Jaden He 贺敬德
From 1994 to 2001, Jaden He trained under Mr. Wu Bin, the head coach of Beijing Wu Shu Team, and teacher of Jet Li and Wu Jing. During his time in the Beijing Wushu Team, Jaden has won gold at the National Wushu Championship multiple times for broadsword, staff, and double broadsword. In 2003, Jaden joined Cirque du Soleil’s KA Show at Las Vegas’s MGM Grand Hotel. There, he led as the main actor, stage martial arts coach, and choreographer. By combining eastern and western cultures onstage, Jaden gained new insights on traditional Wushu, choreographing, and acting. In 2009, Jaden competed in the Tenth World Wushu Championships held in Toronto, Canada, in which he won the gold medal of men's Nangun, silver medal of Nanquan, and bronze medal of Nandao. In the same year, Jaden participated the East Asian Games held in Hong Kong, in which he won the first gold medal of Nanquan and Nangun. Therefore, he was honored as the King of Nanquan, and the No. 1 Wushu athlete in Hong Kong.
In 2011, in recognition of Jaden's contribution to Hong Kong Sports, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong awarded him the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Service Award. Jaden was also honored as the “Best Leader” of Hong Kong Sports, and Hong Kong Sports Star. Jaden took part in the 11th World Wushu Championships (Turkey), and successfully defended his titles as the gold medalist for Nangun and the silver medalist for Nandao and Nanquan, setting records unbroken by Hong Kong Wushu athletes to this day. At the peak of his 30-year athletic career, Jaden left the scene of competition to bring his Wushu into the world of filmmaking. From 2011-2017, he taught Hong Kong action star Jacky Heung. In 2015, China Star Entertainment produced the 3-D blockbuster League of Gods. Jaden took the role of character “Dun Di,” acting alongside Jet Li, Tony Leung, Fan Bingbing, Louis Koo, Andy On, Huang Xiaoming, Angelababy, Xu Ying, Wen Zhang, and Jacky Heung. Produced by Charles Heung, the film was released in July 2016.
In 2017, Jaden worked as an action director for the Adidas advertisement “Wuji”, working alongside Jet Li and Jacky Heung. That same year, he took part in a movie shoot called The One, starring Jack Ma, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Wu Jing, Tony Jaa, Zou Shiming, and Jacky Heung. In 2018, Jaden worked as the action choreographer for Saturday Fiction (兰心大剧院), working alongside director Lou Ye and actors Gong Li, Mark Chao, Jo Odagiri, and Tom Wlaschiha. He also worked as an action director and main actor for The Teacher, a short film and live show collaboration between Wanda Studios, DJI, and WuStars. 2019 brought Jaden the opportunity to work as Martial Arts Choreographer with five-time Tony-winning director Susan Stroman. He oversaw and developed all elements and concepts of martial arts choreography for the Kung Fu Panda Spectacular live show during the pre-production period. In September of that year, Jaden started to work with Franco Dragone team for the Sunac Resort Wuxi Project, 太湖秀 SPLENDOR. The show invested 600 million yuan and attracted global elites in the entertainment industry. As Martial Arts Choreographer & Supervisor, he created the show with Amy Tinkham. He was responsible for overseeing and developing all elements and concepts of martial arts choreography for the show.