Recently, I had the pleasure of giving my first American action seminar at Michigan State University. It was a lot of fun, and at 14 students, I was pleasantly surprised to have a full turn out. The seminar ran for about 3 hours, and covered stretching, basic kicks and punches, breakfalls, and finally fight choreography. It was my firtst time teaching in English, my first time demonstrating my action ability in the states, and it was being overseen by a member of the Society of American Fight Directors, so I was a bit on the nervous side... But overall, I was really happy about how it turned out.
Probably the most comical part of the seminar was when we were practicing breakfalls out of a kick to the stomach, and the students insisted on yelling "This...is... SPARTA!!!" while they did it. (For those who don't know, Michigan State s sport teams are called 'The Spartans')
Anyway, the timing was just right, we got to everything that I wanted to get to, and everyone understood the choreography (and thankfully thought it was super-cool).
With that, I feel like I've got the confidence to move forward with organizing more, and with the excitement building as Michigan s film industry continues to grow ( from 3 films and. $2 million dollars in 2007 to 50 films and $300 million dollars next year) this is a great time to be here... And to be the only one in the state who can do what I do.
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