Reddit reviews I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action

one of the greatest stories/best reads that I've ever had.
Seriously this guy is amazing

OK, here's the thing though. First off, totally get the pun, BUT a 成龙 tattoo (sorry... don't have 繁体字 installed...) would actually be kind of awesome if it hadn't been JCs name. Bruce Lee was 小龙 or little dragon, so when he died and they needed somebody to replace him, JC took the name 成龙 which means "become a dragon." Kind of corny, but it's a pretty fantastic Chinese name. Another fun fact, when he was little everybody called him 炮炮, which means "cannonball" because he was such a little fatty. Again, totally badass name for fairly unbadass reasons.

Chan's autobiography is pretty fascinating if you ever want weird fodder for party conversations.

Jackie Chan's autobio is pretty good.

If you like that kind of stuff.

Cant pick just one So I'll name a few

1. A Time Too Kill-John Grisham
   
2. Scar Tissue-Anthony Keidis(Autobiography of the lead Singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers)
   
3. Different Seasons-Stephen King
   
4. Back In The Day: My Life And Times With Tupac Shakur- Darrin Keith Bastfield
   
5. That was then This is Now-S.E. Hinton
   
6. I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action-Jackie Chan (Autobiography)
   

Fantastic, he so deserves this!

If you haven't had a chance to read his autobiography "I am Jackie Chan" I highly recommend it, it's thorough for his life up until that point and you will learn a lot about his varied background and the background of other Chinese martial arts stars who came out of the Chinese Drama Academies where they learned such amazing stunt feats.

This episode recommended two books for additional reading on Jackie Chan

• Never Grow Up
  
  
• I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action

If you're looking for a great read about Jackie Chan, check this out (although I can't believe the price, surely better value elsewhere..)

I just finished Jackie's autobio. It was a very easy read and incredibly eye opening to his rags to riches story. His parents were house servants to a rich family, and after he failed traditional schooling, he was sent to a Chinese drama academy where this old school master made him train for like 12 hours a day.