If You Ever Wondered What A 100% Ass Kicking Looked Like...

[QuickStrike]

Few were as feared as this guy though...



Wouldn't be surprised if the pad holder pissed a little blood after that session...

[ramairthree]

Watch some Rob Kaman videos also, the guy could deal out some punishment.

[Sensei]

Watch some Rob Kaman videos also, the guy could deal out some punishment.

Yep. Kaman was a monster. I'm a big fan of his fellow countryman, Ramon "The Diamond" Dekkers. He was the first Farang to win Thailand Fighter of the Year Award which is impressive considering that his strength (hands) was the least scored weapon in MT. The death of this 8X World Champ last year diminishes all of us who love the sport. Take a look at this if you want to see some brutal knockouts.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-t41iN4IjY

The kick at around 1:22 is craaazy!

[Campbell]

Yep. Kaman was a monster. I'm a big fan of his fellow countryman, Ramon "The Diamond" Dekkers. He was the first Farang to win Thailand Fighter of the Year Award which is impressive considering that his strength (hands) was the least scored weapon in MT. The death of this 8X World Champ last year diminishes all of us who love the sport. Take a look at this if you want to see some brutal knockouts.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-t41iN4IjY

The kick at around 1:22 is craaazy!

Loved 2:25! Brutal.

[Cincinnatus]

According to Hong Kong cinema historian Bey Logan, Lewis was the original pick of Bruce Lee for the villain Colt in Way of the Dragon, but Lee and Lewis had a falling out before the film and thus Chuck Norris was tapped instead.

I also hadn't realized he recently passed.

In July 2011, he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Doctors told him that if he did nothing, he’d have six to eight weeks to live. On July 18, surgeons removed the tumor. “He had the best doctors, and they think they did a good job of getting it all out,” said Dennis Nackord, Lewis’ senior black belt.

Lewis died one year and forty-five days later, on the morning of August 31, 2012 at Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Coatesville, Pennsylvania.

I also didn't realize he had passed. He was one tough hombre. I saw him while he was in his 50s doing hours long sparring sessions with 20 year olds where he took no break, and the 20 year olds were panting and dropping with exertion before he did. He was one of those guys of whom I am ever in awe. A martial artist of the type where you instantly know he is a true disciple of the art, someone who eats, breathes, and drinks, martial arts.
I had trained for years when I met him and started to reach a plateau where I thought I couldn't get any better no matter how much more I did. Being young and arrogant, I thought there was no higher level than mine. Five seconds sparring him and my eyes were opened to infinite heights of skill beyond my own. Iam am honored to say I got my ass kicked by a master. This dude was the real deal.

[SteyrAUG]

I also didn't realize he had passed. He was one tough hombre. I saw him while he was in his 50s doing hours long sparring sessions with 20 year olds where he took no break, and the 20 year olds were panting and dropping with exertion before he did. He was one of those guys of whom I am ever in awe. A martial artist of the type where you instantly know he is a true disciple of the art, someone who eats, breathes, and drinks, martial arts.
I had trained for years when I met him and started to reach a plateau where I thought I couldn't get any better no matter how much more I did. Being young and arrogant, I thought there was no higher level than mine. Five seconds sparring him and my eyes were opened to infinite heights of skill beyond my own. Iam am honored to say I got my ass kicked by a master. This dude was the real deal.

Yeah, Joe Lewis was the real deal. I remember watching him fight late in the game during one of his PKA comebacks around 1983. By this time he was almost 40 and fighting guys almost half his age. He wasn't as fast or agile as his opponents, but he was still "tough" and he made it work for him. I remember when he finally lost to Tom Hall and Lewis didn't give up the win easy.

He had a remarkable career and was pretty much there in the beginning. It's a shame he had a few personal issues that prevented him from being a film legend as well. He was capable of making films that were as good or better than Chuck Norris, neither of them were relying heavily on their "acting" to make their films successful. Of course it would have been nice if Benny Urquidez also had more film success.

They were both in Force: Five and it was not exactly a landmark martial arts film.

[ShortytheFirefighter]

Benny Urquidez actually had a minor role in a John Cusack movie, Grosse Point Blank. He plays one of the assassins who tries to kill John Cusack's character, and they have a brief fight in the high school hallway during his reunion. The fight itself is short but entertaining, and I'm sure both of them enjoyed filming it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0ScNLt2zNc

[St.Michael]

Man growing up in the Martial Arts community I heard a lot about the Jet. Can't say I have ever seen his fights though. Of course we have all seen the GPB. Cool stuff.

[Moose-Knuckle]

Great thread, I shaved this morning but after watching these vids I just grew a full Duck Dynasty beard . . .

[Sensei]

Great thread, I shaved this morning but after watching these vids I just grew a full Duck Dynasty beard . . .

What ever you do, don't watch this vid. He is my second favorite fighter (and a helluva funny guy if you meet him out of the ring.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uiGQIh-6Kdo

Bas Rutten has opened more livers with his leg than most transplant surgeons.