Top 3 Legends of Martial Arts In Cinema That You Surely Know

Let’s all be honest here! We’ve all watched the amazing martial arts movies sometimes in our life. There’s a certain of level thrill in watching martial arts movies, isn’t it? Particularly when they do it stylishly and dramatically!

This is one of the reasons why the sport of martial arts has become very popular and why everyone loves martial arts movies.

Today, we’re listing the top 3 of the actors who have fused their ability of the martial arts with a flair for the climactic drama. You’re surely familiar to some of the names on this list.

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee still remains the greatest epitome of martial arts cinema.

Though Bruce Lee ended his life tragically at the age of 32, he had already achieved more in that time than most normal people do in a century.

In his short-lived life, he mastered Kung Fu, originated his own martial art styles, wrote various books, starred in countless movie hits, and became one of the greatest movie stars in the world.

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong’s cheeky, adorable and well-known film star, Jackie Chan took many years of long-drawn, hard work and breaking countless bones in the process to build international success following his start in Hong Kong’s manic martial arts film industry.

Having undergone years of difficult training at a Peking Opera School as a kid, Jackie was previously an experienced martial artist when he started his work as a stuntman in the 1970s. He even had little roles in some of Bruce Lee’s movies before breaking out as a star on his own films including Drunken Master, and Police Story just to mention a few.

Jet Li

et Li was born in Beijing, China. He began his training at the Beijing wushu academy at the age of eight. He won his first gold medal in Chinese championship when he was only eleven and had five gold medals in total. He already became a national coach in his teens and before he turned 20 he already starred in his first movie, The Shaolin Temple in the year 1982.

Jet Li followed in the footsteps of the legends Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan and created his own Hollywood storm and became one of the exceptional martial artists of his generation.

So, what is your favourite martial arts movie?

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