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HOLLYWOOD JKD SUPREMO!!!
Amazing Ron Balicki JKD Martial Arts & Movie Legend reveals all from the frontline of training, stunting and performing in Hollywood, Los Angeles to movie specialist Andrew Staton about;

What's it like being in STAR WARS as a Tuscan Raider?

What is Diana Inosanto doing in the STAR WARS world?

How did their kids react to seeing their parents on screen?

How did he create the Fire Dance?

How does he function and do stunts with his eye differential?

How did he start martial arts?

Judo, Karate, Kung Fu and more

Reading about Dan Inosanto

Searching for Dan Inosanto

When did he begin JKD?

Being shot in a drive by age 16 yrs

Shot in his hip, yet still started to run

Seeing his friend Zorin have massive gun shot trauma and die

Knowing his friend Michael was shot too

Finding Inosanto to channel his anger

Going to Fred Degerberg martial arts school

Driving age 16 to seminars wherever Inosanto was

Discovering Savate or Boxe Francaise

Competition prep

Dropping weight and getting renal failure

In the ring and still trying to fight

Getting hospitalised with kidney failure

The bond of fighting in the ring

Fighting Greg Nelson Olympic Wrestler and Muay Thai specialist

Mental mind games

Every fight is worth a years worth of training

Who did he train with at the Inosanto Academy?

Living and training with big hearted Larry Hartsell

Training with Bert Poe

Meeting Brandon Lee and Jeff Imada in Chicago

Drinking games with Larry Hartsell and Fred Degerberg

Missing Brandon Lee

Being a Power Ranger Octopus

Nearly drowning in costume in the ocean

Doing high falls

Ratchet body pulls

Doing body burns

Getting burned with rubber cement

5 man put out team

Take 2 getting scorched in an intimate area

Bodyguarding Steven Seagal in Chicago

Working as a stunt guy for Seagal on Glimmer man

Underestimating Seagal

Training Bren Foster

Game Of Death remake

Gary Daniels Fist of the North Star

Michael Jai & Gillian White in The Island

Brutal Fight scenes Marinated in Evil

JKD Dwight Woods

Being a Stunt Co-ordinator

Double vision after stunt accident on The Curse

Internal bruising and heart blockage

Adaptive training, still sparring

Not multiple sclerosis

Stem cell treatment

Heart surgery

Jeet Kune Do movie in the works

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BIKERS BRAWLERS BADASSES!!! Symposium Interview
What is real violence? What is it like to live in the world of Bikers, Brawlers, and Badasses?
What happens when sh*t hits the fan on Ancient Battlefields to Modern Prison?
Mahipal Lunia Explorer in Residence at the Immersion Institute explains to Mick Tully what the next symposium will reveal 19/22 July 2024 in Bay Area, California, USA.

BLADES FROM HINDUSTAN

Multiple Indian battlefield arts (from the 12th-15th century, predating all Koryu) will share their methods together. Experience the terrifying Urumi (flexible sword), the valiant Sword & Shield of the Sikhs, and the ambush/deception methods using Bandana and Knife.

Mahipal Lunia

Faanda & Chura Baazi

(Knife & Scarf)

The Way of Deception

Steering with the Knife

Strangulation & Neck-breaks

Jagjit Singh & Harjaap Singh

Sikh Talwar & Dhaal

Introduction to Sword & Shield

Fighting Tactics

Multiple Opponents

Anil Natyaveda & Dr. Aparna Sindhoor

Urumi / Kalari-ppayattu

Double-edged Flexible Sword

Overview

Footwork & Strategy

MAYHEM IN THE STREETS

How the modern arts have adapted to the reality of the street—throws and chokes from BJJ & Shuai Jiao, Golok (machete) and Axe from the mean streets of Indonesia, and the awe-inspiring Espada y Daga (Sword & Dagger) from the battlegrounds of the Philippines.

Tim Cartmell

(Empty Hand) BJJ & Shuai Jiao

Principles of Effective Throwing

Devastating Chokes

Fight Finishers

Stevan Plinck

(Single Weapon) Sera Silat

Fighting with the Golok/Machete

Tomahawk Methods

Efficiency & Effectiveness

Mark Mikita

(Double Weapon) Eskrima

Espada y Daga Methods

Double Knife

Efficient Finishes

GUARDING THE GATES

How does law enforcement deal with hidden weapons and edged violence? This topic is coupled with the tactics and motion of natural knife fighting when things go amok. These methods have been taught to various LEO and special forces around the world.

