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Kickboxer: Vengeance Star Alain Moussi Is a BJJ Black Belt

Kickboxer: Vengeance Star Alain Moussi Is a BJJ Black Belt

 

Alain Moussi is a Lebanese – Canadian actor and stuntman. He plays the lead role of Kurt Sloane in the reboot of Kickboxer: Vengeance, a role that was originated by Jean-Claude Van Damme, who portrays his mentor in the film. As a stuntman, he has worked on films such as X-Men: Days of Future PastBrick Mansions, among countless others.

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He has trained in Japanese jujutsu, kickboxing. Moussi reached the honorary title of RENSHI in December 2006. At 25 years old he was the youngest Japanese Jiu-jitsu practitioner to be awarded this title by one of his Mentors, Richard Morris Soke – 10th dan Jiu-jitsu and head of Jiu-jitsu International.

More importantly, Moussi is also a BJJ black belt under the Machado brothers. He has been training BJJ for the past 17 years.

In addition to stunts and acting, Moussi owns and operates the NX Martial Arts and Fitness Academy in Orleans, Ottawa, Canada.

Moussi with the Machado brothers

Moussi with the Machado brothers

Moussi told LRMonline.com about his martial arts background:

I got into martial arts was that I was a kid, I was ten years old and it was after that I started watching Van Damme movies, I saw Bloodsport, Kickboxer and I loved it. That got me wanting to learn how to kick especially, I wanted to kick and do the splits and all that kind of stuff. I started in martial arts because of those films and I’ve been training for 25 years now. I trained in Japanese jiu-jitsu first, then I got into kickboxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu when I was 18 and pursued that. I opened a school, my own school when I was 23. I operated that, and that was a success. My friend got into stunt work in Montreal about 4 or 5 years before I did. I was always trying to find a way to get into film because that’s why I started martial arts, because I wanted to be in a film.

 

Alain Moussi rolling with BJJ legend Jean jacques Machado:

 

What’s next for Moussi? Kickboxer is set t become a trilogy, so we’ll be seeing plenty of him.

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