What really happened between Van Damme and Michel Qissi?
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- Опубліковано 31 жов 2022
- What really happened between martial arts greatest friendship? What happened between Jean-Claude Van Damme (Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Lionheart) and Michel Qissi (Kickboxer, Kickboxer 2)?
In this interview with writer/director Sheldon Lettich (Bloodsport, Lionheart, Double Impact), sheds light on what exactly happened.
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I loved how Qissi fought in Bloodsport. Very cool style.
What a story. Money and women, end of many friendships.
It's always sad to see strong friendships end when fame, money, and women get added to the equation. It's a rare man that can keep things in proper perspective when he's on top of the world. At least this story has a happy ending. It'd really be crushing if they were friends since they were 7 years old, going through all the hardships that they did, only to split up forever over materialistic things. Glad to see them back together!
I would say that it's not a strong friendship if things like that make it end.
@@ominae1 In an ideal world you'd be right, but I think it's a bit more complex than that. Money, flattery, and women can make a man lose all of his principals, and eventually, his entire identity. It's a strange thing.
@@ominae1 The stronger the friendship, the more bitter the breaks.
Women have from the beginning of time been the cause of wars between men and between nations
You nailed it...
Sheldon's a great storyteller. Really like listening to him. 😊
Yes, very entertaining. You want a ton more, you need to get his book!
@@VikingSamurai Love Sheldon's Book!!
Really enjoyed this video. Fun fact I think we all know Van Damme is in the background at venice beach dancing but I didn't know until recently Michel Qissi is there too. He played the villain in the 'Kickboxer' films.
So funny…… As a child, I was convinced that Tong Po was Asian. After watching on DVD, the picture quality revealed the make-up, making me do wiki research, only to find out he’s actually Moroccan. Give the man an Oscar 😂 It made perfect sense why Kickboxer had a massive following in Morocco. During my childhood, I used to go there every summer to see the family. My cousins and friends all worshiped Tong Po. He was the star of that movie out there. Similar to The following Bruce Lee had in Hong Kong with the The Kato Show (The Green Hornet)
Love this interview and its a great story of friendship being destroyed by wives and cars - Tong Po was a brutal character in Kickboxer, one of the memorable bad guys in cinema. Love Sheldon's memory of the events and look forward to him making his next movie. Thank you for the amazing content Viking Samurai :)
Van dammes cheesiest and best movie
Sheldon does it once again! I've wondered what the beef between JCVD and Qissi was about for awhile now. I swear Sheldon is a goldmine of great stories for action fans!
Yes, Sheldon is awesome, that book is amazing!
Interesting, and unfortunate, story. A woman Yoko'd an incredible friendship over a freaking Jetta. Also, I love that Cannon Films t-shirt.
You are missing the point. Van Damme made a promise and didn't follow up on the promise. The woman just pushed Qissi to get what he was owed. And if you listen to Qissi himself, he is the one who made sure Van Damme had a career in the first place. If VD had been on his own he wouldn't do a quarter of the thing he was asked to do. Qissi pushed him and motivated him.
So if it weren't for this woman Qissi probably would have figured out sooner or later.
@@chrichtonsworld1
She didn't do it for him. She did it for herself.
I appreciate your work, Viking. Great interview.
you continue to build your rep and get more interviews, this is lovely. Keep it up, I find these discussions so great. They give insight into the movies and actors we love.
I appreciate you.
Thanks, I'm definitely trying my best to get this info out there.
@@VikingSamurai keep it up, this is unique content that shows the depth of your knowledge and love for the movies we grew up on. Very fun and honest dialogue.
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Sagat from Street Fighter Series was based on Tong Po!
Hi. It’s Mohammed Kissi. Not Michel. Chears
Love Sheldon Lettich's Book!!..Great Reading and awesome pictures!!
@@victormeyer4116Wrong, IS based on REIBA The dark lord of Muay Thai
@@ralfxephon1 Let me rectify this! Tong Po was based on Sagat from Street Fighter and Sagat was based on Reiba Karate Baka Ichida!
