Donnie Yen Personal Life and Philanthropic Work Yen has stated that he is a big fan of the MMA organization Ultimate Fighting Championship, and has watched almost every UFC event available. In various interviews, he has mentioned that he would have loved to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship if he did not have a recurring shoulder injury. In the October 2014, Donnie Yen was invited to be a guest speaker in front of a crowd of 20,000 youths for We Day Vancouver, where he spoke about the hardships he faced growing up, and how he overcame difficulties to become the reigning martial arts star. Yen is a known advocate of charity, known for his generous donations to various charity. In 2015, he personally visited refugee camps in Thailand, bringing donations and gifts for the refugees. Donnie Yen is also an ambassador for the international charity known as Free the Children. In December 2015, Yen established a Charitable Fund known as "Yen's Honour Protection Fund". The purpose of the fund was to empower more celebrities to utilize the law as a shield to protect and defend their own honour and reputation, Yen said that "[It seeks] to assist and render help to everyone who needs it, most importantly to heal and repair the hearts and dignities which have been affected". This fund was established in response to a lawsuit victory Yen won against Geng Weiguo(also known as Tan Bing), who intentionally slandered and defamed Yen, to attack his reputation through fabricating lies to portray him as an evil and hideous person and hired netizens to threaten Yen's family. Away from the cameras, Yen married former beauty queen, Cissy Wang. The couple now has two children, a girl and boy, Jasmine and James.