What martial arts does Jason Statham know?

Jason Statham
He's a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has trained in multiple martial arts disciplines including: Wing Chun kung fu, karate and kickboxing.
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What martial arts Jason Statham studied?

Statham was offered more film roles, and in 2002 he was cast as the lead role of driver Frank Martin in the action movie The Transporter, written by Luc Besson. He has studied Wing Chun, karate, and kickboxing. The film spawned two sequels, Transporter 2 (2005) and Transporter 3 (2008).
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Is Jason Statham good at martial arts?

Training in various martial arts, as well as diving and soccer, since a child, Jason Statham has stepped it up a gear since becoming an action icon and is now considered to be as skilled as most MMA fighters. His speciality is kickboxing, but he is also highly trained in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
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Is Jason Statham a BJJ black belt?

Jason Statham BJJ Belt

Jason Statham is a BJJ purple belt under Renzo Gracie. The purple belt is the third of 5 belts in the BJJ belt system. This means he's legit, because Renzo doesn't hand out belts to people just for being famous.
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What BJJ belt is Jason Statham?

Often embroiled in fight scenes in his movies, Statham incorporates skills and techniques that he picks up in his BJJ class. Currently a purple belt in BJJ under Renzo Gracie, Statham has been practicing the art for upwards of 15 years.
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What rank is Keanu Reeves in Jiu Jitsu?

Keanu, a black belt in Judo, has been intermittently training Jiu Jisu under Rigan Machado for the past decade. Keanu reports that it was the intense training for the role of John Wick that got him to engage in BJJ more frequently. Belt rank: White.
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Who has a 10th degree black belt?

Keiko Fukuda, 98, Becomes First Woman to Earn Highest Level Black Belt. Keiko Fukuda is the first woman ever to be declared a tenth level black belt.
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Was Bruce Lee a black belt?

Bruce Lee never needed a black belt

His movies — including Way of the Dragon, Enter The Dragon, and Game of Death — are bedrocks of the martial arts movie genre. He also never had a black belt in any discipline. Lee's primary martial arts background was in wing chun, which he studied directly under the famous Ip Man.
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Is Keanu Reeves a black belt?

A black belt in fake Kung Fu

Still, Reeves said none o this training applies to practicing martial arts in real life.
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How would Jason Statham do in MMA?

So how well would Jason Statham have done in MMA? At 5'10 and weighing in at a trim 78kg or thereabouts for his films, the lean and mean Statham would've likely fought in the middleweight division. There, his reach, size and strength would all match up nicely with most of his peers.
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What actor is a real martial artist?

Jackie Chan was born Chan Kong-sang in Hong Kong in 1954. He grew up in a Hong Kong boarding school where he studied martial arts, drama, acrobatics, and singing.
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Is Eric Roberts a black belt?

Eric Roberts

It's all film karate like his co-star the late Chris Penn who was trained in martial arts for the movie. But Eric Roberts is a black belt in Taekwondo.
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What martial arts is Keanu Reeves trained in?

What martial arts does Keanu Reeves train in? According to Screen Rant, Reeves first took up martial arts while preparing for 1999's The Matrix. His training for that film included lessons in Jiu Jitsu, Wushi, Boxing, and Krav Maga. He has since added Judo and Karate to training.
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What martial art does John Wick use?

Gun fu in John Wick, as described by director Chad Stahelski, is a combination of “Japanese jiu-jitsu, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, tactical 3-gun, and standing Judo.” Under the watchful eye of Jonathan Eusebio, the fight coordinator for both John Wick films, Keanu Reeves took those arts (and others) and threw them into a ...
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What belt was Jackie Chan?

He is a Black Belt in Hapkido and trained in other Martial Arts styles such as Karate, Judo, Wushu Kung Fu Taekwondo and Jeet Kune Do.
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What is the hardest black belt to get?

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt: 10+ years

Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt is the black belt that takes the longest to get out of any martial art. There are multiple reasons for why it takes so long to get a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
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Is Jet Lee a real martial artist?

Jet Li was practicing martial arts since 8, and won multiple national wushu title championships in China. In his early years, he was chosen by the government to represent China in international martial arts exhibitions.
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What is the deadliest karate style?

Bacom. Bacom is one of the deadliest martial arts. The other name of Bacom is Vacon.
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What belt is Ashton Kutcher?

Ashton Kutcher BJJ Belt

Ashton Kutcher is a brown belt in BJJ under Rigan Machado. He got promoted to brown belt in 2019, as you can see in the video below. In the BJJ belt system the brown is the last belt before the black belt.
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What rank is Conor McGregor in BJJ?

Conor McGregor is a BJJ Brown Belt. He was promoted To BJJ Brown Belt After Knock Out win Over Dustin Poirier by his Instructor John Kavanagh. John Kavanagh is the first Irish Black Belt.
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Is Al Bundy a black belt?

It's common knowledge that Al Bundy once scored four touchdowns in a single game playing for the Polk High Panthers in the 1966 Championship game against Andrew Johnson High School. But did you know he is also a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt?
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