Van Damme
Van Damme refers to Jean-Claude Van Damme, the Belgian actor and martial artist known for action films in the 1980s and 90s.
His signature moves—especially the splits—make his name shorthand for flashy, acrobatic fighting: He pulled a Van Damme and did the splits between two chairs.
The name evokes a particular era of straight-to-video action movies.
- kickboxerStriking martial arts competitor
- musclesContractile body tissue
- splitsDivides into parts
- actionProcess of doing
- martial artsCodified fighting systems
Belgium · time cop · street fighter · B movie · direct to video · roundhouse · sweaty · oiled · mullet · eighties · nineties · Schwarzenegger · Stallone · karate · fighting · abs · flexing · revenge
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