The documentary, Modern Warriors (2002), is a behind the scenes look into the world of martial arts masters, where over 80 of the world’s greatest martial artists, including Hapkido Grand Master Bong Soo Han, demonstrated techniques and discussed modern warrior philosophy. The program has rare footage of some of the world’s greatest kick boxers including John Natividad, Benny “The Jet” Urquidez, Don “The Dragon Wilson And Bill “Superfoot” Wallace. Commentary is by some of the top stars of No-Holds-Barred including Rorion Gracie, Mark Kerr, Keith Hackney and Bas Rutten. Modern Warriors shows the stars training and analyzes their techniques and discusses competitions such as K-1. It also discusses the differences in the sports styles and the traditional, or spiritual, styles of martial arts. The bulk of the film deals with competitions, especially no-holds-barred matches and also discusses street fighting styles.
Director of documentaries on numerous topics, Peter Spirer also directed the Modern Warriors (2002) documentary.
The following martial artists and individuals can be seen in the documentary, Modern Warriors (2002):
Peter Aerts
Ron Balicki
David Carradine
Babatu Vita Casel
Joe Charles
William Cheung
Jun Chong
John Corcoran
Joe Corley
Peter Cunningham
Fumio Demura
Thomas Denny
John Denora
Kenneth Dinkins
Al Garza
Rorion Gracie
Keith Hackney
Bong Soo Han
Stephen K. Hayes
David Herbert
Ernesto Hoost
Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
Dan Inosanto
Diana Lee Inosanto
Howard Jackson
Mark Kerr
Michele Krasnoo
Tak Kubota
Tim Lajcik
Alan Lamb
Bruce Lee
Eric Lee
Jet Li
Louis Mandylor
Mark Margolis
Ricardo Miranda
Alejo Mo-Sun
John Natividad
Richard Norton
François Petit
Stephen Quadros
Jhoon Rhee
Phillip Rhee
Jorge Rodriguez
Avi Rokah Avi Rokah
William J. Rosary Jr.
Cynthia Rothrock
Bas Rutten
Luis Sevilla
Kraiguar Smith
Maurice Smith
Ho Jin Song
Benny Urquidez
Bob Wall
Bill Wallace
Terrence Webster-Doyle
Don Wilson
Wen Mei Yu
Paulie Zink
