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From a previous thread it was stated that actor's can't fight. Well I beg to differ. How about Benny the Jet and Chuck Norris. Now, there are a lot of people who say Chuck can't fight but I really do not think that any of them have seen his actual fight tapes. He was great in full contact karate. For those of you who do not know this style it has the same rules as kickboxing except that there was no leg kicks allowed. Although, Jet Li is an actor I have no doubt that he can fight. I once saw that guy box when I was in L.A. and he can move. Jet Li can crush a lot of fighters out there. Without a doubt. Bruce Lee....well....four full contact World Champions ( Mike Stone, Bill Wallace, Chuck Norris and Joe Lewis) thought that he had something to teach them. Or maybe Bruce was able to fool them because he was such a great actor...yeah...that's it.
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None of your examples are relevant, as none of them are actors. And doesn't it show in the crap films they produce? -
Some can fight:
Philippine action star kills 2 robbers who invaded his home
Associated Press
July 18, 2002 07:20:00
MANILA, Philippines - A Philippine action film star said he killed two armed men who robbed his house and allegedly tried to rape two of his daughters Thursday.
Sonny Parsons, 44, said six men armed with pistols barged into his house in suburban Marikina city early Thursday as his maid opened the gate. The intruders then tied everyone up.
"One of them poked a gun to my head but it did not go off," Parsons said in radio and television interviews aired across the Philippines.
Parsons, whose real name is Jose Parsons Nabiula, said the men took money, jewelry, cellular phones and a video camera. They then entered his daughters' bedroom, tied them up and started undressing them.
Parsons, a former police special agent trained in martial arts, said he duped the intruders into believing a police patrol would be having breakfast at his house, prompting the gunmen to panic and leave.
The maid then untied herself and Parsons, he said. He retrieved his .45-caliber pistol and chased the gunmen, who were boarding a passenger jeepney, a public transit vehicle they commandeered.
"I was focused on neutralizing these people because I know they would harm many others," he later told The Associated Press.
"I was angry and I was in a very difficult situation in which I did not know whether I would live. It was 'Kill or be killed,' " he said.
Parsons and the robbers then traded gunfire.
"The lamp post I hid behind was riddled with bullets, but I told myself, 'It's now out of my hands,' " Parsons said.
Parsons said he shot two men in the head, killing one. When he and a third robber ran out of bullets, they beat each other with pistol butts.
Parsons said he then wrested away the robber's knife and slit his throat.
The other three robbers escaped.
Parsons, who starred in 29 action films and directed four, said some neighbors believed he was shooting another movie until they saw real blood. Most of Parsons' films were B movies in which he played good guys fighting criminals. The last one was released three years ago.
Parson also was a member of the singing group Hagibis, patterned after the Village People.
Police are investigating. Marikina police chief Cipriano Querol said a similar robbery by the same number of robbers occurred in another community several days ago.Comment
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Uhhhhhhhhh lol.
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there are quite a few actors that train BJJ. I'm sure there are actors that train other martial arts too.
To make a blanketed statement that all actors can't fight is not correctComment
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Actually Parson showed on TV how he disarmed/sliced the throat of his opponent.
Two months later two members of the same gang came back to spy on his house... he killed one more.Comment
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Could stephen segal actually really fight? I know he had his own school that he taught.Comment
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For some reason that Phillipino story was really funny and cool. Rock on for him!!!
I think the question should be can actors who are just actors fight?
Chuck Norris was a trained martial artist before acting, same with all the other guys. OF COURSE they can fight. A lot of them arnt that great of actors but still are okay.
We should ask, "Can Keanu Reeves and the rest of the Matrix stars fight? Can Uma Thurman Lucy Lui and the other actors in Kill Bill fight? Can Brad Pit fight? Can that guy from American Pie who did Bullet Proof Monk fight? Can the Charlies Angels fight?"
I would like to see a martial arts tournament no holds barred with all of them fighting each other to see who would win!Comment
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there are quite a few actors that train BJJ
Ed Oneil is the bomb.
I wanna roll with Joe Friday and whup his butt!
You hear that Al Bundy?
Spanky is CALLING YOU OUT!Comment
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Bas Rutten,The Macado Brothers & Rorion Gracie
Have all steped into the Films & Let's not forget Oleg Taktarov
& Ken Shamrock Also have been on the Screen.Comment
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I don't think they would wanna screw up their body image in a cage match
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My gf took private classes with him in his dojo in Japan (can't really imagine the cost of an hour, several hundred of $ I guess), told me he can fight (she has a TKD-Okinawaian Karate background).Could stephen segal actually really fight? I know he had his own school that he taught.Comment
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Don't forget:
Don "the dragon" wilson
Jean Cluade Van Damme
both champion kickboexers
Chuck Norris I believe was a world champion several times in kumite
Wesley snipes is a 5th dan (don't remember style)
The guy in fast & furious 2 showed BJJ skill in the guard
I agree with bri they all suck as actors (well except wesly) they are not real actors but, its what they do action
There are other actor that like any of use do not fight in tournaments but it does not mean they cannot fight.
remember J-Lo in enough and Tom Cruise in mission impossible believable....not
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I thought Jean Claude Van Damm was a champion in katas....Comment
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I know he got choked out by Gene Lebell Twice in theOriginally posted by krys
My gf took private classes with him in his dojo in Japan (can't really imagine the cost of an hour, several hundred of $ I guess), told me he can fight (she has a TKD-Okinawaian Karate background).
same day. But im sure he can throwdown with someone
less skilled.
Shoot That's another Actor Who Can Fight
Judo Jean Lebell Has been in The Movies since the 60'sComment
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