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Happy Birthday Loren Avedon!

Happy Birthday Loren Avedon who turns 52 today! He’s an American martial arts actor having made a handful of movies as well as appearing in several popular American TV shows such as Baywatch. He is a 5th Dan black belt in Taekwondo and a 8th dan black belt in Hapkido.

His most notable acting roles have been in the films The King of the Kickboxers, No Retreat No Surrender II and No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers.

Here’s a clip of Loren in action versus Billy Blanks from The King of the Kickboxers:

Elliot Richards

Elliot is KFK's Web Content Editor, writer and lover of all kinds of movies, including martial arts ones. Favourites include The Prodigal Son, Magnificent Butcher, The Victim, Legend of a Fighter and the Ip Man movies with Donnie Yen.

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