Budo international Martial Arts Magazine Jul.-Aug. 2014 | Page 106

Martial Cinema Few stars have been able to shine with such power in the Olympus of Martial Cinema. Born in Belgium in October 1960, Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg (Van Damme) has developed a unique work of its kind; an outstanding career that is still very much alive (while we are making this information he's just finishing his latest film) that has left big shoes to fill in a genre that not only has acquired dimension of its own, but also has definitely influenced the outline of any action movie in modern cinema. A great career filled with memorable titles to his many fans that consecrated him as the star he is today. 12 million of fans around the world continue following him in Facebook, and his name is warrant of success and credibility in the film world. Actually, all these data and many more are known to everyone, but few people can talk about of "that another" Van Damme; people lik RF