even though has been interrupted many times, Jet Li still has his manner and keep on telling people how to donate money.

His words and behiviors really shock me. May be some people don’t understand why such a big star beg for the time to propagandize the project. He should be angry with the interruptions. We should remember, he is so close to the death. Material things, money and the like are not important to him, he believes buddhism and most he wanted is passing True Love to others. Hereby, he is not afraid of losing his big star status, if he could achieve his goal. The one foundation is becoming a part of Jet Li’s life, he uses every chance to propagandize it and persuade people donate.

Here I want to say, if you are Jet Li’s fans, if you care about others, if you want the world to become the “one big family”, donate 1 yuan for this foudantion.

Jet Li’s movies

Danny The dog

Danny The Dog-2005.jpg

Danny The Dog-2005.jpg

Black Mask 

Black Mask

Black Mask

 The forbidden Kingdom

The forbidden Kingdom

The forbidden Kingdom

Fist of Legend

Fist of Legend

Fist of Legend

Hero

Hero

Hero

Romeo Must Die

Romeo Must Die

Romeo Must Die

Fearless

Fearless

Fearless

The Mummy

The Mummy

The Mummy

P.S. Click each picture above,you will find amazing views.


Nov 7 2008

Shaolin Wushu

Shaolin Kungfu

Shaolin Kungfu

Shaolin Wushu (Shaolin Martial Art) is one of the most influential genres of Chinese martial art.It’s named after the Shaolin Temple located in Dengfeng County,Henan Province. The monks in the Shaolin Temple began to study martial art during the Southern and Northern Dynastiesand this tradition prevailed during the Sui and the Tang dynasties (581-907).

Shadowboxing suit

Shadowboxing suit

Shaolin Wushu is famous both at home and abroad as a highly effective method of self-defense and health-building. Combining both external and internal, and “hard” and “soft” exercises. Shaolin Wushu involves various methods of fighting techniques. Consisting of barehanded boxing and weaponry combat. The Shaolin boxing has compactly designed routines. Its movements are quick,powerful and flexible, both practical for defense and attack.

Shaolin Gongfu

Shaolin Gongfu

The most outstanding characteristic of Shaolin boxing is that the practitioner works on one straight line. It means that his movements of advancing,retreating,turning around, sideways or jumping are restrained on one line. His arms are kept slightly bent, so that he can stretch out to attack or withdraw freely for self defense. Another characteristic of Shaolin Wushu is to maintain the body in perfect balance as stable as a mountain. The practitioners should keep a tranquil mind but strike with great force and speed. He should be good at”borrowing”force from the opponent. That is, he should not meet the opponent’s strikes head-on,but take advantage of the striker’s force and go along with it to bring him to ward off a force of a thousand weights. The practitioner should know how to make feigned strikes and when striking hit the vital parts of the opponent. The movements should be as dextrous as a cat, the shaking as a tiger,the moving as a dragon,the advancing as lightning and the yelling as thunder.

Shaolin Wushu

Shaolin Wushu

Shaolin Wushu is a very convenient sport. For the practice does not need a large space and is not affected by weather or the kind of weapons used.

Shaolin Wushu Base

Shaolin Wushu Base

There are many routines. External exercises include Minor Hong Boxing,Greater Hong Boxing,Old Hong Boxing, Chaoyang Boxing,Chang Boxing,Plum Blossom Boxing, Cannon Boxing, Luohan Buddha Boxing, Tongbei Boxing,Seven-star Boxing,Dragon-out-of-the-sea Boxing and Shooting-star Boxing.For internal exercises there are Xingyi Boxing and Juji Boxing. Shaolin boxing can be practiced singly or in pairs. The dual routines include: Banshou Liuhe Boxing,Yaoshou Liuhe Boxing and Kick and Strike Liuhe Boxing.