Hussain Sadiqi ( prs, حسین صادقی) is a
Hazara Australian actor and
martial artist. He won an award for the best
fight scene
Stage combat, fight craft or fight choreography is a specialised technique in theatre designed to create the illusion of physical combat without causing harm to the performers. It is employed in live stage plays as well as operatic and ballet pr ...
for the Australian made action movie ''Among Dead Men'' at International Film Festival in Pasadena, California. An athlete in Afghanistan, Sadiqi left as the
Taliban
The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalist, militant Islamist, jihadist, and Pasht ...
arrived and landed in Australia as a refuge in 1999 at
Port Hedland Detention Centre.
Biography
He was born on 1981 in the central highlands of Afghanistan in
Urozgan (
Daykundi
Daykundi ( prs, دایکندی) also spelled as Daikundi, Daykondi, Daikondi or Dai Kundi, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central part of the country. It has a population of about 516,504, and is a Hazara Pro ...
). He began his Martial Arts training when he was 9 years old. He attained the top ranking Martial Arts position in Afghanistan at a young age and become the National Champion at the age of 16. At 18 he became the captain of Afghanistan National Team. In 1999 he had to flee Afghanistan because of war; he had become a Taliban target due to his high profile. Soon after arriving in Australia he was sent to a Detention Center for six months until he was released on a temporary protection visa. After being released he was selected to compete for the Afghan Tae Kwon Do team at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and carry his country flag at the Opening Ceremony. A couple of days before the Games started the International Olympic Committee banned the Afghan team because the Taliban, which controlled Afghanistan at the time, would not allow women compete.
Hussain gained many fans with his Martial arts based documentary "The Art of Fighting".
In 2008 he won an award for the best fight scene for in an action movie for "Among the Dead Men" at the Action on Film International Film Festival in Pasadena, California. The award was for the best action in a Feature Film.
In 2012 Hussain came back to win the Kung Fu World Championship at the age of 33.
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See also
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Hazara Australians
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Afghan Australians
Afghan Australians ( prs, استرالیایی های افغانتبار ''Ostorâliyâi-hāye Afghān tabar'', ps, د اسټرالیا افغانان ''Da Asṭrālyā Afghanan'') are Australians tied to Afghanistan either by birth or by ...
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List of Hazara people
Hazara people make up the second or third largest ethnic group in Afghanistan with 8–12 million population, making 20%–25% of the total population of Afghanistan (Some suggest the real population might reach 30%) where they mainly inhabit the ...
References
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Hazara artists
Hazara sportspeople
Australian people of Hazara descent
People from Urozgan Province
Living people
1981 births
Naturalised citizens of Australia