Parkour Athlete REACTS to JACKIE CHAN

Parkour athlete, Omar Zaki, reacts to Jackie Chan and his incredible collection of Parkour movement, tricks, and never-ending style.
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[@hamezeast]

Jackie doesn't do Parkour, Parkour tries to do Jackie

[@OmarZaki]

I love that! You are definitely correct!

[@giannisksanthopoulos4300]

I love how people says David Belle (who is awesome) is the founder of Parkour....somehow they forgot all of the stuff Jackie doing

[@OmarZaki]

@@giannisksanthopoulos4300 I think what they mean by that is that Jackie Chan did this stuff for fun on his own but David Belle and the Yamakasi created an actual system of movement and practiced it as a group regularly and with extreme discipline.

[@giannisksanthopoulos4300]

@@OmarZaki Totaly agree Jackie is all around player. David Belle and the Yamakasi they are awesome and Banlieue 13 still blows my mind, especially the first run of Belle.

[@VanishingNomad]

@@OmarZaki , Nope. Jackie Chan was trained to do all this in the Chinese Opera, from the time he was a very small child. A highly detailed system of movement and training already existed (and has for hundreds, if not thousands of years) in China. Jackie Chan came up in the existing system. Parkour is just a copy of a subset of Chinese Acrobatics.

[@MaPee1982]

Jackie Chan has been doing parkour in his 80's movies, well before "parkour" even existed. Anyway, Jackie says it best when he say - "I don't need a stunt double, people come to watch me, not a stunt double" *and* "I dont like to cut my scenes like Hollywood. I want to take one whole shot so viewers can see the entire action".

[@jp3813]

Jackie was a stuntman. So using a stunt double would be redundant unless he's injured or the director insists.

[@leslauner5062]

@@jp3813 Burt Reynolds did the same thing...only Jackie is a helluva lot better at it LOL!

[@jp3813]

@@leslauner5062 Burt was a stuntman???

[@leslauner5062]

@@jp3813 Indeed, he was. Check out "Deliverance." He actually did that canoe stunt over the waterfall.

[@jp3813]

@@leslauner5062 I don't see any credits for him as a stuntman before becoming an actor.

[@TheAussieLeo]

Freerunners - We invented parkour. Parkour - We invented parkour. Jackie Chan - Cute children.

[@OmarZaki]

LOL

[@strand195]

Hahaha as a kid that’s what we used to say!! “ Check out my Jackie Chan moves!”

[@nobrkt]

@@strand195 ahahah! 10000000%!!!

[@DanJackson1977]

Buster Keaton - Bitches Leave

[@inachu]

Yep ! Will always be Freerunning to me.

[@user-qf6lt7dr7x]

jackie chan is legend.

[@OmarZaki]

He absolutely is. He will go down in History.

[@20FreeWill]

Took the words from my keyboard. LEGEND

[@dreadone6894]

Living legend

[@mememanbehindtheshadows546]

@@OmarZaki if you meet jackie chan in his prime HE Will eat you up for breakfast, hahahah that's how veteran jackie was he's legend

[@OmarZaki]

@@mememanbehindtheshadows546 Haha oh trust me my friend, I know. But I’m still going to work hard to improve, grow, and learn 🙌🏻

[@jameskim1505]

Jackie : I'm trying to get life insurance for me and my crew. Insurance company : GTFO

[@OmarZaki]

LOL that's very accurate haha

[@kennykhoo1689]

yeah....Jackie did say no insurance company accept them and he actually uses his own money to pay for the medical bills for his team.

[@OmarZaki]

@@kennykhoo1689 Yeah I've definitely heard that. I guess it makes sense at the end of the day if you think about it haha

[@kennykhoo1689]

@@OmarZaki yeah and that's why his team will stay with his stun company for long and they all do learn a lot from each other including Jackie. Loyalty to him is very important and that's why he will take care of his brothers (that's what he called them and they call him)

[@OmarZaki]

@@kennykhoo1689 It all definitely makes sense. They created something really special

[@tomdalsin5175]

Acting, martial arts, parkour, comedy, singing... he's the ultimate polymath of performing arts. I wonder if there would ever be anyone of his caliber ever again.

[@OmarZaki]

That's a great question! He is a true great!

[@fergusdenoon1255]

Kenny from southpark.

[@jamesloll4601]

They will surely be another to raise the bar. The problem is that Jackie raised it so high it's going to take almost a life time to run into someone as talented, creative, athletic and funny as he is. Oh... and as lucky as he is too! There's been quite a few scenes that could of EASILY killed him. It's almost like DEATH - 'Hi Jackie! Catch you later!'. Course Jackie is like - 'Of course, be seeing you soon with my next brush with yea!'. I got to admit, either death doesn't scare him or he's just so positive that he's not going to die that death just goes meh... got to respect the guy, where like friends after so many close calls. Of course death is eventually going to cash in but Jackie is definitely going to make him wait. World loves watching Jackie act and he seems to feed off of that very attention so the world is constantly getting his best. The best ending I'm hoping for is he dies of old age after tempting death so many times! :) He's definitely one in a billion in talent and just flat out luck!

