Agree I think jcvd is the best martial arts movie star ever. His classic films such as this ,bloodsport,cyborg, lionheart, hard target,double impact, death warrant, universal soldier and many more. Legend of a man
The last few decades before the acceleration of cultural decline and hubristic foreign policy of regime change that facilitated the ongoing downfall of the West.
I couldn't agree more mate, and even though when this movie came out in 1989 I was 9, I thoroughly miss those days. 80s and 90s were truly incredible times to grow up.
Mentioning his brother was a fantastic tactic because he knew Kurt would get so angry, because anger can block out pain for a short amount of time, hence why Kurt felt no pain when he kicked down the tree until afterwards.
Sitting down, pushing the rickety vhs tape into a big box player and watching this through an old tube tv with half decent speakers was the best... jesus... I really am a product of a bygone age that'll never come again. Van Damme wasn't my favourite, but he was definitely one of the best. Another one of those 'right place right time' foreign voiced success stories you wont get anymore 🤷♂️ Im just glad I was around to see it the way it was 🙂
they will never know the joy of going to video store and renting this, keep rewinding to the fight scenes, and then the day before realizing its almost time to return the movie for a late fee.
These training exercises do seem to make so much sense to boost your skill and abilities. Kicking underwater- for faster kicks since you're doing it against resistance, kicking the tree- for harder kicks, stretching legs- for longer reach, dropping coconuts for resistance to hits, etc. The sticks poking at him- for speed. More people should train this way it seems, cept maybe the tree.
Look on youtube some of these people in countries like in this movie really kick bamboo and there's a girl I've seen who strengthened her shins so thick with splints I believe They are called she can kick concrete pillars. How hardcore is she right?
@@acetech9237 just since it's a movie I'd want some proof you can actually do it without breaking your leg. I wanted to see if anyone has actually knocked down the tree like in this video.
That was my first Van Dame movie I saw when I was a kid back in 1992 since then I was in love with Van Dame! He's a great actor, a great fighter and a great person!!!
Don't care how cheesy this is now lol I wanted to be van damme so bad when I first watched this. Such an epic action film. Love the music after he kicks the tree and the training really begins.
still to this day one of my alltime absolute favorite movies...for about thirty years now i get an annual urge/need to watch this movie...i never tire of it because its legit lit...it never fails to get me all kinds of ampd...🙏🙏🙏
For me, this is the best mocie of ALL TIME..... Visited many on the places the movie was filmed and even lived in Thailand and did Muay Thai for 5 years.
I remember my brothers and I reenacting all these JCVD movie fight/training scenes. They are still a big hit at the family get togethers. I'm glad hes still doing movies, We seriously watch them all.
I was born a generation X, but I have the soul and looks of a millennium or an early Gen Z. I still appreciate a good 80s movie and I will never forget.
As a kid kicking down the bamboo was a badass scene and when I got older I used to think kicking down that bamboo was impossible and was just theatrical, but in that country there are real fighters who have strengthened their legs so much they even kick concrete pillars. How fucking bad ass is that!
I m 33....i was 4 when i saw this movie amd started tae kwando because how much i loved Jean, even now i love him and always be a fan of him... Unfortunately i didn t trained anymore and now i m so sad.... I was very talented because of him till 10 years old.... How i can go back to do the same things and be called the son of Jean!... Cheers to all the fans🍻
One of the best martial arts movies. We don't get to watch such movies these days. Today's actors only take steroids and build muscles. Or we get to watch over actions. Today's heros beat more than 100 guys, very unrealistic action.
Ah yes… Kickboxer is a great film from Van Damme. Legendary MMA fighter Mirko Cro Cop, was inspired by Jean-Claude Van Damme. Cro Cop was also like a real life action hero. His famous quote is “Right leg, hospital. Left leg, cemetery.” Meaning that his left kick to the head was the most feared kick in MMA. Muay Thai is an amazing martial arts, as well. I just started doing Muay Thai, this year.
