Love your reaction videos. I grew up watching 3 ninja kids. Would be awesome if you could do a reaction on those movies. I would love to know if they really had martial arts training or just actors doing what was told. Thanks for your reactions. Watching All the way from South Africa🇿🇦
Frank Dux is a martial arts fraud and doesn’t represent authentic ninjutsu. Bloodsport is a great movie based off a very creative imagination not based in truth.
@@JissenDojo GO TO VIKING SAMURAIS CHANNEL FOR NEW INTERVIEWS FROM DUX AND FRIENDS WHO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING...WHY WOULD "REAL" MARTIAL ARTIST STILL HAVE GONE TO HIS DOJO TO TRAIN OR TEACH?
The actor you said was Korean, is Bolo Yeung, a martial artist and body builder. He also was in Enter the Dragon with Bruce Lee where they became friends and started to train together.
@@nickm5419 they most definitely are. Modern people have this weird NeoLiberal idea that your genetics and ancestry go out the window in favor of citizenship papers
Bolo Yeung who played Chong Li in this movie was in his 40s and yet he had a better physique than most young dudes around that time. He was also close with Bruce Lee when he was alive Also I love his facial expression’s in his roles lol
The game they were playing is called "Karate Champ", was big in US arcades back in the late 80s and early 90s. Each player had two 8-position stick controllers (no buttons) and the position of both controllers would determine what move your character did. This allowed for a total of 80 different movements (including standard forward, backward, jump, etc). The game itself played as tournament style fights. Each match was two points, with repeat moves being half point. After Street Fighter came out, this game kind of fell to the wayside, but until then, it was a bread-and-butter game for the arcades. Brought in lots of quarters.
Dux maybe a fraud in real life but his imagination and excellent storytelling ideas help create this legendary masterpiece in the fighting world and film genre
@@Ozymandias1 yes it was a hoax, because Dux had everyone convinced it was a TRUE STORY. Just because it makes for entertaining story telling, doesn’t make it any less of a hoax
@@ImaBobbyMudda you're absolutely right it is a hoax. Frank Dux is a fraud. Check out the movie Best of the Best, it came out the same year as Bloodsport did and it overshadowed the movie. Best of the best is sorted based on a true story. It's Phillip Rhee story when he competed in the Olympic martial arts competition.
Dux claimed the real tournament took place in the Bahamas on rooftops but then later revealed footage of a fight where one of the guys looks like him but the fight takes place indoor.
One of my favorite martial arts movies is "Only the Strong" (1993) with Mark Dacascos who was in John Wick 3. He is in the military and trained in Capoeira in Brazil. His character returns to Miami, his former school is corrupted by gangs, and he teaches the kids Capoeira, but the gang leader is a Capoeira maestro!
This movie is epic! I can't wait to see your reaction tomorrow Sensei. I recommend, that you as a martial arts expert, to give your opinion on the movie Kickboxer 1989 film, Kickboxer is a master piece, another one of JCVD.
@@asksearchknock The funny thing is 'No retreat, no surrender' is called 'Karate Tiger' in Germany. And the 'Kickboxer' movie with JCVD is called 'Karate Tiger 3 - The Kickboxer'. It's totally messed up.😂
If you said kumite we would only recognize it from this movie (or your videos 😀). Frank Dux, who this movie was based on, was an even better con artist than martial artist. He convinced many people that all this stuff really happened.
I admit that the first concept of Kumite I had was "illegal martial arts tournament to the last blood". Which would imply that say eight martial artists meet and one one survives, and none of their loved ones violates the secret!
A few points JVD trained in Ballet first, then was on the Belgium International Karate team, he took part in tournaments and was a legit fighter at the time, not just a bodybuilder. He did full contact Karate fights and did Kickboxing and fought in the World Championships. He only lost once as a kickboxer in 19 fights. His overall record is 44 fights and 4 losses in both sports. Yeah I had to look his full record up. Another point, the movie was claimed to be based on Frank Dux, who claimed he went through some of this, but it's clear the guy was lying about it later on. It's supposed to be Ninjutsu, not Karate. Either way, it's still a great martial arts movie. Kumite is known as a word, as I think it was used mostly in the West, as Karate and Judo were the first big 'breakout' martial arts. so the early words used in all Western martial arts were Japanese ones due to this
In a lot of western vernacular, Kumite is synonymous with sparring competition (in contrast to forms). In the tournaments I went to in Mexico in the 1990s, it was also even the word used by the referees to start the fight (like “fight” was used in the Karate Kid series). Frank Dux was a con artist with a wild imagination, but not much of a linguist.
@@ahwhite2022 You did say that was Mexico though. I myself trained in Full contact Karate Wado Ryu style and Tae Kwon Do, where my coach was the British Olympic coach, Gary Sykes, so I learned a lot. Later on I did Aikido for about a year
I haven't done Karate or Tae Kwon do in years and I'm not the best fighter in either, but I can hold my own, however, I would have zero problem sparing with an Olympic or world champ in Tae Kwon do or Karate, mainly due to training with world champs constantly when young with an Olympic quality trainer. An MMA fighter would however destroy me. Different sports though. I have zero ground game
As according to Jean Claude Van Damme, all of this happened, in the real Frank Dux’s head 🤣🤣🤣 Also yes all the actors in this were actual martial artists which is the why the fights look so good
Haven’t seen the movie in years, but it’s great 👍🏻, it was based off a true story, awesome to get your perspective, I enjoyed revisiting this classic on your program!
