Index
action and reaction 25-30; avoidances 216, 218; blocks 220; illusion of violence 132-3, 134; non-contact moves 137-8; see also reactions
ACTION-REACTION-COMPLETION (A.R.C.) 30, 218, 220
Alexander Technique 176
American Realism 19
Anderson, Aaron 40
angles 12, 36-7, 134, 135, 137, 203
Asian immigrants 7
Assassin game 162
assisted handstand push-ups 90
audiences 35-8; comparison of stage and film 12; connecting with 228; illusion of violence 133-4; non-contact violence 136, 137; sound experience for 123; staging 130, 131
authenticity 137
Azaria, J. Ed 54
backfist 196
backstretches: standing 92-3; table 91
balance 50, 155; partnered conditioning 82, 83, 86; plyometrics 56; Push and Release game 96-9; warming up 66-7, 72
biting 183
body knap 120, 122, 130, 194, 199
body shape 105
body shots 144
Bogart, Anne 33
Braha, Judy 54
Brimmer, J. David 225
British Society of Fight Directors XI
budgets 5
Burton, Sir Richard 10
Byrnes, Brian 33
care 20, 21-2; see also safety
Chan, Jackie 140
Cheng, Man-ch'ing 17
choreography XIV, 54, 95, 124; history of stage combat 6, 7; rehearsal 27; That's My Spot! game 40-1; visualization 53
clap knap 120, 122, 129-30, 147, 188, 194
clothing 52
combat games 95-113; Assassin 162; Drunken Sailors 106-7, 158; Exotic Death Game 224-5; Finger Fencing 100-2; Floating Palm/Floating Fist 145, 204; Ocular Focus 112-13; Pain Game 225-7; Push and Release 96-9; Pushing Hands 108-13; Seeing without Seeing 113; That's My Spot! 40-1; Weight Share 102-5
conditioning see partnered conditioning
contact violence 141-51; audience view 37; blocks 218; Floating Palm/Floating Fist 145; kicks 206-7, 209-15; punches 143-7, 204; slaps 147-50
controlling actions 162-83; biting 183; choking 22, 176-82, 224; clothing grabs 170-2; grabbing 132, 167-8; hair grabs 22, 172-5; pushing 21, 23, 132, 162-7; restraining 22, 169
Crean, Patrick XI
crushing injuries 224
CUE-REACTION-ACTION Principle (C.R.A.P.) 25-8, 30
decline push-ups 79
Degas, Edgar 135
DeNiro, Robert 8
diegesis 4
dips 83
direction, taking 98
directors 36; see also fight directors
distance 22-3; to audience 36-7; avoidances 216; blocks 219; illusion of violence 133; kicks 205, 214; non-contact violence 136: slaps 184, 185, 192; see also proximity
Donnellan, Declan 35
"downward facing dog" 75
Dreager, Donn F. 10
Drunken Sailors game 106-7, 158
The Duellists 7
dynamic relaxation 124
"Eagle Amis" 65
elbow pads 53
endurance 50
English Masters of Defence 5-6
enthusiasm 33
even tempo training 54
excitement 50
expressiveness of the body 139-40
falls 153-62; backwards fall 153, 158-9; front fall 157-8; twist fall 160-1
fight directors 6
fitness 51
Floating Palm/Floating Fist game 145, 204
Flynn, Errol 7
Followers 32
force 23-4; kicks 205; pushes 162, 167
full throttle training 54
funding 5
games 95-113; Assassin 162; Drunken Sailors 106-7, 158; Exotic Death Game 224-5; Finger Fencing 100-2; Floating Palm/Floating Fist 145, 204; Ocular Focus 112-13; Pain Game 225-7; Push and Release 96-9; Pushing Hands 108-13; Seeing without Seeing 113; That's My Spot! 40-1; Weight Share 102-5
Gandhi, Mahatma 9
Geister, Earle XII
gestures 122
going to the ground 106, 153-62; backwards fall 153, 158-9; front fall 157-8; twist fall 160-1
Good, John Mason XI
grabbing 132, 167-8; clothing grabs 170-2; hair grabs 22, 172-5
Greeks, ancient 3-4, 5, 10, 11
Grossman, David 125
group awareness 102
"grunts per move" (GPM) 123
Hakuin 49
handstand push-ups 90
health 51
Henrichs, Albert 5
Hobbs, William 7
improvisation 95
indicating 21
injuries: acting out traumatic 226-8; types of 224
injury, potential for: choking 176, 179; distance and proximity 22, 162; falls 154, 158-9; grabs 167; kicks 208, 209; knaps 120, 121; punches 144, 146; pushes 163; slaps 184; timing 23; warming up 55; see also safety
instinct 230
Iron Cross 78
Kane, Sara 49
Keitel, Harvey 8
kicks 145, 205-15; abdominal kick 209-10; chambering 205-6, 213, 214; front kick 206-8; groin kick 211-13; roundhouse kick 205, 213-15
knaps 58,117-23, 147; backhand slap 188, 189; blocks 219; body knap 120, 122, 130, 194, 199; cage knap 206-7, 208; clap knap 120, 122, 129-30, 147, 188, 194; closing the space 137; forehand slap 186; hiding 129-31, 132, 133; kicks 206-7, 208; punches 194, 195, 200, 202; self knap 200, 202; shared knap 120-1, 122, 130, 189, 206
kneeling choke 182
kneepads 53
Leaders 32
leg throw-downs 81
Letts, Tracey 49
Levinson, Daniel XV
literal truth 119
Lombardi, Vince 53