Rory Miller

Meditation on Violence

Improvised & Concealed Weapons

Conflict Communication

Disrupting the OODA Loop

Tom Sotis

The Way of Tactics

Knife Tactics

Frameworks for Optimal Performance

Human Motion with Knife

FROM BIKE TO BAR

The condensed wisdom from bikers and bouncers in spotting and diffusing violence as needed, is paired with the use of the Irish stick brawling in this segment.

Kewesi Simon

Lessons from Bouncers

From the Streets of Oakland

Recognizing Intent

Diffusing Violence

Trevor Latham

Lessons from Bouncers

From the Streets of Oakland

Recognizing Intent

Diffusing Violence

Callum Carmichael

Brawling with the Irish Stick

Overview of Bataireacht

Tactics

Finishes

BEHIND BARS

When violence breaks out in prisons, it escalates quickly. Bare-knuckle dirty boxing is standard. To deal with this Jailhouse Rock/52 Blocks comes in. Finally, when edged weapons come, it unleashes mayhem. Get a peek into the methods and patterns of raw fighting.

Miguel Lopez

Bare-Knuckle Boxing

Iron Defense

Dirty Fighting

Finishing moves

Kenneth Goodman

52 Blocks / Jailhouse Rock

Countering the Boxer

New York Shuffle

Extreme Violence

Dean Franco

Prison Blade

Four Ranges of Knife around the World

Deception Tactics

Asymmetrical Violence

INSIGHTS FROM THE FIELD

Uncover secrets of hidden and esoteric martial cultures with exclusive and comprehensive insights. Rare glimpses into never before revealed martial cultures by expert researchers.

Brian Bales

Preparing for Extreme Violence

Dr. T.J. Desch-Obi

Hoplology of African Diaspora Arts

David Navarrete

Spanish Gypsy Knife - Navaja

Paul Porter

Power Generation

Mahipal Lunia

Hoplology of Bharatiya Yudh Kala (Overview of Indian Martial Arts)

It is INTENSE… 40 hours, 15 world class ambassadors .. 06.00hrs to 22.00hrs for 3 days. It will never be repeated.
More information at www.The ImmersionLabs
Interviewed by Mick Tully who is a JKD Instructor under Guro Dan Inosanto and Rick Faye. He runs MKG Coventry and is a BJJ black belt.
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PRISON FIGHT CULTURE 52 Blocks Revealed!!!
Professor Shadow or Ken Goodman instructor in 52 Blocks and 52 VTK reveals everything about the PRISON FIGHT CULTURE born in the cells and yards of prison. He talks to Mick Tully about his life, surviving early street fighting years in Brooklyn, New York and then 24 years plus 1 inside the state penitentiary.

Brooklyn NY in the 1980s

Learning Mum's Ving tsun age 5 yrs

Learning Wing Chun

Learning from Minister Ali

Mandingo fights

Jim Crow

Reconstruction

Jailhouse Rock

Jailhouse

Fighting Booty Bandits

Staino

Comstock Shuffle

Joe Comstock

Karate Rob/ Bob

Moses Powell

Wallborough Shuffle

Four Walls

Panantukan

Close proximity fighting

Skull n bones

Vertical Salute

Multiple opponents

Windmill

Disguising training

Boxing

Spitting Razors

Surviving

Have No Mercy

Professor Shadow can be reached on FB at FiftytwoWays ToStrive and Insta @52_vtk
Professor Shadow is attending the BIKERS BRAWLERS BADASSES Symposium 19/ 21 July 2024 at an undisclosed location in San Jose, California, hosted by The Immersion Labs.
More information at
www.theimmersionlabs.com
Interviewed by Mick Tully who is a JKD Instructor under Guro Dan Inosanto and Rick Faye. He runs MKG Coventry and is preparing for his BJJ black belt.
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Star Trek JKD!!! with John Carrigan reveals how he came to be knocked out by William Shatner on the Star Trek set!!!
How are Star Trek and JKD combined? John Carrigan reveals all to interviewer Andrew Staton;

Why does he look after Bill Shatner?

Star Trek Ticonderoga

Touring the Star Ship Enterprise

Fighting in Engineering

What was it like growing up in the Elephant & Castle in London?

How did he start training?

What happened with his father's schizophrenia?

How did his mother survive?

How did they live with the two sides of the man, husband, father?

Why did his Dad smuggle him into see The Big Boss?

Did his Dad realise John needed to learn a martial art?

Training in the early Bruce Lee Jun Fan arts in South Kensington

Going to Star Trek conventions

How did he help a disabled girl who was being threatened by rampaging football fans?

Did he have breakfast with George Takei?

Did he get a phone call from Richard Arnold in the USA?

Did Gene Roddenberry then come on the line and invite him to visit the US all expenses paid?

