Famous Wushu Practicioners

Probably the three most famous Wushu practicioners in the world are Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee.

Jet Li started Wushu as a competition sport, and gained fame as a five-time national champion of China; he is now a famous movie star who uses his wushu skills onscreen. Many of his old teammates have also appeared onscreen with him, especially in his older movies.

Jackie Chan never practiced modern wushu, but learned similar skills at the Beijing opera as a child, along with Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Yuan Wha, Yuan Qiu, and others. Beijing Opera martial arts are in many ways similar to modern wushu, as both are performance-oriented; however, Beijing Opera also includes singing.

Bruce Lee studied Wing Chun and created Jeet Kun Do.

British actor and stuntman Ray Park (Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, X-Men) is also a wushu practitioner, one of the more famous non-Asian practitioners.