that video of ed is soooooooo spot on
Joel Tudor - Longboard Champion - is at least a purple. Apparently he's quite a phenom at BJJ as well. Competed at Abu Dhabi.
Dan Donaldson trains at ATTPSL with Din Thomas.
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Rogan starred in a hit tv series. But then again you new that Handscumboy.
...and don't forget Jim Carrey & Nicholas Cage...
sarah michelle gellar- black belt in tae kwon do
Ice-T- ju jitsu and boxing
Jesse Jackson- black belt in karate
Lorenzo Lamas- black belt shotokan karate aslo studies tae kwon do
Lucy liu- kali eskrima/silat
Willie Nelson- black belt tae kwon do
Elvis Presley- shotokan karate, black belt chito-ryu
Vladimer Putin- black belt judo
George Washington- wrestling
Theadore Roosvelt- ju jitsu judo
Patrick Swayze trained with Benny Urquidez
Wesley Snipes- Capoeira, karate, kung fu
holy shit Ed Oneal is the Garv
couple more
Abraham Lincoln- wrestling
Phil Mickleson- tae kwon do, kung fu
Ryan Phillippe- black belt tae kwon do
James Cagney- judo
David Akers- ju jitsu, kempo
Sharon Stone- tae kwon do
If you include politicians (etc) and their experience in boxing, wrestling, and judo this will go on forever...
The only one that I think that really excelled from the US is Ben NightHorse Campbell, a former Senator and Member of the House of Representatives: a judo black belt who represented the US at the 1964 Olympics. He was a National & Pan Am champion and wrote a judo manual as well.
Teddy Roosevelt also boxed and wrestled.
I heard Brian Mulroney, ex Canadian PM, did some judo.
Tony Danza was a pro boxer before he started acting.
TH
Harry Smith who Wrestles in WWE trained some BJJ in Calgary.
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Dolph Lundgren was a Kyokushin karateka of some note IIRC
Chris Isaac was a boxer- not sure if pro or am but has the nose to prove it
RIP Brandon Lee - JKD/Jun Fan, Yee Chuen Tao, and Muay Thai
Quintessential bad ass legacy
Martial Arts Legends (Last interview)
MAL: People Weekly reported that you had an encounter with a real knife-carrying burglar about five years ago. Was that true?
Lee: I came home and found somebody in the middle of robbing my house, yeah.....I really just clicked right back into [that training]. I am back at the academy, what should I do? It was a relatively brief encounter, I took the knife away from him, broke his arm, dislocated his shoulder, broke his nose and his jaw, then the police came and took him away
The Drummer from Adema, Kris Kohls trains AND FIGHTS. He has 1 fight under his belt already and is looking to fight again. He is also a BJJ purple belt.
How about Oleg, just about every cheezy action movie, you'll see Oleg playing a Russian henchman.
"The black guy from The Shield"... Do you mean Forrest Whitaker?
Jack Osbourne's fight was one of the biggest works in MT history.
And, did Ed O'neil really get his Black Belt recently? If so, that is awesome!
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Bundy getting his black belt
^ Great vid. Ed is a great ambassador of the sport.