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'''Steve Coleman''' was born on 22nd September 1981. He is best known for being a Great Britain [[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]] athlete and an actor.<ref>http://www.rx3fightcrew.co.uk/crew.htm</ref> |
'''Steve Coleman''' was born on 22nd September 1981. He is best known for being a Great Britain [[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]] athlete and an actor.<ref>http://www.rx3fightcrew.co.uk/crew.htm</ref> |
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Steve began martial arts at the age of 9 by practicing [[Shotokan Karate]]. He trained and competed in Karate until the age of 14, earning a junior black belt and winning several competitions in fighting and forms. At 15, Steve turned his attention to [[Kung Fu]] and kickboxing. After a year of finding his direction in martial arts Steve began training in [[London]] in Wushu and Chin Woo (traditional kung fu), later complimented by training in San-Shou (Chinese Kickboxing) and Gymnastics. |
Steve began martial arts at the age of 9 by practicing [[Shotokan Karate]]. He trained and competed in Karate until the age of 14, earning a junior black belt and winning several competitions in fighting and forms. At 15, Steve turned his attention to [[Kung Fu]] and kickboxing. After a year of finding his direction in martial arts Steve began training in [[London]] in Wushu and Chin Woo (traditional kung fu), later complimented by training in San-Shou (Chinese Kickboxing) and Gymnastics. |
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In the 2011 film On The Ropes, Steve stars alongside Mark Noyce, Joe Egan, Ben Shockley and Raymond Griffiths in a mockumentary style film about martial arts culture in the UK. |
In the 2011 film On The Ropes, Steve stars alongside Mark Noyce, Joe Egan, Ben Shockley and Raymond Griffiths in a mockumentary style film about martial arts culture in the UK. |
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Steve Coleman was born on 22nd September 1981. He is best known for being a Great Britain Wushu athlete and an actor.[1]
Steve began martial arts at the age of 9 by practicing Shotokan Karate. He trained and competed in Karate until the age of 14, earning a junior black belt and winning several competitions in fighting and forms. At 15, Steve turned his attention to Kung Fu and kickboxing. After a year of finding his direction in martial arts Steve began training in London in Wushu and Chin Woo (traditional kung fu), later complimented by training in San-Shou (Chinese Kickboxing) and Gymnastics.
This took Steve around the world training and competing in Malaysia, USA, Europe and China, winning the 2002 Chin Woo World Championships and the Traditional National Wushu Championships in 2001 and 2002.[2]
At the age of 21, Steve continued his training by focusing strictly on Wushu. Having found himself a personal 1-2-1 coach in Mike Donoghue, former Great Britain Wushu athlete in 1995, Steve went on to win the all-round National Wushu Championships in 2003 and consecutively every year since. This was added to with another World Chin Woo Championship win in 2006, various European Competition wins, and representation of the Great Britain Wushu Team.
Steve became the senior athlete and Captain of the GB Team in 2006 and currently holds national records for Wushu in Great Britain.
The first appearance of Steve on TV was on a show called “Master’s of Combat”, aired on BBC2 in 2001. This was later followed up with an appearance in a documentary “This is Kung Fu”, also shown on BBC2 and then with the music video “A Little Less Conversation” by JXL vs. Elvis Presley.
In between training and competing, Steve has performed regularly for the London Chinese Acrobats, appeared as the martial artist in various promos, commercials, stage shows and stunt doubled/choreographed for actors in film and TV.
In recent years Steve has turned his attention towards acting and now holds a BA (hons) degree in Acting from the University of Northampton.
In the 2011 film On The Ropes, Steve stars alongside Mark Noyce, Joe Egan, Ben Shockley and Raymond Griffiths in a mockumentary style film about martial arts culture in the UK.
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