Biography

Who better to write about on the internet than then fabulous Hong Kong/Chinese Action Star, Jet Li? No One. Jet Li has the youth, fighting talent, and acting ability to take him to the top of the world. Jet Li movies are astonishing showcases of what fighting choreography should dare attempt to achieve. Jet Li will and should live on for centuries as proof as to what man can attain.

Born somewhere in China, Jet was a martial arts prodigy as a child, becoming a master at the Chinese National Sport of Wu Shu by the age of six. (for those who don't know, Wu Shu is a fighting art designed to look good, first and foremost. Efficiency is second priority. Bad Wu Shu is said to look like ballet.) He was a member of the first-ever Wu Shu team to tour the west, performing for even president Richard Nixon. By the age of eighteen, Jet had won five Mainland Wu Shu Champioships.

At this same time, china was filming their first modern kung fu movie. Who was better to play the lead the Jet? The Movie, Shaolin Temple was a huge success in China, and introduced Wu Shu to the rest of the World. The Movie was so successful, it spawned two sequels, the second of which was directed by Liu Chia-Liang (Lau Ka-Leung).