Stories like that are moral lessons for all of us who wants to become stars in film business. Generally in such situation all the 3 are to be blame from Vandamme, Michel Quissi and to the wife. Friendship management is not an easy thing when wealth and glory are in between people. We thank God that with age and maturity they two made peace. I recently saw video of Vandamme promoting Michel Quissi 's son doing a Kata in Karate shotokan. His son is good. It will be interesting to see the children of Vandamme, Quissi and Bolo do something together.
The key is bros before hoes
the culture has fundamentally changed. Back then martial arts action movies still had an audience but is that still the case now?? I doubt it. But I would really love to know that the kids of all these legends continued their parent's legacy somehow 👍👍👍
Another great video with Sheldon, Viking! Great info shared by him in this one. Also excellent use of the Seinfeld and Lionheart clips😎👌👍
Great interview as always ❤️
37 years ago, at around this time of the season, i met Mohamed girlfriends (i knew him by that name). Later that year in 1985, i met Jean-Claude, i served them both many times at the restaurant i worked, the owner was Claudio and Louise, by any chance, if you talk to Mohamed or Jean-Claude about Claudio, please let me know, i remember both wear very proud, especially Jean-Claude, he was often wearing small t-shirt to show off his big muscle, he was nice. Because me and my friend Sylvain wear speaking french from Québec, we became friend a little, we wear young (18 years), so we could not go out in bars with them. i bought Mohamed motorcycle, it was a Honda CM400T blue. too bad back then we did not have mobile phones or social media, i lost touch with them when i left for a other trip. i always been proud of knowing Jean-Claude before any other fan.
Hello. Thanks for your Commentry, i'm from Belgium and a Big fan of Jean Claude Van Damme and Mohamed Qissi since my childhood in the 90's. Can you tell more about Qissi ( and his girlfriend? She was Muslim like him?) and Van Damme please? I Would really like to meet them one day,it's my Dream.
Sorry for the mistakes,i only speak French:)
Bonne soirée :)
@@oussama25011987 a l'automne 1985 Mohamed(ces le nom que je lé connue) avait comme amie une américaine qui travaillait a Beverly Hill's dans le magasin de sport appeler Ellesse, je ne me souvient plus de son nom, mais elle était très gentille et très belle, elle avait rester 4ans en France et avait apprit le Français. Ces elle qui ma introduit a Claudio et Louise moi et mon ami Sylvain qui avait voyager avec moi, ont as travailler pour le restaurant Napoli's Pizza au 9751 little Santa-Monica pendant des mois, et ces la que nous avons rencontrer Mohamed et Jean-Claude souvent, j'ai eu le plaisir de me faire couper les cheveux par Mohamed, j'ai acheter la moto de Mohamed, une Honda CM400T au alentour du mois de Janvier 1986, je me souvient que Jean-Claude était très pauvre a l'époque, ils ne payai pas pour sont stationnement, il le frappai avec son poing et le parcomètre était tellement sonné, qu'il marquait 30min.
@@jagtouch un tout grand merci pour votre retour! Étant moi-même de Bruxelles et d'origine marocaine comme Qissi, j' ai grandi avec leurs films qui ont bercé mon enfance dans les années 90 ( plus particulièrement Van Damme qui était " en haut de l'affiche" avec des films comme Universal soldier,timecop,street fighter etc..)
J'aimerais beaucoup les rencontrer également. L' impression que j' ai toujours eu, c ' est que Van Damme est quelqu'un qui a toujours rêvé d'atteindre la gloire, la célébrité et pour atteindre son rêve il n' a pas hésité à briser l' amitié avec son amie d'enfance, ce qui est dommage, car ils auraient pu réaliser plein de projets ensemble durant leurs jeunesses. Je pense que Van Damme est un bon type avec un bon fond, mais il devait être un peu arrogant lorsque le succès,la gloire, le fric et les femmes ainsi que la drogue sont arrivées...
