Wake Up With JCVD’s Dance Scene from ‘Kickboxer’

“Kickboxer” came out in theaters 31 years ago yesterday. And for all its kicking and its boxing, it was obvious at the time that it would be remembered for this scene until the heat death of the universe. Jean Claude Van Damme established in this one moment that he was the Gene Kelly of nobody’s generation.

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t part of a JCVD Dance Off at a Chili’s in Bangor, ME after a college show with two of my best comic friends while the students in charge of the show tried to process what they were witnessing. I’ll allow this guy to break it down for you: