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Did Sly perform the back spin kick?


Was it him and just edited very well, or was it a stunt man performing the kick in the reverse edit?

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The Ryu-style kick was performed by Jeff Langton, a martial arts champion and stuntman.

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Wow thanks for letting me know. How did you find out about this?

That back kick had be blown away when I watched the movie as a kid. Now the editing of cinema blows me away!

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You're welcome! I read it in the comments section for a Rambo III youtube video, the user claimed it was Jeff Langton who did the kick (said he was the 1975 California Tae Kwon Do state champion) and I googled it and it turns out he did stunts for some of Stallone' movies like Rambo III, so it checked out.

That back kick had be blown away when I watched the movie as a kid.


Same here. It was a sweet move! Never knew Rambo had spinning kicks in his repertoire. It was like Guile fly kicking Zangief in that scene haha.

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