[@OmarZaki]

@@jamesloll4601 Very well said my friend! I couldn't agree more!

[@KostasHolopain]

Tony Jaa of Ong Bak fame comes really close...

[@Seattlefan77]

Best actor of all time. Oh you can cry and act sad really well? How many bones have you broken to entertain me?

[@ashtiel3800]

*applauds* well said

[@OmarZaki]

Haha definitely an incredibly entertaining man!

[@UbiDoobyBanooby]

He’s broken 40 bones actually.

[@OmarZaki]

@@UbiDoobyBanooby Haha that’s still a lot. I think I’ve only broken 1 or 2 lol

[@bernhardtsen74]

@@OmarZaki the worst parkour I have ever done, was back in 1985!I flew over a taxi and landed in a ditch, after it hit me on my little brothers bike!I broke my left femur and my left leg is 1 inch shorter than the right one!6 weeks in casts and crutches with shit hospital food!worst summer ever!

[@MoanaHawaiiLani]

That's why Jackie Chan is such a legend, the stunts that he was doing 30 years ago, still amaze Martial Artists, Stuntmen, Parkour Artists and just plain movie lovers today and into eternity.

[@domecroi5287]

Parkour exist because of Jackie Chan. He is the man who inspire it

[@janematthews9087]

You forgot this: /s

[@fatboydancingnow]

Finally, someone who know what he is talking about.

[@TheBullethead1988]

And Jackie was inspired by Buster Keaton :)

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

@@TheBullethead1988 yes, but I wouldn't say Buster Keaton acrobatics were parkour... equally impressive good old Buster Keaton, though 😅

[@KnightSavron]

no, parkour existed long before jackie chan

[@spidermann1256]

Totally agree - the man's a legend in his own lifetime. No CGI, stunt doubles, minimal stage props, editorial cuts, etc. Even to the out-take fails! Will there be another?

[@OmarZaki]

Who knows! Most movie productions companies allow their actors to do this stuff anymore. Tom Cruise is one of the few people still doing it!

[@WastedTalent83]

short answer: No , no actor is going to risk it, jacki chan is THE ONLY ONE who will ever do that many dangerous things without a stuntman.

[@awesomereviews1561]

He has a stunt double. He had a stunt double for a decades, you can see it as far as the first Police Story. For many years his stunt double was a Korean guy called In Seob Lee. He goes by Mr. Lee on set.

[@spidermann1256]

@@awesomereviews1561 Oh - I wasn't aware of this. Presumably they must both divided stunts as one of the best bits about JC's movies are the out-takes where they feature the failures. I was aware Bruce Lee had a double to do certain things like the back-flip somersault in Enter the Dragon, presumably cos he had a bad back.

[@OmarZaki]

@@awesomereviews1561 Yeah that totally makes sense! But obviously he's capable of doing pretty much everything.

[@jordantaylor260]

They always say that French guy invented parkour. But I maintain it was Jackie.

[@chrism45]

Jackie was inspired by Harold Loyd, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Specifically Keaton did very similar stunts but usually less athletic. So you can trace it even further back.

[@strand195]

Good points guys let’s just say parkour is parkour, one thing evolved into another perhaps?

[@fredyscanlan]

@@strand195 well the French guy was a free runner. Unnecessary gymnastics is different to the most efficient line. I don’t think they are the same thing:)

[@strand195]

@@fredyscanlan ok

[@RazorEdge2006]

@@chrism45 Well, gymnastics had been around for centuries, and parkour has roots in gymnastics. I'd classify Lloyd, Chaplin and Keaton as gymnasts, rather than parkour free-runners. It was Jackie Chan who was largely responsible for the evolution from gymnastics to parkour. Chan got much of his early gymnastic skills from the Peking Opera School, where he spent much of his youth, along with Sammo Hung and Yuen Baio. Speaking of Yuen Baio, he's very underrated. I remember him doing some parkour-like stunts similar to Jackie Chan, yet he rarely gets much credit. Probably because his career didn't really take off much compared to Jackie and Sammo. Either way, Chan was the biggest influence on parkour, which was clearly based on what Jackie Chan was doing.

[@ckurtz1013]

I remember seeing an interview with Jackie about doing Rush Hour. He said the director showed him one set and asked him how he'd get over the wall into the "Embassy". According to Jackie (and he was backed up by several people) he looked at what the director wanted and then went ahead and did all while explaining the the moves. The director loved it, but the next day when the insurance people heard what was planned, they nixed it immediately since they thought it was way too dangerous.

[@OmarZaki]

Dang, that's a total bummer. Thank you for sharing though! I always love stories like that

[@DOI_ARTS]

Nope, they let him do the stunt but with the presence of medical team, firemen, apple boxes and spotters it took 5 hours to set up for a 30 40 second clip and he said "I did that in 2 minutes (including planning) yesterday!??"

