Which style of Kung Fu was used in the new Karate Kid film?
It’s a combination of bits and pieces of several styles. Jackie Chan has not mastered any particular style but has trained in many different styles and uses techniques from all of them to choreograph his fight scenes. Here’s an excerpt from an interview from when Jackie was promoting the movie “Forbidden Kingdom”– “Emilio Alpanseque: How would you compare Jet Li’s fighting style with yours and how was it to finally shoot a fight scene together? Jachi Chan: Our fighting style, we are basically the same. We know “Bei Pai” – northern style Chinese martial arts. I first learned northern style, then learned southern styles like Tiger and Crane, Wing Chun, Pak Mei, but also practice Karate, Hapkido, Boxing; during those years those other kinds of martial arts were not practiced in China yet, China was closed, but we did have them in Hong Kong. So, my style has become more of a “Chop Suey” style. I can do everything. …” —— I only recently found out Jackie Chan trained in Bak Mei. He le
