I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16.
JET LIWushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art.
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My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures.
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Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically and mentally, were very strong.
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I am so happy because I want more people to like martial arts movie not just martial arts audience. Even martial arts can be used in comedy, in drama, in horror movies, in different kinds of movies.
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Usually action films have a formula: good guy gets in trouble, his wife dies, friends have problems, so he goes to the mountain, learns martial arts, comes back, and kills the bad guy.
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While films are a very visual and emotional artistic medium, video games take it one step further into the realm of a unique personal experience.
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I spend more time learning about Buddhism than English, which is why my English today is still bad.
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I remember when I was 11, I did some Kung-fu demonstrations in Hong Kong in 1974.
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I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.
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I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China.
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Failure is a fuel for excuses.
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A weapon isn’t good or bad, depends on the person who uses it.
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When you have a friend you work with for 15 years, you become like brothers.
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You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ to talk about love.
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My wife is the boss at home, and my daughters are the bosses. I am just the worker. We are a very warm family and very happy.
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I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16. I think I have proved my ability in this field and it won’t make sense for me to continue for another five or 10 years.
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