This was one of my fav Martial Arts movie growing up, along side the Bruce Lee movies such as Enter the Dragon etc....These movies are what inspired me to take up Martial Arts. Would be interesting to see you do a reaction video to Best of the Best, but just the first one. Great video Sensei :)
Didn't hurt that he was major Eye Candy either.. Mark Dacascos, Don 'the dragon Wilson, Steven Seagal, Dolph Lundgren, Brandon Lee.. Just a handful of the ones I remember. But I would watch anything with fighting I loved American Ninja and the sequels...
Absolutely agree. As well as their looks they were amazingly talented actors and some of the moves were amazing. Bolo Yeung the main contender and overall bad guy in Bloodsport also stated in Enter the Dragon, but was so much younger....great actor for a body builder and was highly skilled in Martial Studies loved him.
A legendary movie! To me, this is THE BEST MARTIAL ARTS MOVIE EVER! Great martial arts scenes, specially in Kumite. You can see that all the fighters are real fighters. I'd like to give you a suggestion, if you allow me: please, Sensei, post another video parts in few days. Maybe 3 days or something, at most, I think it'd be better. In my opinion, one week is too long between one part to another.
I loved getting a true Japanese karate Master’s viewpoint on the movie. As I have already gotten some from my Gung Fu Sifu. Movie does have some pretty legit martial arts fighting, but it is indeed Hollywood action. Whether you buy into the whole “True Story” aspect of it. The film truly is one of the best Martial arts movies out there. Great watching and comments from Sensei, and remember very good but brick don't hit back.
Nagano-san, the style that the main character uses in this movie is supposed to be ninjutsu (or rather Taijutsu) which was Frank Dux said he knew...which of course he didn't. So a lot of the odder movements are probably supposed to represent exotic ninpo techniques. It could also be the reason why they use the open-hand-closed-hand salute you find in many Chinese martial art, because there is an idea that the Japanese learned ninjutsu from the Lin Kuei ("forest demon") assassins who were supposed to have lived in China. I'm not sure if the Lin Kuei were real...most people know them from the Mortal Kombat video games, but the Lin Kuei rumor is even older than the video games.
Hi Reed, in Chinese literatures there are no assassin clans like the Lin Kuei. The pop culture is more of scenarios when a skilled fighter is trying to assassinate people, they will dress up like a ninja, usually in full black, masked up. And they will have the dirtiest secret weapons which no one knows like poison needles, booby traps etc. But there are cultures of chivalrous & treacherous martial arts clans.
Here we go! This and Enter the Dragon are arguably all time best in martial arts imo. You should also watch Best of the Best , it was mentioned by Devan from Eagle Fang in S4 and has a great US Karate vs Korea Taekwondo Tournament.
The BEST movie ever. I remember being 12 or 13 when this came out on VHS made me train harder than anyone. We even used to meet up outside of our dojo time built stretching contraptions like in this, man we punished ourselves to be this good athletically.
Looking forward to your reaction to this one. Lots of martial arts varieties on display. Would love to see you react to jet Li's "Fist of Legend". Another one that shows contrasting styles. And since you've already done and examination of Kenpo, check out Jeff Speakman's "perfect weapon"
Jeff Speakman was an AWESOME martial arts actor for the '90s! His acting was decent and he brought legitimacy to his movies by genuinely being good at martial arts. I would put him in a similar league as Don "the Dragon" Wilson or Thomas Ian Griffith.
a block from the leg is called a "fork". This block is used in 2 kata (beginning). Now they have already forgotten about it, but in the early 2000s it was taught in self-defense lessons. The simplest and fastest block can be used not only against the leg, but also against the "leg with a hand" (it is also possible against the hands, it will turn out, as in aikido). The film shows very quickly, so not everyone understands this block. The block is done: one hand up, the other down, then the position changes (if you throw the leg over yourself, then there will be a forbidden reception with a fist punch to the ground).
The movie based on the Frank Dux bullshit turn out to be the best Van Damme movie, this movie is awesome. Tong Po at 1:51, saw this movie so many times when I was young and only recently I noticed Tong Po is in this movie
I was actually taught the sitting down circular arm to hand join thingy in both aikijutsu and shotokan. I think it's just something to focus on and coordinate the breath with - in aikijutsu it was that, I think arms to the side and back to the middle.. I forget but I think there were four. In shotokan I was told to do that because I'd pushed too hard and was struggling to breathe deeply. I'm someone who can't meditate in stillness, so I found it helpful then and still now, though now I just do tai chi. Not sure if it's a modern invention, I just thought I'd throw it out there that it's not purely the movie making it up, since you weren't certain :)
Back in the laste 80's early 90's I had to make several copies of Bloodsport and Kickboxer, since I watched them 100's of times and the old VHS didn't like that kind of repeat LOL. Bloodsport and Kickboxer are my favorite JCVD movies.