[@nabeelmeeran]

"Jackie chan" The man who risks his life to make our childhood awesome!!!🔥

[@OmarZaki]

Haha honestly you're not wrong

[@valdie91285]

I think we all had the same speechless reaction as we watched Jackie literally bend in half the wrong way.

[@OmarZaki]

Yup...I definitely think you're right! LOL

[@BeardyBaldyBob]

1:35 "they're usually so cut up... " What a missed opportunity to show Liam Neeson climbing a fence!

[@OmarZaki]

You're so right!!! I totally should have done that haha that would have been hilarious

[@jappperon7012]

jackie specializes in improvisational martial arts, the sheer list of injuries he has sustained is impressive, he even took a solid solid hit from bruce lee earning his respect

[@coryv5679]

Love how he calls everything a Parkour move... Jackie been doing this stuff before Parkour was a thing. It's just jackie pulling a Jackie.

[@OmarZaki]

He definitely created his own path 🙌🏻 He’s a genius of movement

[@midviet]

@@OmarZaki dude your reactions are priceless, you can tell that as a professional you are very analytical and as you try to react that way his moves make you just lose it... so genuine, thanks for being humble enough to let yourself be impressed.

[@OmarZaki]

@@midviet Haha thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! He is a true master and as someone who is also very proficient in movement, I feel like I can have an extreme level of respect and understanding to what he's doing for his movies.

[@midviet]

@@OmarZaki yah that’s why your video -and reactions are refreshing because you obviously a master in your own right. That could cause you to not react genuine and say “ya that’s easy, or yeah form it good” or whatever. But the fact that you as a pro who is darn skilled at this allowed yourself to react honestly is part of what makes your video so cool. Keep it up! ;)

[@benlunch7618]

Jackie did Parkour before it was even called Parkour. Back then doing that stuff would just have been called "Being Jackie"

[@felixalfaro3610]

Jackie Chan is the OG parkour way before free running, parkour was even thought of. This guy is just a true artist and master of his craft.

[@aaronsakulich4889]

I cannot recommend Jackie Chan's autobiography enough! If I recall correctly, he entered a training school for Chinese opera when he was something like 6 or 7, practiced every day for 15 years, and then worked as a stunt man. His big break came when so know-it-all director wanted to do an insane stunt without wires and everyone refused except Jackie, who pulled it off and became in real high demand. Absolutely fascinating book!

[@OmarZaki]

How exciting!! I was familiar with some of those details but not all of them. Thank you for recommending it!

[@sterlinghedgpeth2571]

@@OmarZaki Check out the 1988 film PAINTED FACES, about the Peking Opera School where Jackie, Samo Hung, and many others trained. Really remarkable and Jackie even makes an appearance.

[@FreedomFighter2112]

The most impressive thing is that he did this 50 years ago, long before this was the norm

[@moeball740]

Jackie's ability to turn stunts and fight scenes into ballet is a thing of beauty. He takes props and incorporates them into the action with such a smooth flow (ladders, umbrellas, etc.) it's completely seamless. On top of that he doesn't take himself too seriously and is willing to poke fun at himself so his films also have a lot of humour. Jackie is the absolute KING of action comedy! I've never met anyone yet that doesn't like him.

[@OmarZaki]

You are so right! He is truly hilarious! We are all still learning so much from him. He and his team have changed the world and inspired millions

[@jonpaul3868]

The host: he does simple moves, not hard, but quick. Well, I guess that is the essence of parkour. Efficiency in motion.

[@OmarZaki]

Absolutely. He is the true master.

[@felipe5512]

what I love about Jackie's movies is that at the end there's always the bloopers of his stunts

[@OmarZaki]

Yeah! It's the best part haha. You see how hard they truly worked in order to pull off their incredible action sequences and the movies in general

[@mq830]

Jackie Chan's Action Scenes are in a League of their own. Remarkable.

[@OmarZaki]

I completely agree! We are all still learning from him and his action team!

[@Shiirow]

though Jackie does get hurt on occassion, one movie where he breaks his foot and had a cast on it. they made a "shoe mold" and wrapped the cast in it and he continued filming. I think it was rumble in the bronx where if you pause certain action scenes you can see the "shoe" cast.

[@justmyopinion9959]

That movie was indeed Rumble In The Bronx

[@OmarZaki]

I think it was! I remember learning about that and then appreciating the movie even more!

[@OmarZaki]

@@justmyopinion9959 That's a great movie!

[@justmyopinion9959]

@@OmarZaki Jackie always includes outtakes and bloopers at the end of his movies and it shows the jump where he broke his foot and him putting on the cast that they made look like his shoe

[@cklambo]

I was trying to do jackie moves since I was a child. Then one day parkour appeared, and I thought - "huh, other people like doing that as well"

[@OmarZaki]

Yeah! It's so great that Parkour has become more mainstream now and people all over the world have started practicing it and enjoying the movement

[@hedgehog1965uk]

@@OmarZaki The first time I heard the term "parkour" was at the start of an episode of The Office (US), where they were trying to do it in the office. I only knew the term "freerunning".

