The story is that Van Damme saw the producer Menahem Golan, a cofounder of Cannon Films, at a restaurant. He showed how high he could kick by kicking up and over Golan’s head, and that’s how ...

Van Damme hailed from Brussels and paid his dues waiting tables like many actors before him and after. When he saw Golan, partner in The Cannon Group, Van Damme seized his opportunity.

Bianca Van Damme Eventually, the family moved from Los ... We’ll go to the gym and kick and stuff.” Bianca’s certainly inherited his skills. Just like Jean Claude, she can do crazy flying ...

The high-flying kick is one of the most impressive attacks in all of martial arts cinema, with a select few stars truly ...

But Van Damme, who rose to fame kicking his way through martial arts action movies in the ’80s and ’90s, is perfectly suited to the concept, since it both overhauls and pays homage to his imag ...

Van Damme's method for staying active and limber ... So here's to starting young and never stopping—and being able to kick like that at 57 years old.

Call it Jean-Claude Van Damme’s “Being John Malkovich” moment. In the opening sequence in his namesake drama “JCVD,” the C-list martial arts movie star is shown punching, kicking and ...

Jean-Claude Van Damme is a Belgian action star who rose to ... known for his amazing kicks and splits. The 1989 film Kick Boxer proved that he’s a pretty amazing dancer, too.

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