Jeff Speakman

Jeff Speakman

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martial artist in Kenpo
website = http://www.jeffspeakman.com

Jeff Speakman born on November 8, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois is an American actor and an accomplished martial artist in the art of kenpo.

Early life

Speakman was a springboard diver in high school and achieved All-American status. He broke several records and never had a coach. His grades while at John Hersey High School did not allow him a scholarship, so he had to work for his tuition to get into college. He graduated from Missouri Southern State College with a degree in psychology and a minor in biology six years after graduating high school.Fact|date=July 2007

He has said that the television show "Kung Fu" got him interested in martial arts, and spent years training in American Kenpo under his principal instructor, Larry Tatum, as well as under Ed Parker, the founder of the system. He received his 1st degree black belt in American Kenpo in 1984. He has subsequently obtained a seventh-degree rank in kenpo with other instructors, and also currently holds a 7th-degree black belt in the Goju-Ryu Karate style which he began to study under Grandmaster Lou Angel starting in 1978.Fact|date=July 2007 It is known that in a lot of his sparring he uses a lot of groin attacks such as the testicular claw, low blow, as well as kicks, elbows, knees, slaps, and punches to the groin.

Acting career

He started acting in 1988 and became an action movie star in 1991 with the release of "The Perfect Weapon", which still features the best-known application of kenpo techniques and principles in popular film.Fact|date=July 2007 He followed this up with Street Knight in 1993.

Current

He holds training camps ("Jeff Speakman International Kenpo Camp") for American kenpo and still acts in minor action movies. He was inducted into the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 1994 [http://www.usadojo.com/biographies/jeff-speakman.htm]

Filmography

*1988 "Side Roads"
*1988 "Slaughterhouse Rock", bit part
*1990 "Lionheart", bit part
*1991 "The Perfect Weapon
*1993 "Street Knight"
*1995 "The Expert"
*1996 "Deadly Outbreak"
*1996 "Timelock"
*1997 "Scorpio One"
*1997 "Plato's Run"
*1998 "Memorial Day"
*1998 "Escape from Atlantis"
*1998 "Land of the Free"
*1999 "Hot Boyz"
*1999 "Running Red" (also Executive Producer)
*2002 "Night Terror"
*2004 "The Gunman"
*2006 "Bloodlines"

External links

* Jeff Speakman Website: [http://www.jeffspeakman.com Jeff Speakman website]
*imdb name|0817275
*USA Dojo Biography: http://www.usadojo.com/martial-artists-biographies/martial-artist-jeff-speakman.htm
*Jeff Speakman Photos: http://jeffspeakmankenpo.tripod.com/


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