Will Smith?

Does Will Smith have any formal martial arts training?I’m sure he was coached for Ali (that movie was horribly boring and historically inaccurate) but will was good(they had to pin his ears back LOL).Do you know who coached him for that movie and if he had training before that?
My boyfriend is a martial artist and tells me that Will throws mechanically correct punches in alot of his movies.Even before Ali
Well I guess 0263 should just keep his nonsense to himself.Could someone just answer the question please.

Will Smith gained 35 pounds to match Ali’s weight of 220.
He spent approximately one year learning all aspects of Ali’s life. These included boxing training, Islamic studies and dialect training (to help him speak like Ali).
One of the selling points of the film is the realism of the fight scenes.
All of the boxers in the film are in fact former or current world heavyweight champions.
It was quickly decided that ‘Hollywood fighting’ – passing the fist between the camera and the face to create the illusion of a hit – would not be used in favour of actual boxing.
The only limitation placed upon the fighters was for Charles Shufford (who plays George Foreman).
He was permitted to hit Will Smith as hard as he could, so long as he didn’t actually knock the actor out.
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_%28film%29

For other information on Will:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000226/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Smith#Filmography

and Ali:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248667/

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