Assisting Fight Master Simon Fon First Year Group 1: Monday 19 January 2009 2-5pm Group 2: Wednesday 21 January 2009 2-5pm Warm up Watch and critique 10-move fight Aikido Rolls Lapel Throw Falls Kneel Straight-back Fall Front Fall Second Year Group 1: Wednesday 21 January 2009 9-11am Group 2: Wednesday 21 January 2009 11-1pm Sword […]
Embedded video from CNN Video Check your props. Always. Community theatres and amateur productions usually don’t even consider hiring a fight director or having a props master who has lots of experience working with guns. The actor who was shot was even a veteran… he should know haw to safety a gun. The important thing […]
Assisting Fight Master Simon Fon First Year Group 1: Monday 12 January 2009 2-5pm Group 2: Wednesday 14 January 2009 2-5pm Warm up Punching Review New Punches Jab with victim knap (chest or thigh) Cross with victim knap New Techniques Slap with victim clap-knap Schweinhund Hair Pulls (2 varieties) Ear Pulls (2 varieties) Standing knee […]
Aside from a brief list of terms and definitions in the Pallas Armata(1639) this is the earliest published historical fencing glossary I have seen. Please make best use of it that you can. YoungBlood ยป Sword Geek: Smallsword Glossary 1784 Tim Klotz has sourced an excellent piece of sword history here. A full A-Z glossary […]
Assisting Fight Master Simon Fon First Year Group 1: Monday 5 January 2009 2-5pm Group 2: Wednesday 7 January 2009 2-5pm Warm up Punching Jab with operator chest knap Cross with operator chest knap Victim reactions to protect the spine Hook versus Forearm block Rounhouse (aka Haymaker, aka Wild Hook) versus Bob-and-weave Uppercut Punt-kick to […]
Thalia theatre denies Daniel Hoevels, who needed two stitches in neck after death scene, was given real blade on purpose [Read More: Actor cutting neck was stage accident, Hamburg theatre says] Stage combat and prop weapons are not to be taken lightly. I don’t understand why so many professional theatres do not hire a fight […]
Barbell Rows 2 sets of 12-15 Warm up 50 lbs Working: 90 lbs. (15,12) V-Bar Pulldowns 2 sets of 12-15 reps 135 lbs. (12,10) Seated Cable Rows 1 set of 12-15 reps 150×12 Stiff-Leg Deadlifts 2 sets of 12-15 reps 160 lbs. (15,12) Barbell Shrugs 1 set of 12-15 reps 160×15 Lever Rows 1 set […]