Yes, it's pretty clear, people like the reaction content looking at the viewers you get per video. Anyway, I learned about the word 'Kumite' from this movie. At first I thought the concept in this movie was 'kumite'. So that per definition 'kumite' was this type of fighting tournament where you could also die, and that 'maté' was also to make sure that they spare your life. Only later I learned that these were karate/Japanese terms.
This last part about the japanese martial arts way of moving the body was super interesting! I'd love if you could more about topics like 'suri-ashi' and the proper user of the 'seikatanden'. I'm not even a karate practioner and I absolutely love your videos! Congratulations for your excellent work!
I think I learned the word "kumite" long before I saw this movie. I had a book called "Jr. Karate" and it had pictures of some moves and some terminology. That book kickstarted my desire to learn martial arts.
Really love and appreciate you reacting to these old martial art films, especially Van Damme. I grew up watching these back in the late 80’s, early 90’s. Also, let me recommend a few others: Kickboxer, Lionheart, No Retreat, No Surrender. Would love to see your reaction to those! Even the new ones, such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero are among some of the best modern movies! You just got a new subscriber 😄😁✌🏻
If you are looking for more reactions, may I suggest the TV series "Shogun" from 1980? It is not so much a Karate or martial ar series, but focuses more on cultural aspects (probabaly with some artistic freedom). What I find the most interesting feature is that they don't provide subtitles for the japanese that is spoken. By that, as a non Japanese, you really can relate to the main character.
I think you should do a reaction to the jubilee video "who is the fake black belt." I think it would be cool to see you explain the moves that they do and try to guess which person isn't a black belt😀.
This movie is based on Frank Dux’s claim of a secret underground tournament named Kumite. He claims all sorts of feats like fastest knockout in the world and stuff with no evidence.
Yes, I'd recognize the word "Kumite" here in USA. Because of this awesome movie, "Bloodsport". One of my brothers' and I favorites. Growing up, we usually wrestled or play fought through parts of it. Part of the essential JCVD films.
The sitting down movements were just a relaxing spiritual cool down kind of deal maybe while practicing the movements to defend strikes from the ground
I'm loving these! I started watching Cobra Kai recently because of you. :D You should do all of Van Damme's movies. When I was a kid Martial Arts Films were a favorite of mine. American Ninja (and the Sequels). Showdown in Little Tokyo. Cynthia Rothrock... Steven Seagal.. Don 'the dragon' Wilson, just to name a few.
the white belt on the robes is Jean Claude van damme, a Belgian and Europian karate champ during the 80's. He's became a famous Hollywood actor in martial arts movies
I enjoyed this commentary. I did get pumped at certain scenes like I always do. It's good to know that their is some actual stuff going on it the movie and not some theatrical inaccuracies to some degree
OMG ! I Love ICHRO i was at that game in your screen play my son asked me why ICHRO is my Fav still today is that very thing he was not muscular but knew how to use his strength and be so dominate in the sport of Baseball
You often ask about movies you could possibly review. One that i love is called Kuro Obi. The three main martial artists are highly trained in karate. It definitely shows. Great movie and historical representation. can be found on youtube
This utter B-movie is movie perfection.....the actors and action are great, the music is absolutely epic. As a B-movie it blows away most socalled blockbusters. I have loved this movie since it came out.
@@StarDragonJP Sure it is. TBH a lot of 80s and 90s movies are. But it's a classic. Every time I come across it on TV, I stick to it XD And there's some great martial artists in it. I'm sure, Yusuke will enjoy watching it.
The word "kumite" was used in the 70s and 80s as a fancy term for martial arts tournaments in the West, usually for competitions which didn't limit themselves to a single style. It wasn't a super common term but it was known to a decent number of martial artists outside of Japan. Cross-discipline competition was a common thing particularly in the US (where they held "karate" tournaments like the ones in Karate Kid which had people doing all manner of other martial arts and not knowing the difference between that and actual karate). This movie is based on a story told by a well-known fraudster (not so well known to be a fraud at the time) who claimed to have won "the Kumite" which was supposedly a secret international tournament where only the best fighters were invited to compete.
11:52 Bolo says "Very good, but brick(s) don't hit back." This is a play on a very famous line from Enter the Dragon by Bruce Lee ("boards don't hit back"). Bolo (and Jack Chan) was in Enter the Dragon and Bloodsport. Your analysis is amazing. Thank you for doing this.
I trained under one of Frank Dux's "disciples" (Michael Carnes, in Seattle) and he was a multi style martial artist. If I remember correctly, Ninjutsu, Aikido, Kickboxing, Judo, and Kung Fu. there is a Roman Grackle wrestling style called Panrankerton (I know I butchered the spelling, ground fighting) that was included. I do know he taught the U.S. Military and the SAS. He and Gracie family were rivals in the MMA circles. Although, I did not stay training, due to life led me different ways, I was always treated with respect. Sorry for the bad spelling.