Pour Mohamed Qissi, je suis persuadé qu' il a toujours été quelqu' un de bon qui a vraiment cru en Jean Claude Van Damme et qui l' a beaucoup aidé lors de leur " grande aventure" aux USA, d'après les interviews que j ai pu voir ,on sent que Qissi respire la gentillesse et que c' est un gars fidèle en amitié.
Merci encore pour vos anecdotes !
Ah oui, vous qui avez pu rencontrer Jean Claude Van Damme, vous vous rappeler si il était grand ?une connaissance à moi m' a confirmé l' avoir rencontré et qu'il fait 1m75 à tout casser. Je ai toujours eu l impression que il était très grand dans ses films.
Passez une excellente soirée :)
@Alain Touchette u met van damme before he got famous.was he speaking Belgium
@@paulsmith9192 in Belgique they speak French, i am from Québec, the only french community in America. :)
Never realised Sheldon had a book out. I’ll definitely get a copy. Thanks.
Just came across a Bruce Willow podcast with Qissi and he said they didnt talk for 20 years but made up 10 years ago and have been talking and working together ever since.
Best channel ever man. I never thought there’d be this big of a community on 80s and 90s films that i love!
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I was worried you'd given up on the Seinfeld clips, and here you are using them in the most masterful way. You're a king!
Thanks man, I was quite proud of the inclusion in his one! Lol
Big thanks for your vidéos! I really like your Channel and i really hope you'll interview Van Damme and Qissi's brothers one day.
thanks to Mister Sheldon Lettich for your movies,i grew up with your movies in the 90's, as a child i was not Always happy (i was fat,Shy and bullied at School) thanks to your movies, i had Dreams,Van Damme was my hero,my Dream was to become like him physycally, so i started to slim down,weight lifting.Your movies changed me a lot during a difficult childhood.
Really thanks, your interviews give me some nostalgia.
Sorry for the mistakes, i'm a Big fan from Belgium,i only speak French.
thats some good info i had no idea about and i remember my dad taking me to see Kickboxer at the theaters. Michel Qissi just did an interview a few weeks ago on Bruce Willow youtube channel and i hope Viking Samurai also gets a chance to do a full interview with Michel 💥 which would be awesome.
It would be cool to get Qissi on no doubt!
i just bought the book though i had decided not to buy anytime sooner. it was the continuation of the interview discussing the split between JCVD and MQ that changed my mind.
this interaction between the fans, you and the stars you is just mindblowing 😍
You're going to be very happy and entertained by that book. Also, thanks so much for the extra support. I'm definitely trying my best to get interesting unique content out there that brings us back to that world and movies we grew up watching!
@@VikingSamurai your style of unique content provision to us all is truly evolution and we can ask questions too, thank you!
your channel is going to bring all the same and similar-minded fans and the chance with complete different walks of life as one big community here.
once i'll finish reading the book, i'll leave a review.
Michel played Tong Po in the 2001 film Extreme Force. Well, the character was called Kong Li but he was identical to Tong Po.
Loving this channel
I did see the recent interview with Mr Qissi on another channel and it would appear he was there and was highly influencial in helping JCVD in meetings with film moguls and especially at Cannon. In JCVD's Cannon story he seems to forget Mr Qissi was there with him and he makes out it was only down to him he got the part in Bloodsport and become a star.
I've seen interviews of people in charge of casting for JC early films and they never mention Qissi either. So his part has been exaggerated by himself or people tend to forget "the little people" overtime.
@@wilberslater9967When Van Damme was asked to come film No Retreat No Surrender 2, he chickened out. He convinced Kurt McKinney to also not go because of lack of safety in Cambodian jungles. If this were the only time then perhaps you could say Qissi exxagerated. But the way Qissi explains how JC kept chickening out does follow JC's attitude towards many things.
This is fantastic info only place in the world to get it too ..thankyou viking Samurai 🙏
Great interview as always tong po Was a great character on kickboxer. Good to see the same actor in lionheart and bloodsport. Hope vandamme and him remain friends. Sheldon lettich has great stories to tell. Very intresting indeed.
