Jet Li: Amazing fight scenes

was born in China in 1963, is the youngest of four brothers, two brothers and two sisters. His father died of a heart attack when Jet Li was only 2 years old. His father's death made his mother overprotect him. Li was eight years old when his talent for wushu was noticed in a summer course at school and he began his practice there. He began his training in the Beijing wushu team, a sports group organized to perform martial arts during the All China games. He was trained by renowned trainers like Li Junfeng and Wu Bin, who went to extra lengths to help the boy with his developing talents. As a member of the team, he received wushu training and went on to win fifteen gold medals and one silver medal at the China Wushu Championships, where, despite his young age, he competed against adults. In 1974, At the age of eleven, he became a legend by winning the title of Wu Shu National Champion. In the next five years, he won the national title four more times and retired undefeated in 1979.

According to Li, once when he was a child, the Chinese national Wushu team made a presentation for President Richard Nixon in the United States, Nixon asked him to be his personal bodyguard. Li replied, “I do not wish to protect any individual person. When I grow up, I want to defend my 1 billion Chinese compatriots! ”, Something that filled him with a lot of respect in his homeland.

Li is a master of various styles of wushu, especially Changquan (Northern Longfist style) and Fanziquan (Tumbling fist). He has also studied other arts including Baguazhang (Eight Trigram Palm), Taijiquan (Ultimate Supreme Fist), Xingyiquan, Zuiquan (Drunken fist), Yingzhaoquan (Eagle Claw Fist), and Tanglangquan (Praying Mantis Fist). He did not learn Nanquan (southern fist), as his training focused only on Northern Shaolin styles. He has also studied some of the main weapons of wushu, such as Sanjiegun Gun (staff), Dao (Broadsword), Jian (straight sword), and many more.

The shots of his fights on stage must be edited due to the speed of his movements and the speed of his blows.