A shekarar 1976, Jackie Chan ya sami sakon waya daga Willie Chan, wani mai shirya fina-finai a masana'antar fina-finai ta Hong Kong wanda ya burge shi da aikin Jackie. Willie Chan ya ba shi rawar taka rawa a cikin fim din da Lo Wei ya jagoranta. Lo ya ga wasan kwaikwayon Chan a cikin fim din John Woo Hannun Mutuwa (1976) kuma ya yi niyyar yin koyi da shi bayan Bruce Lee tare da fim din New Fist of Fury. An canza sunan sa na wasan kwaikwayo zuwa Sing Lung (Chinese: 成龍, kuma an rubuta shi a matsayin Cheng Long, a zahiri "zama dragon") don jaddada kamanninsa da Bruce Lee, wanda sunan sa na wasan kwaikwayon yana nufin "Little Dragon" a Sinanci. Fim din bai yi nasara ba saboda Chan bai saba da salon wasan kwaikwayo na Lee ba.
bai saba da salon wasan Martial Arts na Lee ba