Jet Li was Wu Shu (a martial art) world champion several times. He got his first part as a shao lin disciple in the film of the same name. He first attempt at directing, Zhong hua ying xiong (1986) (Born to defend), met with failure. He is the biggest Asian movie star after Jackie Chan. By: Jet Li started training at the Beijing wushu academy at age eight (wushu is China's national sport, largely a performance version of various martial art styles), and won five gold medals in the ...[Read Story]