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Taiwanese fighter

posted 19 years ago by tornado2080
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I watched this film when I was young and didn't understand English too well back then.

In the movie, there was a Taiwanese fighter who's style was like a monkey, snake, tiger and all the other animals combined. Didn't he beat Jean-Claude? But somehow he had to forfeit it so they could set up the final match between Jean-Claude and the Mongolian guy?

I haven't watch the movie beside that one time, if anyone can explain what happend to me, I'll be very appreciated.

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[–] creeds_wormguy 19 years ago

no he lost to van damme

[–] MickLucifer 19 years ago

Van Damme beats him, and holds off delivering a ground head strike just as Dobbs begins to steal the Golden Dragon.

There's a loud noise, and everyone goes to stop him.

The victory is implied, because Van Damme had him conclusively beaten.
(I believe the fighter was representing China, too)

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[–] coreyterminator 19 years ago

Van Damme knows Shotokan Karate, American Kickboxing, and Muay Thai, don't slander him.

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[–] Carl_Stromberg 19 years ago

No, he does actually have some legitimate training in martial arts. What he clearly does NOT have, based on this evidence, is the remotest talent for making movies.

It seems extraordinary to me that a man who spent so many years making Kickboxer and Streetfighter clones could secretly harbour ambitions to become a director, if he only fancied getting behind the camera to make a film like this.

My favourite line goes to Roger Moore, admiring the Chinese fighter discussed above.

American Fighter: He moves like an animal!
Roger Moore: [snorts derisively] Ha! More like a snake.

Meaningless rubbish.

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[–] emanuelevalenza 19 years ago

He also knows French kick boxing (savate). But he was European champion of kick boxing (full contact) and bronze medallist in world middleweight kick boxing (full contact) championship, it seems he was defeated by a quicker opponent.

[–] ryansorenson 19 years ago

Actually, Van Damme did (pretty much) officially win. When he had the Chinese fighter on the ground with his fist raised, the Chinese fighter turns and looks at the 'referee' guy, with a scared look on his face, and the referee guy makes a hand gesture, signalling the end of the fight.

[–] Crash_Override9207 15 years ago

Yeah, the Fighter from China pretty much submitted to Van Damme.

[–] emanuelevalenza 19 years ago

Yes, he is in this movie but he is Chinese and he does Kung Fu Northern Shaolin (Shaolin Chuan); in the first fight against the Korean, who does Tang soo do, he uses the snake style, in the second fight against the Brazilian guy (Capoeira) he wins with the monkey style and finally with Van Damme he uses the tiger style but loses, and so Van Damme goes to the final.

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[–] emanuelevalenza 19 years ago

The actor of the Thaiboxer, the master of Van Damme in the film, is Chinese; he does Karate, Judo, Kung fu and Muay Thai. In the film his country isn't called Thailand but Siam because at that time it was a French colony.

[–] danlibbo 19 years ago

well done - but completely irrelevant

[–] dvusmpulse 18 years ago

Thailand/Siam was never colonized by a European country or empire.

[–] d_milward 19 years ago

Peter Wong was definitely very fast and elegant with his movements. His fights against the Korean fighter and Caesar Carneiro were the highlights of the movie. Is it me or did he slow down just for Van Damme? Talk about convenient? ;)