[@OmarZaki]

@@hedgehog1965uk The two terms "Parkour" and "Freerunning" originally meant the same thing but as the discipline/style of movements grew they eventually began to mean different things. Most people today still don't know the different between the two, but maybe one day it'll happen!

[@aksuperstormproductions9720]

Loved the video Omar!!! you should see behind the scenes to many of these it's incredible what Jackie can do especially with age! He's a huge inspiration when it comes to stunts definetly hope at his age I still got it lol

[@OmarZaki]

It’s really impressive! He truly is the man 👊🏻

[@ianmacario7359]

if jackie realize his movie stunt would build a sect parkour would be known today as JACKOUR

[@OmarZaki]

LOL 🤣 I do like that name

[@jrpueyo7531]

What's funny is that there are scenes in his movies that is too hard or risky he actually does it himself because he's afraid for the doubles to get hurt. Like the ones on Drunken Master, Police Story and such😂

[@OmarZaki]

That makes alot of sense! If he creates the action sequences and he thinks that somebody else will get hurt if they try to do it then it totally makes sense that he would still do them!

[@Marvellous132]

That is an irony as in Police Story Jackie sent a couple of his stuntmen to hospital in the scene where he chases a bus and gets ahead, then draws his gun. The bus skids to a halt and the bad guys fly out of the front windows. They were meant to land on the car behind Jackie but it was too far and they fell straight down to the floor (OUCH!!).

[@OmarZaki]

@@Marvellous132 I've seen those bloopers/outtakes. It was a pretty awful accident but I guess things like that do happen sometimes unfortunately

[@amrozh985]

Love the comedy Drunken Master movie series. So funny and entertaining !

[@68pointbreak]

Back in the 80s i was really into JC and tried to do everything he did. Didnt know what parkour was .

[@OmarZaki]

That's really awesome! He's been a massive inspiration for people everywhere

[@bighuge1060]

Best quote: That's not parkour, that's just cool.

[@OmarZaki]

LOL! Exactly XD

[@peterlee9691]

Jackie was doing this sort of stunts before we ever heard of the word 'parkour'.

[@OmarZaki]

That is 100% true! 🙌🏻 He helped grow and expand the popularity and knowledge of this type of movement

[@planetdisco4821]

So glad you mentioned the camera angles and editing of HK vs Us movies. Mr Chan himself has mentioned that he doesn't like the jump cuts and shaky camera work of Hollywood as he regards it as a bit of a cop out. If you look at his classic movies he always sets up the camera angles so that you see the whole of the fight choreography etc. Not to mention the meticulous planning that's involved. As far as I know he still holds the record for the number of takes for one scene, which from memory is flipping a piece of gum off a wall and into his mouth in "The Armour of God" he also broke his spine in that movie. His spine! The man is a legend and I once bumped into him on the street when he was filming that bridge scene in Melbourne. He was really nice! Major Chan Fan here lol...

[@LYJManchesterUnited]

Gives me headaches like watching Michael Bay movies

[@heni63]

Dude that's so cool that you met him Iam yealous

[@antondelacruz9362]

The amazing thing about jackie chan is he just made most of this stuff up on the spot depending on the set and his imagination, unlike parkour athletes who learn from the guys who came before them and have a repertoire of well tested moves.

[@felixdom9693]

Jackie chan is a legend, before parkour exist he already do this and nailed it. Also have skill calisthenic kungfu

[@jitox]

This is a take of jackies ive never thought about. You always see the fighting side of him, but not the aerial prowess and the parkout side of things. Great vid

[@NecroViolator]

Yuen Biao did a lot of his stunts. Dont forget him as well !!

[@OmarZaki]

Oh absolutely! Yuen Biao is also an absolutely incredible performer!

[@mikkifly]

One of the little fortunes

[@Marvellous132]

Yuen Biao is the best gymnast of the Asian Trio (Jackie, Sammo and Yuen). But another actor from their generation of the Beijing Opera school is said to be even better. He is Yuen Wah and you will see him as the main bad guy in Eastern Condors and Dragons Forever (skinny dude, usually has glasses on). Biao said he could jump super high, but he didn't really get to showcase his talents in movies as much.

[@NecroViolator]

@@Marvellous132 Ah yes I remember him. He was so funny in films. He was in Shaolin Soccer with Steven Chow wasnt he ? He was also great in movies !

[@Marvellous132]

@@NecroViolator I need to do more research!! Yuen Wah was Bruce Lee's stunt double in none other than Enter the Dragon. He did the famous vault somersault over the monks after Bruce whoops Sammo Hung, and the famous backflip kick on O'Hara was Yuen Wah doubling for Bruce too!

