Jet Li is a Chinese film actor, film producer, martial artist, and retired Wushu champion who was born in Beijing. He is a naturalized Singaporean citizen.

The transcript below is from the video “Jet Li Talks About Bruce Lee. Honest Comment!” by BruceLeeRealFight.

BruceLeeRealFight (YouTube Channel):

“Welcome to BruceLeeRealFight Channel. Jet Li or Li Lianjie is a Chinese martial artist and film actor. He started to practice Wushu or some of you may call it Kung Fu or martial arts, when he was eight-years old. He then joined the Beijing Wushu Team with his coach Wu Bin. Jet Li masters several styles of martial arts, especially Changquan (known as Northern Long Fist Style) and Fanzi Quan (Tumbling Fist).”

BruceLeeRealFight (YouTube Channel):

“He has also mastered other martial arts including Baguazhang (Eight trigram palm), Tai Chi Quan, Xing Yi Quan (Shape-Intent Fist), Zui Quan (Drunken Fist).  Yes, the one played by Jackie Chan; Ying Zhao Quan (Eagle Claw Fist) and Tanglang Quan (Praying Mantis Fist).  On top of that, Jet Li also mastered Wushu’s main weapons such as San jie gun (Three-Section Staff) and straight sword.”

BruceLeeRealFight (YouTube Channel):

“After a few years of training, Jet Li competed against adults in the Chinese Wushu Championships and won 15 gold medals over the years.  If you want to ask, can Jet Li fight for real?  The answer is yes!  Over the years, Jet Li has been asked a few times about Bruce Lee.  He has given his honest comment about Bruce Lee in public for a few times.  Let’s listen to what this Wushu champion said about Bruce Lee.”

(Scene from a talk show) 

Talk show host:

“Are you agreed with Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee?”

Jet Li (Chinese film actor, film producer, martial artist, and retired Wushu champion):

 “Bruce Lee is a great martial artist.  Traditional Chinese martial artists are very close-minded.  They only limit themselves to one particular martial art style and they keep saying their own style is the best.  But for Bruce Lee, for example, he trained nunchucks and Wu in his film.  Nunchucks is not a weapon from Chinese Kung Fu because the weapons from Chinese Kung Fu are San jie gun, which has three sections.”

BruceLeeRealFight (YouTube Channel):

“The one used by Bruce Lee has only two sections (nunchucks), because Bruce Lee learned it from a martial artist from Philippines.  Speaking about Bruce Lee’s sidekicks, it is very similar to the kicks from Taekwondo and Karate.  Bruce’s steps are similar to dancing and his movements are very similar to Muhammad Ali.  His punching style is Wing Chun.  In a nutshell, Bruce Lee combined all the good stuff from each martial art style he used to learn and put these together to create Jeet Kune Do.  Of course, he is also well-known for his philosophy other than martial arts.”

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Jet Li (Chinese film actor, film producer, martial artist, and retired Wushu champion):

“I know Bruce Lee only made four and a half movies.  You are able to see his personality inside his action movies.  And, you are able to see his personal life, daily life and that he knew each role very intimately and their inner nature.  Perhaps, this is the one reason why he is so successful.”

Jet Li’s Martial Arts Teaching Session 

Jet Li (Chinese film actor, film producer, martial artist, and retired Wushu champion):

“Now, you try to move your hand naturally like marching and then add some power from your core muscle.  It becomes a powerful punching.  Now raise your leg naturally like marching with strength.  It becomes a kick.”

BruceLeeRealFight (YouTube Channel):

“So what do you think after listening to what Jet Li said about Bruce Lee?  Please do not hesitate to give your honest comment about this video.  Cheers!  Please LIKE, Share, Subscribe & Ring the notification bell!  Thanks for watching!”