What a film, I remember me and my little cousin doing these fight scenes when we were kid's, I was Van Damme and he was Tong Po 🤣 miss those days. Kickboxer and Van Damme inspired a lot of kid's to train in Karate, I was one of them but stopped once I reached 2nd Dan. They don't make movies like this anymore, it's a shame. ❤
For me best j.c.v.d best ever movie made . So different to the others . This was a great story and going to.thailand the scenery the music and mostly the different culture living made it so amazing . Also ppl will go on about bloodsport and others but kickboxing has a certain elegance to it than his other movies . Hey hay lol everyone to there own.
I do come to listen to the sound/music and remember the 90's very beautiful. I remember my parents and my three siblings..All my parents have passed to the other side already - I wish we could turn back
The way he made him angry enough to kick the tree at full force ignoring his pain until he breaks the tree into two before he collapses was really something else.
Wong Cheng li is even crazier! Roy huron who discovered van damme laughed when was asked if van damme can kick like he does... what made van damme is the charisma and flexibility.
Essa trilha sonora fez parte da minha infância, da minha vida. Como é bom poder assistir essas cenas, me traz tantas boas lembranças de uma época que não voltará nunca mais. Sempre que preciso me acalmar venho assistir algum filme do Van Damme, alguma cena, ou ouvir alguma trilha sonora dos filmes dele, me faz muito bem pois esses filmes me ligam muito a meu Pai que foi quem me ensinou a ter bom gosto de verdade e me mostrou esses filmes.
JCVD was, no, is still my dad's favorite.. He's the who introduced me to him, Stallone, Willis, and all the 80s action heroes.. And say what you want about VD's habits later, he had a physique 🥃✊🏾
he started as a ballerina the van damn kick is literally a ballerina pivot in air but he sticks his legs out,,, mad isnt it. when i learned that i was like oh so thats why he;s only got like 3 kicks
@@Thedystopianman It’s not just that it’s his technique that is superior to anyone else . Not just his jumping spinning roundhouse but even his basic kicks are flawless in terms of karate anyway because he doesn’t throw Muay Thai kicks really
@@EastendofLondon2 I train muay thai and his kick look great but in a real fight nah. you can see the holes. like even a karate kick but no retreat no surrender is better in terms of real technique but he looks great on film. like the low, mid, high kick. tong po vs kurt the only muay thai fight with no leg kicks lol but still awesome film all round
@@Thedystopianman The jumping helicopter is more or less a film only kick but all the rest of his kicks other than the flippy taps will hurt you in a fight
@@EastendofLondon2 if he lands them because tbf all it would take are low kick to counters, he kinda reminds me of wonder boy it's a shame he never really fought in real life
Van Damme's muscle definition and insertions were elite, he could have left the film set, walked onto a bodybuilding stage and won his weight class with ease lmao
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Oh man the combination of music and fight scenes still to this day gives me chills
Same... I was 4 years old... I m 31 now... Still my preferite!
I'm 47 I remember this film when it was new, I still love the film to this day .
Great training montage
Me too brother takes me back,they don't make stuff like this anymore!
Yep!! I get goose bumps!! This movie made me get into Thai Boxing!! Always been an inspiration!! Only thing missing is Xian as my trainer!! Haha
Cold facts
They don't make movies like this anymore
no not even close
Sure they don't i was like 9 or little older when I saw this movie and other one now I'm 38
This movie actually brings out some raw emotions in me and takes me back to the good days,, no doubt JCVD is the best
Just after Bruce Lee.
Agree I think jcvd is the best martial arts movie star ever. His classic films such as this ,bloodsport,cyborg, lionheart, hard target,double impact, death warrant, universal soldier and many more. Legend of a man
There's every doubt, he plainly isn't the best and never was you've just not seen that many martial arts films.
@@antcharn1986Michael Jai White is another awesome Martial Arts Movie Star...
