The Jackie Chan Stunt Team (JCST), a group of stuntmen and martial artists led by the prolific Hong Kong actor, director, producer and more, opened a training camp for aspiring international action film talents in Beijing on Friday.
The camp gathered 30 action film professionals from around the world for eight days of training by experienced JCST members.
The camp is also to facilitate exchanges of new ideas, according to the JCST.
"When we were filming abroad, many foreigners would come to the site and they were actually very interested in our action movements. We hope to build such a bridge for exchanges beyond film through this international camp. Likewise, their presence could also bring us some new ideas of theirs. So I think we should be a place for mutual learning and promotion through these activities," said He Jun, a fifth generation JCST member.
Members of the JCST, who are action directors, stuntmen and fight choreographers, will assume the role of masters for the trainees in the camp. They say they hope to share all of their professional knowledge and experience accumulated through years with their students.
"This international training camp focuses on trainings with special traits of the JCST. In addition to martial arts, we will also have some skills training related to Jackie Chan's style. Our movies are diversified. We may combine costume drama, traditional opera, dance, parkour, MMA and some current competitive sports in our comprehensive training, which could in fact be very useful for them in filmmaking," said Han Guanhua, another fifth generation JCST member.
Founded in the 1970s, the Jackie Chan Stunt Team (JCST) gathered generations of outstanding action film professionals both Chinese and foreign. Many members who worked in Chan's films have gone on to have prolific careers, such as the late Bradley Allan, whose works included Wonder Woman, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and the Kingsman movies.
Jackie Chan Stunt Team opens international training camp
