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Alive in Beijing 02 - Look who I ran into while Wu Ji-ing!
Wednesday, Jul 1, 2009 12:56AM / Standard Entry / China / Members only
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My first night back in Beijing I went to Sunlitun Village to meet some people for dinner. This place was well known as an international bar area back when I was here before, but fast forward 5 years later, and now there's a giant mall filled w/ international brand stores (adidas, uniqlo, nike, puma, apple, etc).

I ran into a familiar face as soon as I got out of the taxi:

Yes, Jet Li, modeling his 'Wu Ji' collaboration with adidas.

Inside they had a full room dedicated to the collection:

featuring a video of Jet talking about Wu Ji, some posters and mannequins with the clothes...

not just any regular mannequins, these ones were doing taiji!

Nice, except why no shoes?! :-P

its hard to see, but thats the Wu Ji logo mosiac, where each of the dots is actually made up of taiji poses.

here's a close-up of the purple version, not sure if you can see the pixels well though.

anyway, its cool to see Jet getting a prominent featuring at an international chain's flagship store in Beijing...

Jia you Jet!

update: I went over there again tonight and found them dismantling this whole display! good thing I got it all captured on film (digital). its all gone now! :-(

tags: Jet Li Wu Ji adidas wushu taiji clothing by adidas

Entry comments (18)

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breezeplayer
posted on Sunday, Aug 9, 2009 10:41PM [Report]

This is a very cool picture, wish i had a poster of it,lol
JRS
posted on Monday, Jul 6, 2009 4:14PM [Report]

No shoes because these mannequins want to feel connected to the Earth...

Yep!
jmgarlic
posted on Saturday, Jul 4, 2009 10:55PM [Report]

hey..!!what's you doin..??
zhangqing109876
posted on Friday, Jul 3, 2009 8:25AM [Report]

这张照片中的你有欲动还静的感觉,洒脱中若有所思.
zhangqing109876
posted on Friday, Jul 3, 2009 7:54AM [Report]

你的李氏武极如果不是单纯的健身,再揉进一些大小擒拿的招式,增加它的实用性,会便于流传.我不懂武学,随便说说,请不要介意.
Etchy
posted on Friday, Jul 3, 2009 5:45AM

miaka - right now just mainland.
miaka
posted on Thursday, Jul 2, 2009 9:30AM [Report]

are any of jet li's line of clothing available in HK or US?
koko930
posted on Wednesday, Jul 1, 2009 10:48PM [Report]

cool mannequins!! (^^)
MissScarlett
posted on Wednesday, Jul 1, 2009 10:14AM [Report]

captain reference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kum2woR1Kqg&feature=related
Etchy
posted on Wednesday, Jul 1, 2009 9:51AM

its july 1st today, i guess the Wu Ji promo was a June thing. time to make room for July...
kprenda
posted on Wednesday, Jul 1, 2009 9:45AM [Report]

These products have to come here in Brazil ADIDAS. Please make it a world event. And soon, soon be here too.
We Brazilians also love news. Peace and success Jet Li.
Katia Prenda -Rio de Janeiro
Seeker-09
posted on Wednesday, Jul 1, 2009 7:50AM [Report]

Thx for posting it on the forum, glad you got to catch the pics & post 'em before it got dismantled.
Yung Yung Yu
posted on Wednesday, Jul 1, 2009 6:56AM [Report]

COOL! wow... something diff!
MissScarlett
posted on Wednesday, Jul 1, 2009 3:55AM [Report]

WTH? Why were they dismantling it?
MissScarlett
posted on Wednesday, Jul 1, 2009 3:54AM [Report]

I think he's got a little of the captain in him... (or don't you have that commercial there?).
janechu
posted on Wednesday, Jul 1, 2009 1:55AM [Report]

nice!
good catch before they took it down... =)
Etchy
posted on Wednesday, Jul 1, 2009 12:56AM

Flagday - there was another sign saying you get a free instructional DVD with purchase I believe.

i'm sure there's a website, i'll look for it later, quite busy right now!
Flagday
posted on Tuesday, Jun 30, 2009 8:32PM [Report]

I could watch Jet do Tai Chi all day. He is mesmerizing. I think this line and promotion are supposed to be accompanied by some workout regimen? Was there any evidence of that in the store? Jet`s blog was a little fuzzy about that. It looks like clothes for men although the purple one is one I would wear. Thanks Etchy. Is there a website where we could see more of the clothes? I cannot read Chinese but I could click on pictures!