Chris Crudelli

Chris Crudelli is a martial artist, television presenter and author. He is best known as the host of BBC television programmes about the martial arts of far eastern countries, Mind, Body & Kick Ass Moves, Kick Ass Miracles, and Kick Ass in a Crisis all shown on BBC Three. He is a developed kung fu artist.
He was born in Birmingham, England, the son of Italian and Irish parents. He started learning martial arts when he was eight, and as a teenager lived with a Chinese family who taught him.
When Crudelli was 17, he moved to China, training in martial arts for 10 years.
Crudelli's BBC series' have been broadcast in at least 119 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 Philippines and Taiwan.