Great interview Viking 👍🏻
Michel was also there in Cyborg. You can see him in the making of. I feel like he was always by Van Damme’s side even if he didn’t play
You'd think he wouldve played one of the pirates.
Till he ruined his jobs .and yoko Ono got into his ear. He's hasn't been in a movie since jean claude
Van Damme and Qissi worked well together, they were homeboys. Qissi got his shin bone snapped by big Bolo in Bloodsport. Sounds like the Jeanette woman was a hater and caused fallout unfortunately.
Great again, like allways. Michele Qissi was some days ago , on Bruce Willows poadcast. You have to watch this too.
Brooooo 😂😂😂😂 the clips that you used from Lionheart with JC and Joshua. And Seinfeld clips I couldn’t stop laughing bro great job.
Finallyyyy...ive been waiting for this topic to be brought up! Qissi was basically VDs brother till they went their own ways! But wanted to know more of what happened after Lion Heart!
.....going back to my comment after hearing the entire story....it was over a Car???....a car??? Oh man...i hope we get Qissi to confirm this story. He sure missed out on some serious future movies if he had Not listened to his wife. Them Lion Heart clips made me laugh out loud!
@@robd1329 Bro, not only was it the car; Just like Paco Prieto in “Only the Strong”, Tong Po was getting all the trim on set and she was dissing the director and the Leading Man! Paco Prieto and Muhammad Qissi were pimps and sucked the air out of the room as a heel anywhere they were. Every babyface experiences that “cheap heat jealousy” from the heel on set! Some can take it, some get people like Paco laid off from it; however, They always get the girl! The others are girly men who need to take some testosterone. 🇺🇸🙌🏻
i have waited since 1989 also, i knew them both before Jean-Claude sign any contract. back in Nov 1985.
I always wanted to hear the story of how both JC and Michel ended up in the movie Breakin'.
Hello Viking and sheldon thank you for this interview. The story is much deeper than a car story ....
This is not the first time I comment in your videos viking and you know I am a fan of jcvd too.
But when they came to the usa they had made a brother pact! It didn't matter who was going to make it as a star, they were going to go 50/50 on the money and unfortunately jcvd didn't keep his promise.
I have often talked to mohamed qissi years ago on facebook in 2011 and also to a sports journalist aziz belcaide who wrote a 4 page article on these stories! who was mohamed's confidant in the years 82 to 86.
Since their debut in the USA in 82 Michel has always helped his childhood friend because he believed in his potential as an actor.
Unfortunately jcvd made many mistakes...
I will quote some of them.
He had wasted all the money Michel had saved....
They got kicked out of the house in Los Angeles of "Mr. Cohen a Belgian friend of theirs who helped them to get the passport to go to the USA" because jcvd stole the silverware and wanted to have sex with the housekeepers.
When mohamed told jcvd to give him the money for bloodsport lion heart etc etc and to make 50/50 on their pact! Jcvd replied.... That's not you on the poster that's not your name... Go to hell...
Jcvd forgot that it is thanks to Michel who got the role of bloodsport! For he convinced to go to the office of menahem Golan the next day after their meeting at the piano bar la Cienega.
Jcvd was scared the day of this meeting and went to give up except that mohamed reminded Golan that jcvd was going to play the role of the predator against Arnold!
When menahem heard that he made him a proposition of 3 movies at 25000 dollars per movie because mohamed knew that menahem had signed Dolph Lundgren for 3 movies including master of universe after his role in rocky 4!
I still have many anectodes to tell....
In 2011 I talked a lot to mohamed and I had to meet him in Paris! He had even sent a facebook message to the teacher of jcvd claude Goetz telling him that it was 20 years that he was angry with his student of karate jcvd and that now he wanted to contact him so that jcvd gives him back what he owes him! I participated in this conversation on facebook.
They met again in 2013! After 20 years of trouble...