Just to name another 😊
@@antcharn1986Chuck Norris is a 3rd
those were the best years to have been alive in. the 1980s and the 1990s life was simply amazing, and held such a sense of wonder and awe.
The last few decades before the acceleration of cultural decline and hubristic foreign policy of regime change that facilitated the ongoing downfall of the West.
I absolutely agree
I miss it so much.
cheap houses, cheap energy, high employment. Today is dystopic
I couldn't agree more mate, and even though when this movie came out in 1989 I was 9, I thoroughly miss those days. 80s and 90s were truly incredible times to grow up.
One of the greatest soundtrack in martial arts history !
That ambient movie soundtrack channel has a one hour loop of stone city
Bloodsport not far behind
Mentioning his brother was a fantastic tactic because he knew Kurt would get so angry, because anger can block out pain for a short amount of time, hence why Kurt felt no pain when he kicked down the tree until afterwards.
For real!
Muay Thai fighter in Asia does that as part of their training.
I love this movie! And every van damme film, but I think that would have seriously f’d his leg up 😂
@@Itstoolate496 in real life lol
@@danskyl7279 Buakaw Banchamek.
Sitting down, pushing the rickety vhs tape into a big box player and watching this through an old tube tv with half decent speakers was the best... jesus... I really am a product of a bygone age that'll never come again. Van Damme wasn't my favourite, but he was definitely one of the best. Another one of those 'right place right time' foreign voiced success stories you wont get anymore 🤷♂️
Im just glad I was around to see it the way it was 🙂
2:15 always gives me chills. After overcoming the fear of kicking the tree, Kurt felt much more powerful.
Good thing it wasn't an oak tree. 😆
@jonathanc4166 Every time I yank a sapling oak from my garden I yell Hiyaaa!
@@jonathanc4166oak trees are the best to kick with the shin...😅😂
Gotta do it Van Damme Style..."BLAAAHHHH!!!"
So true - if that doesn't give you chills nothing will
Best fighting movie of all time!
JCVD one of a kind there will be nobody like him. Such a LEGEND
Best fighting movie really? Bold statement
@@ninjavigilante5311Its certainly one of the best.
@@ninjavigilante5311Bloodsport and Kickboxer are the most inspirational martial arts movies of all time.
Still my favourite movie of all time. Unforgettable. So many memories.
I admire the people who use their bodies properly in this life. Van Damme is one of them.
Still the greatest film EVER! Even Bloodsport. The music behind is sensational...i use it when im at the gym.
@C Mai Lee good fuck! 🤣😅
Millennials, behold the best of the 80s.
they will never know the joy of going to video store and renting this, keep rewinding to the fight scenes, and then the day before realizing its almost time to return the movie for a late fee.
they don't deserve it. :)
@@mikemailei4491 What device did you old folks use to watch this movie?
@@MC-mh2ju VCR
@@mikemailei4491 Ain't that swell.
This brings me peace for some reason. The tree does represent challenges
Jean Claude bro you put so much in this movie, not just your entire body but your entire soul, respect
When the music starts 👌I remember having this on tape when I was a child.. still one of the best martial arts movies ever made
Even the old distorted sound during this scene on vhs is 🔥
@@el_huffstergames7842 brilliant. It was epic
Although he's supposed to be learning Muay Thai. That scene after he hurts his leg is 100 percent kata from Karate. He does it so gracefully
For sure. Van Damme is 2nd Dan Black belt in Karate.
These training exercises do seem to make so much sense to boost your skill and abilities. Kicking underwater- for faster kicks since you're doing it against resistance, kicking the tree- for harder kicks, stretching legs- for longer reach, dropping coconuts for resistance to hits, etc. The sticks poking at him- for speed. More people should train this way it seems, cept maybe the tree.
Look on youtube some of these people in countries like in this movie really kick bamboo and there's a girl I've seen who strengthened her shins so thick with splints I believe They are called she can kick concrete pillars. How hardcore is she right?
@@acetech9237 just since it's a movie I'd want some proof you can actually do it without breaking your leg. I wanted to see if anyone has actually knocked down the tree like in this video.
