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Van Damme had a 1977 victory over Teugels. Prior to this match, Teugels had defeated Van Damme twice by decision, including a match for the Belgium Lightweight Championship.

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On 8 March 1980, in Brussels, Belgium, Van Damme competed against his former teammate Patrick Teugels at the Forest National Arena on the undercard of the Dan Macaruso-Dominique Valera Professional Karate Association Light-Heavyweight World Championship bout. At the 3-day tournament, Van Damme defeated 25 opponents before losing in the finals to teammate Angelo Spataro. Van Damme placed second at the Challenge Coupe des Espoirs Karate Tournament (1st Trials). Van Damme was a member of the Belgium Karate Team when it won the European Karate Championship on 26 December 1979 at La Coupe François Persoons Karate Tournament in Brussels. From 1976 to 1980, Van Damme compiled a record of 44 victories and 4 defeats in tournament and non-tournament semi-contact matches. Īt the age of 15, Van Damme started his competitive karate career in Belgium. I was kind of geeky, and physically I was not gifted'. According to Van Damme, 'it was tough growing up. Van Damme trained for four years and he earned a spot on the Belgian Karate Team he later trained in full-contact karate and kickboxing with Dominique Valera. Career Early 1970s to 1980: Martial arts and first film appearanceĪt the age of 12, Van Damme joined the Centre National de Karaté (National Center of Karate) under the guidance of Claude Goetz in Belgium. If you can survive a ballet workout, you can survive a workout in any other sport.' Later he took up both Taekwondo and Muay Thai. According to Van Damme, ballet 'is an art, but it's also one of the most difficult sports.

At the age of 16, he took up ballet, which he studied for five years. He started lifting weights to improve his physique, which eventually led to a Mr. He eventually earned his black belt in karate at 18. His styles consist of Shōtōkan Karate and Kickboxing. He began martial arts at the age of ten, enrolled by his father in a Shōtōkan karate school. His father is from Brussels and bilingual, and his mother is Flemish (Dutch-speaking). Van Damme was born Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg, on 18 October 1960, in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, Belgium, the son of Eliana and Eugène Van Varenberg, who was an accountant and florist. After a decline, Van Damme returned to prominence with the critically acclaimed crime drama JCVD (2008).įrom thereon Van Damme continued starring in action films, and playing supporting roles in The Expendables 2 (2012), the Kung Fu Panda franchise (2011-2016), the Kickboxer reboot (2016), etc. Van Damme became a popular action film star and followed up with Cyborg (1989), Kickboxer (1989), Lionheart (1990), Death Warrant (1990), Double Impact (1991), Universal Soldier (1992), Nowhere to Run (1993), Hard Target (1993), Timecop (1994), Street Fighter (1994), Sudden Death (1995), The Quest (1996), Maximum Risk (1996), etc. With the desire of becoming an actor, he moved to the United States in 1982, where he did odd jobs and worked on several films, until he got his break as the lead in the martial arts film Bloodsport (1988).

Born and raised in Brussels, Belgium, at the age of ten his father enrolled him in martial arts classes, which led Van Damme in several competitions. Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg ( French: Dutch: born 18 October 1960), known professionally as Jean-Claude Van Damme ( French: Dutch: ), is a martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and fight choreographer.

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