One day the brother mohamed qissi! Abdel qissi who plays the role of atilla in lion heart and the role of mogolian in the quest said.
Jean claude don't forget where you come from because in life everything is circumstance because if I hadn't introduced you to my brother Michel and I hadn't introduced you to my boxing manager Paul van damme.... You wouldn't have gone to Hong Kong to do this photo shoot and maybe you wouldn't have had this idea of making movies etc etc etc.
A story that now in 2022 ends well.
Too bad jcvd didn't listen to mohamed to make the continuation of bloodsport or kickboxer etc etc
unfortunately jcvd had the big head with the glory and the money and he betrayed a lot of friends because of the money and the drugs.....
Thanks for your videos viking and hello from France! If you want more information don't hesitate to contact me.
Thanks for sharing, please contact me on Facebook sometime.
@@VikingSamurai I will contact you on facebook. Sorry if I make some writing mistakes but I also use the translator for some sentences. 😊
There is also another anectode that hurt a lot mohamed....
Jcvd always said that he succeeded alone and that he came alone to the USA! Maybe it was to embellish his legend.
But one day a Belgian journalist from the magazine "ciné télé revue" asked jcvd in the 88's... I don't have the exact date anymore.
How did you manage to succeed in Hollywood ?
Who is your friend mohamed qissi sitting next to you and what is his role in this story... Is he your manager?
Jcvd answered :no ! he is just a friend who came to visit me in Los Ángeles....
Do you know that mohamed didn't want jcvd to shoot in cyborg ?
He wanted to make a sequel to bloodsport... But jcvd didn't want.
Jcvd wanted to make movies like Arnold with less karate...
But fortunately he got kickboxer and lion heart and then their ways separated in 1989.
It is even. Mohamed who had the idea to make the poster of the movie lion heart jcvd doing the split on the train tracks 🎥🎥
@@jeff612 Salut Jeff, j'ai connue les deux avant leur signature d'un contract, je les ai rencontrer ce temps ci 1985, moi aussi j'ai pensé que Jean-Claude était très vantard a l'époque, j'ai toujours dit qu'il avait la tête trop gros pour passé dans les portes.
@@jagtouch Salut Alain merci de m'avoir lu et merci pour ton anectode !
C'est marrant car j'ai souvent eu ce retour de la part de gens qui ont côtoyés jcvd dans les années 80 avant la signature du contrat en 85 86 qu'il avait un gris ego et qu'il était beaucoup vantard lol
Même si l'histoire est triste par rapport a ses relations avec ses amis et aux trahisons..
Mohamed a dit récemment dans une interview "nous avons permis à des jeunes de rester dans le droit chemin et de se focaliser sur le sport pour ne pas tomber dans la délinquance grâce à nos films d'actions.
@@jeff612 Bonsoir, un tout grand merci pour tes commentaires super intéressants! Je suis de 1987, et comme tous les gamins de ma génération en Belgique (Bruxelles), j ' étais super fan de Van Damme et je ne ratais aucun de ses films au vidéo club ( les années 90 étaient très prolifiques pour Van Damme qui était au sommet de sa carrière jusque 1997-98 ou tous ses films ne sortaient plus au cinéma mais directement en cassette, ses problèmes de drogue, ses déclarations farfelus à la TV où il était tourné en ridicule et moqué etc..)
J'ai toujours été curieux de connaître les raisons de cette mystérieuse brouille avec son ami d' enfance Mohamed Qissi. J'aimerais tellement avoir la chance de pouvoir les rencontrer un jour.
Si tu as d' autres anecdotes,je suis preneur! Je trouve ça super humain et cool de la part de Mohamed Qissi de n' avoir jamais parlé publiquement ou en interview de son ami d'enfance suite à sa "trahison".
Bonne soirée :)
Hello, Viking Samurai. I had no idea this happened. It's a shame, when small things get in the way of friendships and relationships. As far as I'm concerned, if the relationship or friendship is true and strong, nothing can really destroy it. No, not even death.
