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Jean-Claude Van Damme Interview (Fighter International, November 1988)
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calendar_month1988
corporate_fareFighter International magazine
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Corcoran, John. (1988). Jean-Claude Van Damme Interview (Fighter International, November 1988)
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- AuthorCorcoran, John
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Multi-part interview with Jean-Claude Van Damme published in Fighter International magazine in November 1988 and reproduced on the backkicks.com martial arts encyclopedia. Van Damme states he started karate in Brussels in 1971 at age 11, names Claude Goetz as his original instructor, and confirms he briefly trained with Dominique Valera; the magazine intro records that he received his black belt in Shotokan karate from Goetz in 1978.
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- Archived2026-10-18
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- URLhttps://www.backkicks.com/jean-claude-van-damme-interview-1988/
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Jean-Claude Van Damme Interview (Fighter
International, November 1988). In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database.
https://martial.is/entity/01M040GCQ9N9ZZJAT8Y3WFEDGN - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed
ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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