For fans of action films, especially silat, surely this one name can not be separated from memory. His agile movement and his fighting style are very flexible. No wonder, because, this figure-Jet Li-is not just an expert actor on the silver screen, but also a true martial arts champion in real life. Look at his achievements. Successively over five years, from 1974-1979, Jet Li was able to win a martial arts championship at the Chinese National Martial Arts Contest.
Born in Beijing China on April 26, 1963, Jet Li named Mandarin Li Lian Jie not just become famous as now. He experienced a long struggle process like the stories in various films. In fact, he recorded several failures in the film project he worked on. Once upon a time, Jet Li who became famous through the film Shaolin Temple is trying to penetrate America. At that time, around 1989, he appeared in the movie Dragon Fight. The result is sag. But it's not Jet Li if you just give up. He then met the famous producer and director, Tsui Hark. Together, they then made a film with personal funds under the title The Master in 1990. The result? The more sagging, even the film was supposedly not accepted cinema there. He then returned to China and continued his film career back, starting from the bottom.
Actually, the beginning of Jet Li's love of the film world can not be separated from his love of martial arts wu shu. For, this martial is the first time to fly to America to perform wu shu in front of the then president of the United States, Richard Nixon. At that time, Jet Li was selected as part of a cultural exchange contingent because of his achievements in the Chinese martial arts championships.
Wu shu himself is like already ingrained in Jet Li. From an early age, Jet Li has learned a very thick martial art of this oriental nuance. At that time, around the age of 8 years, he entered the martial arts school at Beijing Athletic School. There, the man who has been an orphan since the age of two years met a teacher who was later regarded as
his own father,Wu Ben.
Wu Ben is the one who sees Jet Li's hidden talent. Jet Li's natural talent then made Wu Ben try to train Jet Li very hard. At that time, Jet Li had felt himself given the portion of undue exercise. He felt he had to train more heavily than the other colleagues that made him feel dissatisfied with Wu Ben. But, lately, Jet Li just realized, that Wu Ben is just trying to bring out natural talent and hone it to become the future capital of Jet Li. And, all that proved when Jet Li was able to become champion in various martial arts so he was invited to tour the world to more than 40 countries to show the power of Chinese native martial arts.
Talent and this ability is then brought Jet Li into the world of film. At that time, his first film titled Shaolin Temple was a tremendous success. It was this film that introduced Shaolin-style life to the whole world that many young people wanted to study directly to the Shaolin temple. Since then, in succession, many successful films starred.
Although it failed when trying to penetrate the United States, he then just succeeded when the evil character in the movie Lethal Weapon 4 which also starred famous actor, Mel Gibson. Since that time, Jet Li's name has become increasingly popular in America and the world, so that his old films come back up again.
At the height of fame, an incident nearly cost him his life. At that time, Jet Li with his 4-year-old son, almost took the ocean currents that craze because of the great tsunami in 2004. While on vacation in the Maldives, he must helter skelter to save his family until his leg was torn exposed to broken pieces of furniture. This is what then makes him aware to immediately do something for each other. "I believe that the world is one big family, that's why we need to help each other," he said when inaugurating the foundation he founded, One Foundation. This foundation was formed one of its aims to provide assistance for those affected by disasters or major calamities due to natural factors, regardless of religious, racial, social boundaries. Through this foundation, Jet Li is concerned with the program 1 person + 1 dollar + 1 month (each month) = 1 (big) family, which means one person who can donate one dollar each month will help many families in the world as a big family .
Jet Li's fame as an action actor is unquestionable. It is all a fruit of hard work and unyielding spirit in his life. Now, with what he achieved, he also aroused the concern of people with the foundations that formed. Really, an attitude that deserves thumbs up and emulated. Extraordinary!!!
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