Yes they are rivals.Frank Dux is a very high level martial artist and even Gracies invited him in UFC 1 for fight and they denied.But the sad part is there is lack of footage of his Kumite and for that people trolled and running hate campaign till the date against him.But those who trained under him know how badass he was in his prime.Even one of his student who was also a BJJ student under Rorion Gracie told me that Rorion Gracie who started UFC invited him for a fight in his Dojo before UFC back in the 1992.The invitation was a part of the Gracie challenge.Frank accepted challenge and went Rorion's Dojo.He knocked out Rorion with a lethal kick.He was awesome striker and good grappler and is a 6th degree Red belt in Japanese Jujutsu under grandmaster Jack Saki who was a student of Jigoro Kano.
You've probably recognized Bolo Yeung (several movies with Jean-Claude Van Damme and Bruce Lee), Mohammed Qissi (aka Tong Po in another movie with Jean-Claude Van Damme), John Cheung (Police Story 2, 36th Chamber of Shaolin, etc.), and few others, who were already reknown fighters and actors.
U must keep one thing in mind.back then and even today it is 10 times cheaper to make a film in Honk Kong🇭🇰 than in Japan.i like the diverse martial arts that is been portrayed in this film.the fact that westerners and Japanese families can coordinate with each other back then was outstanding!🌸⛩🇯🇵
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Love your reaction videos. I grew up watching 3 ninja kids. Would be awesome if you could do a reaction on those movies. I would love to know if they really had martial arts training or just actors doing what was told.
Thanks for your reactions. Watching All the way from South Africa🇿🇦
Frank Dux is a martial arts fraud and doesn’t represent authentic ninjutsu. Bloodsport is a great movie based off a very creative imagination not based in truth.
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@@JissenDojo GO TO VIKING SAMURAIS CHANNEL FOR NEW INTERVIEWS FROM DUX AND FRIENDS WHO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING...WHY WOULD "REAL" MARTIAL ARTIST STILL HAVE GONE TO HIS DOJO TO TRAIN OR TEACH?
The actor you said was Korean, is Bolo Yeung, a martial artist and body builder. He also was in Enter the Dragon with Bruce Lee where they became friends and started to train together.
He isn't Korean I believe he's chinese
He's a Hong Kong actor, not Korean or Chinese.
@@TheErenYeagerChannel hong kong people aren't chinese?
@@nickm5419 they most definitely are. Modern people have this weird NeoLiberal idea that your genetics and ancestry go out the window in favor of citizenship papers
@@JoseGarcia-vi3pu he obviously meant the character Chong Li. Not the actor
Bolo Yeung who played Chong Li in this movie was in his 40s and yet he had a better physique than most young dudes around that time. He was also close with Bruce Lee when he was alive
Also I love his facial expression’s in his roles lol
Him and Cary Tagawa were the ultimate bad guys in this kind of movies, back then. Legends.
I still see his face in window reflection on buses to this day.
Ain’t Shudoshi Sonny Chiba!?
He was actually in his 50s from what I've read but don't quote me on it
and there were his 2 brothers low Yeung and well Yeung :D
The game they were playing is called "Karate Champ", was big in US arcades back in the late 80s and early 90s. Each player had two 8-position stick controllers (no buttons) and the position of both controllers would determine what move your character did. This allowed for a total of 80 different movements (including standard forward, backward, jump, etc). The game itself played as tournament style fights. Each match was two points, with repeat moves being half point.
After Street Fighter came out, this game kind of fell to the wayside, but until then, it was a bread-and-butter game for the arcades. Brought in lots of quarters.
Bolo Yeung is the best part of this movie. And your comment about a bodybuilder is spot on. He was a body builder.
One of the biggest chests and scariest faces I've seen
Dux maybe a fraud in real life but his imagination and excellent storytelling ideas help create this legendary masterpiece in the fighting world and film genre
Yes, this movie wasn't a hoax and it was well told and performed. It's his greatest legacy.
@@Ozymandias1 yes it was a hoax, because Dux had everyone convinced it was a TRUE STORY. Just because it makes for entertaining story telling, doesn’t make it any less of a hoax
@@ImaBobbyMudda you're absolutely right it is a hoax. Frank Dux is a fraud. Check out the movie Best of the Best, it came out the same year as Bloodsport did and it overshadowed the movie. Best of the best is sorted based on a true story. It's Phillip Rhee story when he competed in the Olympic martial arts competition.
Just had this exact conversation a few days ago, finished up the same too
"Thank god that guy's a boisterous liar, because that movie was awesome"
Dux claimed the real tournament took place in the Bahamas on rooftops but then later revealed footage of a fight where one of the guys looks like him but the fight takes place indoor.
Jean Claude is known for his splits. Worked into every movie.
One of my favorite martial arts movies is "Only the Strong" (1993) with Mark Dacascos who was in John Wick 3. He is in the military and trained in Capoeira in Brazil. His character returns to Miami, his former school is corrupted by gangs, and he teaches the kids Capoeira, but the gang leader is a Capoeira maestro!
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Yes!!!!