TERRANCE OUT
The insert of Van Damme in front of the Jetta is hilarious.
What I enjoy about this is we get to hear these stories from the past. This is why I enjoy the stories from wrestlers from the past. Glad they were able to fix their friendship because women are the problem when it comes to friendships this is the wedge that got between a friendship.
Yes, I'm glad their friendship is cool again.
@@VikingSamurai I think in true friendships rifts, often no matter how big, will heal over time and with maturity. What is fame, money and cars anyway compared to family anyway. You can’t take them with you. ❤
As a Massive Sheldon and JCVD fan I be buying the Book. I wish there was one on JC too kind of like going into all his films,lications,box office results,etc.
Theres a book on all the 007 films called ESSENTIAL BOND. id love a JCVD style book exactly like it.
I'm always ready for Storytime with Uncle Sheldon!
Me too, he was always very good at captivating stories with his camera. I’d like to see more movies where the children honor their elders. Martial arts has lost so much respect due to bad shepherds within the entertainment industry. Our kids need a dose of the meaning behind “Bloodsport and Kickboxer”. Both honored the teacher. It’s a lesson for life and our kids need it. We also need a bad guy that is equally as good looking as he is sadistic. We need all need a Voldemort of Martial Arts to overcome, or If rather watch MMA and podcasts. 🇺🇸🙌🏻
@@antoniocapulera I agree with you. People have (due in large part to MMA) forgotten that martial arts is about raising each other up, not celebrating the fall of another.
Arguments over money usually end relationships.
Imagine Qissi rolling up the set in Van Damme's car.
😂😂🤣😂🤣, Gansta! Pure Gansta! AND, he got the chick on set. He laid the hammer down,…. Those method actors are something else…
That would be hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 nice comment 👍 🤣 👌
Qissi told Sheldon and JCVD, “Jackie bleed like Mylie!” And then drove away in his Jetta!🇺🇸🙌🏻
I got to ask this.
What is up with homeboy's right eyebrow?
@@st.michaelofcigarillo2845 confused what you are referring too? And who? 🇺🇸🙌🏻
This was a blast
Maybe this helps explain why JC never made the sequel to Kickboxer (which lead role went to Sasha Mitchell). Or maybe the actual reason is that a film like Universal Soldier promised a bigger paycheck which seems to be the more obvious reason.
I don't care what people say we all make mistakes and jean claude van damme is a great guy and made effort in his career.
Mr Lettiich please ask the studios and the distributors to bring out Only the Strong on blu ray !
Please interview Michel Qissi!
god damn viking. you have become the GO-TO-GUY for the O.G's of the genre. they really open up 2 you and tell you industry secrets. u be breakin' storeies 4 real.
Top marks for the cannon t-shirt 😊👍
You has so many great interviews. Its at the time to get Jean-Claude here for a long interview. For real Fans VanDamme do much! Its just a little hard to get the connection. But its not impossible believe me. Try talk with Sheldon and a Assistent of Jean-claude. If they talk with him and talk good about you, he will do it.
Very Good 👍 💪
Mohammed is a great guy! Those 2 are real best friends. I’m so happy that they’re friends again. The whole time I thought they were fighting because of JCVD YAYO DAYS.
When I want the inside track I make sure to check out the Viking samurai.
so at first i thought uh who is this boring dude, but i decided to give him a chance and when i look him up it turns out he has been behind alot of films i love! how about that. :D :D thanks for making this interview
And if what Qissi says is true, Van Damme would likely not be the legend he is today if it wasn't for Qissi pushing him many times to keep going forward.
very interesting
Even on Breakin’ 2, they were in the background together.
"Michel was driving that car for a while..." ...And then he started living in it. All kidding aside, I am glad that they were able to mend fences. These two men are part of cinematic history, so they should be cool with each other.
💪They both were in the movie "breaking"😳
Where did u get the Cannon shirt? Love it
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Qissi was also in the movie In Hell for like half a second. He's getting punched in a highlight in the movie. That was a fairly recent Van Damme movie.
