Donnie Yen is a movie star who practices Taekwondo, right?

Donnie Yen was born on July 27, 1963 in a martial arts family in Guangdong, China. He came to Hong Kong at the age of 2 and immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, USA at the age of 11. Donnie Yen's mother, Ms. Mai Baochan, is an international martial artist and Tai Chi master. Therefore, he practiced martial arts with her mother since he was a child. At the same time, he was exposed to traditional Chinese Kung Fu and Western boxing techniques such as Tai Chi, which laid a good foundation for him in traditional martial arts.

Growing up in the martial arts atmosphere of his mother, Donnie Yen watched many kung fu movies when he was a child. From this, he learned traditional and modern martial arts, as well as Tai Chi, and understood the internal and external laws of martial arts. After watching the works of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and others, he often imitated their movements and even skipped school to watch Kung Fu movies.

In 1974, 12-year-old Donnie Yen’s family immigrated to Boston, USA, to learn various styles of martial arts. In 1978, because Donnie Yen was influenced by Bruce Lee and liked free fighting, but his mother was not good at it, he was sent to the Beijing Shichahai Sports School Wushu Team for two years of training. Donnie Yen became the first non-Mainland Chinese student to obtain a sixth-degree black belt in Taekwondo while in school. After returning to the United States in 1982, he participated in a regional martial arts competition in the United States and won the championship.