Both are legendary martial arts stars, Jackie Chan and Jet Li will appear together in a movie for the first time as The Forbidden Kingdom will go into world wide release April 24th 2008. The big-budget action epic finds an American teen transported back to ancient China after wandering into a pawn shop and discovering the king's fighting stick.
Before abandoning yourself to the top-notch Kung-fu extravaganza, you might as well have a good grip on what the Chinese Kung-fu is all about.
Chinese Martial Arts known as Chinese Kung-fu by most foreigners, is a traditional Chinese physical activity with thousands of years of history. As a precious element of China's cultural heritage, Chinese Kung-fu has also won its name all around the world for its broad and deep meanings and its Oriental features, which cover it with a mysterious veil.
A part of the holistic Oriental Civilization, Chinese Kung-fu is effective both in battle and in building physical strength. In addition, it unites with the traditional medicine concepts of human's main and collateral channels, Qi and blood. To conclude, as a crystallization of the wisdom gathered in the ancient Chinese lands, it allows people of any age to build up their bodies.