Jean-Claude Van Damme is a Belgian actor who specializes in martial arts and different combat techniques. As many others actors-to-be, he traveled to the United States back in the early eighties to look for his place as an actor in Hollywood. It didn’t take long before he managed to capture the public’s attention after appearing in films such as Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Lionheart, and Universal Soldier. Some of the martial arts that Van Damme is specialized in are kickboxing, full contact, and karate-do. In fact, from 1976 to 1980, Van Damme compiled a record of 44 victories and 4 defeats in tournament and non-tournament semi-contact matches in karate.