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Gerald Okamura (born 1940) is an American theatrical martial artist.
Gerald started martial arts with judo in 1953. He has practiced kendo, aikido, taekwondo, and he is currently a 5th degree black belt in Kung Fu San Soo (his sensei was Jimmy H. Woo). Gerald is a designer of various types of weaponry that have been featured in dozens of movies and publications across the world.
Okamura began doing stunts in 1975, getting his first credited role in 1980. Since then he has appeared in 39 feature films, notably Big Trouble in Little China, Ninja Academy, 9½ Ninjas!, Ring of Fire, Blade, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Other roles he's played are Kai-Ogi in Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers, a sensei in Power Rangers Wild Force, and Chao Chong in VR Troopers.
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Gerald is a masculine German given name meaning "rule of the spear" from the prefix ger- ("spear") and suffix -wald ("rule"). Variants include the English given name Jerrold, and the feminine nickname Jeri. Gerald is less common as a surname. People with the name Gerald include:
Jeff Imada (born June 17, 1955) is an American martial artist, stuntman, actor and director. He has performed stunts in over 100 films and television programs and authored one of the first books published in the US about the Balisong knife. Jeff Imada is trained in Jeet Kune Do, Eskrima, Tae Kwon Do, Tang Soo Do, Karate, Shaolin Kung Fu, Kendo & Boxing.
Imada was born in Inglewood, California, USA, where he began studying martial arts at the age of fifteen. At El Camino College and UCLA, he majored in pre-med and minored in music as a classically-trained pianist. While in college, he started working as a film "extra", which led to his becoming a member of the Screen Actors Guild, Stunts Unlimited and the Directors Guild of America. Jeff Imada has been the technical advisor on numerous films, including Dutch (1991), Tango & Cash (1989), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), Dreamscape (1984) and Streets of Fire (1984), and such television series as Magnum, P.I. (1980), Remington Steele (1982), Dynasty (1981), Matt Houston (1982), Airwolf (1984), Stingray (1986), Hart to Hart (1979) and Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982).
Gerald Okamura Interview about Frank Dux
For more B-movie weirdness, please visit: http://badmovierealm.com/ Gerald Okamura and Eric Lee throw down in the 1982 kung fu flick, Weapons of Death.
Sensei William Christopher Ford interviews Master Gerald Okamura at Dragonfest 2014. http://www.geraldokamura.com http://www.kaizendojo.com
From the early 70's, classic San Soo video from East L.A. From the TMI collection given to Steve Rogers...
Restita and Bob interview Gerald Okamura, the original founder of the popular "Dragonfest" martial arts convention. After nearly a decade of disappearance, Dragonfest came back in 2014, hosted by the Martial Arts History Museum, with Gerald's blessing.
"Police Academy" styled film offers its laughs at the expense of students of the obvious school for ninjas. Director: Nico Mastorakis Writer: Jonathan D. Gift Stars: Will Egan, Gerald Okamura, Kelly Randall Runtime: 120 min Sound Mix: Ultra Stereo Color: Color Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1 https://youtu.be/rQClf5VFsrU Contacts © 1993-2016 "TV & VIDEO BOX inc." Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/tvboxshowcast E-mail: robmendelson2@gmail.com
Movie : Khatranak Khiladi (American Street Fighter ) Cast : Ian Jacklin, Gerald Okamura, Tracy Dali,Kent Ducanon Dennis Reese Producer : David Hue Director : Steven Austin Hindi Dubbed Movie, Indian HD Films, Crime, Thriller Film, Action Movie, HD Quality, HD Movies, Full HD Movies, Real HD, High Quality Movie, Bollywood HD Movies,1080p Full HD
Blade - Before and After 2018 | Real Name and Age Blade 1998 Cast: 1. Eboni Adams - Martial Arts Kid 2. John Enos III - Blood Club Bouncer 3. Jeff Imada - Henchman 4. Gerald Okamura - Vampire 5. Judson Scott - Pallantine 6. Eric Edwards - Pearl 7. Tim Guinee - Curtis Webb 8. Kenny Johnson - Heatseeking Dennis 9. Traci Lords - Racquel 10. Arly Jover - Mercury 11. Udo Kier - Dragonetti 12. Donal Logue - Quinn 13. N'Bushe Wright - Karen 14. Sanaa Lathan - Vanessa 15. Kris Kristofferson - Whistler 16. Stephen Dorff - Deacon Frost 17. Wesley Snipes - Blade Blade is a 1998 American vampire superhero film, directed by Stephen Norrington and written by David S. Goyer loosely based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. The film stars Wesley Snipes in the title role wi...
This is a pretty cool trailer for the Gerald Okamura Biography DVD that we produced for the Martial Arts History Museum. Big thank you to Jim Towns for putting this together! MAmuseum.com
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Gerald Okamura and Jeff Imada share there experience on Big Trouble in Little China
Joe Marshall vs the living legend Gerald Okamura. For some reason they decided to speed up fights making them look like Benny Hill sketches...