This movie is epic! I can't wait to see your reaction tomorrow Sensei. I recommend, that you as a martial arts expert, to give your opinion on the movie Kickboxer 1989 film, Kickboxer is a master piece, another one of JCVD.
kickboxer is classic. i loved cyborg too, double impact isn't too shabby either. they get worse after that.
@@asksearchknock The funny thing is 'No retreat, no surrender' is called 'Karate Tiger' in Germany. And the 'Kickboxer' movie with JCVD is called 'Karate Tiger 3 - The Kickboxer'.
It's totally messed up.😂
@Jovan Leonardi you just named my three favorites 😆. I never meet other Cyborg fans.
@@rockstarphantom8112 cyborg can be slow and that animatronic head switch at the end is jarring but everything else is perfect.
I agree, Kickboxer is excellent! Let me add Lionheart, Double Impact, and No Retreat, No Surrender. Let’s see the reaction to all of these, please 😌😄
If you said kumite we would only recognize it from this movie (or your videos 😀). Frank Dux, who this movie was based on, was an even better con artist than martial artist. He convinced many people that all this stuff really happened.
Still, it is entertaining.
I admit that the first concept of Kumite I had was "illegal martial arts tournament to the last blood". Which would imply that say eight martial artists meet and one one survives, and none of their loved ones violates the secret!
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Haven't seen this one since I was a child, although I saw it a bunch of times as a child. It's nice going down memory lane with an expert's opinion.
A few points JVD trained in Ballet first, then was on the Belgium International Karate team, he took part in tournaments and was a legit fighter at the time, not just a bodybuilder. He did full contact Karate fights and did Kickboxing and fought in the World Championships. He only lost once as a kickboxer in 19 fights. His overall record is 44 fights and 4 losses in both sports. Yeah I had to look his full record up. Another point, the movie was claimed to be based on Frank Dux, who claimed he went through some of this, but it's clear the guy was lying about it later on. It's supposed to be Ninjutsu, not Karate. Either way, it's still a great martial arts movie. Kumite is known as a word, as I think it was used mostly in the West, as Karate and Judo were the first big 'breakout' martial arts. so the early words used in all Western martial arts were Japanese ones due to this
Do people in english really abreviate it as JVD? in French we say JCVD.
In a lot of western vernacular, Kumite is synonymous with sparring competition (in contrast to forms). In the tournaments I went to in Mexico in the 1990s, it was also even the word used by the referees to start the fight (like “fight” was used in the Karate Kid series). Frank Dux was a con artist with a wild imagination, but not much of a linguist.
@@capitainemmhenri1299 No, that was just my mistake. I should have written JCVD, but hey, I'm not perfect
@@ahwhite2022 You did say that was Mexico though. I myself trained in Full contact Karate Wado Ryu style and Tae Kwon Do, where my coach was the British Olympic coach, Gary Sykes, so I learned a lot. Later on I did Aikido for about a year
I haven't done Karate or Tae Kwon do in years and I'm not the best fighter in either, but I can hold my own, however, I would have zero problem sparing with an Olympic or world champ in Tae Kwon do or Karate, mainly due to training with world champs constantly when young with an Olympic quality trainer. An MMA fighter would however destroy me. Different sports though. I have zero ground game
As according to Jean Claude Van Damme, all of this happened, in the real Frank Dux’s head 🤣🤣🤣
Also yes all the actors in this were actual martial artists which is the why the fights look so good
Looking forward to the reaction of the whole dim mak scene.
One of my fav marital art films from the 80s. Loved it. Bolo is such a great villain. Other recommendations is Kickboxer and Best of the best 👌
Thumbs way up for Best of the Best 👍
Still no blu ray out for best of the best.. Waiting for a official release! Can’t believe it’s not being put to blu ray yet..
You gotta watch Best of the Best, No retreat no surrender, The Last Dragon, Shootfighter, Sidekicks, the perfect weapon
Haven’t seen the movie in years, but it’s great 👍🏻, it was based off a true story, awesome to get your perspective, I enjoyed revisiting this classic on your program!
No it wasn't. Frank Dux made it all up. The Kumite never existed and Dux wasn't an expert in Ninjutsu. He was a good storyteller though.
@@Ozymandias1 oh seriously?? Wow that’s messed up. It was a good story tho’ .. I never heard it being debunked.
This was one of my fav Martial Arts movie growing up, along side the Bruce Lee movies such as Enter the Dragon etc....These movies are what inspired me to take up Martial Arts. Would be interesting to see you do a reaction video to Best of the Best, but just the first one. Great video Sensei :)
Didn't hurt that he was major Eye Candy either.. Mark Dacascos, Don 'the dragon Wilson, Steven Seagal, Dolph Lundgren, Brandon Lee.. Just a handful of the ones I remember. But I would watch anything with fighting
I loved American Ninja and the sequels...
Absolutely agree. As well as their looks they were amazingly talented actors and some of the moves were amazing. Bolo Yeung the main contender and overall bad guy in Bloodsport also stated in Enter the Dragon, but was so much younger....great actor for a body builder and was highly skilled in Martial Studies loved him.
Its.....HAPPENING!!!
Finally, here we go, Bloodsport time!
