Frank W. Dux

[Kathleen]

1975-1980 Frank W. Dux fought 329 matches. He retired undefeated as the World Heavy Weight Full Contact Kumite Champion. He broke four world records in a single tournament.

Fastest Knockout--3.2 seconds
Fastest Punch with a Knockout--0.12seconds
Fastest Kick with a Knockout--72mph
Most consecutive knockouts in a single tournament--56

Still holds 12-16 unbroken world records as a martial artist.

Ok martial artists......tell me MORE about Frank W. Dux
How did he train?? Did he use transformetrics?
What is he doing now??

[MikeNY]

Didn't know he was real; just a charactor played by Jean Claude VanDam in a movie.

[Dominick]

I once met Frank Dux. He had a dojo/training center in Studio City/Sherman Oaks, California. A book came out about him a few years ago, though the name escapes me, but I'm sure you could Google it and find out more.

One thing I can say is that he was a very gentlemanly and soft-spoken man in person.

Dom

[Kathleen]

He is VERY real and interesting. I read about him several years ago. I have been reading more now and there is a lot of controversy. Frank W. Dux may not be a good topic to discuss at this time as there may not be evidence to back up the above statistics that were on the internet. Just goes to show that you have to be careful what you read. IF you read the encyclopedia version you will see what I mean. There has been court cases with Jean Claude as well so maybe best to stay out of it. Interesting however.

[ben alexander]

I remember this guy - Bloodsport was a cool movie and Ogre (actor Donald Gibb) from Revenge of the Nerds was in it!

Apparently he was / is a good martial artist, and a great storyteller. The following link has some interesting information about him.

http://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/bloodsport.php

I have looked him up on the Bullshido website, and they have a low opinion of him. I know they intend to warn people about bogus systems and ineffective styles, but it does all get very adolescent on their boards. IN summary, they say he was a good martial artist and showman who got caught up in his own tall tales.

He did have surgery from brain tumours a while back - I've often wondered if that cause him to create these stories and believe them.

I know someone who has a head injury, and he says that, without his medication, he can "drift off into another world" and tell all sorts of convincing, if tall tales.

Ben

[ben alexander]

Thanks for the information, gtlaau.

To be honest, I'm always skeptical when I hear claims of Ninja masters and Ninjutsu. Not saying the art doesn't exist, but it seems everybody suddenly became a Ninja Master in the 80s. Ron Duncan, a respected JuJitsu insrtuctor, suddenly started wearing black and saying he knew some Ninjas.

Ben

[shaun2009]

I am a new member who ecently bough the book "Pushing yourself to power" and I liked then joined the site here. I decided to post here due to the fact that this thread caught my eye I had just read a blog article on both Dux and Duncan. You guys may find it interesting.

It was at http://kogaryuninjutsuint.blogspot.com/ it was actually a good article on Dux none of the hype and a decent attempt to cut thru the B.S.

[ben alexander]

Very interesting, Shaun2009. Thanks for posting the link!

Ben

[DT man]

I have studied the martial arts since grade school in the mid sixties, and while I don't want to discredit anyone, I don't recall Dux being mentioned in any tournament action of the era. The top Karate people in the 70's and early 80's were mostly point fighters, contact become popular with the Saf-T gloves and pads that were produced around that era. If I recall, about that time, the top heavyweight fighter was Joe Lewis and lesser known Frank Smith. Plenty of characters like the infamous "Count Dante" were making ridiculous claims, but were never able to produce documentation or verifiable proof. Like most people, I first became aware of Dux from the Van Damme movie and thought he was a fictional character. I would take the statistcs with a grain of salt. I doubt his roundhouse kick was as fast as Bill Wallace's' or some others from that era.

[Kathleen]

Hi Big Al,
Sorry I didn't respond sooner. I just noticed your response. I believe you. I read Frank's own posts years ago on his opinion of Jean Claude. I could not find those posts again. Frank Dux is a very interesting talented man. He doesn't need to prove anything to me. He has my respect.