@@thesnare100 search Girl kicks concrete Pillars
@@thesnare100 don’t kick trees. Just kick heavier bags. It will do more damage than good.
That was my first Van Dame movie I saw when I was a kid back in 1992 since then I was in love with Van Dame! He's a great actor, a great fighter and a great person!!!
Any reason you don't have that as a classic in your collection you simply didn't know about it!
Great 👍 martial art 🥋 movie 🎥
Raymond Ferdinand Exactly treu, my sister in law hand over a VHS tape with a illigal copy of this movie, later the marketing started.
Me too
It was also the first Van Damme movie I saw!
Don't care how cheesy this is now lol I wanted to be van damme so bad when I first watched this. Such an epic action film. Love the music after he kicks the tree and the training really begins.
😂 Me too 😂
The music is called Advanced Training by Paul Hertzog, buddy. Full extended version is available on RUclips. All the soundtracks are available.
Still my favorite martial arts movie
this one and blood sport are #1
+Frank Barker Definetly. Both are classics
Total 80's kid here. Shit was so badass backthen and still brings back so many memories.
I prefer Bloodsport
yeah but i always watch these films for the fighting. bloodsport rocks too.. even better than this imo.
This movie and scene particularly have provided me with 3 decades of inspiration!!!
Gives me chills everytime. This and bloodsport soundtrack and movie inspired a generation of us.
I caught this movie when I was about 8 years old. This scene carved out a deep path in a young mind... Lessons on the will to act.
Pain is a good thing,it lets you know your still alive.
And you wouldn’t know that there’s something wrong with you without it, Which could lead to making things worse
G.I. Jane viggo was good in that role as per
when you feel pain you know you re alive, when you feel other people s pain you know you re a human beeing - leo tolstoi
That is the memory of my childhood. Watching that sequence and then try the moves out.
If that scene doesnt give you fkn goosebumps you dont have a heart.
Absolutely does for me...
It reves me up to conquer my training in the gym.
Just this scene alone...it's incredible 😊😊😊
Van dam makes the most iconic fighting sounds!
Why he made it big
That 360 kick really can send you to another dimension. I love jcvd
It's called a Roundhouse Kick, just in case you wasn't aware mate.
Wonderful movie ! The golden period of the 80s !
Everytime my workout weeks going bad I come back here and get motivated...thanks
the same thing, bro
Im sat at my work bench right now ile go untill it breaks
To this day nothing ever beaten kickboxer for me, it’s between this and the lost boys as my all time favourite! Watched them both as a kid!
still to this day one of my alltime absolute favorite movies...for about thirty years now i get an annual urge/need to watch this movie...i never tire of it because its legit lit...it never fails to get me all kinds of ampd...🙏🙏🙏
For me, this is the best mocie of ALL TIME..... Visited many on the places the movie was filmed and even lived in Thailand and did Muay Thai for 5 years.
One of the best physics Hollywood has ever brought on screens
Van Damme put everything into this movie.
One of the best movie i have ever seen in my life, incredible sound music
I remember my brothers and I reenacting all these JCVD movie fight/training scenes. They are still a big hit at the family get togethers. I'm glad hes still doing movies, We seriously watch them all.
I was born a generation X, but I have the soul and looks of a millennium or an early Gen Z. I still appreciate a good 80s movie and I will never forget.
Best film of all time you never see anything like that these days
Still get the goosebumps 2021 amazing
the tree scene i have watched it miljions of time since am little and i will Watch this even if am 50 in 20 years god damn
Some of the best editing done. Never doubted once that Van Damme kicked a tree over.
The best film ever! Respect to Jean Claude Van Damme..been watching him since I was a kid..
