The JC Stunt Team was established in 1976 and originated from the relationships Chan formed in his early starring roles in
Hong Kong action movies. Several of his co-stars and stuntmen hired by the
film studios began working together regularly. This engendered a familiarity of one another's skills and abilities and it made sense for them to become a working team. Some of the members had received training at the
Peking Opera schools, similar to Chan. By 1983, and the release of the film
Project A, the stunt team had become an official organisation of six members. The organisation meant that the stuntmen not only received
insurance coverage (though they were eventually
blacklisted by all insurance companies in Hong Kong due to the increasing danger of their stunt work), but also a monthly salary and higher pay. By the time of
Police Story 2 in 1988, the team had expanded to around twenty members. This incarnation of the team was disbanded in 1990 and thereafter, individual members were contracted and used on a film-by-film basis rather than all members remaining on the payroll. This allowed for some new faces, and the return of former members. The formation of Chan's team influenced others in the film industry to follow suit, particularly his former co-stars and "brothers"
Sammo Hung and
Yuen Biao (their stunt teams known as "Hung Ga Ban" and "Yuen Ga Ban" respectively). Other actors who formed their own stunt teams include
Lau Kar-leung,
Philip Ko,
Stanley Tong and
Bruce Law. Chan's stunt team worked in collaboration with Sammo Hung's team on films like
Dragons Forever,
Thunderbolt and
Around the World in 80 Days. A small number of films that Chan produced but did not appear in, or was not involved in at all, have utilised his stunt team. These include
The Gold Hunters (1981),
Rouge (1988),
The Inspector Wears Skirts 2 (1989),
Stage Door Johnny (1990) and
Angry Ranger (1991). ==Members (past and present)==