Jawed El Berni is an actor director stuntman fight choreographer and martial artist Born and raised in Paris Jawed discovered his love for martial arts and cinema while watching Bruce Lees The Way of the Dragon as a child It inspired him to begin taking karate at the age of 6 He then passionately practiced several different styles of martial arts with and without weapons and boxing eg Jeet Kune DoWing Chun KickboxingMuay Thai Parkour Yoseikan Budo Karate Judo Capoeira and gymnastics Weapons skills include firearms swords knifes nunchakus and bo staff After traveling around the world for several years he ended up in Thailand competing in Muay Thai and working as a stuntman and actor in 2010 He landed his first lead role in the film Brawl in 2012