Jean-Yves Thériault is a

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, kickboxing trainer, and author.

Biography

Jean-Yves Thériault was born in

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, Canada. He was the fifth of six sons. Thériault began his martial arts training in 1972 at age 17, achieving blue belt status in

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before becoming interested in

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and

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few years later. He won his first Full Contact Karate competition in 1976 after only six months of training under the direction of John Therien (who now holds

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degree in Ju-Jitsu), and subsequently became Canadian middleweight kickboxing champion two and a half years later. Kelly 2006 In 1980 he won the

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Middleweight World title (Full-contact karate), and held the championship for a record of 15 years. He has also won world titles in both the

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and PKC associations. During the peak of his career, Thériault held only a yellow belt in Karate. He was referred to as "The Iceman," a nickname given to him by

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during his first title defence, due to his intimidating icy stare and cool demeanour in the ring. Thériault has a number of high-profile victories, including two wins against future four-time K-1 champion

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and a draw against the legendary

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. He has also fought world champions such as

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and

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. Thériault has worked with many groups and charities, such as the Big Brothers, Make a Wish Foundation - Canada, Leucan. He is author of a book on kickboxing techniques and has a series of videos on the science of combat sports. He is the subject of an hour and a half film produced by the National Film Board. He was voted Athlete of the Decade by the Sports Writers Association of New Brunswick. However, the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame still will not induct him into their ranks after several attempts by fans and friends. Since his retirement on December 1, 1995, (a third-round knockout of Marcus Reid) Thériault still trains five days a week and teaches classes at Therien Ju-Jitsu & Kickboxing Schools. Thériault has also become a world-class promoter for the sport of kickboxing. With the aid of his friend Hanshi John Therien, he is giving young fighters an opportunity in the "Iceman Amateur Kickboxing Circuit". Thériault obtained his Black Belt in Ju-Jitsu in early 2008.

Titles

*1995 I.S.K.A. Full Contact Light Heavyweight World Champion *1992 I.S.K.A. Full Contact Super Middleweight World Champion *1988 I.S.K.A. Full Contact Light Heavyweight World Champion * I.S.K.A. Full Contact Super Middleweight World Champion *P.K.C. Super Middleweight Full Contact World Champion *1980-1995 P.K.A. Full Contact Middleweight World Champion *1978 Canadian Full Contact Middleweight Kickboxing Champion

Professional kickboxing record

Thériault fought 76 fights from June 1976 to December 1995. Of those fights, 69 were wins (61 knockouts), 6 were losses, and 1 was a draw. Jean-Yves Thériault's Career The one draw was with

on December 18, 1984. Thériault was full-contact

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Publications

Jean-Yves Thériault with coauthor Joseph Jennings wrote a 214-page book called Full-contact Karate, published by Contemporary Books in 1983. * Full-contact Karate
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