This and blood sport have too be the best fight films of the 80's. Along with the music really hits home how good he was when it all started
Van damme kicks and the sound he makes go hand in hand with epicness
Something special. Ageless movie 👊🏼
I remember being 8 years old copying hes kicks loved this film
As a kid kicking down the bamboo was a badass scene and when I got older I used to think kicking down that bamboo was impossible and was just theatrical, but in that country there are real fighters who have strengthened their legs so much they even kick concrete pillars. How fucking bad ass is that!
I thought it was a banana tree? Banana trees have a softer trunk and are often used for martial arts training in SE Asia.
@@Intranetusa it is. As a man with 20 years of shin conditioning under his belt I'd love to see anyone kick down a bamboo tree
This movie is better than bloodsport because it's more realistic the fights the training everything....
I m 33....i was 4 when i saw this movie amd started tae kwando because how much i loved Jean, even now i love him and always be a fan of him... Unfortunately i didn t trained anymore and now i m so sad.... I was very talented because of him till 10 years old.... How i can go back to do the same things and be called the son of Jean!... Cheers to all the fans🍻
One of the best martial arts movies. We don't get to watch such movies these days. Today's actors only take steroids and build muscles. Or we get to watch over actions. Today's heros beat more than 100 guys, very unrealistic action.
One of van damme classics still watching over and over 2020
*iyi seyirler.. ;-)*
A model for young boys, in 2022 no one could nevers be as cool as Johnny Cage : Mortal Kombat is dedicated to his Master Class ;)
Look at the mentor smiling after he know he got a champ/diamond to polish up.💎 3:31 mentor take a step back. 😂
The music guy that edited the soundtracks did an epic job!!!
LThis video gave me the motivation to fight back against a loser that was bugging me in school. Lets just say he never bugged me again. Thx JCVD
I was 4 years old when this movie released...Vandamme is my hero!!!
Ah yes… Kickboxer is a great film from Van Damme. Legendary MMA fighter Mirko Cro Cop, was inspired by Jean-Claude Van Damme. Cro Cop was also like a real life action hero. His famous quote is “Right leg, hospital. Left leg, cemetery.” Meaning that his left kick to the head was the most feared kick in MMA. Muay Thai is an amazing martial arts, as well. I just started doing Muay Thai, this year.
this movie was my favorite when i was little kid...used to watch it every day atleast once...good times!
What a film, I remember me and my little cousin doing these fight scenes when we were kid's, I was Van Damme and he was Tong Po 🤣 miss those days. Kickboxer and Van Damme inspired a lot of kid's to train in Karate, I was one of them but stopped once I reached 2nd Dan. They don't make movies like this anymore, it's a shame. ❤
For me best j.c.v.d best ever movie made .
So different to the others . This was a great story and going to.thailand the scenery the music and mostly the different culture living made it so amazing .
Also ppl will go on about bloodsport and others but kickboxing has a certain elegance to it than his other movies . Hey hay lol everyone to there own.
It's amazing what one will do for their loved ones.
Hence kicking a tree😫😫
The music, the martial arts = Chills.
the tree scene gives me thrills everytime i wtch it! very good idea from the director
Harmony of work, image and music just can't express in words.
Me: I really don't feel like going training tonight I'm tired from work and I just need to sleep
*watches this*
Me: LETS GOOOOOOOOO
I do come to listen to the sound/music and remember the 90's very beautiful. I remember my parents and my three siblings..All my parents have passed to the other side already - I wish we could turn back
Auch nach dem 100sten mal angucken bekomme ich Gänsehaut
The way he made him angry enough to kick the tree at full force ignoring his pain until he breaks the tree into two before he collapses was really something else.
Excellent Flow training 🙏
2:15 This gives me chills every time!
We will never see another human kick like he does.. amazing
Wong Cheng li is even crazier! Roy huron who discovered van damme laughed when was asked if van damme can kick like he does... what made van damme is the charisma and flexibility.
@@ninjavigilante5311 thanks for that information.. Learn something new everyday :)
@@emmetwilson3267 Dude there is alot great superkickers from Korea.. casonova wong, Bruce liang, John liu, and Keith Cooke was even legendary.
