Ninja of the Magnificence
The original name of this 1988 flick was American Ninja: The Magnificent. You can't go wrong when the lead character is named Elton. The cast includes Sam Baker, Fu-Mei Chang and Mark Chang (not Black Belt writer Mark Cheng).
Invincible Obsessed Fighter
This 1982 release is also known as Murimgori. It's directed by Jeong-yong Kim and Tomas Tang and stars Un Bi, Cheol Jang and Hong-Kwon Jeong
Dragon vs. Needles of Death
Released in 1975, this was originally called Long Hu Feng. The "needles of death are nails that are thrown with deadly precision. It stars Feng Kou, Ping Wang and Chun Ti.
In nonfiction: Want to learn BJJ? Check out Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with Carlson Gracie Jr., Fundamentals of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with Allan Goes and Jiu-Jitsu with Joe Moreira. How about the Japanese version? Watch Combat Jujitsu with Emil Farkas. In the same vein, there's also Extreme Pancrase with Bas Rutten and Learn to Fight and Win with Frank Shamrock.
UP CLOSE: RIGAN MACHADO
FEATURED ON: The Combat Show
BORN: Rio de Janeiro
AGE: 56
STYLE: Brazilian jiu-jitsu
CELEBRITY STUDENTS: Keanu Reeves, Ashton Kutcher, Vin Diesel You've probably been in 30 movies....
Rigan Machado: And TV shows, but now I started getting bigger jobs. The biggest job lever got was with Nicolas Cage and Tony Jaa [in Jiu Jitsu]. I play a warrior-it was pretty cool. I also did a comedy with Russell Peter's and Michael Jai White: [The Outlaw Johnny Black), a Western. Now I got an offer to do a movie in Bollywood. I play a zombie. They kill me and my wife, and I come back [for] revenge and I know martial arts. How am I going to say no to being a zombie? (laughs)
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