Van Damme is a good guy and i'm sure looks after his friends, thanks Viking Samurai!!!!
I've seen Tong Po before at a martial arts event that my neighbor participated in he seems really cool and big
OMG!!! Where did you get that Cannon Group T-shirt?!?!?! I want one!!!
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Ending a friendship over a Volkswagen jetta?! Smh
I subbed.
I'm sure van damme got too pre occupied with the global fame and unfortunately, people like van damme end friendships because of jealousy, being too busy, etc. Everyday people do this everyday. Imagine a superstar like jcvd. Just my humble opinion.
his true nale mohammed qissi stated in an interview in french that van damme his best friend, turned his back when he became successfull , as simple as that ..they were very best friends and left belgium together they were very closed,,, qissi was deeply hurt
It makes total sense. Vandam owed him.big big time
I had always wondered what happened between van damme and qissi ..he just seemed to disappear from van dammes movies ...oh well janette just ruined qissi career didn't she.....because look what came after a.w.o.l (lionheart) ..universal soldier , timecop ,hard target, nowhere to run ,double impact all big movies that made a lot of money ..that must have sucked for qissi ...watching his former friend go on to massive success and him being left behind because I'd argue that between 1991 and 1994 van damme was the biggest action star in the world at that time...and all because of a car eh! ...great video VK ...thanks
Do you know if this book has a Portuguese translation? I want to buy it, but my english is not that good
What a t-shirt! Cannon logo!
Muhammad Qissi is the real deal! He is an honorable man! What a sadistic heel. Without a great heel, JCVD would not have been seen as a vulnerable babyface. JCVD was dynamite and only few villains were able to use their sadistic character-acting to sell a final fight for JCVD in a film. Everyone in the day knew JCVD was “Frank Dux” and unbeatable. JCVD beat Chun Li. JCVD was Frank Dux in every film after “Bloodsport” in my opinion… but we were kids then! Who would win in a fight between “Bolo” prime and Muhammad Qissi prime?
Muhammad Qissi, gives very insightful interviews and to me is like Salvario from “Only The Strong” in that he outshines the hero. I LOVE TONG PO and he is someone NOONE wants a piece of in the ring in real life! 🇺🇸🙌🏻
You mean Chong Li, not Chun Li!
@@GothamKnight84661 Amen Exactly! 🇺🇸🙌🏻
Only the Strong was a oldy but goody for sure
Michael quissi played a brilliant tong po much better than no disrespect to dave bautista but quissi nailed the villain perfectly.
Michel had a short role in double impact
Cameo in lionheart
And I think it was a cameo in death warrant great but other than tong po didn't really get full on villain roles with van damme which was a shame.
I agree, as much as I like Bautista, Qissi was so much better as Tong Po!
@@VikingSamurai qissi is a legend. He really deserved more roles based on his memorable tong po performance.
A damn shame.
A woman being greedy and getting in between friends, well I never 😅
Love Sheldon interviews, any chance of you giving away his book as a prize in a competition mate?
Superimposing Tong Po's face onto Joshua 😂
I wrote to Jan Claude Van Dame that I took the fighting style from the film not to retreat and not to set when Jan Claude played the role of Andrei Kashinsky
Bro that Cannon shirt is siiiiiick
That's the problem with some of these stories there's always two sides then the truth lol I watched Qissi interview and he said it was Van Damme's drug use that started to really affect their friendship. he talked about him being bipolar and hinted some things that they have agreed upon wasn't followed through on Van Damme's part... But who knows because there's still Van Damme side lol and what guy would want to admit he let his woman destroy his childhood friendship lmao.. It would be awesome if you could get Qissi on your show I think it would be a great episode
If you really manage to get an Interview with Michelle Qissi, ask him about the rumored lost footage of "Kickboxer 2"
Regardless of the " promise" its pretty delusional as a friend to think you can earn half of your friends hard work and popularity when you aren't even close to it in the first place ?
