Ranting and Raving About Good Qualities:

  Chris Casamassa has studied Red Dragon karate (his father, Lou Casamassa's, style) and gained a sixth dan black belt. He is also the 1989-1993 World Open Forms NASKA Champion, 1989-1994 Four Tine #1 NASKA Champion, 1992 Hard Style Weapons Champion. In the American Karate Hall of Fame he is listed as Top Competitor of the 80's and 90's as well as Instructor of the Year for 1993, and he's also President and Chief Instructor for Red Dragon Karate's 25 Schools in California. Talent? We'd like to think so. 

                                    

Biography:    Chris Casamassa Born: January 17, 1965 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Ht: 5'10" Wt: 170

Chris Casamassa is a seventh degree black belt. He's the president & chief instructor for Red Dragon Karate's 25
Schools in California. He also owns and teaches at the Covina Red Dragon Studio. He was the youngest person to
achieve black belt at the age of eight.

Chris Casamassa began learning martial arts when he was four years old. His father had invented the style of Red Dragon
Karate. He and his entire family trained in martial arts including his mother and father. Chris, however, decided to compete on
the national circuit beginning in the eighties. His agility, speed, and power came into use when he became a forms and weapons
champion from 1989-1994. His favorite weapons to use are the kamas.

 
Chris first auditioned for the role of Scorpion in the 1995 movie Mortal Kombat. He was able to do all of his fighting, some
wire stunts, basic flips, and martial arts. He was going to be an extra, but Pat Johnson (the stunt coordinator) told him he might
be able to be Scorpion. Having already been a fan of the games, Chris had an edge in showing them what they wanted to see.
He did a form, included weapons, and did a flying kick over their heads. They were so mesmerized that they had forgotten to
turn on the camera, and asked him to do it all over again! It was not long before the producers had chosen their Scorpion.

He had a very rigorous fight scene with J.J. Perry (the stuntman for Johnny Cage), got to wear white contact lenses, and ended
up being one of the most popular fighters in the entire movie. This is what gave Chris his jump into movies and stuntwork. It was not that long until he was asked to be the character "Red Dragon" on WMAC Masters, a show which featured well-known and talented martial artists. He won the coveted Dragon Star (which was awarded to the best fighter). From there, Chris went on to be a double for George Clooney in Batman and Robin. He got to be in the company of a great deal of other well-known martial artists including: Cheryl Wheeler, Gene LeBell, Clayton Barber, Simon and James Kim, Christine Bannon-Rodriguez
and Dana Hee.

He also starred as Scorpion in the television show Mortal Kombat Conquest.

Now, Chris continues to look for movie roles and also runs his studio, Red Dragon Karate, in Covina, California.