Dolph Lundgren polyglot
The fact that the famous Ivan Drago is not only a talented actor and a successful director but also a great athlete is not surprising to anybody, since the audience is used to seeing him in movies involving a lot of action or combat. In fact he was a European champion in karate and a successful bodybuilder.
In addition to that he managed to graduate in chemical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and received a Master’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney. Several journals report that his IQ is 160, but Doplh, known as a humble person has claimed that the number to be exaggerated.
Yes, and the Swedish talent Dolph Lundgren is also a polyglot that can speak nothing less than 7 languages: Swedish and English fluently and he is also able to communicate in German, French, Spanish, Italian and Japanese.
Lundgren started training in karate at age ten. By 19, he was part of the Swedish squad at the world championships in Japan for full-contact karate. “You had to be a brown belt, but I was just a green belt, so my instructor gave me one to fake my way into the fight,” he told Maxim. At the age of 23, Dolph earned his 1st degree black belt. Eventually settling In New York, Dolph trained with 7th Dans Tadashi Nakamura and Shigeru Oyama, and planned to enter the 3rd World Tournament in Tokyo.
Who taught Dolph Lundgren martial arts?
His long-time friend and teacher, Shihan Brian Fitkin, 6th Dan has helped his old student in most of his movies with physical conditioning and fight coordination. Why is Dolph Lundgren famous?
Dolph Lundgren is a famous Swedish actor, film-maker, screenwriter and martial artist. Lundgren has appeared in more than 40 films and is best known for his works in popular movies like ‘Rocky IV,’ ‘Universal Soldier,’ and ‘The Expendables.
