Ron Van Clief

Born: January 25, 1943 Brooklyn, New York

Ht: 5'10" Wt: 185

Awarded Black Belt: 1959

Style: American Goju Karate

Trained by: Peter Urban

Current Style: Chinese Goju Karate

Favorite Technique: Sweeps, Takedowns

Ron Van Clief studied Shotokan karate, Hakko Ryu, Ju Jitsu and Kendo from 1953 to 1959. After entering the U.S. Marine Corps in 1959, he studied Shorin Ryu karate with Eizo Shimabuktu in Okinawa and he took up goju Ryu karate with Peter Urban. Van Clief became a member of the East Coast Stuntman's Association in 1966 and is seen regularly as a stuntman and actor in both films and TV.