John Ladalski
(John V. Ladalski)
Martial Artist, Actor
John Ladalski is a practicioner of Wing Chun kung fu, and resides in Hong Kong
teaching martial arts, where he is a chief instructor of the Hong Kong Jeet Kune Do
Self Defense Association. John has appeared in numerous Hong Kong action and
martial arts movies, notably The Chinese Stuntman (with Bruce Li and longtime
associate Dan Inosanto), Inheritor of Kung Fu with Ti Lung, and Armour of God,
playing the lecherous head monk in Jackie Chan's 1987 action / adventure classic.
Ladalski is currently a Jeet Kune Do instructor under Sifu Dan Inosanto, his former
teacher. John has passed his knowledge of martial arts to other performers as well.
He is a professional instructor in training actors and actresses for action films, which
involves coaching performers on how to execute movements and stunts in a few days
or weeks. He has trained actors to work in Hong Kong, Hollywood, Japan and India.
In 1991 he was hired by a Malaysian film development board to train 30 performers
for films and television in a three month course. He has also worked for Malaysia's
Sunny Films as a stunt / action director and trainer.
In 1979 John appeared in his first film, the American B-movie Seven. This was followed
by a featured role in The Chinese Stuntman, and many other Hong Kong productions
in the customary 'foreigner' roles. He also showed up in some Shaw Brothers films,
playing a police chief in The Informer starring Danny Lee and a foreign fighter
in one of Alexander Fu Sheng's last films, My Rebellious Son.
John has also had the opportunity to work with famed movie producer Roger Corman,
Hollywood stunt coordinator Bobby Bass, and film icons Lee Van Clief, Ernest
Borgnine, Klaus Kinski and Mel Gibson.
Presently John teaches and conducts seminars on Jeet Kune Do / Jun Fan concepts
including Wing Chun and Filipino martial arts Arnis / Escrima / Kali, which have been
held in Europe, Asia and the United States.
John Ladalski Filmography
| 108 Golden Killers 1 |
| Armour of God |
| Burning Ambition |
| The Chinese Stuntman 2 |
| City Cops |
| City War |
| The Cyprus Tigers |
| Death Cage |
| Duel of the Ninjas 3 |
| In the Line of Duty V: Middle Man (c) |
| The Informer (1980) |
| Inheritor of Kung Fu 4 |
| The Inspector Wears Skirts Part II |
| Long Arm of the Law III |
| Mission Thunderbolt |
| Ninja in the Claws of the CIA (c) |
| Ninja Thunderbolt |
| My Rebellious Son |
| Spy Games |
| To Hell With the Devil (c) |
c = cameo
1 aka Ninja Holocaust
2 aka Counter Attack
3 re-released in 1999 in altered
form as Shaolin Dolemite
4 aka The Heroic One
John Ladalski -American Films
| Air America |
| Bloodfight * |
| Codename: Wildgeese |
| Dog Tags |
| Game of Death |
| Heroes Three |
| Kickboxer |
| King's Ransom |
| Nine Deaths of a Ninja |
| The Protector 1 |
| Sakura Killers |
| Seven (1979) 2 |
| Sudden Thunder 3 |
* Japan / US / Hong Kong co-production
1 minor part (van driver)
2 minor part (intro)
3 also action director and action trainer
John Ladalski -Malaysian Films
| 1990 | Dadah Connection 1 |
| 1992 | Ops Belentara 2 |
1 also co-action director
2 also action director, stunt coordinator, trainer
John Ladalski -TV Credits
| Enjoy Yourself Tonight * |
* featured guest on HK-TVB's live show,
explaining Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do and
demonstration with two of John's JKD students
(February 10, 1982)
John Ladalski -Japanese TV
| G-Men '75 * |
* played a villain in two episodes of
TV series (shot in Hong Kong) (1985)
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