None. The major stars, Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carry Anne Moss and Hugo Weaving all trained every day under famed kung fu director Yuen Woo-Ping and his team for approximately four months prior to filming. They were taught the basics of punching, kicking, blocking, wire work and fight choreography.
While both actors required stunt doubles on The Matrix and its two sequels, they both trained for months in advance of each production and did a lot of the fight choreography themselves.
Did Keanu Reeves learn martial arts for The Matrix?
Keanu Reeves knows martial arts, but not specifically kung fu. He first encountered martial arts whilst preparing for The Matrix (1999), where he learnt Jiu Jitsu, Wushi, Boxing, and Krav Maga. Keanu took his experience to the next level to prepare for the role of John Wick.
Keanu Reeves is a trained martial artist who happens to have years of experience in various disciplines. In fact, the actor's dedication to physical fitness and martial arts has made him a popular choice for action roles. Reeves' martial arts training began in the 1980s when he started studying Karate.
Jason's martial arts journey began at a young age when he self-taught wing chun, kickboxing, and karate while working at market stalls with his father.
Tom Cruise knows quite a few martial arts with wrestling being his most dominant. This is because he was a solid wrestler during his younger years which has aided his physicality in later life. Aside from wrestling, he's also decent at using the Keysi method and elements of Krav Maga.
He has studied Wing Chun, karate, and kickboxing. The film spawned two sequels, Transporter 2 (2005) and Transporter 3 (2008). He also played supporting roles in Mean Machine (2002), The Italian Job (2003), and Cellular (2004) in which he played the lead villain.
Momoa learned the popular Filipino martial arts technique called Kali for the film. He told Indiewire that while he did not fully master the art form, he learned enough to play his part convincingly. He also revealed that his son is also interested in Kali and they bond over it.
Aniston has some very cool exercise routines under her belt, like the mixed movement practice Budokon, which combines elements from yoga and martial arts for a unique workout.
Jim Carrey - Jim Carrey, more widely known for his comedic timing than his athletic prowess, trains in BJJ. While he hasn't said any of this publicly, plenty of witnesses and forums have confirmed that he has achieved his brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
“I've been training for a while on this,” she tells People magazine. “I did (mixed martial arts) MMA skills, gun skills, knife skills. It was the connection to the physical that made me kind of understand her fight for her daughter.”
Now, Weaving has revealed that contractual changes were the main reason he didn't return to play the character in Infinity War and Endgame. Also, he wasn't that fussed about doing it anyway. Speaking to Time Out, he said: "I loved playing that character Red Skull – it was a lot of fun.
And on Wednesday, Sam Neill and Hugo Weaving were reunited as they walked the red carpet together at the opening night of the Sydney Film Festival. The legendary actors looked like the best of friends as they posed for photos with their arms linked and beaming smiles on their faces.
He's a black belt in hapkido and that's the highest grade he's ever attained in any martial art style. He was, however, an excellent student at the Peking Opera School where he learned how to make martial arts look good on screen. Chan is an artist, not a fighter.
A 7th-dan black belt in aikido, he began his adult life as a martial arts instructor in Japan where he would become the first American to teach in an aikido dojo.
Most notably, Ashton Kutcher of 'That 70s Show' and 'Two and a Half Men' fame, is the proud owner of a BJJ brown belt after taking up the sport 10 years ago.
Does Liam Neeson know martial arts in real life? Yes. Neeson boxed for several years, from childhood and through his teens. If you don't believe boxing is a martial art, pick a fight with a boxer.
Recent photos of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in mixed martial arts training had some people assuming that the WWE superstar and movie actor was about to try his hand at UFC, and they were half right, because Johnson may not be gearing up for active MMA competition, but he is getting his grapple on to play a two-time UFC ...
Although Sylvester Stallone has no formal martial arts training that we know of, we must presume that filming 6 Rocky films would have included a lot of boxing training, and that shows in the movies where he does a great job as Rocky Balboa.
Although not an expert like the rest of the persons on this list, Jolie trained in Krav Maga for her role as Lara Croft in Tomb Braider. Jolie has had to deal with a lot in terms of age and weight loss, this has affected her physical condition to be a proper martial artist but she does have a good grasp of Krav Maga.
He concurrently practiced martial arts such as Wushu, Taekwondo, and Aikido, which he used to channel his "self-deprecating rage." In 1972, he moved to New York City to complete his formal dance training at the Harkness Ballet and Joffrey Ballet schools.
The actor, 45, is a fervent devotee of Wing Chun, a kung fu–like martial arts discipline he credits with helping him overcome his well-documented struggles with cocaine. “It's all about focus,” says Downey of Wing Chun.
