Jet Li Bagua/Xingyi

[Existence_is _suffering]

In "The One" Jet Li does Bagua (Gabe) and Xingyi (Yulaw), I was wondering - Does he actually know these arts in their entirety (or close too) or has he picked out the bagua elements of his wushu training and strung them together? Sorry for all the stupid questions lately but I'm interested (and it's WAY better than doing Sociology )

Thanks,

E.I.S

[Kajukenbopr]

it was choreographed

At least, that is my opinion...

[Existence_is _suffering]

Sorry, I'll rephrase the question. Are the majority of the moves that he does in the film Xingyi/Baguazhang?

[Kajukenbopr]

Oh, yeah! it was those 2

Which lineages of Xing Yi and Baguazhang i wouldnt know... but its definitely those 2 arts, though the hand postures of the Xing Yi fists are kinda funky(to me: some schools have different ways of forming their fists)

The baguazhang looks a lot like Wudang Bagua(Taoist Branch, not the one practiced by Dong HaiChuan) or maybe generic Wushu forms...

The styles are portrayed, though, how authentic are the movements, most likely a choreography from Bagua and Xing Yi Wushu.

[NightOwl]

Jet li's background is in Wushu (in fact, he was the best in china, winning numerous awards). I'd imagine that it is from his wushu training that he knew the style, and thus he would probably know the wushu form only.

[Kajukenbopr]

true...

I'm not familiar with what he studied exactly... I do know he is not just a Wushu "dancer", stunt men in his movies do get hurt when he hits.

[BudoTiger]

if you have the dvd watch the special features. it talks about that. corey yuen who does most of the choreography with jet li in his movies was trained in baqua i think. they decided to use the two because the characters were so different and the styles were such a contrast. he studied them both enough to make the movements fluid, but it is all choreographed.

(the one is one of my favorite movies. have watched it probably 1000 times. lmao)

[Kajukenbopr]

I wish there had been more bagua in the movie though...

[Athena]

Oh yea I watched it good movie. Um.. I watched the special features part thingy. I believe it was actually jet Li who came up with the idea fof the different style to tell the two characters apart. Otherwise, they're both him and that's confusing XD

Not much of either style in the movie really, but I'd like to think there was enough for me to get the basic point(s). XD