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Rayna Vallandingham brings kicks and bo staff to Juli's training

The Street Fighter actor's Women's Health workout separates real strikes from screen choreography, with a little flexibility humor along the way.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 72,478 views a day, 32 times a normal first day on this channel (2,295).

Street Fighter's Rayna Vallandingham Shows Off Her Martial Arts & Bo Staff Training | Women's Health

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3:04Vallandingham emphasizes stretching and explains how she simulated high kicks before developing the flexibility to perform them.
4:06Heavy-bag work combines leg checks, punching combinations and body shots.
6:07Pyramid kicks increase from one rep to five, then descend back to one.
6:49She explains how real fight strikes differ visually from screen punches, then trains with wrist weights.
9:45Bo staff training moves through basic strike sequences and a butterfly spin.
11:20Her gym bag contains her black belt, chrome nunchaku, hand wraps and recovery equipment.

"Could I be the female Bruce Lee? I think that's been a driving force in my life," says Rayna Vallandingham. Her Women's Health gym visit gives that ambition a practical shape: heavy-bag combinations, head kicks and a bo staff spinning through her hands.

The actor and martial artist, who plays Juli in Street Fighter, drew about 38,000 views in nine hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for regular videos. The comments were also busier than a typical first day, with viewers calling for more action roles and comparing her skills to the martial arts movie stars of the '80s and '90s.

Vallandingham says she began martial arts at two and earned her black belt at six. But knowing how to strike isn't quite the same as knowing how to make a strike read on camera. During the workout, she explains the visual differences between real fight punches and stunt choreography, then works the bag with wrist weights.

There's repetition behind the flourishes, too. Her pyramid kicks build from a single rep to five and descend again, while the bo staff section includes basic strike sequences before a butterfly spin. "Technique is the most important. Remember that," she says.

Her declaration that she's not naturally flexible has prompted its own running joke: viewers point to the full split accompanying that modest assessment. The workout eventually gives way to a gym-bag tour, where her black belt shares space with chrome nunchaku, hand wraps and a recovery peanut.

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What viewers say

Her kicks are insane. Super clean kicks
@ironhorsegod3729See it on YouTube
she was born in the wrong era. if this was the late 80's or 90's she would already be in 50 martial arts movies.
@RedisNotaFlavorSee it on YouTube
She's not flexible but does a full split while telling us so 😂
@myz4303See it on YouTube

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Holy moly, give her more action movies!
@VivaLaDnDLogsSee it on YouTube
If they wanted a live action cassandra cain(alt. batgirl), I think she would be perfect
@Anything037_JSee it on YouTube
Already watched Chun Li's workout, now it's Juli's turn!!!
@MrKojomanSee it on YouTube
Rayna's already an inspiration

it's gonna be unreal to see everything she brings to Hollywood in the future
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The facts

Channel: Women's Health
Subscribers: 211,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 862,847
Channel views, pace per day: 202,829 (on a normal day: 73,020)
Video published: October 21, 2026
Video views so far: 38,462 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 72,478

The numbers

Vallandingham's workout passed the channel's usual first-day views well before its first day was complete. Comments also exceeded the usual full-day total.

the video's first day

usual first day here

2,295

this video

72,478

subscribers

211,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

50,919,012

views per day

202,829