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Jackie Chan & Olivia Munn Answer Martial Arts Questions From Twitter

'The LEGO Ninjago Movie' stars Jackie Chan and Olivia Munn use the power of Twitter to answer some common martial arts questions. Jackie also teaches Olivia how to karate chop some pieces of wood and defend herself from knife attacks.

Released on 09/21/2017

Transcript

Hi everyone, I'm Olivia Munn.

And I'm Jackie Chan.

Today we are going to be doing Martial Art Support.

I will teach you some skill.

Wait, but I really don't understand how karate people

break through cement and (bleep) with their hands.

(laughs)

How do they?

There is a certain kind of wood.

Like this kind, yeah. These wood we can, right?

You find the right spot.

You would, you can, Okay.

you can hit it.

You just Bam, bam.

Yeah, you just (groans) use your shoulder.

One, two, three.

Mmmm.

See.

Use your head.

Use my head? Yeah.

Oh my God.

One, two, three.

Owww!

Wow!

(laughs)

The aim. The aim the target, that's all.

Mmm. Yeah, it's not...

It's not about power, it's about

Yeah, yes. target.

The next question, why does Jackie Chan love doing

Martial Arts with rugs?

Hashtag Rush Hour questions.

Doing a Marital Art movie, fist, punch, that's all.

I been doing it 200 movie.

I use all kind of, I can, clothes, hair, all kind of things

becoming a weapon.

Also humor, comedy joined together, then becoming a

action comedy movie.

Let's check out the next question.

But, like, how do you block a knife with your hand?

That's a good question.

I'm working with these people who are Navy Seals,

and they told me between a knife and a gun,

within seven feet, the knife wins.

Yes. So, what would be

the technique if somebody comes at you with a knife?

I would use clothes.

Okay. Yeah.

Because when you have a knife, always dangerous.

No matter where you touch, always dangerous.

If your jacket we always grab it.

So I'm gonna come at you with a knife, right?

I'm gonna come at you like this.

Like, see, at least this one is a protect.

Mmm. This one's grab.

And also, this is weapon too.

Look.

Wow.

First, I protect myself.

Grab the hand. The hand you, you gone.

You do that? Yeah.

Took me and my brother half an hour to figure out how to tie

his Taekwondo belt and still looks wrong.

Help.

(laughs) How do you tie a

Taekwondo belt?

I, we never He's a white belt,

this is uncomfortable. I wear a belt.

This is really awkward for me.

I'm a black belt.

One.

Over.

You went under.

Two. Bring it back around.

Three.

That'll never come off.

In my family, they do this.

I'm like, hey mom, how do I do this?

She's like, you just gotta do like this,

and then you're done.

Yeah, somehow you did it. I'm like that's it.

You don't get explanation, it's like, yeah, like

just like this. Go to internet.

You check.

Well we don't answer that.

What do karate choppers think it's so impressive to chop

cement in half?

How often will that come in handy?

How often does it come in handy to chop cement?

Cement? You see, it's impossible.

You can't chop cement.

If you put the cement up high a little bit, like this.

Oh, it's the placement. So, very...

You have to break. Look.

You try. See?

Yeah. You never chop.

No. See?

You would break.

Right. But that way,

that way it's easy. Oh.

You have to see the what...

Oh, where the,

where the lines are. Yes. Difficult.

You have to be smart about it.

Yeah, that's difficult. That makes sense.

And why karate people like to chop cement.

Cause it is impressive.

It is impressive.

How many Kung Fu movies do I have to watch

to become a Ninja master?

Oh! That's cause all

it takes is just watching.

Keep watching Jackie Chan movies.

Yeah, watch 200

Jackie... yeah. Then you becoming

And then call us any master.

And then we'll let you know.

Yeah. Many believe

Stance Training serves only to condition the legs.

Do you know what the real benefits of Zhan...

How do you pronounce that?

Zhuang. Zang, zhuang.

[Bystander] A meditation.

Oh. Do you meditate?

No.

(laughs)

Neither do I.

I don't know. Now I feel so good

that you don't, cause if Jackie Chan's not meditating,

why am I gonna meditate?

I'm ADD, you know,

and I need to move Mm-hmm.

That trains you how you can control yourself, calm.

I think it's a good thing sometime.

For some people. Yeah, yeah.

You something wrong, da-da-da-da, you can really

clear your mind, but I...

No, it's not for some; not for me.

How many pencils can you break with one karate chop?

Pencil, I tell you what.

More difficult than the board.

My teacher always say one, easy; two, harder; three, harder.

Why? United.

One people, we get lost.

So, united is very important.

See, you're never gonna break this.

I love what I learned here with Jackie.

I now know how to take down a guy with a knife.

And the last thing I really teach you

Mm-hmm. is, when you see

the knife, first yell, Ahh!

Then turn, run.

Ah! Help!

Ahh! Help! Turn, run. Yeah.

And then I'll call Jackie Chan, Get your jacket!

(laughs)

Starring: Jackie Chan, Olivia Munn

Jackie Chan and Olivia Munn, stars of THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE

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