A legendary movie! To me, this is THE BEST MARTIAL ARTS MOVIE EVER! Great martial arts scenes, specially in Kumite. You can see that all the fighters are real fighters.
I'd like to give you a suggestion, if you allow me: please, Sensei, post another video parts in few days. Maybe 3 days or something, at most, I think it'd be better. In my opinion, one week is too long between one part to another.
I agree, this is my favorite martial art movie
I loved getting a true Japanese karate Master’s viewpoint on the movie. As I have already gotten some from my Gung Fu Sifu. Movie does have some pretty legit martial arts fighting, but it is indeed Hollywood action. Whether you buy into the whole “True Story” aspect of it. The film truly is one of the best Martial arts movies out there. Great watching and comments from Sensei, and remember very good but brick don't hit back.
When is part 2 coming can't wait to see please hurry😊
Nagano-san, the style that the main character uses in this movie is supposed to be ninjutsu (or rather Taijutsu) which was Frank Dux said he knew...which of course he didn't. So a lot of the odder movements are probably supposed to represent exotic ninpo techniques. It could also be the reason why they use the open-hand-closed-hand salute you find in many Chinese martial art, because there is an idea that the Japanese learned ninjutsu from the Lin Kuei ("forest demon") assassins who were supposed to have lived in China. I'm not sure if the Lin Kuei were real...most people know them from the Mortal Kombat video games, but the Lin Kuei rumor is even older than the video games.
No way I didn’t know the Lin Kuei were already a rumor/legend in real life
Hi Reed, in Chinese literatures there are no assassin clans like the Lin Kuei. The pop culture is more of scenarios when a skilled fighter is trying to assassinate people, they will dress up like a ninja, usually in full black, masked up. And they will have the dirtiest secret weapons which no one knows like poison needles, booby traps etc. But there are cultures of chivalrous & treacherous martial arts clans.
Hi when it part 2 coming out? Thanks
Crazy, I just watched this movie for the first time 2 days ago. Loved it.
If you haven't already seen them may I also recommend China O Brian 1 and 2, Kickboxer and Best of the Best (avoid the sequel as its crap)
Just watched this last week. Frank Dux's story is a fantastic classic!
@@shanklinkay I have not but Best of the Best has been on my list for months. Definitely checking it out soon.
@@Squiggles95 BOTB series from the late 80s to 90s was memorable! Phillip Rhee & Eric Roberts kick ass!!
Looking forward to Blood Sport breakdown, part 2!
Had a chance to meet and hang out with Bolo. Dude is every bit a bad ass as you can imagine. Super nice guy.
The guy that got his leg broke by Cung Lee-Bolo Yeung also played Tong Po in Kickboxer.
Jean Claude Van Damme actually did ballet before martial arts and movies, that is mainly where his musclar frame came from.
Here we go! This and Enter the Dragon are arguably all time best in martial arts imo. You should also watch Best of the Best , it was mentioned by Devan from Eagle Fang in S4 and has a great US Karate vs Korea Taekwondo Tournament.
Blood and Bone
He should watch The Last Dragon ... Sho'nuf
Don't forget kickboxer, another van damme's classic
Best of the Best! No Retreat No Surrender!
Not even close. Enter the Dragon sucks. 70s era crap.
The BEST movie ever. I remember being 12 or 13 when this came out on VHS made me train harder than anyone. We even used to meet up outside of our dojo time built stretching contraptions like in this, man we punished ourselves to be this good athletically.
I love that movie, was my motivation for start in this wonderful martial arts world
"Bloodsport" (in Brazil this title was translated as "the great white dragon") is my favorite fighting film. A 80's classic.
Looking forward to your reaction to this one. Lots of martial arts varieties on display. Would love to see you react to jet Li's "Fist of Legend". Another one that shows contrasting styles. And since you've already done and examination of Kenpo, check out Jeff Speakman's "perfect weapon"
Jeff Speakman was an AWESOME martial arts actor for the '90s! His acting was decent and he brought legitimacy to his movies by genuinely being good at martial arts.
I would put him in a similar league as Don "the Dragon" Wilson or Thomas Ian Griffith.
This was great! Cant wait to see Part 2.
a block from the leg is called a "fork". This block is used in 2 kata (beginning). Now they have already forgotten about it, but in the early 2000s it was taught in self-defense lessons. The simplest and fastest block can be used not only against the leg, but also against the "leg with a hand" (it is also possible against the hands, it will turn out, as in aikido). The film shows very quickly, so not everyone understands this block. The block is done: one hand up, the other down, then the position changes (if you throw the leg over yourself, then there will be a forbidden reception with a fist punch to the ground).
