Dear Jeffery
Please send me a registration form for this. I will share it with Baileys
Academy of Martial Arts (which does historic European martial arts as well as
Asian).
Thanks
Denise Beasley

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From: jeffery@...
> Coming to Milwaukie Oregon in October
>
> There will be a Friday night presentation and discussion followed by a
> weekend seminar with acclaimed Hollywood fight choreographer and performer
> Anthony Delongis. To be held in Portland Oregon.
>
> Anthony trained Michelle Pfeiffer to use a whip for her role in Batman, has
> appeared on Highlander TV episodes, is the fight choreographer for Second
> Hand Lions and was most recently seen fighting Jet Li in the movie Fearless.
> He is fresh from the set of the the new Indiana Jones movie.
>
> Friday night lecture October 12th 2007 7pm to 9pm $15.00
> With question and answer time throughout Anthony will work with assistant
> Kendall Wells to bring you unique insights from an industry professional
> with many years of experience. You will be shown the Professionals Toolbox
> of choreography for film and stage. Combined with demonstrations of eastern
> martial arts, European swordplay and the whip you will be given discussions
> on how to build from combatively correct technique to tell the story of the
> fight and build charachter development. Covered will be the differences and
> commonalities between theatrical and martial combat.
>
> All day Saturday and Sunday October 13th, 14th 2007
> $150.00 for one day $250.00 for both days (includes Friday night)
> Saturday will cover the foundations of empty hand and bladed martial arts
> systems and their application to use in film combat. At the end of the day
> students will be paired up to work on a choreographed sword fight for use on
> film. This will be used to teach the relationship of charachter development,
> fight choreography and camera.
> Sunday will cover an introduction to the bull whip as seen in Anthony's work
> on Batman and Zorro Returns. Anthony will teach his unique system widely
> acclaimed of using the whip in a rolling and constantly moving style for
> combative purposes. Day two will also cover knife training and the use of
> two weapons for film combat. The end of the day will cover more hands on
> choreographing for screen and stage. The previous days routine will be added
> too, rehearsed and filmed for teaching purposes. This exercise will be used
> to illustrate the relationship of character and camera to create the most
> dynamic and effective story for the audience.
>
> DVD's of the class and demos, including footage of the students own
> choreographed work will be made available for a small fee.
>
> Organized in Portland by Kendall Wells the seminar is brought to you as a
> co-operative effort of DeLongis Performance and Combat Arts - and - Academia
> Duellatoria, Portland's only dedicated historical European Martial Arts
> School.
>
> Kendall Wells and Jeff Richardson most recently worked with Anthony DeLongis
> on the indie film SPin of Fabrications. Students from Academia
> Duellatoria's Medford Oregon branch worked on the film as actor/combatants
> in the fight scenes and Jeff Richardson shares the fight choreography job
> alongside Mr. DeLongis
>
> Let me know if you need registratiion forms for the seminar. Please spread
> the word.
>
> Jeff Richardson
> Instructor at Arms
> Academia Duellatoria
> (503)888-9310
>