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Robert Mark Kamen. Robert Mark Kamen (born October 9, 1947) is an American screenwriter, best known as the creator of The Karate Kid franchise as well as for his later collaborations with French filmmaker Luc Besson, which include the screenplay for The Fifth Element (originally devised by Besson) and the Transporter and Taken franchises.
The Karate Kid. The Karate Kid is a semi-autobiographical story based on Kamen's life. When Kamen was 17, he was beaten up by a gang of bullies after the 1964 New York World's Fair. He thus began to study martial arts in order to defend himself. Kamen was unhappy with his first teacher, who taught martial arts as a tool for violence and revenge.
Biography. Henry Arthur Kamen was born in Rangoon (then part of British Burma) in 1936, [ 1 ] the son of Maurice Joseph Kamen, an Anglo-Burmese engineer working for Shell Oil, and his wife, Agnes Frizelle, by descent half Anglo-Irish and half Nepalese. [ 2 ] Kamen was educated at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School, from where he won a Major ...
Feb 12, 2021 · After getting beaten up by bullies on the way to the 1964 World’s Fair, Kamen took up karate, being taught first by a bellicose Marine captain and later immersing himself in Goju-ryu, founded by ...
Feb 28, 2020 · Kamen doesn’t buy the story of an idealized Al-Andalus either, which he says is the fabrication of 19th-century foreign romantics who were fascinated by Spain's Islamic heritage. The splendor of Al-Andalus, he says, is limited to a very brief period in Cordoba during the 10th century and another subsequent spell in Granada.
Jaxon Cross, known as Ekusu Kurosu (黒須エクス, Kurosu Ekusu) in Japan, also known as Blader X or Kamen X (仮面 X(エックス), Kamen Ekkusu; Mask X) in Japan, is the main protagonist of the anime/manga series, Beyblade X[4]. He fights with his Dran Beyblades. Jaxon is an average-sized boy with blue eyes and blue hair with blonde highlights. A few bangs of his hair is shaped like an "X ...
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May 7, 2021 · Cary revealed that Kamen died after being diagnosed with incurable cancer three years ago. “Nick was an incredible person, and it was really inspiring to be around him during his illness,” she ...