The movie based on the Frank Dux bullshit turn out to be the best Van Damme movie, this movie is awesome. Tong Po at 1:51, saw this movie so many times when I was young and only recently I noticed Tong Po is in this movie
In England we often call martial arts tournaments kumite
Can't believe he didn't know this movie, since it is such a martial arts classic 😊
love your channel. taking me back years lol. crazy to think this was based on a true story
I was actually taught the sitting down circular arm to hand join thingy in both aikijutsu and shotokan. I think it's just something to focus on and coordinate the breath with - in aikijutsu it was that, I think arms to the side and back to the middle.. I forget but I think there were four. In shotokan I was told to do that because I'd pushed too hard and was struggling to breathe deeply. I'm someone who can't meditate in stillness, so I found it helpful then and still now, though now I just do tai chi. Not sure if it's a modern invention, I just thought I'd throw it out there that it's not purely the movie making it up, since you weren't certain :)
Back in the laste 80's early 90's I had to make several copies of Bloodsport and Kickboxer, since I watched them 100's of times and the old VHS didn't like that kind of repeat LOL. Bloodsport and Kickboxer are my favorite JCVD movies.
Yes, it's pretty clear, people like the reaction content looking at the viewers you get per video. Anyway, I learned about the word 'Kumite' from this movie. At first I thought the concept in this movie was 'kumite'. So that per definition 'kumite' was this type of fighting tournament where you could also die, and that 'maté' was also to make sure that they spare your life. Only later I learned that these were karate/Japanese terms.
When I was about 15 this was my best friends favorite movie, he was a black belt in Kenpo.
Nobody has played the enemy martial artist like Bolo Yeung. Pure fear and intimidation, and also a very skilled martial artist.
I live in Washington state and Loved Ichiro when he played for the Mariners!
I'd love to see you through the Jean Claude Van Damme cataloge (The Quest, Kickboxer, etc...)
I can't wait for the rest of this
This last part about the japanese martial arts way of moving the body was super interesting! I'd love if you could more about topics like 'suri-ashi' and the proper user of the 'seikatanden'. I'm not even a karate practioner and I absolutely love your videos! Congratulations for your excellent work!
Yes! Thank you so much for reviewing this!!
I think I learned the word "kumite" long before I saw this movie. I had a book called "Jr. Karate" and it had pictures of some moves and some terminology. That book kickstarted my desire to learn martial arts.
Sensei, Thanks for accepting one of my suggestions. I look forward to Part2 of this Martial Arts movie Review.
This is going to be amazing. Kumite all the way.And it's on the 22nd. Amazing birthday present 😆.
Really love and appreciate you reacting to these old martial art films, especially Van Damme. I grew up watching these back in the late 80’s, early 90’s. Also, let me recommend a few others: Kickboxer, Lionheart, No Retreat, No Surrender. Would love to see your reaction to those! Even the new ones, such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero are among some of the best modern movies! You just got a new subscriber 😄😁✌🏻
Double Impact, too -- why not
If you are looking for more reactions, may I suggest the TV series "Shogun" from 1980? It is not so much a Karate or martial ar series, but focuses more on cultural aspects (probabaly with some artistic freedom). What I find the most interesting feature is that they don't provide subtitles for the japanese that is spoken. By that, as a non Japanese, you really can relate to the main character.
Where is part 2
The video game you’re seeing in the movie is called karate champ it was quite popular during the 80s You also get to killer a bull in it
Could you do a reaction to a movie "Best of the Best"? It's about a tournament between US Karate team and South Korea's Taekwondo team.
I think you should do a reaction to the jubilee video "who is the fake black belt." I think it would be cool to see you explain the moves that they do and try to guess which person isn't a black belt😀.
I can't wait for this reaction 👍
This movie is based on Frank Dux’s claim of a secret underground tournament named Kumite. He claims all sorts of feats like fastest knockout in the world and stuff with no evidence.
Yes, I'd recognize the word "Kumite" here in USA. Because of this awesome movie, "Bloodsport". One of my brothers' and I favorites. Growing up, we usually wrestled or play fought through parts of it. Part of the essential JCVD films.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet re the bodybuilding thing but Van Damme's nickname is "the muscles from Brussels".
Love this movie from my childhood it’s such a classic
The sitting down movements were just a relaxing spiritual cool down kind of deal maybe while practicing the movements to defend strikes from the ground
I'm loving these! I started watching Cobra Kai recently because of you. :D You should do all of Van Damme's movies. When I was a kid Martial Arts Films were a favorite of mine. American Ninja (and the Sequels). Showdown in Little Tokyo. Cynthia Rothrock... Steven Seagal.. Don 'the dragon' Wilson, just to name a few.
epic moment for Van Damme for finally against a bolo yeung
the white belt on the robes is Jean Claude van damme, a Belgian and Europian karate champ during the 80's. He's became a famous Hollywood actor in martial arts movies
Greatest fighting movie ever made.
I enjoyed this commentary. I did get pumped at certain scenes like I always do. It's good to know that their is some actual stuff going on it the movie and not some theatrical inaccuracies to some degree
Dude, this is one of my favorite movies ever!
OMG ! I Love ICHRO i was at that game in your screen play my son asked me why ICHRO is my Fav still today is that very thing he was not muscular but knew how to use his strength and be so dominate in the sport of Baseball
You often ask about movies you could possibly review. One that i love is called Kuro Obi. The three main martial artists are highly trained in karate. It definitely shows. Great movie and historical representation. can be found on youtube
You should do some research on some of those characters they are legends! Love your videos keep them coming!
