We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
Interpretation
Martial arts are taught to empower individuals and promote well-being rather than to cause harm.
In this quote, Jackie Chan emphasizes the essence of martial arts training, which is not centered around aggression but rather on the development of self-discipline, confidence, and the ability to protect oneself and others. The true spirit of martial arts lies in using the skills acquired to assist those who are vulnerable, highlighting the importance of compassion and support in any form of conflict resolution.
In practice
In a motivational speech on team building.
American stuntmen are smart - they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance... But in Hong Kong, we don't know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If you've got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt.
One thing I did pick up from Cannonball Run was the use of bloopers and outtakes under the final credits, which I've done in all my movies since.
Martial arts is not for hurting people, it's for protecting people.
Martial arts is for defense. It's not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.
In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me 'Jackie Who?'.
Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.
Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
what you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority
African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.
It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict.
And when someone apologizes to you enough times for things they'll never stop doing, I think it's FEARLESS to stop believing them. It's FEARLESS to say "you're NOT sorry" and walk away.
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