Zen in the Martial Arts - Ross School Senior Projects
... pertain to medicinal practices such as acupuncture, qi gong, and bone-setting. The early history and origins of martial arts are difficult to reconstruct. Inherent patterns of human aggression, which inspire mock combat and optimization of close combat, are doubtlessly inherited from a pre-human sta ...
... pertain to medicinal practices such as acupuncture, qi gong, and bone-setting. The early history and origins of martial arts are difficult to reconstruct. Inherent patterns of human aggression, which inspire mock combat and optimization of close combat, are doubtlessly inherited from a pre-human sta ...
Jet Li
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Li Lianjie ([lì ljæ̌ntɕjɛ̌]; born 26 April 1963), better known by his English stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese film actor, film producer, martial artist, and wushu champion who was born in Beijing. He is a naturalised Singaporean citizen.After three years of intensive training with Wu Bin, Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team. After retiring from Wushu at age 19, he went on to win great acclaim in China as an actor making his debut with the film Shaolin Temple (1982). He went on to star in many critically acclaimed martial arts epic films, most notably the Once Upon A Time in China series, in which he portrayed folk hero Wong Fei-hung.Li's first role in a Hollywood film was as a villain in Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), and his first leading role in a Hollywood film was as Han Sing in Romeo Must Die (2000). He has gone on to star in many Hollywood action films, including Kiss of the Dragon and Unleashed. He co-starred in The One (2001), The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) with Jackie Chan, all three of The Expendables films with Sylvester Stallone, and as the title character villain in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) opposite Brendan Fraser.