They are seen dancing in the back ground at a dance demonstration.Īround that time he developed a friendship with action martial art movie star Chuck Norris. Their first job working on a film as extras in the hip hop dance film Breakin' (1984). In 1982, Van Damme and friend moved to the United States in the hope to work as actors They did a variety of jobs to support themselves. Van Damme retired from competition in 1982. If you can survive a ballet workout, you can survive a workout in any other sport." Later he took up both Taekwondo and Muay Thai. According to Van Damme, ballet "is an art, but it's also one of the most difficult sports. Van Damme trained for four years and he earned a spot on the Belgian Karate Team later training in full-contact karate and kickboxing.Īt the age of 16, he took up ballet, which he studied for five years.
Belgium bodybuilding title.Īt the age of 12, Van Damme joined the Centre National De Karaté (National Center of Karate) under the guidance of Claude Goetz in Belgium. He started lifting weights to improve his physique, which eventually led to a Mr. He eventually earned his black belt in karate at 18. His styles consist of Shōtōkan Karate and Kickboxing. He began martial arts at the age of ten, enrolled by his father in a Shōtōkan Karate School. His father is Walloon (French-speaking) from Brussels, and his mother is Flemish ( Dutch-speaking).
Nick Vallelonga ( Green Book) and Paul Sloan wrote the script based on a story by Van Damme.Van Damme was born Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg, on 18 October 1960, in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, Belgium, the son of Eliana and Eugène Van Varenberg. When Van Damme awakens from a coma following a car accident he must rebuild his sense of identity and meaning by going hand-to-hand with iconic adversaries from his career including Dolph Lundgren, culminating in one final showdown. Cross Creek is fully financing the film, in which the “Muscles from Brussels” plays himself. Jeremy Zag directs and Tyler Thompson will produce for Cross Creek alongside Zag and Van Damme. The film is described as the most ambitious and personal film from martial arts screen legend Van Damme, whose credits include Double Impact, Kickboxer and Universal Soldier, and his “final and epic farewell to fighting”. Jean-Claude Van Damme will star in Cross Creek’s EFM sales title What’s My Name? which Wild Bunch International and CAA Media Finance have introduced to market buyers.
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