Beyond Being Bruce Lee: Being the First Jackie Chan!

Jackie Chan as the Anti-Bruce

"In my movies, I get beaten up all the time. It is not that I like looking like a loser; its just that's the way life is. You lose, and lose, and lose, and then, with any kind of luck, you eventually find a way to win. LifeJackie Chan and Bruce Lee isn't about winning every battle; it's winning the one that counts," writes Jackie Chan in "I Am Jackie Chan, " his autobiography (301).

When Bruce Lee died, the hunt was on for the next Bruce Lee. Some thought Jackie could be the next star. However, with the failure of such films as the New Fist of Fury, Jackie Chan feared that his chance to be a star would end quickly if he continued to try to imitate Bruce Lee.

Thus, Jackie made the decision to be the anti-Bruce.

Lee kicks high, so Jackie will kick low.

Lee never gets hits, so Jackie will be beaten up severely.

Lee is serious, so Jackie will be humorous.

Therefore, the next Bruce Lee, the next superstar of Asia was not a Bruce Lee wannabe but the one and only Jackie Chan. Jackie became Jackie: himself, mixing humor, stunts and martial action in new way.

Beyond Being Bruce Lee: Being the First Jackie Chan!

Jackie Chan's films broke all box office records that Bruce Lee had broken. He became the biggest Asian star after Bruce Lee died. While teaching in Korea, I saw "Miracle" in 1989, it was the first Jackie Chan film "New Fist of Fury" I liked. I had seen "The Big Brawl" (1980), directed by Robert Clouse years before, and I didn't like it, for nothing was original.

Robert Clouse had tried to discover or create the next great martial arts superstar, but he forgot to let Jackie be himself. Frustrated after the failure of that film, Jackie reinvented himself and created some of his best films: "Project A" and "Police Story."

I felt with "Miracle," Jackie had arrived and created his own fighting style and screen persona. Once again, Hong Kong cinema had created something Hollywood could never invent. In one sense, Jackie Chan had transcended Bruce Lee, for one cannot compare Bruce and Jackie because they have such different styles. I would start to search out for unique Chan films, for I was hooked on a new cinematic action genius.

I also saw my first John Woo film in 1989. Hollywood would forever seem too mundane for me. And so my kids grew up watching Japanese, Korean, and Chinese films, action and horror genres.

Jackie Chan and the Third Eye of the Mind

Control the third eye and your martial arts will improve. How am I able to calm my mind enough to do such crazy stunts? I control what I see through my third eye.

We are what we think we think.

We are how we think we think.

Release it and be free from this mental slavery.

Exercise the mind and you will release the mind.

Breathe in, meditate, and liberate the Mind and breathe out and release our ego of delusions!

There is no war but the inner war of pain. Free yourself from yourself.

Enter the mind of no mind!

Go in peace! Be harmony and love!

Jackie Chan and the Miracle of the Love Mantra!

"Darling, I am here for you! I love you.

Honey, I know you are there! I love you back.

Darling, I know you suffer, that is why I am here to love you!

Honey, I suffer. I am trying my best to practice. Please help and love me." --Thich Nhat Hahn

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