Trivia

Capoeira was invented in the early 16th century by African slaves in Brazil. The dance moves were incorporated to disguise the fact that they were learning to fight.

The song made popular in the film, "Zum Zum Zum", went on to enjoy newfound fame worldwide when found use as an advertising jingle for Mazda from the early 2000s.

According to director Sheldon Lettich: "Mark's manager, Cathryn Jaymes, got Mark signed to do another movie almost immediately after we shot "Only The Strong," which was to be based on the video game "Double Dragon." That film was a disastrous train-wreck, running way over budget with a schedule that was completely out of control. On top of that, it ended up being a terrible movie and a flop at the box office. The reason I mention that movie is that Mark was stuck on it for weeks and weeks beyond their scheduled completion date, and was therefore unable to do any promotion for 'Only The Strong." Which was a pity, because the movie went through the roof when 20th Century Fox tested it with a live audience. As I recall, the number of people in the audience who rated it either Very Good or Excellent was around 98%. As a result, the Fox executives were very high on the movie, and they had scheduled me, Mark, and Paco Prieto for a three-week promotional tour, in 12 cities across the USA. But Mark was inextricably stuck on "Double Dragon," so the tour had to be postponed. And postponed again. Eventually, the tour had to be cancelled altogether, and this was all because of Cathryn's misguided decision to stick Mark on this terrible train-wreck of a movie before "Only The Strong" had even been released."

Mark Dacascos was born into martial arts, each of his parents renowned martial artists who created their own style (father, Al Dacascos-Won Hop Kuen Do; mother, Malia Bernal-Xiang Dai Kuen Kung Fu). He went on to star in the television version of "The Crow," a movie that starred another born-into martial artist: Brandon Lee, son of Jeet Kune Do founder Bruce Lee.

Director Sheldon Lettich was not satisfied with the movie's fight content, claiming years later in Put Up Your Dux (2010) that fight choreographer Frank Dux did not deliver as creative of martial arts scenes as he had conceptualized.