Jet Li Sword Demo

From the Jet Li/Stephen Chow film Dragon Fight.

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• Jet
• Li
• wushu
• kung
• fu
• martial
• arts
• sword
• demo
• demonstration
• action
• Dragon
• Fight

[TheHailstorm77]

In Wu Shu you have to be very flexible and pretty much know how to do gymnastics. Flips, twirls, spirals and so forth are all the flexibility of Wu Shu. But how long can you do this? I betcha Jet Li can't do all the Wu Shu movements like he used to when he was young. In Kung Fu, you can still practice till you're 70 and maybe learn Tai Chi. Wu Shu you can't.

[HyperDrive2020]

@TheHailstorm77 I heard he broke an ankle while filming Shaolin Temple, broke it again while filming OUATIC and then injured his back while filming Born to Defend. He's lucky that he can even kick hard nowadays.

[HyperDrive2020]

@huoyuanjia1963 Wushu literally means "martial art" in Mandarin. So your master is using the term Wushu in that sense. Here we're talking about the sport which is a bunch of forms put together in a homogenized style. Practitioners of traditional kung fu styles don't like it because it is all forms and no application. As a joke, they call it "flowery fists and embroidered kicks."

[utra1337]

All you guys talking shit about Wushu? maybe its true, but it really depends on the practitioner. But for sure, u cant deny Jet Li can still chop u up!

[horsepony3]

The sound he makes dont really match the video and broadswords dont sound like that

[mark9111111]

Is there a separate class in learning sword fighting, or does it come with learning kung fu techniques?

[AmberGirL87]

0:19 u can see he can become a brake dancer too :)))) God Bless Jet Li !!! <3

[monnster88]

@TheHailstorm77 Wu Shu is part of Gung Fu, becuase Gung Fu is a generally term for all Chinese martial art.

[TheHailstorm77]

I honestly, never like Wu Shu whenever I go to tournaments because it fools the audience into thinking it's pure Kung Fu when it's not. The broadsword that Jet Li is carrying is called paper sword. Real Kung Fu practioners use real steel broadswords to practice. Wu Shu also use these thin staffs and spears because they can bend. Real Kung Fu use thick staff and spears so the practitioner can practice chi and focus on speed and power.

[TheHailstorm77]

Regardless of what you say guys. Wu Shu was a combination of Martial arts that's true. However, the traditional Wu Shu had fighting techniques until the Communist govt. decided to sanction it and turn it into a sport kinda like how South Korea did with Taekwondo.Taekwondo is a modified Karate, that's why their blocking, strikes and stances are similar. Karate is a modified version of Karate as well. Taekwondo has two federation. One mainly for sport and kicking and the other for forms.

[Cessnagirl1]

@HyperDrive2020 ...yes, that's why its a performance martial art. I've never encountered a competition involving "Wushu" style matches between 2 opponents. Its always just a single person or two demonstrating and judges giving points.

[Tiddiebang]

at 19 secs... if he could do that he could be the best bboy