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| WMAC Masters | |
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| Genre | Sport |
| Created by | Carlin West Alfred Kahn |
| Developed by | Kathy Borland Norman Grossfeld |
| Written by | Norman Grossfeld |
| Directed by | Isaac Florentine |
| Presented by | Shannon Lee |
| 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 Akihiro Yuji Noguchi |
| Theme music composer | John Siegler / John Leffler |
| Composer | Rave |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Executive producers | Alfred Kahn Norman J. Grossfeld Frank Ward Pat Johnson |
| Producers | Norman J. Grossfeld Kathy Borland |
| Production locations | Universal Studios Florida, Universal Orlando Resort |
| Editors | Bill Freda Meredith Page |
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| Original release | |
| Network | First-run syndication |
| Release | September 16, 1995 – 1997 |
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WMAC Masters is an American television show produced by Norman Grossfeld featuring choreographed martial arts fights. It was created and produced by 4Kids Productions (later known as 4Kids Entertainment) in conjunction with Renaissance Atlantic Entertainment (best known as the co-producers of the Saban's Power Rangers franchise), and syndicated by The Summit Media Group (4Kids and Summit Media were divisions of licensing agency Leisure Concepts Inc., later becoming the now-defunct 4Licensing Corporation).
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,[1] 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,[2] 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.
- ^ Voger, Mark (September 8, 1995). "Shannon Lee invokes her family legacy". Home News Tribune. p. 43. Archived from the original on March 13, 2023. Retrieved March 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Patton, John (November 1995). "Last of the Dragon's Children Talks About Her Role in New Martial Arts TV Show". Black Belt. p. 132. Retrieved August 12, 2019.