Jackie Chan is a well known Chinese American Actor and a Martial-Artist, he is famous for his Martial arts movies and his techniques. From 2000-2005, Chan lent his voice to Jackie Chan Adventure for a cartoon role. Chan came on top of the box office for his third film of the Rush Hour series. He started his film career when he was at the age of eight years old, he appeared with some of his fellow "Little Fortunes", in the film Big and Little Wong Tin Bar in the late 1962. Jackie became an actor since his first film “Little Wong Tin Bar” he then became a Martial-Artist. He became a child actor and after that it was just step-by-step: Child actor, stunt performer, stunt coordinator, director, script writer, camera man and more. Jackie Chan is an outstanding Hong Kong actor, martial-artist, and a stunt performer due to his significant roles in the film industry.
Jackie Chan started when he was only eight years old and a student at the China Drama Academy, later became famous after appearing in several martial arts and action movies. Chan's first movie was titled, Big and Little Wong Tin Bar. He later went on to form part of an acrobatic performance group called The Seven Little Fortunes. As Chan got older, he became a stunt double and extra in movies until his big break. Mark Pollard stated that, "In 1959, the China Drama Academy was founded by Yu Jim-yuen, a strict northern kung fu practitioner who taught stage acrobatics, singing and acting to children enrolled for 10 years. Despite the harsh requirements of the school, many children were enrolled by their parents due in large part to Master Yu’s reputation in the Shanghai Opera arena and the celebrity status of his famous daughter, wuxia film star Yu So-chow" (Polla...
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...e, Chan only got the name Jackie Chan when he was working in the embassy of United States. Sing Lung means you're already a Dragon, because on how Chan shows how he works thats why in Hong Kong they call him Sing Lung.
Jackie Chan is an outstanding Chinese American actor, martial-artist, and a stunt performer due to his significant influence roles in the film industry. Jackie Chan is an interesting man who has already accomplished so much including acting, stunt performer, director, and also martial-artist. Even though he is 60 years old and has already achieved so much, hopefully there will be more to come from this fantastic performer.
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In “Jackie’s Debut: A Unique Day,” is written by Mike Royko, and appeared in the Chicago Daily News on Wednesday, October 15, 1972, the day after Jackie passed away. This article is about one of the most famous and cultural African Americans to ever play the game of baseball. In the beginning of the story, there were wise men sitting in the tavern that had something to say about Jackie. They weren’t the kindest words and said that he would ruin the game of baseball. Jackie was going to be at Wrigley Field and the kid had to see him perform. Him and his friend always walked to the baseball games to avoid streetcar fare. On that day, Wrigley Field was packed. He had never seen anything like it, there were about 47,000 people there and at the
As time went on, Jackie began to have a great love for sports. He admired basketball, track, football, and of course the wonderful baseball. He did very well in all of these sports and won many trophies. He went on to play football for the Honolulu Bears. After that, he decided to serve his country, and go to war.
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play Major-League baseball. His inspiring actions and wise words are remembered even now, and on Jackie Robinson day, all baseball players wear his jersey:“42”. Many biographies have been written, and one biography, The Noble Experiment. Recently, in April 2013, Legendary Motion Pictures released a movie entitled “42”. In many ways, the film and Jackie’s autobiography are alike. However, the are also different in many ways.
Jack Roosevelt Johnson was born in the very segregated south in Cairo, Georgia around 1919. Jackie grew up loving baseball and knew that is what he wanted to do. About two decades before Jackie was born the MLB was split between white and Negro leagues. Jackie being an African-American, of course played for the Negro Leagues. He strived in this sport. He lead the Negro League with most stolen bases and had a great batting average. Both his statistics and love for the game brought the name Jackie Robinson to the attention of the Brooklyn Dodger's manager Branch Rickey.
Jackie was born and raised in Cairo, Georgia 1919. He was raised by his single mother Mallie along with is four siblings. He was the first person at UCLA to obtain a varsity letter in baseball, basketball, football, and track. He married Rachel Isum who he met at UCLA. He however had to leave school due to financial reasons and decided to enlist in the military, but was honorably discharged due to being court-martialed due to his actions against racial discrimination. Jackie played one season in 1945 with the Kansas City Monarchs leading to further achievements in his professional baseball career.