@@ninjavigilante5311 I love Tony jaa.. hes an absolute beast
@@emmetwilson3267 Tony jaa was great yes... check out a movie called operation scoropio with Kim wan jin.. it's amazing
Essa trilha sonora fez parte da minha infância, da minha vida. Como é bom poder assistir essas cenas, me traz tantas boas lembranças de uma época que não voltará nunca mais. Sempre que preciso me acalmar venho assistir algum filme do Van Damme, alguma cena, ou ouvir alguma trilha sonora dos filmes dele, me faz muito bem pois esses filmes me ligam muito a meu Pai que foi quem me ensinou a ter bom gosto de verdade e me mostrou esses filmes.
Still one of the rawest scenes ever
Seriously one of the best scenes ever!
JCVD was, no, is still my dad's favorite.. He's the who introduced me to him, Stallone, Willis, and all the 80s action heroes.. And say what you want about VD's habits later, he had a physique 🥃✊🏾
Funniest shit in the movie: “Take your bag and leave my house.” 😂😂😂
Wake up to this in the morning, with your cup of coffee, get it started and get it done
That's my morning routine,
Kickboxer movie....cup of coffee,
Then I hit the gym.
What can be more inspirational... 👍🏼
Brilliant! Best of the best! Absolute super thank you for your art master Van Damme.
I mirrored Van Damme’s moves as a kid. Guy was the man
When the movies was movies Jean Claude one of my favourite actors
He is the best
The most gifted man naturally at kicks I’ve ever seen . Technique is flawless and he was born with it .
he started as a ballerina the van damn kick is literally a ballerina pivot in air but he sticks his legs out,,, mad isnt it. when i learned that i was like oh so thats why he;s only got like 3 kicks
@@Thedystopianman It’s not just that it’s his technique that is superior to anyone else . Not just his jumping spinning roundhouse but even his basic kicks are flawless in terms of karate anyway because he doesn’t throw Muay Thai kicks really
@@EastendofLondon2 I train muay thai and his kick look great but in a real fight nah. you can see the holes. like even a karate kick but no retreat no surrender is better in terms of real technique but he looks great on film. like the low, mid, high kick. tong po vs kurt the only muay thai fight with no leg kicks lol but still awesome film all round
@@Thedystopianman The jumping helicopter is more or less a film only kick but all the rest of his kicks other than the flippy taps will hurt you in a fight
@@EastendofLondon2 if he lands them because tbf all it would take are low kick to counters, he kinda reminds me of wonder boy it's a shame he never really fought in real life
Still to this day one of van dammes best
2:00 Damn that hurts my leg just watching it!
then take your bag and leave my house... you don't want training
@@АбдаллахМуслим and the sweet scene, when the girl going to heal him :)
He breaks leg and credits start rolling 😟
The 80s 😎
Got emotional watching this times were amazing during those years. Music movies everything before the internet and social media
One of the greatest martial art movie of all the time ! PS: The soundtrack is awesome !
Classic movie! Classic scenes!!!
« If your enemy refuses to be humbled... destroy him »
Kickboxer (1989)
Rambo
Jean-Claude Vandammelibrary I miss you always my hero
But you will get your enemy when he is stronger than you.
Jean-Claude Vandammelibrary
Jean-Claude Vandammelibrary
Van Damme's muscle definition and insertions were elite, he could have left the film set, walked onto a bodybuilding stage and won his weight class with ease lmao
All time favourite childhood movie!
Tree scenes looks very real
Best scenes ever made in combat sport movies : Rocky, Kickboxer, Bloodsport, and Full contact !!!!
And also best of the best movie
all martial artists of the 90s era who grew up watching this movie still draw inspiration from it to keep up with their training.
Remember watching this as a young lad. After watching Me and my mates would then go off to the woods and start punching trees and doing chinups 😅
Hope you didn't hurt the trees too bad 😂😂😂😅
Martial arts masterpiece..
Still the best part of the movie. Love this part
Top five film ever