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Bloodsport TRAILER (1988)

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Worlds Famous Martial Arts movie in History BLOODSPORT

READ MORE HERE INFO Bloodsport HD Trailer Worlds Famous Martial Art in History BLOODSPORT 1988 WITH JeanClaude Van Damme The movie 1988 Bloodsport remains one of the best entertaining martial arts movies of its time and is considered a cult classic This movie introduced JeanClaude Van Damme and made him both a star and an International icon to a worldwide audience The movie showcased Van Dammes amazing athletic abilities and his genuine martial art skills At age ten JeanClaude Van Damme of Brussels real name Van Varenberg took Shotokon karate lessons At age 16 he won his first tournament in 46 seconds He won his black belt at age 18 and won the European Professional Karate Associations middleweight championship at age 19 He had a fight record of 16 knockouts to l loss As a kickboxer Van Damme also studied Taekwondo and Mauy Thai Additionally an impressive array of international martial artists and their captivating and at times spectacular fighting styles ranging from Kung Fu to Jeet Kune Do and Muay Thai are displayed Part of the mystique of Bloodsport is it is said to be based on the 1975180 real life experiences of Frank Dux an American from California Dux a skilled martial artist claimed to be first Westerner to win the secret underground Martial Arts Competition known as the Kumite In reality Dux maintains he fought and won his Kumite tournament in Jamaica the movie Bloodsport nonetheless takes place in Hong Kong Dux choreographed the fight scenes for the film and provided the basic script for Bloodsport The fight scenes are the main attractions of the movie plot and acting take a back seat As the strong and silent type Van Damme handles his star role well enough but he like Bruce Lee had only marginal English skills Bloodsport tells the story of Frank W Dux Jean Claude Van Damme trained from youth in Ninjutsu by a Japanese master Senzo Tanaka Roy Chiao To honor his mentor Dux leaves for Hong Kong to participate in the Kumite where the worlds best martial artists are secretly and invited every five years The movie unfolds showing the intense preparations for the Kumite by a number of different skilled fighters climbing trees smashing coconuts or breaking large ice blocks and strong boards Duxs past training is highlighted The film skips to Duxs present workout in a military gym where his participation in the Kumite is in doubt when officially prohibited from attending Feigning need for a shower Dux escapes the base and makes his way to Hong Kong meeting fellow American contestant Ray Jackson Donald Gibb and a female American journalist Janice Kent Leah Ayres who is attempting to write about the clandestine illegal event The tournament begins Dux beats all of his opponents including a Syrian fighter Bernard Mariano a Muay Thai kickboxer Paulo Tocha and a formidable Sumo wrestler David Ho advancing to the third and final day of the tournament to face defending Kumite champion Chong Li Bolo Yeung who incredibly was 49 year old at time of filming but looking like 30 Li is the callous villain and when discovering Dux to be the better fighter stoops to throwing salt to blind Dux during the match Unable to see Dux relies on his keen sense to fend off Li and then to resoundingly win The film closes with Dux returning to the United States and screen shows statistics detailing the reallife achievements Frank W Duxs such as having the fastest recorded knock out record The soundtrack composed by Paul Hertzog uses synthesized sounds and classical Asian instrumentation featuring Fight to Survive On My OwnAlone and Steal the Night Van Damme and the 1988 Bloodsport motivated a resurgent interest in the martial arts not seen since the untimely death of Bruce Lee some 15 years earlier in 1973 __________________ Special Note to Youtbubers I would be pleased if 1 you would be interested to read Van Dammes Biography that I cowrote as it appears on wwwfandammenet andor 2 watched me starring in my own video demonstrating a high energy martial art fight Interrogation Room httpyoutubecomwatchvrFl1YJzUZWg Thank you LouisPhilippe Simard of Studio LPS Montreal Canada httpyoutubecomstudiolps Blood Sport High Definition Resolution

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