Gunsnhalen said:

Men who beat the shit out of their wives. Keep female sex slaves, and bully people on set. Are never going ot be seen as ''mature'' to me.

lol, by mature I meant nearly "old"

and as for the woman-beating / sex-slaves, ... ALL the cases of which he was charged were DISMISSED; not blindly defending, just FACT...

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i think he's real. he's a master of martial arts. i enjoy his films.

but I'd like to add this...

YES, the guy IS FULL OF SHIT

other than Above the Law and Under Siege (which are not masterpieces whatsover) his "movies" stink, his views on women are paternalistic AT BEST, his political views/social activism are CONTRADICTORY AS FUCK, he claims to be all Asian in terms of culture/religion yet craves the materialistic american big lifestyle to the max (fat ass included), and he DOES bully people...

BUT, I hate it when people assume he's just an above-decent Aikido bodyguard/personal trainer who got lucky and got a Hollywood contract: GUY'S AN AIKIDO GRAND MASTER

not gonna add anything after this post

I have a sixth sense when it comes to douchbaggery...I have never liked this guy....never seen any of his movies. Even those vids are scripted....If four guys REALLY attacked you, you would be in trouble. He's sideswiping all of them...LOL...

btw, Todd Bridges is also a douchbag, as is Lenny Kravitz.

here's a documentary of steven seagal's dojo in japan, where students from around the world study with the master. at the time he opened his dojo near osaka, he was the only gaijin permitted to teach aikido. if you listen to the testimony of his students, watch the clip and listen, you can see he is real, and does what he does at a master's level. he puts folks down on the ground so easily.

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XxAxX said:

here's a documentary of steven seagal's dojo in japan, where students from around the world study with the master. at the time he opened his dojo near osaka, he was the only gaijin permitted to teach aikido. if you listen to the testimony of his students, watch the clip and listen, you can see he is real, and does what he does at a master's level. he puts folks down on the ground so easily.

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Dude, it's easy because it's scripted. This is WWE territory.

^AND he's got the beat

Gunsnhalen said:

I have a friend who was an extra in one of his movie. Some direct to DVD fare that Seagul was directing. And he told me what an asshole he was to work with. I've always disliked him and his movie honestly. Guy always took himself way too seriously. At least Arnold, Stallone, Van Damme, Bruce Lee etc. Had personality and some funny charm to them. Despite not being the greatest of actors out there. Seagul is one note with no charm at all.


And I've wondered if he really is the great martial artist he says he is. I've seen many conflicting reports about his belts and certifications. And he claims to have taught special kicks to Anderson silva guy just seems very full of shit.

What do y'all think? is Seagul the real deal? or just believing his own hype?

..LOL...WOW, you sure did READ my Boy Steven....I Like Steven but if you watch some of his interviews you can tell he has "major attitude" and is probably Demanding and Divaish...I can only imagine how Cocky he was during his Action-Hero Glory days..I watched one episode of his Reality show that had him riding around with Cops (pretending to be a Cop) or something...Anyways...Steven was NEVER in the same Box Office League as Stallone and Arnold, but he was much Prettier than them....No Other Movie Star could rock a Ponytail better...

Excuse all of you, but I know none of you sleep on Hard To Kill & Marked For Death. I remember see those two films plenty of times and highly recommend it for those interested in vintage Steven Seagal action films.

Now if we're talking real shoot fights, I still say Chuck Norris would kick his ass!

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Steven Seagal is a friggin' ICON

he's the ultimate fantasy for bullied people; say what you want about his personal/real life, but in his movies he always played the ULTIMATE honest-to-death unstoppable cop, hell bent on protecting the weak/innocent and cleaning the streets of criminal scum and corrupt cops; he was the ultimate mix of Dirty Harry meets Bruce Lee...

just imagine a bunch of 14 drunk low-IQ racists (aka, PURE SCUM) harassing a young black couple (male and female), threatening to beat the boy to death and rape the girl...then out of nowhere a car appears and there goes Steven Seagal, cracking a couple of scary/badass one liners before beating to a pulp the 14 racists...their clumsy/slow attempts at amateur boxing are no match for Steven's aikido mastery and his cold, quiet WRATH...in a matter of seconds the 14 assholes are hearing their own bones CRACK and suddenly they realize they are PAYING for their wicked ways...no mercy...just (hopefully) a rebirth through pain and shame...

I know, it was just a movie, but damn Steven Seagal made me feel something back in da day...

Very interesting Playboy article from last year about his relationship with Russia & Putin:

http://www.playboy.com/ar...gal-russia

Steven Seagal’s Fight for Mother Russia

By Lukas I. AlpertAugust 24, 2014

Gunsnhalen said:

JoeTyler said:

there are soooooo many stories of Seagal (all of them unflattering) that the guy has become a (negative) myth; and that's sad because most people will never know that, despite his bullshit attitude and arrogance and bad movies, the guy is a martial arts real life legend, right up there with Bruce Lee

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why has he dodged JVD? And there's many people who attest to this. If he's as good as he says he is. Why did he run away? why won't he fight the UFC fighters who call him out?

Becuase he walks the path of peace! Duh!!!

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