Bloodsport - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Bloodsport or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Bloodsport

[jessica]

Bolo Yeung's character, Chong Li, is from South Korea.

[harry]

In the beginning young Frank is wearing a San Francisco Giants hat and a New York Giants shirt. Must be a giants fan or a sports mistake

[oscar]

Jean-Claude Van Damme is noted as a world Kickboxing and karate champion on various sites and in publicity material. This history has been confirmed.

[violet]

Gloria Wu, sister of actor Daniel Wu can be seen in the film playing 'Special Lady'.

[janice]

Both Roy Chiao and Bolo Yeung were in Enter the Dragon (1973) playing similar roles of mentor and secret martial arts tournament opponent respectively.

[christina]

The coin-op machine that Frank Dux and Ray Jackson are going head-to-head with is called is a 1984 arcade fighting game that is developed by Technos Japan and published for Data East under the title Taisen Karate Dou: Bishoujo Seishun Hen (lit. "The Competitive Way of the Empty Hand: Pretty Maiden Edition")

[tammy]

Frank Dux was the fight coordinator for this film. When Jean-Claude Van Damme was cast, Dux announced that Van Damme wasn't nearly in good enough shape, and put him through a 3-month training program. Van Damme, a world-championship martial artist in his own right, called it the hardest training of his life.

[michele]

The Dim Mak is actually a purely fictional martial arts move that has its roots in Chinese Wuxia novels. It was popularized in the 1960's and 70's by "Count Dante" who ran ads in Black Belt magazine and other magazines of the day claiming to be able to teach it for a small fee and joining the "Black Dragon Fighting Society."

[brent]

The shorts worn by Paulo Tocha's character bear the words "Sor Thanikul," printed in Thai syllabary. This is the name of the gym that Tocha trained at as a legitimate kickboxing competitor. In the future, Tocha used his connections to the gym to make it a filming location for the filmmakers' subsequent project, Kickboxer (1989).

[cassandra]

Midway's hit videogame, Mortal Kombat (1992), took huge inspiration from the film and even used a parody of Jean-Claude Van Damme for the character Johnny Cage, who has a similar costume, back story and a familiar split punch. According to game creator John Tobias, they wanted to make a "gritty" game based on the film.

[lonnie]

Jean-Claude Van Damme helped edit the film so it could be released.

[willard]

This is one of the few films featuring scenes filmed inside Kowloon Walled City before its destruction.

[beth]

Michel Qissi knew Jean-Claude Van Damme as a teen, and they came to the US to become action stars together. He later played the main villain in the Kickboxer series.

[jesus]

Frank Dux never has and does not hold any of the world records listed at the end of the film. Like his own back story and claims of kumite success, these are all pure fiction.

[edgar]

When the army staff visit with the local police chief, Inspector Chen, the actor who plays him would later star opposite Van Damme in Double Impact, playing the Triad boss, Raymond Zhang.

[kristen]

In order to have 56 consecutive knockouts in a single elimination tournament, you would need 72,057,594,037,927,936 quadrillion fighters to participate.

[carla]

Van Damme said he weighted 85 kilograms when he made this on a radio interview for Collider Live, which seems reasonable and realistic for his 5ft10 heavily muscled frame.

[stephanie]

The movie was touted as a true story, but doubts have arisen about its veracity. Most martial-arts enthusiasts view his accounts of competing in secret tournaments as complete fiction, along with his claims he was an undercover CIA operative. Some have pointed out that nobody else has come forward to confirm his story about competing in secret tournaments, or told their own version. It is now generally accepted that the real Frank Dux lied his way into Hollywood. He was never in any branch of the military, let alone the CIA; his personal brand of martial arts, Dux Ryu Jitsu, is a complete fabrication and Frank Dux has likely never won or even competed in a single martial arts tournament.

[caroline]

As the character of Frank Fix prepares to perform the fabled Dim Make, he is told to stop by one of the judges in the background. He has no trouble halting his move. Japanese martial arts training emphasizes being able to stop and start on command. This allows students to train in dangerous moves but still be able to stop if needed.