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.