WMAC Masters
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| Genre | Sport |
| Created by | Norman Grossfeld, Kathryn Borland |
| Written by | Norman Grossfeld |
| Starring |
Herb Perez Hakim Alston Ho-Sung Pak Chris Casamassa Jamie Webster Christine Bannon Rodrigues Johnny Lee Smith Erik Betts Richard Branden Sophia Crawford Hien Nguyen Ho-Young Pak Mer-Mer Chen Michael Bernardo |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Producer(s) | Norman J. Grossfield |
| Location(s) | Universal Studios Florida, Universal Orlando Resort |
| Production company(s) |
4Kids Productions Renaissance-Atlantic Films |
| Distributor | The Summit Media Group |
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| Original network | first-run syndication |
| Original release | 1995 – 1997 |
WMAC Masters is an American live-action television show produced by Norman Grossfeld featuring choreographed martial arts fights. It was created by 4kids Productions and licensed by 4Kids Entertainment.
The show, while featuring real martial arts by trained martial artists, depicted a fantasy setting using fictional episodic stories, with each episode relating a life lesson. Battles were fought on elaborate closed sets, with an omniscient narrator, on-screen scoring and health gauges, giving the show a feel of a cinematic live-action video game.
WMAC stands for the fictional World Martial Arts Council, where the best martial artists compete for the ultimate prize, the Dragon Star. The Dragon Star is a gold trophy that looks like a shuriken surrounded by a dragon; it was proof that its holder was the best martial artist in the world.
The show lasted for two seasons, from 1995 to 1997. The first season was hosted by Shannon Lee, the daughter of martial artist Bruce Lee and the sister of actor Brandon Lee. In season 2, Shannon Lee was no longer the host, and the show focused more on fantasy and less on real-life issues.
Many episodes featured masters doing demonstrations, with some demonstrations being known as "Master Blaster" competitions. Some were done to inaugurate a new Master (such as Hien "Tsunami" Nguyen ("Man Without Sight"), Tracy "Tracer" Swedom ("Army of One"), and Carmichael "Kid Carmichael" Simon ("Flight of Freedom"). Others included:
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