Michel is from Morroco cool, Im sure he must've met up with Badr Hari back when the golden boy was a kid.
Viking Samurai; I've wondered when Blood Sport and Above the law premiered. It was the same year 1988.
Is that just a coincidence?
Using that Seinfeld clip was clever and hilarious.
Michel Qissi was very important or the most importand alongside Mennahem Golan in Van Damme’s career!
A training partner of mine while living in Thailand trained Muay Thai.
He said kickboxer is nothing like how it is. He also said Thai’s are a extremely warm welcoming people.
a Jetta 😂
That's interesting but disappointing
Imagine that, a woman coming between a man and his buddy. In my line of business I've seen this so many times, a bunch of friends rent a place, move in together and you know without doubt that within a month or two of one of them moving in their girlfriend that drama will ensue. She'll turn him against his friends, she'll even target another girlfriend if she feels her new found territory is being threatened.
Bro's over O's fellas! Bro's over O's.. always!
Well then technically Jean Claude gave Quissi a car. I hope Jeanette enjoyed driving it while it lasted. By the way your Seinfeld timing is always the best and spot on!
I had heard another story over the years, it was that JC didn't want Michel to play Tong Po again in "Kickboxer 2: The Road Back" but he disagreed and their friendship ended because Michel wanted to have his own career and not be just a supporting role for JCVD movies. Maybe it was just a rumor, I don't know.
I'm doubtful Van Damme even gave a crap about Kickboxer 2
In all honesty , Kickboxer 2 was the better movie! Maybe JC didn't want Qissi working with Pyun.
@@leegarthgarth8387 I just have a really hard time believing Van Damme had an invested interest in how Kickboxer 2 turned out
@@leegarthgarth8387 LOL, yeah it was the better movie, that's why it failed in comparison to the first movie 🤣...
Just the Van Damme dancing scene is better than the entire Kickboxer 2 movie.
@@firefoxlani7475 I wouldn't say it " failed". Out of all the kickboxer movies , part 2 was the only one to have a cinema release! Van Damme learns from a Muay Thai master , yet , doesn't do any muay thai in the whole movie! Very believable!
Seinfeld clip was genius
Are Sheldon and JCVD on good terms? They need to do Lionheart 2 or another movie together
Michel quissi played a great role in tong Po in kickboxer great villain.
That was Van Damms mistake, promising this guy half when he made it big. I don’t think Michel really did any thing big after Kickboxer 2. Maybe movies that went to video like that movie with Karen sheperd, Terminator movie I think it’s called
Rather than wheres the car..what happened between Jeanette and Michel?
3:57 Scott Adkins RECENTLY interviewed Michel Qissi who completely contradicted the point you made at this moment in your video.
I hope Van Damne and Michel can come together one day and make peace with each other. Because Van Damme and Michel was a very great one two punch on screen with their performance. It's always some woman in a man's ear telling her husband or boyfriend some stuff.
It's a shame their friendship ended i really like Michel Qissi and and a massive van Damme fan. Fame, money, and women shouldn't come between great friendships but we all know that it does.
Question are michel and this woman still married? And again your editing is genius you always put a smile on my face but at least they're both talking again.
@Maurìce Brocklehurst they made up years ago.Bruce willow podcast he did interview.they made up long ago
@@paulsmith9192 yes I know they made up Sheldon Lettich said they did but I was talking about previous.
It was just sad that it came to that. But is michel Qissi still with that women? 🤔
@@mauricebrocklehurst2358 Michel is no longer with that woman. They got divorced years ago.
@@MatrixCobretti thanks for the information, i bet they both feel bad about letting a woman get between them and ruin their friendship back in the day. Sad really isn't it? Well it's over now!
@@mauricebrocklehurst2358 You're welcome. You're right, it's sad that they lost their friendship for 20 years. That's a lot of time and experiences that you can't get back. At least they can share new experiences together now that age and wisdom has brought them together again.
Is Sheldon book in audio?
Not yet.