How did Gene Roddenberry inspire him to fulfil his child hood dream of becoming an actor?

Did Richard Arnold drive him to visit the IM Academy and to meet Richard Bustillo?

What happened then?

How did he become one of Richard Bustillo's teachers?

Did he manage to train with Taky Kimura?

Did he train with Guru Dan Inosanto?

How did he get into acting school and, how did he move from stunt fighting to acting?

How did he get his union card?

How did he then move into leading action roles?

How did he face down boxer John Conteh?

What was his experience of Close Protection jobs?


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Martial arts and action movie legend Keith Cooke talks to Andrew Staton about;

Bandanas and the famous Double Split Kick

China O'Brien 1 and 2

Being bullied

Discovering Bruce Lee

Impact of Bruce Lee

Seattle Kung Fu Club refused entry

Hung Gar

Roger Tung

Jimmy Hendrix

Quincy Jones

Forms Grand Championships

How did he break into movies?

What is Picasso Trigger?

How did he train Michael Bean from Terminator?

How did he get his break with Ernie Reyes Snr on a Gatorade commercial?

What was it like filming in Hawaii with Playboy Bunnies?

When did Fred Weintraub get in touch?

What was the Atlantic World Display Team?

What was it like working on China O'Brien 1 and 2 simultaneously?

How did he find filming in Park City, Utah?

What is the story behind the false hand?

What is the Alpine Slide?

What's it like filming at 7/8,00 feet altitude?

How do you do the Double Kick?

Training with Wushu teams in China

What does it mean getting the kick in early?

What was it like working with Robert Clouse and Fred Weintraub?

Did they talk about the death of Bruce Lee?

What was it like working with the Hong Kong Stunt team?

How did he react when he met Cynthia Rothrock and Richard Norton?

How did he get involved with The King Of the Kickboxers?

What was the audition like?

What was it like working with Corey Yuen?

How did he pull off the Triple Kick?

What was it like working on the movie Heat Seeker and with Gary Daniels?

How did they film 11 fights in 14 days?

Why is Coverage key to a good fight scene?

How did he become Reptile and Sub Zero in Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat Annihilation?

How did he find the movie star Christopher Lambert?

What is it like being in the Star Wars universe in The Book of Boba Fett as a Tusken Raider?

What is his connection to Avatar and Zoe Saldana?

How is he connected to Alita Battle Angel?

When did he become involved in Black Creek with Cynthia Rothrock?


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Amazing Cynthia Rothrock Martial Arts & Movie Legend Interview
Martial arts and movie legend Cynthia Rothrock talks to movie specialist Andrew Staton about;

How did Cynthia start in martial arts?

When and how did she become involved in the movie business?

Was she part of the West Coast Demonstration Team headed by Ernie Reyes Snr?

Why did the search for the next Bruce Lee lead to her being signed?

Was Corey Yuen the casting director for Seasonal Films from Hong Kong who chose her?

Did she manage to maintain her undefeated place in the Forms Competition for 5 years?

How did she progress from one movie to a full-time career?

What was it like working with Michelle Yeoh?

How tough was it working in the Hong Kong stunt/ fight world?

Why is Lady Reporter/ Blonde Fury her favourite movie to have worked on?

What was it like working with Golden Harvest in Hong Kong?

How did Golden Harvest break into the western market?

What was it like working with Robert Clouse and his style of directing from Enter The Dragon?

Did Robert Clouse prefer to shoot the fight scenes in long shots?

How did Richard Norton become involved in China O'Brien?

How did Keith Cooke become involved in China O'Brien?

How many takes were normal in Hong Kong fight scenes compared to in LA?

Is it 50 takes versus 7 takes?

What was it like to shoot with so many takes?

How did she feel filming 2 movies, China O'Brien 1 and 2 at the same time?

What was it like filming without stunt doubles and shooting so many physical takes?

How did she break her finger in China O'Brien 1?

What film split her internal ear open?

Did they see Cynthia Rothrock / China O'Brien as the "Queen of Kung Fu, who will take over from Bruce Lee"?

Did her success change the business for other women?

How did Fred Weintraub get China O'Brien into the city parade?

How did Robert Clouse refer to his time working with Bruce Lee?

How is her production Black Creek progressing?

Does she combine martial arts with cowboys?

How did she cast so many great action stars?

How did she manage to finance the film on Kickstarter?

How does she support the film's many backers?

Is China O'Brien 3 a possibility?

How did a Stallone movie offer get in the way of an earlier China O'Brien 3?

How on earth did she become involved in Santa's Summer House movie?

How did she end up as Mrs Claus?


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