Jeff Imada

Jeff Imada 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 amp 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 premed 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 , Tango amp Cash , Jumpin Jack Flash , Dreamscape and Streets of Fire , and such television series as Magnum, P.I. , Remington Steele , Dynasty , Matt Houston , Airwolf , Stingray , Hart to Hart and Tales of the Gold Monkey .

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