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Nationality
  
American

Name
  
Jeff Speakman

Style
  
Kenpo KarateGoju-ryu

Role
  
Years active
  
1988-present

Spouse
  
Jacqueline Speakman

Occupation
  
ActorMartial artist


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Born
  
Jeffrey F. Speakman November 8, 1958 (age 66) Chicago, Illinois (
1958-11-08
)

Rank
  
9th degree black belt in American Kenpo Karate     9th degree black belt in Japanese Goju-Ryu

Education
  
Missouri Southern State University

Movies
  
The Perfect Weapon, Street Knight, The Expert, Running Red, Deadly Outbreak

Similar People
  
Mark DiSalle, Albert Magnoli, Rick Avery, Jerry Jameson, Joseph Merhi

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Jeff Speakman (born November 8, 1958) is an American actor and a martial artist in the art of American Kenpo and Japanese Gōjū-ryū, earning black belts in each.

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Early life

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Speakman was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, where he was a springboard diver at John Hersey High School and achieved All-American status. He graduated from Missouri Southern State College.

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He has said that the television show Kung Fu got him interested in martial arts, and he began by studying in the Okinawan martial art of Goju Ryu Karate until achieving black belt rank. His instructor then recommended that, if he was really intent in pursuing martial arts as a lifestyle, then he should go looking for Ed Parker, a friend of his master. Speakman sold his car to pay for the moving expenses and succeeded in meeting Parker at one of his tournaments. Speakman spent years training in American Kenpo under his principal instructor, Larry Tatum, as well as under Parker, the founder of the system.

Speakman received his 1st degree black belt in American Kenpo in 1984. He was promoted to 9th degree black belt in kenpo karate by Mills Crenshaw and Bob White, and 9th degree black belt in Gōjū-ryū karate by Lou Angel on July 2, 2013. He currently holds a 9th-degree black belt in the Gōjū-ryū Karate style which he began to study under Grandmaster Lou Angel starting in 1978.

Career

Speakman started acting in 1988 and became an actor in 1991 with the release of The Perfect Weapon, He followed this up with the feature film Street Knight. In the United Kingdom, this movie was released straight to video in 1993. Other action films followed, including The Expert and Deadly Outbreak.

Speakman holds training camps every year at the Jeff Speakman International Kenpo Camp for American kenpo. In 1993, Speakman was inducted into the Black Belt Hall of Fame for Instructor of the Year. He was also recognized for excellence in martial arts and was inducted into the Masters Hall of Fame in 2009 where he received the Silver Life Achievement Award.

Speakman is also founder and director of American Kenpo Karate Systems (AKKS), an international kenpo karate organization with more than 50 schools.

In 2013, Speakman was ill with throat cancer, however he has since fully recovered from it. He has continued his martial arts labor, transforming his previous association, AKKS into Kenpo 5.0. Citing some of Ed Parker's last statements about American Kenpo, Speakman decided to make an attempt to integrate ground fighting techniques into Kenpo's self-defense curriculum. Speakman is adamant that in doing this he is preserving the will of Parker, who always intended Kenpo to continue evolving, and that his additions to the system will increase the students ability to repel any type of attack.

Filmography

Actor
2006
Striking Range as
Kilmer
2004
The Gunman as
Scott Sherwin
2002
Night Terror as
Prof. Eric Lang
2001
Blades of the Sun
2000
Hot Boyz (Video) as
Master Keaton
1999
Running Red (Video) as
Greg / Gregori
1999
V.I.P. (TV Series) as
Jeff Speakman
- The Last Temptation of Val (1999) - Jeff Speakman
1998
Memorial Day as
Edward Downey
1998
Land of the Free as
Frank Jennings
1998
Scorpio One as
Jared Stone
1997
Escape from Atlantis (TV Movie) as
Matt Spencer
1997
Plato's Run (Video) as
Dominick
1996
Timelock as
McMasters
1995
Deadly Outbreak (Video) as
Sgt. Dutton Hatfield
1995
The Expert as
John Lomax
1993
Street Knight as
Jake Barrett
1991
The Perfect Weapon as
Jeff Sanders
1990
Lionheart as
Mansion Security Man
1989
13 East (TV Series) as
Driver
- Where's the Ticket? (1989) - Driver
1989
Hunter (TV Series) as
Officer
- The Pit (1989) - Officer
1988
Side Roads as
Joe Velasco
1987
Slaughterhouse Rock as
Cafe Patron
1987
Pretty Smart as
Man on wedding (uncredited)
Producer
1999
Running Red (Video) (executive producer)
Thanks
2004
A Moment of Clarity... to the Xtreme (Short) (special thanks)
Self
2022
Two Dollar Late Fee (Podcast Series) as
Self - Guest
- The Jeff Speakman Interview (2022) - Self - Guest
2022
Everyday Martial Artist (Podcast Series) as
Self
- Jeff Speakman (2022) - Self
2020
The Art of Action (TV Series) as
Self
- Jeff Speakman - Episode 17 (2020) - Self
Archive Footage
1995
Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (TV Series) as
Jake
- Blood, Breasts, and Beasts (1995) - Jake

References

Jeff Speakman Wikipedia


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