Member AlbertV Posted January 7, 2016 Member Share Posted January 7, 2016 In the 1970's, as martial arts films were rising in America, Charles Bonet was one actor who had the distinction of starring in a film entitled Death Promise, in which he played a karate expert seeking revenge on the slumlords who killed his father. As a result of seeing this film, I decided to begin researching this little-known actor and martial artist. Reading an interview on MartialForce.com, Charles Bonet was born in Comerio, Puerto Rico. His family moved to New York City's Lower East Side and later, Washington Heights. At the of fourteen, Bonet began training in Tae Kwon Do under Master S. Henry Cho before eventually finding his true calling when he began taking up Goju-Ryu Karate under Sensei Eddie Reyes and then while serving in the Marines, trained in Shorin-Ryu Karate while stationed in Okinawa under Grand Master Eizo Shimabukuro. In 1972, returning home to New York, Bonet opened his first martial arts school, "The Bronx Budo-Kai" school. He would open an alternate school in Miami, "The Miami Budo-Kai". In 1975, Serafim Karalexis, the president of Madison Films who was responsible for helping jump-start the film career of Ron Van Clief, "The Black Dragon", discovered Bonet and cast him in The Black Dragon's Last Revenge, opposite Van Clief. In 1977, Bonet not only starred in Death Promise, but was also one of the film's three action directors alongside the late Thompson Kao Kang and Bill Louie. In 1978, Bonet appeared in Way of the Black Dragon and performed stunts for the horror film Don't Go in the House. His last film would be the 1986 film Joey, when Bonet decided to solely focus on teaching martial arts. In 1999, Hanshi Charles Bonet moved to Phoenix, Arizona where to this day, he teaches Shorin-Ryu Karate. He holds a 6th-dan in Shorin-Ryu Karate and an 8th-dan in Nisei Goju Karate. Here is an interview from 2013 he conducted on the Hanshi's World Channel on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX5acm0TWvk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Member saltysam Posted August 15, 2019 Member Share Posted August 15, 2019 Charles was great in the Ron Van Clief movies and i cherish my Code Red DVD of Death Promise,it's jaw dropping film making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted August 16, 2019 Member Share Posted August 16, 2019 Hanshi's World - Interview and Seminar with Hanshi Charles Bonet (Video) Link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX5acm0TWvk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Member saltysam Posted August 16, 2019 Member Share Posted August 16, 2019 Imagine a double feature Special Edition blu ray of Death Promise & Fist Of Fear,Touch Of Death.I'd be able to die happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted August 26, 2019 Author Member Share Posted August 26, 2019 Charles Bonet in the middle. From the MartialForce.com interview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member saltysam Posted January 30, 2020 Member Share Posted January 30, 2020 Saw a post on Facebook earlier that said Charles Bonet has sadly passed away. 😧 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member NoKUNGFUforYU Posted January 30, 2020 Member Share Posted January 30, 2020 Yes. He had the classic death scene in Black Dragon's Revenge. Everyone in the grindhouse was waiting for Ron Van Clief to make things right. Great B movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted January 31, 2020 Member Share Posted January 31, 2020 18 hours ago, saltysam said: Saw a post on Facebook earlier that said Charles Bonet has sadly passed away. 😧 Could you please post a link to this post?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member saltysam Posted January 31, 2020 Member Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 hour ago, DragonClaws said: Could you please post a link to this post?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted February 1, 2020 Member Share Posted February 1, 2020 Charles Bonet Interview by Lydia Alicia Link- http://www.martialforce.com/CHARLES BONET MARTIALFORCE.COM INTERVIEW.htm Quote Although he is recognized by many as, “La Pantera (The Panther)” a characteristic image created from his roles in martial arts films back in the 1970s, there are those who acknowledge quite differently. Not that his notoriety from acting should be lessened in any manner; a little known fact: he is perhaps one of the earliest, Hispanic martial artist, to star during the explosion of martial arts films in the 1970s. There are far more who know and remember Charles Bonet as an extremely talented yet ‘deadly’ karateka, a force to be reckoned with a known reputation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted February 5, 2020 Author Member Share Posted February 5, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX5acm0TWvk This is an interview and seminar with Charles Bonet (YouTube won't let me embed it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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