The First Rule of Kumite
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The first rule of Kumite is you don't talk about Kumite.
I recently saw Bloodsport, the 1988 classic that launched the career of Jean-Claude Van Damme. It had been decades since I saw it last, but the cheesy humor and tongue-in-cheek homage to martial art cinematography still holds up. It was also the first time most Americans were exposed to the concept…
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