Moving from judo to taekwondoВ to kickboxing, is that progression a natural thing as a youngВ enthusiast,В to spend a bit of time in one martial artВ and then take it to another level and go for something a bit more dangerousВ with a bit more action? Before thatВ I wanted to be a stuntman.В But when I saw Van Damme in BloodsportВ I was like, вЂњOkay, thatвЂ™s what I want to do.В I want to have muscles from Brussels.вЂќ So,В is it that you wanted to beat people up or you wanted to be an action star? ButВ as a kid definitely I was very interested inВ your action stars like Stallone and SchwarzeneggerВ and Bruce Lee,В and then of course Van Damme came along when I was 12В and I was massively impressed by Jean Claude Van Damme.В I remember watching BloodsportВ and saying to my mother, вЂњMum,В I want to do what that guy does.вЂќВ I remember that vividly.

Then we all stopped judo,В although my brother still practisesВ to this day,В but we stopped for a bitВ and then I moved intoВ taekwondo,В did that for a long time, then kickboxingВ and then various other martial arts. I didnвЂ™t even want to go -В I used to complain about goingВ - but they made me go. Scott Adkins: My family, because my brother and my dad did judo.В I was 10 years old and I just went along because they did it,В I suppose. Starting with your martial arts background,В was it film or family that first got you involved inВ martial arts as a kid?

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