Ron Van Clief
Ron "The Black Dragon" Van Clief is a martial arts legend. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1943, he started martial arts training in his early teens. At 5 feet 10 inches and 190 pounds, Van Clief was fast, powerful, and tough. He won 10 New York State Full-Contact Karate Championships. He won multiple Karate Point-Fighting Titles. By the early 1970s he had earned his 10th Degree Black Belt. His karate record was reported to be 110-8. In 1994 at age 51, he launched a comeback on December 16, 1994 fighting former World JuJitsu Lightheavyweight and Ultimate Fighting World Champion Royce Gracie. The Black Dragon landed one good punch, but was taken to the canvas where after a valiant battle was choked into submission, thus ending one of the greatest fighting careers in martial arts history.
Top Fighter
as HimselfWelcome to the world of the martial arts. A voyage for the times of the martial arts cinema,...
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Fist of Fear, Touch of Death
as The Boxer / Ron Van CliefA television reporter interviews fighters and promoters about Bruce Lee in preparation for a...
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Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
as SelfThe fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through...
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Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee
as HimselfDeath by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee exposes the truth behind Lee's death and...
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Blazin'
as DavisThe daughter of a druglord and the son of the chief of police fall in love in this Romeo &...
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Enter the Clones of Bruce
as SelfGet ready to play a game of death … and another … and another. The wild documentary Enter the...
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Snow Black
as Jerrod CamdenSarah Camden, a special operations soldier with PTSD, returns home to bury her mother. She...
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The Squeeze
as DukeA retired safe cracker is recruited by a young conman to return to the "business" for a million...
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Black Dragon's Revenge
as Black DragonThree rival gangs embark on a search for Bruce Lee's handwritten "finger fighting " manual.
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The Black Dragon
as The Black DragonDecent, simple, honest Chinese farmhand and ace martial artist Tai-Lin goes to the Philippines...
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Kung Fu Fever
as Black DragonA training manual supposed used by Bruce Lee himself has mysteriously disappeared and is highly...
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UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors
as HimselfUFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate...
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Hot Lead Hard Fury
as Solomon Link1977: Industrial ghetto "Steel City" is under siege from organized crime, corruption, and a new...
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The Hanged Man: The Story of Ron Van Clief
as SelfThe astonishing true story of Ron Van Clief, the first black martial arts movie star, known as...
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The Super Weapon
as HimselfA 1970s documentary that highlights various martial arts fighting styles and features African...
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That's Brucesploitation! Making Fist of Fear, Touch of Death
as uncreditedThis retrospective featurette includes words from filmmaker Jim Markovic, producer Terry Levene,...
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Way of the Black Dragon
as Bill EatonAllison Wong gets abducted by a gang of drug smugglers with a nasty sideline business involving...
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Colorz of Rage
as DicipleWriter-director Dale Resteghini's indie drama follows a young interracial couple (Resteghini and...
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