I loved the video, Bloodsport was a favorite film of mine when I was a kid.

When I was a kid in the mid 80's to early 90's I trained for about ten years under Kerry Roop who was a two time US kickboxing champion. He fought or sparred with Van Damme and said that he was a really good fghter.

I never thought to look up any of Roops fights until this thread brought him to mind and I thank you for the inspiration. I saw him win a belt late in his career but I never saw any of his early fights. People may not have much respect for kickboxing in the MMA era but back then it was the big time. Here's a pretty good fight where Roop gets whipped but puts up a good fight.

He is a great guy who taught us kids many lessons having little to do with standard martial arts. He always tried to instil a sense of mental and physical discipline and cultivate a love of learning. He taught us all how to fight dirty and then taught us that getting into a fight should be the absolute last resort.

If you've never seen the Jean Claude film JVCD you should. It's without a doubt his best film. It isn't a martial arts film. I've seen several people cry while watching it. It's strange that it wasn't brought up in the video. It gets a a solid 84% on the tomato meter from rotten tomatoes which is way better than the 0% earned by many of his films.