ABOUT RON VAN CLIEF:
A martial arts practitioner for over 45 years, Grand Master Ron Van Clief will be best known to audiences as The Black Dragon. Ron Van Clief began to study the martial arts in 1956 in Brooklyn, New York. He studied jujitsu and karate. Ron also studied kung fu, aiki-jutsu, arnis, and other weapons. In 1973, after the death of the legendary Bruce Lee, producer Serafim Karalexis discovered Van Clief, and as a result, Van Clief went to Hong Kong and shot a series of films as The Black Dragon. Ron has trained and taught martial arts for almost 40 years. Ron would go on to form his own martial arts system, Chinese Goju. In 1985 Ron was invited to help choreograph the action sequences of the film "The Last Dragon". The film starred Van Clief's student, Taimak Guariello. In 1994, at the age of 51, Ron Van Clief entered the Ultimate Fighting Championship, but lost to Royce Gracie. Today, Ron Van Clief gives seminars on the martial arts and is in fact the technical advisor to the United States Secret Service. |
|
Film Facts:
