Drunken boxing

[47MartialMan]

Yes, I have two biography books on him.

[battousai16]

i'm sure it's covered in those, then.

[Drunken Monkey]

from what i gather, jackie chan learns how to do the martial arts but not how to fight with them.

 

if you get what i mean.

 

if you like, he 'imitates' them.

 

after all, he is an actor at the end of the day.

 

is an actor really going to learn a martial art for fighting?

 

but then again, this doesn't automatically mean he can't fight with them,

 

if only purely because of being stupidly fit, strong and familiar with the moves, techniques, ranges etc etc.

 

as for his learning wing chun from leung ting.

 

i'm not sure what i think of that....

[battousai16]

just relaying what i've read. i don't see why he wouldn't, y'know?

 

and i think you're right on all counts there. learns them for performance purposes, but could certainly defend himself if he needed. i've said it before, the man could certainly beat the crap out of me, and then be kind enough to pay for my hospital bills i'm sure

[47MartialMan]

Yes, actor first, martial artist second.

[Flying Tiger]

I would just like to point out that the Jackie Chan comment was meant to be more of a joke than a discussion-opener. I saw a few interviews where Jackie said the same things.

[47MartialMan]

He did say he did not "like" fighting, but he had practice martial arts. In another interview, he admitted that he did not want to be known as a martial artists, but as a performer. He explained as such to prevent anyone from seeking to challenge his martial art ability.

[battousai16]

not to say, of course, that he isn't incredible at what he does.

[Drunken Monkey]

.....i think because he makes it look so easy that people don't realise just how good he is.

 

there is one particular set of out-takes, at least that's what i think they were....

 

well, basically, it was for a kinda jump and roll off/along the top edge of a wall (or something similar).

 

and jackie was demonstrating what he wanted .....except he only got it right once....

 

so there was this bunch of guys all taking a run-jump-step-roll off the edge

 

but

 

no one could get it.

 

what i couldn't help but notice is how effortless it all seemed.

 

what makes it worse is that whenever these guys get it really wrong and it looks like they're gonna crash headfirst into the ground,

 

they tuck and roll out+stand up out of it.

 

even the god-dammned mistakes are 'perfect'.

[47MartialMan]

Yeah, but he has a lot of experience in "judging" what his body can do. Also, the same experience to know if a stunt can be performed. And, a lot of injuries. I have read, he "self-insures"and his stunt team. In one of his biography books, he lists his top most "hair raising" that he probably "won't do again" stunts.

 

Some martial artists have a problem with him, per his comedic blend. They choose to loook at martial arts too serriously. As if the martial arts that practice doesn't have any "bumbling" mistakes our aspirations.