Nate, Nick Diaz Train With Jean-Claude Van Damme, Learn Kickboxing Tips

Nick and Nate Diaz have returned to their fighting roots, meaning Jean-Claude Van Damme has a brand new role.

Don’t worry, there’s a relation.

Van Damme this week spent time training the Diaz brothers, teaching the mixed-martial artists some of the finer points of kickboxing. Nick Diaz told TMZ the sessions were more than educational because they gave the brothers a chance to work out with the man who fanned the flames of their initial interest in fighting.

We don’t know whether Nick Diaz, 32, or Nate Diaz, 31, went easy on Van Damme, 55, in any sparring that might have happened. But the former film superstar and the MMA brothers looked like they enjoyed each others’ company.

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We probably should assume the students stayed the students in this gym.

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