Chris Crudelli is a

martial art Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defense; military and law enforcement applications; combat sport, competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; a ...

ist,

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and

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. He is best known as the host of

BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...

television programmes about the martial arts of

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ern countries, '' Mind, Body & Kick Ass Moves'', '' Kick Ass Miracles'', and '' Kick Ass in a Crisis'' all shown on BBC Three. He was born in

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the We ...

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, the son of Irish and Italian parents. He started learning martial arts when he was very young and as a teenager lived with an Asian family. , where he learned various traditional forms of Chinese martial arts. He is endorsed to teach Chinese Martial Arts by the Southern Shaolin Temple Abbot. When Crudelli was 17, he moved to China, where he spent 10 years developing his skills in various temples with various masters. Crudelli's BBC series' have been broadcast in at least 180 countries (as of 2004) worldwide. His first 10-part documentary series concentrated on the more exotic, elaborate systems of far eastern martial arts, and was broadcast on BBC television, Discovery Channel. The series was filmed in China, Japan, the

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and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crudelli, Chris British wushu practitioners Alumni of the University of London People from Birmingham, West Midlands 1972 births Living people English people of Irish descent English people of Italian descent