What martial arts did Jet Li and Donnie Yen learn?

Jet Li: National standard martial arts, kickboxing, Muay Thai! 1974 (11 years old)

————Winner of the National Martial Arts Conference (Youth Champion) [Xi’an] (optional sword skill) , designated boxing skills)

1975 (12 years old)

————Martial arts exhibition competition (adult group championship) [Kunming] (boxing skills, sword skills, designated boxing skills, designated spear skills , sparring, pentathlon)

1975 (12 years old)

————The Third National Games of China (Martial Arts) [Beijing] (Boxing, Swordsmanship , sparring champion/designated boxing, second place in designated spear)

1976 (13 years old)

————Goed to an international charity performance and did not participate in the competition

1977 (14 years old)

————National Wushu Competition [Inner Mongolia] (Champion of Changquan and Swordsmanship)

1978 (15 years old)

————National Wushu Competition (Men’s Champion) [Xiangtan] (boxing, swordsmanship, spearmanship, optional boxing, sparring, pentathlon)

1978 (15 years old )

————National Wushu Competition (Individual Championship) [Changsha] (Champion of Boxing, Designated Boxing, Sword Skills/Second Place in Traditional Weapons)

1979 (16 Years old)

————The Fourth National Games (Men’s All-Around) [Shijiazhuang] (Boxing, designated boxing, swordsmanship, sparring championship)

Remarks: 1988 When Jet Li was living in the United States, he liked to recite ancient poems, and because he loved Yue Fei's poem "Man Jiang Hong", he created "Man Jiang Hong Fist". ) greatly praised: "Jet Li is really a genius!"

Donnie Yen:

Donnie Yen was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, and his ancestral home is Taishan, Guangdong. He came to Hong Kong when he was 2 years old and immigrated to Boston, United States at the age of 11. . His mother, Mai Baochan, is a world-famous martial artist and Tai Chi master who founded the Chinese Martial Arts Research Association locally.

Donnie Yen learned martial arts from his mother since he was a child, but he first learned piano and could play Chopin marches. Music is one of the sources of inspiration in his life. My father is the editor of China Daily in Boston. He is good at string music, violin and erhu. Donnie Yen inherited his parents' musical talent and used it in his films.

Donnie Yen’s mother started teaching him martial arts when he could walk. From this, he learned traditional and modern martial arts, as well as Tai Chi, and understood the internal and external laws of martial arts. In Boston's Chinatown, the young Donnie Yen never missed every Kung Fu movie. After watching the works of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and others, he could accurately imitate their movements. He even skipped school to watch Kung Fu movies. Out of a thirst for knowledge and some rebelliousness, he began to look outward and learn various styles of martial arts. Because of his talent in martial arts, Donnie Yen made great strides in his pursuit of martial arts truth.

When he was 11 years old, his family immigrated to Boston, USA, in 1974. In 1978, because Donnie Yen was influenced by Bruce Lee and liked free fighting, but his mother was not good at it, he asked a friend to go to Beijing Shichahai Sports School to learn fighting. Two years later, in 1980, he went to Hong Kong to try his luck, hoping to be like his idol. However, due to immature objective conditions, he returned to the United States two years later in 1982 and participated in the American regional martial arts competition and won the championship, which made Donnie Yen famous in foreign martial arts circles. On his way back to the United States, he passed through Hong Kong and was introduced to meet the famous director Yuen Woo-Ping. Yuen Heping was looking for a new screen hero, and when he met Zhen, he knew he had found him, and a long-term collaboration began. Inspired by his idol Bruce Lee, Donnie Yen not only explored various martial arts styles, but also established his own unique martial arts system. In "Laughing Tai Chi", his excellent physical fitness is reflected; in "Special Police Slaying the Dragon", his boxing shows the versatility of martial arts style; in "Iron Horse", he shows the charm of traditional martial arts. Huang Qiying's performance was so lifelike that the film became one of the most influential of that decade.