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#31
In the immortal words of Sun Tzu: Don't be a pussy.
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#32
I just noticed that the directions to the set location include the suggested hospital. I suppose that's a standard Hollywood thing, but for some reason, I find it encouraging. There will be sanguinuosness. It'll be ballistic dummy sanguinousity, but at least it won't be digital. 

Back at SJC. My jet just pulled up. Next time, I'm requesting the leer.
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#33
Wow.  I've seen hundreds of martial arts movies, but recalling where specific weapons appear is really hard!

I did some fancy searches, but that's not turning up much.

I found a trailer for Legendary Weapons of China, and at the 44 second mark I see a ji (do you mean the nine-pointed crescent bladed spear) -- but with only one crescent blade, not two.  Here's the trailer:


I will try to dig around some more later today.  Dang, I know I've seen those weapons countless times.
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#34
Since when do planes give awkward glances?

Everyone on set needs to know where to go in case of emergency. Hence hospital locations.Probably has to do with insurance as well.
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#35
Okay, I tracked down a wind fire wheel fight sequence, both single and double weapons.  A bit stylized, but hey.  It's at the 17.5 minute mark in this compilation and lasts maybe 3 minutes.


I further tracked down the actual movie: Little Dragon Maiden (1983) (aka Brave Archer 5).  It has Leslie Cheung, Chen Kuan-tai, etc.  Here's a trailer to the movie.

Don't know if this helps, but it's something.
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#36
I totally went through Legendary Weapons figuring that one was such a weapons orgy, but must've sped past that scene. Thanks!

That's a weird wind fire. The one in 5 element ninja is closer.

Greg, yeah I figured as much about the hospital info. It just struck me as funny at the moment.

I'm now in the seedy LA casino hotel filled with old Chinese gamblers. The room is really nice but I can hear my neighbors bleating loudly in Cantonese. Just waiting for the sounds of pistols and watermelon knives to break out. The TV has AMC so I'm looking forward to the debut of Into the Badlands season 2 tonight. Some of the other talent is housed here too, somewhere.

Just met Da'mon. Huge dude. Very cordial in that martial etiquette way. Would've chatted longer but I'm in the lobby now, waiting to be picked up by a hot date.
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#37
Lu Bu in Three Kingdoms uses a ji.  Here's one of his very long battles (a bit too many cuts for my taste).

Watched Redeemer last night.  Will watch another Marko Zaror film tonight.  The dude dwarfs everyone he fights, but you're right.  He's got the martial quickness of a lightweight.
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#38
Yes, Lu Bu was known for his Ji but I didn't think to look into which movies he appears in.  Another good find.

Check out Mirageman - that's my favor Marko's.

Totally missed to Into The Badlands premiere. And my hot date didn't even put out. We just bellyached about being struggling artists or something like that and ate onion rings.
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#39
Okay, one more, thanks to Ric Meyers' book, From Bruce Lee to the Ninjas.  I just glanced at photos, spotted what looked like ji's for Chinese Super Ninjas (1982).  So I found it on youtube.  It opens with wind fire rings (again stylized), as well as hook swords.  Just a lot of weapons throughout.  Then at the 1 hour 25 minute mark, when our heroes meet the Golden Ninjas with their puffy flying saucer hats, the heroes use stylized ji's -- long-poled axes with a crescent blade.  It's a decent movie; I watched more than I intended.  But this isn't a very good print:

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#40
Greg - you were right. We're shooting in some sketch warehouse in Vernon.

Yeti - Kerry Stagmer is a former fencer and remembers AFS and the armoury. Their work is gorgeous. Their patterned steel blades would give you a woody.

First scene major scene shot w/Danny & Marko & one of the makers Kerry. I share a dressing room with Da'mon (the African martial arts specialist). It's exhausting but going well. Everyone is so supportive.
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#41
Since, Vernon is closer to downtown LA and those nice hotels there, I wonder why they chose to put you up in Commerce instead.

Stay strong. Keep your guard up.
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#42
There are cops and security on set. Besides I'm with Bad Ass/Machete and the Redeemer. Plus Crystal Santos who turns out to be this crazy gung ho double-jointed bullwhip master. And we got some wicked weaponry...an 8 ft ballista even. The set is just the kind of rundown warehouse perfect for a Kung fu finale fight. After lunch, I was chatting with the dummy master who was explaining how he fills a dummy skull with blood for maximum sangiunosity.

I feel safe here.
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#43
I shot 3 of my 5 war room scenes, all with Danny and Marko and one or the other Stagmer brothers. Danny is hilarious, very at ease and remarkably spry for 70+. Marko is intense, tall and buff, and very into nutrition. The Stagmers are total weapons nerds and we can rap for days.

I'm pretty spent. We are ad libbing everything, but have to circle back for certain talking points. And there's bits of 'acting' where we have to react to things, sometimes repeatedly to get the shot. It's surreal. I'm struggling to be clear and unstilted. They are tossing me all the hard words like Ali ibnabi tahib and machuahuitl. 

Tomorrow, my last two war rooms, and then on to the testing. Everyone is eager to chop stuff up with these exquisite weapons. That'll be the rest of the shoot. It's 8 eps with 16 weapons.

Oh, and tomorrow I'm working with Robert and Rebel Rodriguez in the war room. And it's press day so some reporters will be there too.

Last night, there were noisy Cantonese speakers in the next room. Tonight it's two drunk chicks. Man, I gotta get some sleep. My pick up is 6:45.
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#44
Weapons Nerds FTW!
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#45
Wait a second! Set visits by reporters! What about me, Sailor Moon?

Actually, I wasn't intimating it was safer to be in Los Angeles than the arm pit. I was thinking they could have put you up at nicer hotels near better amenities. But that would have probably cost them money.
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