Katalin Zamiar

Female adult bio
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location = Chicago, Illinois
birthname = Katalin Rodriguez Zamiar
birth = August 14, 1973
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homepage = http://www.katalinusa.com

Katalin Rodriguez-Ogren (maiden name Katalin Rodriguez Zamiar, best known as Katalin Zamiar) is an American martial artist and actress.

Biography

Katalin Zamiar taught an undergraduate Forensic Science course at the University of Illinois and holds a degree in anthropology from the the same university. She is an accomplished martial artist holding black belts in Tae Kwon Do, Goju Karate, and Shorin Ryu Karate.

She is the owner of POW! Mixed Martial Arts and Chicago Krav Maga training centers. Along with teaching at her training center in downtown Chicago, Zamiar often covers the Ultimate Fighting Championship for "Grappling" magazine, focusing primarily on features and interviews. She has over 150 articles published in various martial arts magazines including "Black Belt", "Inside Kung Fu" and "Combat Sports", between others, and has been featured in "Shape", "Allure" and "Self" magazines.

Katalin is an international fitness and martial arts presenter teaching at various conferences from Taipei to Aruba, and has spent some time as a spokeperson for Revgear. She also writes conditioning materials and manuals, and is a featured trainer on Podfitness.com.

In video games and film

Katalin Zamiar best known for her characterizations of the three female ninja characters Kitana, Mileena, and Jade in the 1993 cult classic "Mortal Kombat II" ("MKII") video game. In 1997, Zamiar, Philip Ahn (Shang Tsung in "MKII"), and Elizabeth Malecki (Sonya in "Mortal Kombat") filed a lawsuit against Midway Games over lack of royalties for the home ports of "Mortal Kombat II", a case in which Midway emerged victorious.cite web | url=http://www.ipcounselors.com/19970616.htm#a2 | title=Mortal Kombatants killed in kourt | date=1997-06-16 | accessdate=2007-09-30 | publisher=IP Councelors]

In 1995, she and fellow "Mortal Kombat" actors Ho Sung Pak (Liu Kang in the game), Daniel Pesina, and Phillip Ahn appeared in "Thea Realm Fighters", a never-released fighting game produced exclusively for the Atari Jaguar. Later, she made two martial arts conditioning videos with Pak. In 1996 she played a ninja character in the PC all-women fighting game "Catfight".

In 2003, she played a minor part in the martial arts movie "The Book of Swords". In a nod to her "Mortal Kombat" alter egos, Katalin once again portrayed a female ninja character, dressed in similar clothing as her "MKII" counterparts and even wielding two sai like Mileena does. The movie also starred Pesina, Pak, and another "Mortal Kombat" actor, Richard Divizio, who are also seen in "MK"-style clothing/roles throughout the movie.

She can also be seen in various workout videos, as she has more than 15 fitness/martial arts videos/DVDs on the market [seen on www.exercisedvds.com] .

References

External links

* [http://www.katalinusa.com KatalinUSA Official Website]
* [http://www.powkickboxing.com POW! Mixed Martial Arts]
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