[@bakedmomo5693]

it's weird to keep hearing "parkour moves" that jackie has been doing for *DECADES* even before having done those stunts with a name. thank you for making it clearer that Jackie Chan is the true Parkour Master/Innovator/Inventor 🍻🏆👍

[@OmarZaki]

Glad you enjoyed the video my friend! 🙏🏻🙌🏻

[@SoulCrusherEx]

Jackie Chan, the grand father and inventor of Parkour!

[@jp3813]

0:00 Jackie's the director of that movie.

[@GonkThePowerDroid]

One of the worst things with Hollywood is when they actually have talented martial artists on set and they STILL break up the scene into tiny little cuts and use a telephoto lens.

[@OmarZaki]

Yup! I totally agree with you! I personally believe that the Stunt Coordinators/Action Designers/directors should have a hand in editing the action sequences together! But usually that isn't the case.

[@TARider2]

I never thought of this but yeah, Jackie Chan definitely was the original parkour master, like it was so new back in his early movies, that it just blew our minds, and still is.

[@OmarZaki]

Absolutely! I couldn’t agree more!

[@africankungfunazis920]

That was cool, thank you! Love Jackie!

[@OmarZaki]

He's pretty great for sure!

[@Hamromerochannel]

It’s great to bring back the legend to the new generation to watch.

[@mustafazubair2679]

Great review! It must be remembered that Jackie was trained from the Chinese Peking Opera in acrobatics. Of course, he's a proponent of Wushu and Hapkido as well, but he learnt these martial arts only after he entered the Hong Kong movie industry. So, I'd say Jackie's stunts are not parkour per se, but more of acrobatics - fantastic acrobatics!

[@OmarZaki]

He does a very wide range of movement skills! 🙌🏻 Thats what makes him so entertaining to watch in my opinion. Every movie/scene showed off a new impressive and exciting skill

[@mustafazubair2679]

@@OmarZaki indeed, yes! I remember Jackie once said (paraphrasing here): I hope people would say, first there was Bruce Lee, then there was Jackie Chan. He said this a long time ago, when I was still a very young man. He meant people would remember him when he was gone, like how Bruce Lee became a legend. But Jackie already became a true living legend before he even reached 50 years of age. And the last movie of his I watched was the one he starred with Pierce Brosnan (I forgot the title) based on the novel, The Chinaman. He was about 63 then, and just as nimble!

[@OmarZaki]

@@mustafazubair2679 Yeah! That was another great movie! I believe it was called The Foreigner. It was a totally different character than I'm used to seeing Jackie do so it was very impressive to watch

[@mustafazubair2679]

@@OmarZaki The Foreigner, that's right. Calling The Chinaman, as in the title of the novel, wouldn't have been quite correct in this day and age.

[@OmarZaki]

@@mustafazubair2679 Yes definitely! Much has changed! And that is definitely for the better

[@Vmeen08]

It's only natural since he got a harsh Acrobatics Training when we was still a kid in Peking Opera School.

[@OmarZaki]

Yeah absolutely, it totally makes sense. They really learned some incredible skills there

[@ronaldlee7566]

Mr. Omar Zaki tnx for reacting and appreciating of death-defying stunts/parkour movies did by the great Jackie Chan. Tnx again and keep it up

[@OmarZaki]

You're very welcome! It was so much fun to take a look at and react to his awesome stunts.

[@whitewing2]

In the Bloopers, you see how many retakes Jackie does to perfect the stunt, sometimes its funny, sometimes its shocking, but all in all it was Amazing

[@OmarZaki]

Yes it's truly incredible to see all the hard work that goes into creating the magical action comedy that we all love

[@waimunyan7007]

Action movie making in Hong Kong way back in the 70s to the 90's relied very much on genuine authenticity, guts and a fair modicum of good fortune on the part of the performers. The movie studios there did not have the budget nor the expertise to match the Western/Hollywood productions, so all they could do was to lay everything on the line scene after scene after scene. Now of course there were safety wires because Jackie Chan was the star, and you cannot have him badly injured. However, he is very much his own stunt man, and all the blows to the head were real.

[@danielhicks4826]

Its an insane special era and will probably never see the likes of it again, Chan is objectively something insanely special and talented and skill, I mean he's not just the best stunt man maybe ever he's simultaneously the best choreographer arguably in all of cinema history as well. Side note check out his good friend and fellow class mate at Chinese opera/martial arts etc. school Yuen Biao, and frequent co star, he's great all around to but might be the most acrobatic technical actor in martial arts movie history! Chan himself says Biao was a total natural by like age 6 then just got better and better. But wow Chan seriously nothing like him.

[@sonofbelz]

Definitely check out some of Tony Jaa's stuff, I think he's very much the modern day Jackie Chan when it comes to stunts and fight choreography.

[@OmarZaki]

Tony Jaa is another incredible performer!