An African-American man who faced Racism and insult of White people. He was born in Cairo, Georgia. But, because his family were African American, he faced poverty, which cause him to live hard time, during childhood. In 1920, Robinson’s family decided to moveto Pasadena, California. When he went to school, Jackie got a lots of scout by a school coach. In high school, Jackie mastered most of the sports, like baseball, football.etc. After his graduation of his high school, Jackie went college in Pasadena. Two years later, he went to the UCLA. But because of his skin color, professional team didn’t scout him on their team. Also, lots of sports teams were segregated during 1930-1940. In 1941, he left the UCLA and help his mother. However, Jackie has to join army for WWII. After he came back in early 1945, Kansas City Monarchs scouted him, and decided to play baseball as his career. But, Because he didn’t play as professional Baseball player, He had to get use to play. However, Jackie already had all the necessary abilities for baseball. During the season, Boston Redsoxs proposed a contract with him. However, Because of the racism action by white people, the deal failed. Lots of sports teams also tried to transfer African American player to Major league. However he decided transfer to Los angeles Dodgers. During the game(in Dodgers), he had lots of insult by other players. However, he endures the
Jackie Robinson overcame many struggles in life such as being included in the civil rights movement, facing discrimination, and he achieved being the first black man in major league baseball. He was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia on Hadley Ferry Road. It is a blue-collar town of about 10,000 people. Jackie Robinson became the first black player in the major leagues with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Even though he achieved this major goal he still had trouble getting there. He and his siblings were raised by his single mother. Jackie attended Muir High School and Pasadena Junior College. He was a great athlete and played many sports. He played football, basketball, track, and of course baseball. He left school in 1941, worked as an athletic director and played semiprofessional football for the Honolulu Bears before being drafted to the Army in 1942. While he was in the army he became close friends with Joe Louis. The heavyweight used his popularity to protest about the delayed entry of black soldiers. Two years later he got the honor to be second lieutenant in 1943. After an accident where he refused to sit in the back of an unsegregated bus, military police arrested Robinson. A duty officer requested this and then later he requested that Jackie should be court martialed. Since this happened Jackie was not allowed to be deployed overseas to the World War II. He never saw combat during the war. Jackie left the Army with an honorable discharge.
...s more and more irritated by Chin-Kee. It comes to a point where he has a fight with Chin-Kee (207). At the end of the fight, Danny manages to knock off Chin-Kee's mask, which reveals his true identity as the Monkey King (212). Danny is transformed back to Jin Wang. Jin realizes he should be happy with whom he really is and that transformations are not necessary. Through these back and forth transformations, Jin finally is at peace with his true identity and who he should continue to be.
"Jackie Chan Biography." Bio.com. Ed. Leanne French, Eudie Pak, and Laura Grimm. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 12 May 2014.
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like” (Lau Tzu). Born into a life of noodles and relaxation Po, a chubby panda, always wanted to be a Kung Fu master. Out of nowhere an opportunity arises to have his dream become reality. Po, like any normal panda snatches up this once in a lifetime opportunity and runs with it. But when the going gets tough, he doesn’t know if this is the life he was meant to live. While the film was meant for enjoyment, DreamWorks has incorporated clear examples of the three major Chinese Schools of Thought: Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.
Muhammad Ali was a man made to box. He had a great career before him since he made his first professional fight under President Eisenhower presidency. His Professional Career was really impressive. His had a great balance and was able to move his hands and feet in great speed and coordination. Ali was said to dance in the ring while destroying his opponents. Ali started fighting at a very short age, and his first teacher was Joe Martin (Hauser 18). Through hard work and discipline, he became a professional fighter and eventually the Heavyweight champion of the world. Although he lost the title twice, he regained it three times, putting him in the history books. His boxing career was put to an end when he started suffering from Parkinson's disease. This was the end of his boxing, but his greatness will never die.
named Kung Fuzi. Which is latinaized as Confucius, he lived from 551 to 479 b.c.e.
In the year 598 C.E, a child was born in the county of Wugong, China. The father, a general of the Sui Dynasty, named the child Li Shimin in hopes that his son would bring change and prosperity to a troubled and tumultuous country, as Shimin is a shortened version of the phrase “jishi anmin”, or “to save the earth and pacify the people”. The name was a perfect fit for the child, as he grew up to become the most influential and admired ruler in Chinese history, Emperor Tang Taizong. Although Taizong is regarded as the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the first being his father Li Yuan, he is officially considered the founder of the Tang Dynasty, as his brilliance in military and political strategies was instrumental in the victory against
contributed to the structure and fundamentals of Asian martial arts, also not only in foundations
Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Kickboxer portrays the story of a kickboxer who learns Muay Thai because of a vendetta. The movie starts with Jean’s character- Kurt watching over his older brother as he wins the heavyweight title in kickboxing. After having won the title, his brother yearns for more recognition which leads him to join a competition in Thailand. Upon arrival, the brothers are quickly faced with the fact that they aren’t facing their routine kickboxing partners but rather the Martial art of the area that is Muay Thai. Kurt’s older brother steps into the ring against a contender by the name Tong Po, who is named the champion of Thailand. The fight ends abruptly, after the brother