Most underrated martial arts actor or actress

[Zauriel]

Most underrated martial arts actors:

 

1. Bruce Lee. Although he is still remembered by the older generations of martial arts fans who were born before mid-1980's, most of the younger fans don't know Bruce Lee, let alone have seen his movies. Those kids nowadays think Jackie Chan or Jet Li is much cooler than Bruce Lee and I hated it.

 

He was the most popular martial arts actor in 1970's and early 1980's and now he was not virtually known by many of younger generations of many of fans.

 

2. Cynthia Rothrock- She was the undefeated middleweight Kickboxing/Weapons lady champion for five consecutive years as well as a Five time undefeated World Karate Champion in Forms & Weapons (1981-1985). She has five black belts in Korean and Chinese martial arts. Yet many people haven't heard of her nor considered her on the par with Bruce Lee or Chuck Norris.

 

3. Chuck Norris- 6-time World Karate Champion. He has a 10th degree black belt in Tang Soo Do, and also an 8th degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do...that is, the Korean (or traditional) styles of each. He has founded two of his own martial arts: Chun Kuk Do ("the Universal Way") and American Tang Soo Do.

 

Many martial arts fans don't think Chuck is not close to great as Bruce Lee.

[The Saint]

Steven Segual

 

Chuck Norris

 

Jean Claude Van Dame

[isshinryu5toforever]

Segal has dropped off the map other than his Mountain Dew commercial. Don "the dragon" Wilson comes to mind. Definitely Cynthia Rothrock. I don't think people give Jet Li the credit he deserves. Sure he trained in Wushu, but he learned the internal and external forms of the martial arts to a depth that most of us will probably never reach. Philip Rhee and Simon Rhee come to mind as well.

[Gosuku]

Steven Segual

 

Chuck Norris

 

Jean Claude Van Dame

 

Couldn't Seagal and Van Damme be considered overrated?

 

Neither one have ever competed. I've always heard that Van Damme had very little training, he just looked quite impressive. Seagal certainly seems to have credentials, but who knows.

 

I'd say people like Benny the Jet, Wall, and Wallace.

 

Also Bruce Lee, because despite his well known name, most people don't understand the dedication and real ability he had.

[Gyte]

I would say Yuen Biao and Yuen Wah. These two have appeared in numerous kung fu movies as stuntmen. They were used when more acrobatic stuff was needed. Yuen Wah served as Bruce Lee's double in "Enter the Dragon". Do you remember the famous backflip scene when Bruce Lee fought Bob Wall (O' Hara)? Well, it was done by Yuen Wah.

 

Yuen Biao and Yuen Wah are also friends with Jacky Chan and Sammo Hung and were educated together with them at the same Beijing Opera School of Master Jim Yuen.

[krzychicano]

Cynthia rocks she is a hottie! Oh yea and she kicks butt!

[kzshin]

I don't think Bruce Lee is under rated now, cuz most people still know who he is.

 

The Most UNDER RATED MARTIAL ARTIST in US is:

 

TONY JA. The lead actor of Muay Thai movie called "ONG BAK." The movie was released last year in Asia, and Europe, and he shocked everyone.

 

Since most people here in US still don't know about him, so he is most under rated martial artist.