[@hedgehog1965uk]

@@OmarZaki Yes, yes. Please react to Tony Jaa stuff, especially from Ong Bak and Warrior King/The Protector. You parkour guys are incredible athletes.

[@OmarZaki]

@@hedgehog1965uk Thank you so much! You're so kind and I really appreciate that!

[@duomaxwell2293]

Jackie is the Founder of Parkour

[@lilletrille8998]

I watched Jackie Chan movies from I was a kid, teenager and now grown up and he never let me down. His movies are amazing!

[@simonanimates4132]

4 year old: I’m scared of jumping off 😖 Jackie chan: I’ve gone deeper

[@wasabi5338]

His incredible athleticism and skills came from his upbringing in Chinese Peking Opera Academy, where him and the others are required to be proficient in alot of performing arts. They are required to do flips and break falls first thing in the morning without mats. They're not even allowed to pee during training because the instructor believes they should sweat it out instead. He's hardcore.

[@OmarZaki]

Wow, that is super intense. I knew about the Chinese opera but not about the urination restriction 😂

[@idiot9450]

Jackie Chan, and parkour artist, you are insane to common people 👍👍

[@elfascinantemundodelosinse4393]

Excelente Omar!!!!thanks for this wonderful channel!!!!!

[@OmarZaki]

Thank you so much for your awesome support!

[@juansconsuegra]

The thing about Jackie landing all his parkour stunts with a squats with such ease is that he was a martial artist before doing the stunts on film Omar.

[@OmarZaki]

Thanks for checking out the video! I’m sure that definitely helps him, but that’s not all there is to it. He obviously does these types of stunts all the time and probably trained his body for them specifically and the best way to train your body to be strong enough to take big drops like that is to do it a lot at different levels. (3ft drops, 5ft drops, 10ft drops, etc). Your body gets good at specific exercises by doing them over and over. Like I said, Martial arts definitely helped strengthen his muscles but doing these types of stunts/training also does as well.

[@juansconsuegra]

Omar Zaki I know bro, remember I’m a martial artists as well and when I did at least 2 type of parkour tricks once I didn’t get injured because of my martial arts background lol. Anyways keep it up and can’t wait to see more of your reaction videos soon😁😁

[@Mochi-yo1wy]

Like jackie said, i risk my life so nobody copy me

[@ble.bler69]

Hahahahaha he really did

[@asdfghjjfdfvcddcbhxg6550]

Great stuff.

[@Nemoticon]

I just watched a video of MMA fighters reacting to Jackie fighting and now a Parkour Athlete react to Jackie running, climbing and tumbling... the guy is just a physical beast, lol. So great to see the love being spread all around! Gonna go look for a comedian reacting to Jackie now xD

[@IronMan-hr7yi]

The way he absorbs those drops is amazing, his knees must have been made out of springs or some shit.

[@Latitube]

Indeed. I have a friend who used to jump from a platform almost half the height Jackie did and he broke his leg.

[@OmarZaki]

Yeah seriously! I've taken some big drops as well so I guess I can understand it

[@jamesloll4601]

Jackie mastered the most important aspect of taking the impact from a long jump. You lock you legs they are going to break but if you hit the ground without trying as hard as you can to stand, your going to completely collapse. He always kept his knees slightly bend but the moment he felt his feet touch? More like guessed his feet touch he went into power stand mode. Too early, legs straighten and lock... broken leg or two. Too late? You are going to pick yourself up hopefully after you power slam your entire body into the ground. Anyone who watches Jackie can easily tell he has some insane reflexes given the very speed he moves.

[@OmarZaki]

@@jamesloll4601 That's absolutely true! He has taken some pretty big drops for sure!

[@justmyopinion9959]

Even the martial artist actors of today could not do what Jackie could do in his prime. He is still at it today at 66 years old. He released a movie in China just last year and he has a 2017 movie on Netflix called The Foreigner

[@tanmayshekhawat]

Finally! There needed to be a video like this! Good job :)

[@OmarZaki]

Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed it!! I'm trying to create a good series of reaction videos :)

[@tanmayshekhawat]

Please analyse Tom Cruise roof gap fail from Mission Impossible 6 if you like it enough :)

[@molenpanas4379]

one and only, true parkour legend

[@OmarZaki]

He is a true genius and mastermind.

[@Peterisretarded]

I think regarding the "practice" bit, Jackie Chan is really good at consistency. You'll see that in the more expensive shots, Jackie doesn't do things he normally can't. It's only in the shorter cuts/cheaper sets that you see his more complex sequences.

[@OmarZaki]

You are absolutely correct! That’d a very good point to make! Smart movie making skills and choices

[@hobbyistshouse5093]

Great video. Your reactions are what really make it fun to watch. Maybe do a reaction video to District 13 next.

[@OmarZaki]

Thank you very much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I will definitely put that movie on the list! It is a classic after all!

[@chrisleebowers]

@@OmarZaki Make sure you track down the original. There's a sequel AND a remake, neither of which are anywhere near as good.

