Frank Dux claims he worked as an operative for the CIA and even says he played a role in covert operations in Central America in the s. Dux's website even features a letter from Lt.
Alexander Martin of the US Navy corroborating his claims. Over the span of his fighting career, Dux claims that he has broken several records, including most knockouts 56 and fastest punch with a knockout.
However, fighting experts say his knockout record alone is impossible to achieve. The Kumite, the mysterious tournament at the center of Bloodsport , takes place every five years.
Dux says his trophy and records in the tournament show proof of his fighting prowess. However, the organization that puts on the fights is extremely difficult to track down. At some point, the International Fighting Arts Association, which Dux claimed held the Kumite, ceased to exist, and any traces of the organization only led back to Dux's door. More strangely, the organization now claiming to hold the event, the Black Dragon Fighting Society , recognizes Dux as one of its "10 Patriarchs.
Dux may have embellished or made up parts of his story, but that doesn't mean the tale of the American fighter who won the Kumite isn't true. For one thing, the Kumite actually exists , though not in the way that Dux claims.
It's not a tournament but rather an endurance test where fighters go up against many opponents. If the gripping competitions and compelling characters of " Squid Game " kept you playing along, you'll love these three Netflix series that might have missed your radar. Watch the video. Sign In. Down 17, this week. View rank on IMDbPro ». Actor Additional Crew Stunts. Frank Dux is a Martial Arts legend surrounded in both fame and controversy.
In the early s, Dux was the center of a now-famous article in a well-known martial arts magazine, highlighting his career as an underground fighter for a secret organization located in Asia. A number of years later, Dux's fight career was the subject of Jean-Claude Van See full bio ».
Filmography by Job Trailers and Videos. Hollywood Icons, Then and Now. Frank Dux is a few of those celebrities who manage to keep their personal lives out of public eyes to avoid unnecessary gossips and controversies. His height is 5 feet, 9 inches tall, and his weight is 93 kg.
He claimed to go on covert operations in Southeast Asia. As an author, Frank Dux wrote articles for the September and October matters of Black Magazine, where he listed the techniques concerning martial arts. People described Dux as a skilled man concerning his fighting blade fights during a fight that took place in Southeast Asia. He said that the event held every five years. Dux stated that he was the fort person to be handed the opportunity to give a public address.
He was the first person from the Western to receive tournaments wins. He also acquired several world records, some of which included frequent knockouts While in the occasion, Frank Dux came face to face with Zane Frazier, a kickboxer. Previously, Frank Dux had employed Frazier to teach classes on his behalf, although Frazier claimed that Frank Dux failed to pay him. A fight started between the two, where Frazier emerged the winner of this fight.
Art Davie and Rorion Gracie were among those who saw the fight. They later granted Frazier a position to take part in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Her photographic evidence wasn't taken by her and it could have been taken before the earthquake. One thing is for certain given our last communication, we recognize we are both fighters who fought for what we believed was the truth for us, and unfortunately the people around us, who could not understand this, began a mudslinging campaign on both sides to our mutual detriment.
It was out of our control. Dux performed the world record feat at the International Martial Arts Festival at Bercy Stadium in Paris in front of representatives of numerous martial art organizations taking part in the event; an international press corps; bushido magazine staff; and approximately 40, spectators who were able to inspect the glass before and after the break. The onsite doctor's medical report substantiates glass not sugar-glass was embedded in Dux's foot and hand for which TV camera close-ups take notice of.
Watch a video of Dux breaking the bulletproof glass. In the Dux vs. Van Damme trial, Richard Alexander, who claimed to be Frank's friend for over twenty years, testified against him saying that Dux's feat of breaking bulletproof glass with a single punch was a hoax. Alexander said that it was really Plexiglas that Dux had found. In his testimony, Richard Alexander also described another stunt that he alleges Dux staged, whereby Dux shattered a glass bottle with his bare hand.
Alexander claimed that Dux used candied glass instead of the real thing. Alexander stated under oath that Dux is a liar who "tries to get something for nothing. In our communications with Dux, he stated that Alexander did not witness him breaking the bulletproof glass, "Richard Alexander aka Richard Shimer who was not a witness, is not my friend for twenty years and documents in my possession prove my relationship with him amounts to he attempted to steal my car, as was exposed in a court of law.
With regard to the bulletproof glass, Dux told Martial Arts Illustrated , "In breaking the bulletproof glass it took me two attempts. Van Damme trial. Bermudez is the fabricator responsible for supplying the bulletproof glass and documenting its authenticity by videotaping the glass being shot by a fully loaded 9mm bullet. The impact area and bullet wad in the glass is seen on the video being circled and signed by the shooter.
In trial, Bermudez further produced cancelled checks and paid invoices verifying it was indeed bulletproof glass. The real Frank Dux right performed brick breaking stunts similar to those seen in the movie left. In the movie Bloodsport , the Dux character, portrayed by Jean-Claude Van Damme, is seen crushing the bottom brick in a stack of five bricks.
To achieve this feat, the movie says that he must be capable of executing the dim mak, or death touch. A different, visually less extreme version of this feat was performed by the real Frank Dux on numerous TV shows and at various exhibitions. However, instead of crushing the bottom brick in a stack of five, causing it to visibly explode, the photo on the right shows Frank breaking in half the bottom concrete slab in a stack of two concrete slabs alternated with two fragile and easily broken ceramic tiles that are left intact.
The stunt offers proof that one can hit the outside of the body leaving no noticeable harm, while damaging an essential internal organ like the heart. Like in the movie, the strike is commonly referred to as the "death touch.
Frank said, "…I trained him three times a week for several months in preparation for Bloodsport , as acknowledged in the film's credit role. He spoke of this experience in an interview with Martial Arts Magazine , "In , when I began writing this memoir, neither monetary gain nor fame seemed relevant at the time, as I was extremely ill, due to a brain tumor.
Ultimately, I would become comatose due to surgical complications resulting in a spinal fluid leak that led to spinal meningitis. When I recovered, I realized I wasn't living up to that responsibility which outweighs personal gain. What needed to be said could have died with me, so I tossed my completed first book and wrote this book [ The Secret Man ] instead, fully aware that if I lived I would be subjecting myself to criticism by envious and would be compromising my personal safety.
This is another aspect of Dux's life that has sparked a great deal of controversy. In , Black Belt magazine stated that Dux "compiled a distinguished military record during the Vietnam conflict. According to Dux, journalists, authors, and bloggers have continued to misconstrue the truth. For example, researcher B. If these records are correct, it means that Dux was not even in the U.
Air America employing private contractors photographed evacuating the US Embassy in Such activities still remain ongoing in Southeast Asia, to this day. Soldier of Fortune magazine. It appears that the main problem with Burkett's research is that it ignores the fact that Dux never claimed to be a veteran of the Vietnam War in the first place.
However, it's easy to see why so many people have been led astray with regard to various facts about Dux. For instance, the Publisher's Weekly review of Dux's book The Secret Man , which is no longer in print, states, "It's hard to tell whether the author is merely posturing or expressing his fantasy life in a memoir that reads as if patterned on the early paperback Avenger series.
Used copies of Dux's controversial memoir can still be found. Dux's book The Secret Man tells of his often graphically violent James Bond-like experiences as a CIA operative, who masked his covert operations under his international reputation as a martial artist. The cover of the book refers to Dux as "the CIA's finest covert operative. His alleged contact in the CIA, director William Casey, passed away from a brain tumor in , almost ten years before Dux's book was published.
William Casey was not around to either confirm or denounce Dux's statements, or the existence of their relationship. However, other individuals have stepped forward to help lend credence to Dux's role as an operative.
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