From his early days as a promising martial artist in Belgium to becoming a global action movie icon, Jean-Claude Van Damme carved a unique path. His discipline, flawless technique, and charisma took ...

Before mixed martial arts took over the octagons, Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme revolutionized cinema with their unique martial arts moves and philosophies. Discover how these action movie ...

In 1989, the original Kickboxer martial arts movie helped establish Jean-Claude Van Damme as an action star. Now, for the first time ever, the Kickboxer franchise is making the leap to video games ...

In the 1970s there was Bruce Lee, but at the end of the 1980s a Belgian won the day. Van Damme was a karate master and had unparalleled strength and flexibility. For ten years he was one of ...

Jean-Claude Van Damme made a lot of action movies in the eighties and early nineties. There was Bloodsport, Cyborg, Lionheart, Double Impact, Universal Soldier, and many, ...

At the age of 12, van Damme began his martial arts training at Centre National De Karate (National Center of Karate) under the guidance of Master Claude Goetz in Ixelles, Belgium. Van Damme ...