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Granted that small sample size probably puts him over Chong Li and Drago. I don't really blame you because he spent most of his time in a sort of signature defensive arms up type of stance, and he caught some strikes at the start of the film. But he still doesn't have chance once they start hitting him. That ironically helps Chong the most since he moved around the ring and fought from the side a lot. Drago and Tong being boxer and kickboxer both have an inclination of keeping their opponent in front of them.
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The only wildcard is how having a three person fight effects each of them. His hits are harder, he has more durability, he can go 15 rounds throwing and taking. However, like Chong he suffers from Van Damme completely squashing him when they have their last fight (from the point Van Damme cuts off the hemp rope he completely dominates Tong in every facet of the fight, and before that he as letting him win). Tong's striking was his strength and he had some durability. The exception was at one point Eric got a second win and started landing a couple of ineffective kicks, till Tong caught one again. Then he blocks one punch, takes another straight to the face, the throws haymakers and is on offense the rest of the fight (this all takes place in less than 10 seconds). In the first fight with Eric he takes one side kick, blocks the other and performs some strike. He arguably had the best technique of the three, but he can't take the hits.Īlso Tong Po didn't have that great of a defense. Dux was schooling him in their fight, even after he was blinded.
#Tong po movie
Extreme Force (2001) was a movie directed by him along side Hector Echavarria as once again looking just like Tong Po but under the moniker Kong Li.Chong Li is the most beatable. Qissi also did a few of his own flicks including Terminator Woman (1993) which he directed he also had a relative Jeanette Agaronoff as the writer for this movie. Since then, he returned to his role of Tong Po in the sequel Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991). His final picture with Van Damme was Lionheart (1990) (AWOL), playing a legionnaire sent to bring Van Damme back to the army. Michel Qissi was not credited however, he was dubbed as Tong Po and even given a make-up job to make him look Asian. Qissi had studied Muay Thai years before in Thailand so he volunteered and got the part of Tong Po. In the picture, Kickboxer (1989), Qissi was working as a choreographer when he overheard the production crew say they needed a tall Asian-looking guy who had a background in Muay Thai. In Cyborg (1989), Qissi worked as Van Damme's personal trainer but had no part in the cast. After obtaining an interview with Menahem Golan of Cannon Pictures they secured a three-picture deal, the first of which was the highly successful Bloodsport. In 1982, Qissi and Jean-Claude went to Hollywood together to look for a career in action movies.
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They grew up together and shared the same love of action films and dreamed of being action stars themselves one day. He soon met and befriended a young Jean-Claude Van Varenberg ( Jean-Claude Van Damme) who was studying Shotokan Karate, and the two traded techniques in their systems. When he was seven years old Michel Qissi began training in boxing.