[@kelvinmathew6076]

Omar Zaki: THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE Jackie Chan: HOLD MY BEER ! ! !

[@OmarZaki]

Exactly! Though now I’m curious to know if Jackie Chan actually drinks beer. Haha who knows 🤷‍♂️ Probably Google I guess

[@cracgor]

Puts a smile on my face.

[@OmarZaki]

That's so wonderful to hear! I'm so glad :)

[@pirobot668beta]

Jackie's team blocks out the all action for a stunt and figure out where the hands, feet and body of the actors make contact with props and surfaces. Those contact areas are first cleaned, painted to look like they are still grimy, then treated to make them either slick or sticky, depending on the action required. Nail a landing on a narrow log? Spirit-gum! Tacky surface for a no-slip landing, but easy to pull away. Slide down a ladder? Leather pads concealed in the palms. You can slide easily without burning your hands, but a tight grip will slow you down. Nothing left to chance! Think of Circus Performers in the Western World...amazing stunts, performed nightly.

[@OmarZaki]

They've definitely come up with great methods to pull off some fantastic Stunts! And all that rehearsal is obviously imperative to make sure they can do everything successfully and safely.

[@enzudesign]

The other thing so incredible about Jackie is his height. He's a very small guy but his ability to leap and jump is amazing

[@jalankvng]

He’s like 5’9

[@ESFDragxnFistEntertainment]

He's average height 5'9

[@enzudesign]

@@ESFDragxnFistEntertainment 5.7 actually and that’s not average

[@luisantoniomolinatafur135]

Parkour is Jackie and thats it. Also amazing analisis of Jackie Chan movements

[@theunwantedcritic]

Not only Jackie Chan but the parkour and the younger athletes push the range of what is possible to levels that older people like myself never actually thought could happen.

[@OmarZaki]

It definitely makes sense! The boundaries will always be pushed in life in every aspect! What has been accomplished is truly incredible

[@stevenanderson7471]

His whole childhood was a rehearsal you should look into his upbringing at the peeking opera school

[@OmarZaki]

Yeah absolutely! I just looked up some footage. It's really incredible stuff!

[@balamohammed5947]

5:00 Jackie did miss it and landed in the water

[@saturninojosesuarezquintan7476]

Yes, and he put that fail in the end scenes like he usually does :-)

[@brianegendorf2023]

For a second I wasn't sure about that one..cause I thought it just might have been the angle...Just before he looks like he's gonna miss in the wide shot his hands were actually in a weird position. When it cuts to the close up, his hands didn't change position.. which almost made it look real...

[@kira_omans]

Your facial expressions are perfect. 😂

[@echelon2k8]

He also does Parkour with his face.

[@adrian5206]

You know Jackie Chan is a legend if he's his own stuntman

[@OmarZaki]

Haha I couldn't agree more!

[@donaldpriola1807]

"How do you practice this?" You don't. Hence Jackie being one of the all-time badasses.

[@OmarZaki]

There are definitely some things he does that you cannot practice ahead of time 🤣 You’re correct

[@LawsonEnglish]

@@OmarZaki Actually, he DOES practice almost everything. They rebuild the set for each attempt, if need be.

[@OmarZaki]

@@LawsonEnglish That’s professionalism and perfectionism right there 🙌🏻

[@LawsonEnglish]

@@OmarZaki There's a famous scene where he re-enact's Harold Loyd hanging from a clock. They did dozens of takes over a week and he was always so terrified of the stunt that he panicked and started screaming and his assistants had to pull him back in. Finally, he told them to go downstairs so that he wouldn't be able to ask anyone for help and did the 3 story drop. Then he did it 2 more times to get three good shots out of it.

[@OmarZaki]

@@LawsonEnglish Wow! That’s a crazy story! 😮 Jackie is the master!!

[@Acekilla77]

2:28 that stunt almost cost jackie his life for real, cause the branch break and jackie felt and his head hit a rock, he was sent to hospital and now he has a hole in his head.

[@FolacticsFootball]

That's impossible. I'm sure you could see like a dent but a hole in your head? That's just not possible lmao

[@aleedriftwood]

@@FolacticsFootball The surgeons put a plastic cap in his skull. Jackie talks about it quite a lot.

[@michaelccozens]

@@FolacticsFootball "Trepanning", or drilling a hole in the skull, is a pretty ancient human pseudo-medical practice. It was thought to be an effective treatment for many ailments because it supposedly released evil spirits from inside the skull. It's still used today for emergencies like relieving pressure on the brain from bleeding inside the skull. As you can imagine, though, exposing your brain to the outside world is definitely not something to be undertaken lightly.

[@simonettacollatina7197]

You gotta love Jackie!

[@glennryzebol4472]

Lmao!!! Bro! The face you made at 4:42 made me laugh out loud!!! Classic!

