One final point about this video just to make things clear and people don't expect too much. It is very basic....we did not get to cover all the material, maybe 50% and I've no idea what it will look like after the editing. It's got some history and a bunch of my students helping out with some of the things that my sore stomach would not permit, but it's reasonably good work. Again, I've not seen any of the takes. The whole thing seemed a bit like a damn dream and has to have been one of the most frustrating experiences of my life. Having to stop and deal with lighting, sound, and position was a consideration that Hoch and I used to never do. We just taught and shot ....Paladin does it right and retake take time. We all learned a lot and if any of you are thinking about doing one of these please talk to me and I can help you avoid some of my mistakes. BTW shooting outside is really a good idea provided you take into account the air guard flying missions and the rapper across the creek decides run his box out side....over a 1/2 away...sound travels over water. Oh well we did some interesting fun stuff with thowing and sparing. Should be fun but not the tome of intelectual wisdon some expect. Hey, the 'Real' fighters , you know the type that spar with blunted heads and no pads probably won't like it. It does cover a lot of training theory and ideas about curriculums and such. Bryan Simpers and Steve Huff did quite a few scenes on history and living in 18th & 19th century. John Stanley of TAK knives talks about trainers and such. There are some interviews to go with the teaching sets that sort of promote the family atmosphere that Jeneene and I pushed when we were training out here in Surry. One of the guys called it 'American Chopper' with a tomahawk. That's about it. Will let you know when it comes out.
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