Jackie Chan

By - Liam brown

“Do not let circumstances control you. You control your

circumstances”.These are the wise words of a very famous
actor, Jackie Chan. J​ ackie Chan is a man without fear. He
faced many challenges throughout his life and got through
every one of them with courage and determination.
Jackie Chan was born in Hong Kong, on April 7, 1954. He
was sent to a boarding school in 1961 when he was 7. He
went to Nah-Hwa on Hong Kong island where he,
unfortunately, failed his first year in school. ​Subsequently,
he went to another school called China Drama Academy,
which was one of the best opera schools at the time and it
was run by master Yu Jim-yuen. Jackie Chan thrived in this environment and remained here
for the next ten years.

While Jackie Chan was at his new boarding school he learned everything from drama to
fighting, to singing and even miming. He was in love in his new school and wanted to do
acting so much, he started acting at the age of five and starred in a movie at age 8 (Big and
Little Wong Tin Bar(1962)​.​ When he was 17, he worked as a stuntman in the Bruce Lee
films Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon under the stage name Chan Yuen Lung, He received
his first major role later that year in Little Tiger of Canton
(1973), which had a limited release in Hong Kong.

In 1976, Jackie Chan received a telegram from Willie Chan, a

film producer in the Hong Kong film industry who had been
impressed with Jackie's stunt work. Willie Chan offered him an
acting role in a film directed by Lo Wei. Lo had seen Chan's performance in the John Woo
film Hand of Death (1976) and planned to model him after Bruce Lee with the film New Fist
of Fury. ​i​n the movie called ​armour of the god​ (1986) Jackie was filming a movie when he
fell from a great height and almost perished, He fractured his skull, damaged his 7th and 8th
vertebrate and impaired his hearing.

Another time Jackie ​c​han has almost perished was in a movie called Legend of the Drunken
Master (1978), During the filming of the original, the actor Jang-Lee had kicked Jackie so
hard he broke his brow bone, causing him to nearly lose an eye, but Chan would be
disappointed if he didn’t film the sequel. He fought so hard against Chia-Liang that the
director left the project unfinished. In his absence, Jackie was free to hurt himself however he
pleased. Jackie spent 4 months filming the final fight, most of which was spent letting the
other actors kick him. For the finale, hot coals were set down for Jackie to be kicked onto.
Rather than roll sideways to safety, Chan directed his character to crabwalk backwards over
the coals. The coals ripped through his thin closing and burned into the length of his body.
Most actors would have gone to the hospital, but Jackie didn’t like the first take, so he did it
again.

In the movie Police Story 3: Supercop(1992) When the criminals try to get away in their
helicopter, Chan runs and jumps onto its rope ladder from a six-story roof. From there, it
waves Chan wildly around until it finally dumps him on top of a pile of cactuses being
transported by a train. During the stunt, Chan is supposed to swing from a pipe and narrowly
miss the chopper. But the pipe he was holding onto failed to rotate completely and the
helicopter ended up striking Chan in the back. Chan had his rib fractured, his shoulder
broken, and his cheekbone dislocated in the process. Worse, he was forced to
half-consciously cling to the crew to safely lower him.

When he was on the set of the movie armour of the god (1986) Jackie took a great fall and
was severely hurt. He was almost paralyzed and had to have surgery done on the spinal cord
that he lucky recovered from surgery. He has had too many injuries to count from surviving a
6 story clock tower fall to a helicopter striking him in the back and even crab walking over
hot coals, he has survived all of them and he still is living to this day.
“Chan” ​has received worldwide recognition for his acting and stunt work. His awards include
the Innovator Award from the American Choreography Awards and a lifetime achievement
award from the Taurus World Stunt Awards. He has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
and the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars. Also, Chan has been honoured by placing his hand and
footprints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Reviewers of Rush Hour 2, The Tuxedo, and
Shanghai Knights noted the toning down of Chan's fighting scenes, citing less intensity
compared to his earlier films. The comedic value of his films is questioned; some critics
stating that they can be childish at times. Chan was awarded the MBE in 1989 and the Silver
Bauhinia Star (SBS) in 1999.
Jackie Chan studied Kung Fu the Shaolin Arts of China. Nanquan- Northern Fist, Shantou-
Southern Fist, Kuntao- Art Of Staff And Sword, Wing Chun, Yoga, Tai Chi, & Drunken
Style. He also studied Kenpo- Karate mixed with Judo & Aikido - Jiu-Jitsu mixed with
Taekwondo. Combined all together they form Chop Suey the most advanced form of Kung
Fu. Similar to what Bruce Lee perfected Jeet Kun Do. Jackie Chan can overall master
anything.

Jackie Chan is a man of many things, from fighting to stunts, and even being a mime. But if
there’s one thing he’s perfected it’s one hundred percent almost dying.

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​-“Jackie Chan.” ​Encyclopædia Britannica,​ Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 20 Nov. 2020,
-Spaeth, Ryu. “The Painful Price of Becoming Jackie Chan.” ​The New Republic​, 8 Jan.
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