Justin Brock talks to United Martial Artist for Christ guests Richard Rabago and Gerald Okamura, also performers Linda Pugliese and Paul Dye before the event at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa in March 2010 (Camera - Jim, Post - Allan)
Gerald Okamura Interview about Frank Dux
Sensei William Christopher Ford interviews Master Gerald Okamura at Dragonfest 2014. http://www.geraldokamura.com http://www.kaizendojo.com
Restita and Bob interview Gerald Okamura, the original founder of the popular "Dragonfest" martial arts convention. After nearly a decade of disappearance, Dragonfest came back in 2014, hosted by the Martial Arts History Museum, with Gerald's blessing.
From the early 70's, classic San Soo video from East L.A. From the TMI collection given to Steve Rogers...
This is a pretty cool trailer for the Gerald Okamura Biography DVD that we produced for the Martial Arts History Museum. Big thank you to Jim Towns for putting this together! MAmuseum.com
From Angel of H.E.A.T. www.badmoviebible.com @BadMovieBible on Twitter & Instagram The Bad Movie Bible: available from all good, bad and so bad they’re good retailers. Subscribe to this channel if you like movies that are so bad they're good. Stuff like: Samurai Cop, The Room, Miami Connection, Battlefield Earth, Birdemic, Megaforce, Batman and Robin, Gymkata, Troll 2, The Swarm, Anaconda, Showgirls, The Baby, A*P*E, Ben and Arthur, Black Devil Doll from Hell, Tales from the Quadead Zone, Blood Freak, White Fire, The Corpse Grinders, The Howling 2, Lady Terminator, Ninja 2 the Domination, Death Wish, Cannon movies, Godfrey Ho, Ed Wood, Charles Band, Joe D’Amato, Bruno Mattei, Ninja Movies, Tommy Wiseau, Roger Corman, Herschel Gordon Lewis, William Castle, Neil Breen, Best of the Worst,...
For more B-movie weirdness, please visit: http://badmovierealm.com/ Gerald Okamura and Eric Lee throw down in the 1982 kung fu flick, Weapons of Death.
Avec Gérald ORY (Scénariste et producteur du projet), Eric LEGRAND (Seiya, Yamcha, Vegeta) et Patrick BORG (Son Goku adulte). RAGEN BLUE Original Story: Gerald Ory Music Composed & Arranged by Seiji Yokoyama Songs: Yumi Matsuzawa (01, 12) Lyrics: Yumi Matsuzawa (01), Greg Irwin (12) Violin: Masatsugu Shinozaki Piano: Haruki Mino Conductor: Seiji Yokoyama Performance: Ragen Blue Symphonic Orchestra -CAST- Reiki: Eric Legrand Milu: Laurence Crouzet Gonta: Patrick Borg Maruya: Virginie Ledieu Algon: Serge Bourrier Ron: Marc Lesser -ORCHESTRE MEMBER LIST- Flute: Takashi Asahi, Mitsuru Soma, Hideyo Takakuwa Oboe: Masakazu Isibasi Basson: Masashi Maeda Horn: Otohiko Hujita, Minoru Hirokawa, You Okamura, Hitomi Hurue Trumpet: Susumu Kazuhara Trombone: Fred Simmons, Hiroki Sato Bass Trombone:...
Showdown In Little Tokyo - action - 1991 - Trailer - Dolph Lundgren, Brandon Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tia Carrere, Gerald Okamura, Branscombe Richmond, Simon Rhee, Roger Yuan
Movie : Khatranak Khiladi (American Street Fighter ) Cast : Ian Jacklin, Gerald Okamura, Tracy Dali,Kent Ducanon Dennis Reese Producer : David Hue Director : Steven Austin Hindi Dubbed Movie, Indian HD Films, Crime, Thriller Film, Action Movie, HD Quality, HD Movies, Full HD Movies, Real HD, High Quality Movie, Bollywood HD Movies,1080p Full HD
Available Now On DVD!!! http://www.therealmiyagi.com/ https://www.facebook.com/FumioDemuraTheMovie www.TheRealMiyagi.com Feature Documentary Writer, Director: Kevin Derek Producer: Oscar Alvarez Executive Producer: Pat Nevraumont Associate Producer: Byron M. Fennema Associate Producer: Alexis Meshi Assistant Producer: Denese Montano Assistant Producer: Edward Montano Assistant Producer: Anthony Sorrentino CAST Fumio Demura Steven Seagal Dolph Lundgren Michael Jai White Chuck Norris Pat Morita Sean Kanan Yuji Okumoto Shin Koyamada Billy Blanks Robert Wall Ron Thomas T.J. Storm Isaac Florentine Gerald Okamura Lauro Chartrand William Christopher Ford Pat E. Johnson Bill Wallace Tak Kubota Christine Rodriguez Richard Rabago Emil Farkas Brian McMillan Michael Matsuda Michael Chave...
Joe Marshall vs the living legend Gerald Okamura. For some reason they decided to speed up fights making them look like Benny Hill sketches...
Justin Brock talks to United Martial Artist for Christ guests Richard Rabago and Gerald Okamura, also performers Linda Pugliese and Paul Dye before the event at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa in March 2010 (Camera - Jim, Post - Allan)
Gerald Okamura and Jeff Imada share there experience on Big Trouble in Little China