For the record
Yes Jet Li is trained in Wu-shu, yes wu-shu is more a performance art than a combat one. BUT!
Jet was trained by some of the BEST in wushu and many of them ARE also traditional artists and know full well the application of good kung fu as well as how to change it for performance.
As a result of being so highly skilled and motivated he was taught by many different sifu and many of them also taught him proper application. It may not have been his focus but still... he was trained by many of the best martial artists in China. I come from a good school i certainly wouldnt pick him.
We really have to face facts here guys...
He is good looking [im not great at telling other men but its kinda obvious], he's not built like a tank and he moves with the grace of a dancer and the power of a boxer. This simply doesnt sit well with most of us. If he was big American ugly, slow and stupid would we still have these issues with his 'real' martial arts.
There is also certainly something there in his movement beyond simply waving his arms. I would venture to say Jet actualy has quite a decent amount of internal power as well as his external movements.
Tae Li
Bagua and Xingyi are both internal styles that use internal power and there both VERY high level systems.
The reason for the fight between the two styles being of so much interest is dispite being both internal the two styles theory and application are nearly opposite.
Bagua is known for its use of circlular footwork, palm attacks and its abilty to difuse force though circlular hand movements.
Xingyi skills on the other hand reside in strait line movement, body angle and fist attacks.
It should be a very interesting match up...
Would have been even more interesting if some PEOPLE IN THIS THREAD HAD NOT RUINED IT FOR ME grrrrrr.
Anyway hope that was of a little use to you.
Up and down, forward and backward, left and right, its all the same. All of this is done with the mind, not externaly.
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Shaped dragon and looking monkey, sitting tiger and turning eagle.
"I wonder how they would do against jon's no-tension fu. I bet they'd do REALLY WELL."
- Huang Kai Vun