Jackie Chan talks kung fu fighting

For someone who has made a living out of acrobatic combat, Jackie Chan comes across in person as a man with a warm handshake and his feet firmly on the ground.

And he is always smiling.The star of more than 100 action films since the 1970s, Chan appears in UK cinemas this week as a secret kung fu master in The Karate Kid.A remake of the 1984 original, The Karate Kid was released in the US alongside another slice of 80s nostalgia, The A Team.

The Karate Kid stars Jaden Smith as a 12-year-old  American boy Dre who moves to Beijing with his mother. (Jaden's real-life parents Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith were producers on the film.)

Unable to speak the language, and with few friends, Dre soon becomes the target of bullies. But things start to change when he learns kung fu - not karate - from a lonely maintenance man (Chan).

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