Emotional Michael Jai White Accepts the Mantle of The Black Dragon from Ron Van Clief

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Emotional Michael Jai White Accepts the Mantle of The Black Dragon from Ron Van Clief

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An emotional but composed #MichaelJaiWhite addressed the crowd, Martial Arts Grand Masters and Movie Legends at the 2019 Urban Action Showcase ceremony passing the mantle of The Black Dragon to him. He said” What you’re seeing, is my heroes, here with me. What Sensei Gerry Chisom said is so apropos, so true in the fact that our images mean a great deal, in this medium that I have been so lucky to be a part of…To absorb what is happening today is beyond my wildest dreams. I’ve become that kid who saw the image of this man [Van Clief] right here, that inspired me. I said I want to be like that. The closest thing to a superhero at that time, in 78 or 79. I watched The Black Dragon, and I saw every screening of that movie until it left the theater. I started finding who I was in those images… I saw the images of Fred the Hammer Williamson, who inspires me still to this day in all his glory and power. I said ‘I want to be like that…. This is something that we all should celebrate together. You are my community, you inspire me. There is nothing that I will receive in Hollywood that will fulfill me anywhere near the way that this fulfills me. This is that kid in the movie theater.”
Hall of fame martial artist Ron Van Clief previously had the title of Black Dragon bestowed upon him by Bruce Lee in 1971. During this historic event, Grand Master Ron Van Clieft passed the mantle of “The Black Dragon” to Michael Jai White. This ceremony kicked off The 2019 Urban Action Showcase & Expo on Friday, November 8th, 2019 at AMC Empire 25 Theaters Times Square NYC.
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@dextergibson1686 4 жыл бұрын

Very well deserving of the mantle of "Black Dragon" that was previously held by Grandmaster Ron Van Clief. Congratulations Michael Jai White!!! I was completely overwhelmed to see every legendary martial artist attend the ceremony: Grandmaster Ron Van Clief, Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Taimak "The Last Dragon" Guarriello, Cynthia "Lady Dragon" Rothrock, Fred Williamson, etc. Wonderful ceremony!!!

@TheLastGlow 3 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed!

@dextergibson1686 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLastGlow I've been a fan of martial arts because of "The Last Dragon" back in 1985. Much respect to all of the legendary martial artists.

@blackwolforder23 4 жыл бұрын

ALL LEGENDS!!!!!! Taimak FOREVER!!!!!!

@yhideit4427 2 жыл бұрын

Wow ! Look at all the martial art movie stars.

@dexterbrown8332 3 жыл бұрын

What a great honor!

@titusbell8152 3 жыл бұрын

I know this is humbling and inspiring at the same time. Congratulations.

@dionlewis173 3 жыл бұрын

Thats Right Taimak Forever!!!!!

@markwigle4340 4 жыл бұрын

This was very nice. Glad to learn about this.

@johnharris7116 2 жыл бұрын

My homie..you deserve it bro ✊🏿✊🏿

@shihanuke3683 Жыл бұрын

Most of those gentleman on stage are acquaintances with the exception of Ron and Mr. Casell who I know from the middle seventies. A name like that , whether it be in the spirit of comradery or even a fraternal order, cannot really be passed. Ron will always have that because he is Ron. Casell will always be one I looked up to. Cynthia will always be that anomaly . Fred will always be the guy I accidentally bumped into at a southside cleaners. You catch them separately and they are personable but egos often bubble up and get in their way of each other. Taimak should have blossomed but he got caught up. But for the most part, the guys up there represented a sizable traction of Martial arts film popularity in the early seventies with Fred, the self starter, with his early seventies westerns with Durville Martin and American International Pictures backing the blaxploitation era.

@ChrisDoggo 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome and well deserved!!!

@shawnjones2082 3 ай бұрын

CONGRATULATIONS

@victorrobles8545 Жыл бұрын

May the lord Jesus lead your way through!! Amen!!

@ai5ha1 4 жыл бұрын

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

@ahmadsharif4757 Жыл бұрын

OSU!!!

@Artist21st 2 жыл бұрын

There's only one black dragon..

@davidmuas4614 Жыл бұрын

You should b proud Bruce Lee gave van name black dragon n now van give it Michael j white thats good but you need to cocky that you can beat Bruce Lee

@axelstone3131 3 жыл бұрын

Eh.. so much black this and black that. Truth is you guys don’t want to be part of everything, you want your own “sect” you try so hard to segregate yourselves. No mention of Bruce lee here. Of course not. He wasn’t black after all.

@dextersbeard3472 3 жыл бұрын

He did mention Bruce lee

@watchur6635 3 жыл бұрын

What? Black martial artists in this country never got their just due in this country. Always marginalized , dismissed as not authentic, until you actually fought one,that's how the word spread,quietly, silently amongst the martial arts community since the mid 1950s with GM. Ron Duncan and GM Musa Powell then in the 1960s with GM Ron Van Cleef, GM Vic Moore, GM Bill McCloud GM Nathaniel McBride GM Steven Muhammad GM Soke Haisen Kaleak GM Saifullah Al Amriykiy I could keep it going. I can also tell you're just some troll who knows nothing abt the real scene,when the first name you throw up is Bruce Lee, who was actually mentioned by the way. Bruce by the way, also initially experienced the same marginalization and dismissal by the racist martial arts establishment of this country as well,until he proved himself in the same way and shut his critics up. Which is kind of what you need to do with you're thinly veiled racism, STFU

@ohin27 3 жыл бұрын

Dang listen to the man, he said Bruce lee NAMED HIM THE BLACK DRAGON....sooooo yep your wrong

@mozfonky 3 жыл бұрын

Just shuttup

@ATACXGYMCAPOEIRA 2 жыл бұрын

People like you, Axel, are intent on bringing your passive aggressive divisive idiotic racism in this space which has never espoused, agreed with, or ever backed down from your ilk. Thank you for showing up so we can demonstrate our solidarity against the purposeful but ignorant malice you espouse. Oh. Btw. It's "Black". Not "black". There's a difference. And if we wanted our own exclusive sect? Why are there more non-Blacks in the crowd than there are Black people? Why are there non-Black Dragons onstage passing the mantle to Michael Jai? Why did Bruce Lee himself give Ron Van Clief the nickname "Black Dragon"? Exactly. There's the door, sir. See yourself to the other side of it...or be shown the other side, whether or not you choose to see it.