The Mark of Zorro 7
martial arts XIII, 12, 151; Asian immigrants 7; attire 52; kicks 205; oral teaching 3; Pushing Hands 108; "telegraphing" 22
Meisner, Sanford 119
memesis 4
music 56
natural instinct 230
non-contact violence 37, 132, 135-40, 208
O'Brien, Ellen 142
observation 53
"off-set" position 130-2, 186, 198, 201, 206
oral teaching 3
Overlie, Mary 33
partnered conditioning 77-94; assisted handstand push-ups 90; back boards 86-7; decline push-ups 79; Iron Cross 78. jump splits 84-5; leg throw-downs 81; partner dips 83; partner pull-ups 82; push-downs 80; standing backstretch 92-3; table backstretch 91; table jumps 88-9
partners 31-4; archetypal categories 32; safety 17-18, 21-4; talking to 21, 24, 77, 94, 144, 150, 181, 215; victim control 20-1
passive relaxation 124
penetrating injuries 224
physical composition 51
Physics 27
physiological health 51
plyometrics 56
Power, Tyrone 7
The Prisoner of Zenda 7
Prometheus Bound 4
proximity 12, 162, 176, 185; see also distance
psychological health 51
"pulling the punch" 143
pull-ups 82
pulses 137, 168, 175, 179, 181, 186
Punchdrunk 54
punches 143-7, 193-204; acting out traumatic injury 227; angle of reaction 137; audience view 37; avoidances 216-18; blocks 219-22; contact punch 204; cross or straight 37, 197-200; jab 200-3; "pulling the punch" 143; roundhouse punch 194-6, 216-17, 219-22; see also slaps
push-downs 80
push-ups: assisted handstand push-ups 90; decline 79
Rathbone, Basil 7
Ravitts, Ricki G. 33
reactions 25-30; acting out traumatic injury 226-8; avoidances 216, 218; blocks 220; contact moves 145; illusion of violence 132-3, 134; kicks 207, 215; non-contact moves 137-8; punches 195, 199, 202, 204; slaps 186, 188, 189
receiving blows 23, 24, 142, 205; breathing out when 126; contact punches 144; contact slaps 147, 148, 150; see also reactions
Reed, Oliver 8
relaxing the body 23, 123-4, 154
religion 4
repeatability 50
"reverse energy" 143
Ridley, Philip 49
Romeo and Juliet 127
roundhouse punch 194-6, 216-17, 219-22
safety XV, 17-25, 50; see also injury, potential for
set pieces 6
shared knap 120-1, 122, 130, 189, 206
shared speed 23
shields 10
SITI Company 54
slaps 184-93, 194; backhand slap 188-9, 196; contact 147-50; non-contact 37, 136, 137; V-slaps 37, 190-3; see also punches
slow motion training 53
Society of American Fight Directors XI
soft focus 112
sound 117-27; breathing 123-6, 182, 223; choking 182; comparison of stage and film 12; contact slap 150; going to the ground 153-4; kicks 207, 208, 210, 213, 214; see also knaps; vocalizations
Spartans 10
spatial awareness 102
speed 51; even tempo training 54; full throttle training 54; shared 23; see also tempo
staging 123, 130-2; contact violence 147; punches 200, 203; pushes 163
"standard combats" 6
Stanislavski, Konstantin 50, 119
Star Wars 7
storytelling 8, 29, 30, 54, 123, 227-8
strength 50
stretching 56, 63-76; see also partnered conditioning; warming up
strikes 184-93; audience view 37; noncontact violence 136; reaction to 133; see also knaps; punches; slaps
stylization 5
survival mechanisms 118
table backstretch 91
Taekwondo 55
talking to your partner 21, 24, 77, 94, 144, 150, 181, 215
Tarlton, Richard 6
"telegraphing" 22
tempo 23, 51; Drunken Sailors game 106; Pushing Hands game 111; training 52, 53-4; see also speed
theatrical truth 119
The Three Musketeers 7
timing 23, 84; kicks 205; non-contact moves 138; pushes 162; slaps 184
training XV, 49-76; attributes of the physical performer 50-2; ensemble 142; even tempo 54; full throttle 54; slow motion 53; visualization 53; warming up 54-76
triangles 105
True Partners 32
truth, literal and theatrical 119
upstage/downstage (off-set) position 130-2, 186, 198, 201, 206
verbal communication 21, 24, 77, 94, 144, 150, 181, 215
video games 11
Viewpoints 33
violence: believable performance of 229-30; film and entertainment industries 11; history of stage combat 3-8; illusion of 129-34; images of 10-11; pain 223-8; reality of 11-12; reasons for 9-10, 39, 134; stage and film 12; unpredictable nature of 12-13, 18-19; viewing from a distance 18
visualization 53
vocal knap 121
vocalizations 122, 123—4, 126-7; biting 183; kicks 210, 213; pain 223
warming up 54-76, 141-2; ankles 60, 70; arms 65-7; hamstrings 69; hands 58; knees 61, 74; legs 69-74; neck 63-5, 138-9; pelvis 62; spine and back 62-3, 67-8, 76; see also partnered conditioning
Wilde, Oscar XI
Yang, Jwing-Ming 108
yoga 75
Yuen Woo-Ping 123