Martial arts movies have inspired this blogger on AWMA and caused him to fall in love a lifetime with the sport and culture of the Far East. His favorite living star is Van Damme. But he also shows respect for Bruce Lee.
Van Damme’s first film Bloodsport “blew [him] away,” in his childhood. He has never seen anyone kick so high in his life as Van Damme. In fact, a little fun piece of trivia is that Van Damme won the part when he showed a producer he could kick by kicking over the producer’s head. The story is about the real life character Frank Dux who went to Hong Kong to compete in kumite, a brutal bare knuckle fight style, and won.
Bolo Yeung plays the nemisis in Bloodsport, and also played in Enter the Dragon with Bruce Lee. In a favorite scene in Enter the Dragon, Bolo’s character tries to imitate Bruce Lee (good luck!) by chopping a thick board in half. Bruce’s line, a favorite, is “Boards don’t hit back.”
In Bloodsport, Van Damme’s character is asked to break a break. After he does, Bolo’s character responds, “Very good, but brick don’t hit back.”
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