About me: Donnie Yen's mother began training her son in the martial arts almost as soon as he could walk. With her he mastered traditional and modern Chinese Wushu and Tai Chi, understanding internal and external principles. As a young teenager hanging out in Boston's Chinatown, Yen, like most youth, caught every kung fu movie he could, but with a difference. Watching Fu Sheng, Ti Lung, Bruce Lee, and Jackie Chan onscreen, Yen could come out of the theaters accurately repeating their moves in the movies he'd just seen. Yen even took to skipping school to take in several movies a day. Hungry for more knowledge and always the rebel, Yen began searching out and mastering various martial arts styles. Whatever his friends were studying, he compared notes and explored other schools too. Feeling the strength and power of his martial arts, he was well along the path in his quest for the truth of martial arts.
From Street to Screen
As a teenager, the rebellious Yen began running wild on the mean streets of Boston's notorious Combat Zone. Concerned, his parents arranged a detour for him-sending him to Beijing, where he would spend two years training with the famed Beijing Wushu Team, studying with the same master as Jet Li. Yen became the first non-PRC Chinese to be accepted at the school, thus opening the door for others to follow in future. While the training was intense and rigorous, Yen wanted more, so his time at the school became only a sojourn. En route back to the U.S, he made a side trip to Hong Kong and was introduced to film director Yuen Wo-ping, the action choreographer for 1999's The Matrix. Yuen, who had launched the career of Jackie Chan in Snake in Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master, was looking for a new kung fu movie hero. In Yen, he found his man, and so began a new journey.
Master Of All
Inspired by his idol, Bruce Lee, Yen not only explored a wide variety of different fighting styles, he also created his own unique martial arts system. His progression in the martial arts is paralleled onscreen by the assimilation and combinations of various martial arts styles displayed. Starting as early as Drunken Tai Chi, his immense physical capabilities were evident. In the Tiger Cage series, Yen showed his versatility with Western kickboxing. Iron Monkey showcased traditional kung fu style, and Yen's memorable performance as Wong Key-ying made the movie one of the most influential martial arts films of the decade. Here, he glorified the kung fu style of Hung Gar. Ironically, Yen explains he doesn't know Hung Gar but credits his ability on-screen to his martial arts philosophy. Throughout his film career, he has never stopped training and his martial arts have never stopped developing. The mental and the physical become one, and the more elevated his art has become, the more Bruce Lee's philosophy has meant to him. Master of all and none, Yen says, 'I've been involved with martial arts for so many years now, I don't really analyze them too much anymore. Basically I agree with what Bruce Lee said, that, as human beings, we all have two arms and legs, so there can't really be many different styles of fighting.' Every style of martial arts has something to offer.
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However, what is known is that everywhere Does who know Await Dear Lee's Return"
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I AM THANKFUL FOR THE THINGS THAT ARE TRUE LETTING GO OF THE FALSE THAT TRY TO STICK WITH TRICKS IN OTHER WORDS I AM THANKFUL FOR YOU
IN MOST GREAT WAR STORIES THERE IS INCREDIBLE FOCUS...,
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The Art Of Facts
It was also known as a great protector of spiritual harmony" Said King Lots before returning to his meditative state
"If only the truth can make them free Why are they living in such great misery?"
