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Jean Claude Van Damme – Karate
The gripping story of Jean Claude Van Damme. Talking about Van Damme is talking about Karate.
As we mentioned on facebook Van Damme has been outstanding in many areas, but flexibility is what has partly made him an authority on his own. Doing martial arts is complicated by their dedication and suffering, but getting that fexibility is within reach of very few. Read on and find out how he did it, Mr. Flexibility. Talking about of Van Damme karate is talking of great Star.
VAN DAMME THE FLEXIBLE
He is one of the most famous action actors in the history of cinema, but he also hides one of the most unpublished stories. He comes to show that his eagerness for self-improvement is unmatched.
Jean Claude Van Damme’s life is an example of overcoming and continual struggle to realize the dreams he had since childhood. However, it wasn’t enough for him just to achieve his goals and goals, but he had to keep them or keep fighting for new ones and thus remain happy.
This is what happened to Jean Claude Camille Francois van Varenberg, who is his real name, a young Belgian who with work and effort forged himself as a martial arts champion, Kickboxing and got to be known worldwide for his action films. His life has had many ups and downs in which he has gone through real hells. Luckily for him and for everyone, he’s always got over them.
A Fighter’s Life
Jean Claude claims that as a child he was a small, thin, sleek person who loved martial arts. At just 12, his parents first enlisted him at a gym where he began karate.
18 he got the black belt first karate dan. At the age of 19, he was crowned European Champion of team-based karate with Belgium. He also became trained in other disciplines such as Muay Thai and Taekwondo.
Not only was karate that helped him improve his physical condition, as for 5 years this young man also attended ballet. A discipline that allowed him to gain great elasticity and get his famous “splits” in which he is able to open his legs 180o.
The Belgian actor states that ballet is an art but it is one of the toughest sports: “if you are able to survive a ballet training you can withstand the training of any sport”.
As if that weren’t enough, he also began working with weights in his teens to grow his muscle mass. At just 18 years old, Jean Claude already owned his own gym in Brussels. In addition, he also got the title of bodybuilder Mr. Belgium.
“He came to the U.S. with little money, no papers and came to steal to eat”
Their struggle was constant to become an actor
No doubt, what Jean Claude Van Damme fought for the most was because of his dream of becoming an actor. At 22, the Belgian sold his gym and traveled to the United States without having papers and without knowing much of the language. There he had to do all kinds of jobs as a taxi driver, shoe cleaner, waiter, pizza delivery man, limousine driver, and even he claims in his film that he went on to steal so he could eat.
CHUCH NORRIS
All this to achieve your dream. As his career didn’t work, he came to ask Chuck Norrisfor help, who hired him first as a sprinkler and then as a specialist for his film “Disappeared in Combat”.
But no doubt his most important anecdote was when working in a restaurant he found director Menahem Golam,who was not hesitated to show him his famous “split”.
With this fact he got some camera tests with the director to see if he could be a good action actor. I’m sure it would make a good impression because it ended up giving him a supporting role and later the lead role in “Bloody Contact.” From there he made many other films as “Kickboxer” and became one of the most famous actors of the late 80s and 1990s.
DRUG PROBLEMS
Despite all he had achieved, it was not easy for him to live that time as an actor in America and paid the price for fame. Some problems of work stress, and different failures in his films caused him to start frequenting alcohol, parties and starting in cocaine use, to which he later became addicted.
This caused a drop in the quality of his films and in his own personal life. The actor married five women with those he had three children in less than 20 years. But luckily, all the greats get up and he was not going to be any less. He came to be in a rehab facility, but left it the following week. However, he claims that he overcame his addiction by himself.
Now Jean Claude Van Damme says he is happy living with his fifth wife. In addition, he continues to make films that he directs and produces, most of which is Serie B. Everything is good for what they continue to believe in the martial arts myth.
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