![]() Possibly her first US film was 24 Hours to Midnight, a Leo Fong directed film which also starred Stack Pierce, Juan Chapa and Bernie Pock. She ended up staying in Hong Kong until 1988 doing seven films there. It was two years (1985) later that she made her first martial arts movie for them, Yes, Madam (also known as Police Assassins or In the Line of Duty Part 2) which also starred Michelle Yeoh. In 1983, while Rothrock was on Ernie Reyes' West Coast Demonstration Team, she was discovered by Golden Harvest in Los Angeles, California. She is the first woman to appear on the cover of Karate Illustrated, having appeared on its August 1981 issue. In 2014, she was honored with the Legacy Award at the Urban Action Showcase & Expo at HBO. She was the first woman to appear on the cover of a martial arts magazine, and in 1986 co-authored a book with George Chung titled, Advanced Dynamic Kicks. In 1983, Rothrock was inducted into the Black Belt Magazine Hall of Fame as "Female Competitor of the Year". ![]() She is a martial arts instructor and her favorite weapons are the hook swords. She was tested by Grand Master Robert Kovaleski, 9th Dan and chair of the I.T.M.A., and was later promoted by him to 7th degree black belt in 2011 and 8th degree black belt in 2015. She received her 6th degree black belt in Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan in 2006. She holds seven black belts and sashes in multiple Far Eastern martial disciplines, including Tang Soo Do, Taekwondo (Korean), Eagle Claw (Chinese), Wushu, Northern Shaolin, Ng Ying Kungfu (Chinese: 五形功夫), and Pai Lum White Dragon Kung Fu. She was "Grand Master" of five tournaments and came in first place in 4 out of 5 fighting events. ![]() She took first place in forms 32 times and first place in weapons 12 times in her first 38 tournaments, including competing in "Men's Forms" three out of four times as there was no Women's Division. These categories are not combat-oriented, being displays of fluidity of movement rather than fighting, and are not segregated into male and female categories but fully open to both sexes. Rothrock was World Champion in forms and weapons five times between 19. She grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and started taking martial arts lessons at the age of 13. Rothrock holds black belt rankings in seven styles of martial arts and was a high-level competitor in martial arts before becoming an actress.Ĭynthia Ann Christine Rothrock was born March 8, 1957, in Wilmington, Delaware, to Edward and Ann (Exeter) Markowski. Cynthia Ann Christine Rothrock (born March 8, 1957) is an American martial artist and actress in martial arts films. ![]()
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