John Salvitti is a long time friend of Donnie Yen, and they have been
together in movies several times. He is also a former student of the
Chinese Wushu Research Institute in Boston and is now an expert in
martial arts and weapons. He was a student of Master Louis Hopkins, a
great martial artist and teacher at the East Coast Karate Academy.
Besides acting and doing stunts, John is now also an action
choreographer and choreographed the sequel to Shootfighter;
Shootfighter 2, in which he also starred.