[@BenTan89]

The reason they (Jackie and his crew) didn't do rehearsals is because they have 1 take most of the time because film was incredibly expensive back in the day in HK. Also for places where they book to have the stunts filmed are often only booked for a few hours tops before business for the property has to resume - thus, no time to set up elaborate strings and safety net setups. You arrive, you do your shit and you get lost. That was how it's done back in the day. Fun fact; In movies featuring both Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung, they will often troll Jackie by intentionally screwing up a scene so that Jackie has to do the stunt again.

[@brynkirsch5195]

Awesome stuff:)

[@namesake-mx9nl]

Omar , with all your skills and experience , it was graet to hear your thoughts , thanks for the graet action films and your own stunts too .

[@likilikiki]

I remember going to the video store as a little kid and renting Drunken Master, The Big Brawl, Dragon Fist etc on VHS. There's no one like the legend that is Jackie Chan.

[@jimmylin600]

Seb Foucan and David Belle: you gotta freeflow, the movement, that's Parkour. Jackie Chan: Hey guys, I'm just Jackie being Jackie.

[@MrMetalWarlock]

Nice reaction and review bro. I love Jackie Chan and parkour

[@OmarZaki]

Thank you! Jackie Chan has become such an inspiration to so many people around the world!

[@flutfuk]

Jackie Chan is a work of art.

[@Scyllax]

As a director said about silent film action lunatic, Buster Keaton, which was probably said of Jackie Chan more than once, “If he dies, keep filming.”

[@user-lj9dn9xk7c]

This is true martial arts, he actually has full control of his body

[@TeamRedProductions]

really enjoyed this reaction video Omar! please do more!

[@OmarZaki]

Team Red Pro Thank you so much! Definitely planning on doing more! Got any ideas for scenes I should react to? 😉

[@Felix-kz6bu]

@Omar Zaki I want to see some superhero movie ones!

[@Felix-kz6bu]

@ Omar Zaki could you do a video each week where you show how to do some easy parkour moves. I think it would be helpful for beginners like me who want to become as much as a parkour legend as you! Your fan - Felix

[@OmarZaki]

Felix E. Cheese I’ve done tutorials from Precision jumps, monkey vaults, wall climbs, front flips, side flips, and parkour rolls so you’re more than welcome to check those out 🙌🏻 But there’s also tons and tons of tutorials online. By people like Kyle Mendoza, Ronnie Shalvis, Ryan Doyle, Jesse La Flair, etc

[@Felix-kz6bu]

Mr. Zaki I saw some of them thank you 🙏 so much! I’m doing precision jumps on my parents couch but..... 😆

[@stainlessstove4629]

Love it how funny it is at the start your like "oh I can do that"

[@OmarZaki]

Haha definitely!

[@Haribuddhi]

Great video!

[@OmarZaki]

Thank you very much!

[@Lovebug06901]

Jackie Chan running down the scaffolding was a tribute to silent films , Buster Keaton

[@amrozh985]

The founder and King of Parkour !

[@OmarZaki]

He has become an inspiration for so many people!!

[@KarlHeinzofWpg]

I was such a Jackie Chan nerd/fan that I made a 3 hour long VHS tape in the 80's with all the stunts I could find (so I had to rent each movie, borrow another VCR, copy the tape, yadda yadda yadda). Some of the best stunts were in Police Story. You showed some of them, but the 3 cars careening out of control down the hillside village with all the stunt guys jumping off the roofs is a classic scene. And when he pushes the baby carriage and then jumps out of the path of car which is trying to kill him (it almost did), it was unforgettable. Oh, and when the two stunt guys crash head first through the top window of the double decker bus onto concrete. Hello union rep?! Anyway, nice reaction. I'd LOVE to see Jackie react to parkour!!

[@corrosivecabal]

2:28 he originally fell from the tree and split his head open. This was the first time he cut his hair short for a movie, he never did short hair again. And as of today is still invincible. Also, I 100% agree with what you say about action/fight scenes needing to be zero or at least very few cuts to keep the intensity up. I know there's only so many Jackie Chans, only so many stunt performers that also act, and only so many trained fighters who also act, but come on, just a little extra time and effort in a scene makes a big difference.

[@OmarZaki]

I completely agree! It makes a massive difference. That's why I loved Shang Chi honestly because they gave the action team the time and money to create some really awesome action that stands out and is memorable

[@Felix-kz6bu]

Mr. Zaki i was watching ultimate tag yesterday and you were amazing!

[@OmarZaki]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it! 🙌🏻

[@Felix-kz6bu]

🙌

[@rickythemaddragonxiong8757]

Jackie Chan directs himself

[@toharsayuti5779]

Legend..I never bored watch his films, lots of action and most of it is funny...

[@OmarZaki]

Absolutely!! The comedy is what makes it so incredible and memorable!

[@r3ptile584]

The rooftop run scene in The Crow was also an excellent addition to free run/parkour in film.

[@OmarZaki]

Oh interesting! I'll have to take a look at that sometime!