RON VAN CLIEF Global Ambassador World Martial arts Federation

His life

Ron "The Black Dragon" Van Clief is a martial arts legend. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1943, where he started martial arts training in his early teens. Ron Van Clief served in the U.S. Marine from 1960 to 1965 with a tour in the Vietnam War in the year 1965. Following his military service, he became a New York City Transit Police Officer from 1965 to 1968.
Ron Van Clief went on to become a five-time karate and kung fu world champion and a 15-time All-American Champion. He has competed in both full-contact and non-contact karate tournaments in New York and several national tournaments.
His martial arts training began in the mid-1950s, which he later trained alongside Bruce Lee in Hong Kong and was nicknamed, "The Black Dragon.
Van Clief was a student of Goju-Ryu masters Peter Urban, Frank Ruiz, and Moses Powell, as well as WingTsun founder Leung Ting Modern Arnis (Remy Presas) Brazilian jiu-jitsu (Joe Moreira).
On December 16, 1994 he competed in the 4th Ultimate Fighting Championship at age 51 against Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion Royce Gracie.
Van Clief is an author and creator of a number of instructional books and video recordings, as well as film choreographer and actor appearing in several films. Ron Van Clief continues to conduct seminars and attend training with his son in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

FILMOGRAPHY

BLACK DRAGON 1974
* SUPER WEAPON 1975
* WAY OF THE BLACK DRAGON 1978
THE SQUEEZE 1978
* KUNG FU FEVER 1979
* BAMBOO TRAP 1979 FIST OF FEAR TOUCH OF DEATH 1983
* FIGHT TO DEATH 1983
* THE LAST DRAGON 1985F/X MURDER BY ILLUSIONS 1986
* BRUCE LEE AND KUNG FU MANIA 1992
* OZ 1997COLORZ OF RAGE 1999
* SOPRANOS 1999
* BLAZIN 2001
* COALITION - 2004