Profile: Jean-Paul Ly

Occupation: Actor, stunt performer, fight choreographer, director.

Style: Hapkido, taekwondo, Capoeira, karate, kickboxing, tricking.

Biography: Jean-Paul Ly was born in Lyon, France, to Cambodian and Chinese parents. His parents fled from Cambodia during the rule of the Khmer Rouge. He began practicing martial arts from the age of five studying Hapkido, Karate, Capoeira, and specialising in ‘tricking’.

In 2011, Ly moved to Cambodia for two and a half years, where he worked in a marketing role for a pharmaceutical company. He then relocated to London, where he worked in a corporate business role before quitting to pursue his dream of working in the …

Profile: Loren Avedon

Date of birth: 30 July, 1962 (Los Angeles, California)

Full name: Loren Rains Avedon

Occupation: Actor, producer, martial artist.

Style: Taekwondo, Hapkido.

Biography: The martial arts film star Loren Avedon was born in Los Angeles in 1962. He is the nephew of the fashion photographer, Richard Avedon. His father, Burt S. Avedon, was a US Naval Aviator who served in the Second World War and Korean War. His mother worked in advertising as a producer and director. His first on-screen appearance was at the age of five in a series of Carnation Milk commercials. From the age of 10 to 11, Loren lived in London, …

Profile: Stu Bennett

Date of birth: August 10, 1980 (Penwortham, Lancashire, UK)

Full name: Stuart Alexander Bennett

Other names: Wade Barrett, Bad News Barrett, King Barrett, Stu Sanders, Lawrence Knight.

Occupation: Wrestler, actor, TV presenter.

Biography: Stu Bennett is a semi-retired professional wrestler, a five-time WWE Intercontinental Champion and former King of the Ring, known by his ring name, Wade Barrett. Bennett lived in Preston, UK, until the age of six (he is still a fan of the local football team, Preston North End) until he relocated with his family to Wales. He watched wrestling as a child and was inspired by WWF stars including British Bulldog and …

Profile: Isaac Florentine

Date of birth: July 28, 1958 (Israel)

Real name: Yitzhak Florentin

Style: Karate

Occupation: Director, stunt coordinator, fight choreographer.

Biography: Isaac Florentine in an Israeli filmmaker who works in the martial arts film genre, directing mostly for the direct-to-video market. Isaac is the son of Greek parents and Holocaust survivors. His earliest film memories involve watching Bruce Lee and Sergio Leone films in Israel. He made his own films at high-school using his dad’s Super 8 camera. Upon graduating, he completed his mandatory service in the Israeli army for three years before studying Film & Television at Tel Aviv University.

He began training in martial …