This utter B-movie is movie perfection.....the actors and action are great, the music is absolutely epic. As a B-movie it blows away most socalled blockbusters. I have loved this movie since it came out.
Love this channel. Bloodsport was based on the notorious Frank Dux. So technically the movie is a comedy.
Another Great Video My Friend !
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Was waiting for you watching Bloodsport. Make sure to also watch "no retreat, no surrender!"
That movie is so goofy, but its good though.
@@StarDragonJP Sure it is. TBH a lot of 80s and 90s movies are. But it's a classic. Every time I come across it on TV, I stick to it XD And there's some great martial artists in it. I'm sure, Yusuke will enjoy watching it.
The hand symbols they are doing are Kuju-Kiri, the meditation techniques of Ninjutsu but are in some other spiritual martial arts.
A legendary movie! Cant believe you never seen it 😱 yes its acting but man very motivating 💪
My favorite 80’s martial arts movie!! I believe it’s loosely based on a true story
The word "kumite" was used in the 70s and 80s as a fancy term for martial arts tournaments in the West, usually for competitions which didn't limit themselves to a single style. It wasn't a super common term but it was known to a decent number of martial artists outside of Japan. Cross-discipline competition was a common thing particularly in the US (where they held "karate" tournaments like the ones in Karate Kid which had people doing all manner of other martial arts and not knowing the difference between that and actual karate). This movie is based on a story told by a well-known fraudster (not so well known to be a fraud at the time) who claimed to have won "the Kumite" which was supposedly a secret international tournament where only the best fighters were invited to compete.
About damn time
@@brownjenkin8422 you beat me to it
What you should have was...abou, ah, goddammit!
11:52 Bolo says "Very good, but brick(s) don't hit back." This is a play on a very famous line from Enter the Dragon by Bruce Lee ("boards don't hit back"). Bolo (and Jack Chan) was in Enter the Dragon and Bloodsport. Your analysis is amazing. Thank you for doing this.
I trained under one of Frank Dux's "disciples" (Michael Carnes, in Seattle) and he was a multi style martial artist. If I remember correctly, Ninjutsu, Aikido, Kickboxing, Judo, and Kung Fu. there is a Roman Grackle wrestling style called Panrankerton (I know I butchered the spelling, ground fighting) that was included. I do know he taught the U.S. Military and the SAS.
He and Gracie family were rivals in the MMA circles.
Although, I did not stay training, due to life led me different ways, I was always treated with respect. Sorry for the bad spelling.
Yes they are rivals.Frank Dux is a very high level martial artist and even Gracies invited him in UFC 1 for fight and they denied.But the sad part is there is lack of footage of his Kumite and for that people trolled and running hate campaign till the date against him.But those who trained under him know how badass he was in his prime.Even one of his student who was also a BJJ student under Rorion Gracie told me that Rorion Gracie who started UFC invited him for a fight in his Dojo before UFC back in the 1992.The invitation was a part of the Gracie challenge.Frank accepted challenge and went Rorion's Dojo.He knocked out Rorion with a lethal kick.He was awesome striker and good grappler and is a 6th degree Red belt in Japanese Jujutsu under grandmaster Jack Saki who was a student of Jigoro Kano.
bahhhhhhhhh i realllllllllly wanted you to finish it. Great as always.
Only time outside of this movie I heard the word Kumite is when my friend is talking about his karate training. He does kyokushin if that matters.
This movie and Enter the Dragon got me started in Shotokan Karate in the late 80s.. It’s so bad, it’s brilliant! 😄👊🏼
Hello sensei happy new year so glad to see you reacting to blood sport
Great content!
Damn I wish you would have talked more about the Dim Mak (death touch) scene
先週さっき見たばかりなので、偶然ですね。One of my favourite Van Damme films!
You've probably recognized Bolo Yeung (several movies with Jean-Claude Van Damme and Bruce Lee), Mohammed Qissi (aka Tong Po in another movie with Jean-Claude Van Damme), John Cheung (Police Story 2, 36th Chamber of Shaolin, etc.), and few others, who were already reknown fighters and actors.
Where in NJ? Fort Lee? Love your channel! Greetings from NJ!
When’s your reaction coming out for part 2
6:45 "They have this thing, I have no idea what they are doing but it's part of their training" HAHAHAH
U must keep one thing in mind.back then and even today it is 10 times cheaper to make a film in Honk Kong🇭🇰 than in Japan.i like the diverse martial arts that is been portrayed in this film.the fact that westerners and Japanese families can coordinate with each other back then was outstanding!🌸⛩🇯🇵
This movie is based on the story told by Frank Dux, who has been widely discredited as he claims this happened to him in real life.
Have you seen the kumite video of him? Very lame, the movie was way cooler then the real thing.
@@ryanbremfoerder9839 woah a movie is cooler than the real thing? Stop the presses
@@DrOrr That's why WWE is bigger then the UFC!
Lol can’t wait for this one! A movie so bad it’s good!
Childhood movie :)
In the UK. I would recognise kumite, from this film that I watched as a kid :) one of several that got me on the path to training.