LBP Stunts Chicago

Check out LBP Stunts member Mickey Facchinello battle Amy Johnston in Vlad Rimburg's latest short film, Part One: Chapter C!

2012-02-23T08:59:00.004-08:00

Vlad Rimburg recently posted his latest short film, "Part One: Chapter C" online today, which features LBP Stunts member Mickey Facchinello and Amy Johnston in a hardcore fight. You can view the film here, and please subscribe to Vlad's channel along the way:

You can view the demo reels of both stuntwomen here:

MICKEY FACCHINELLO

AMY JOHNSTON

Finally, today is Shawn Bernal's birthday, and in honor of that, we will repost a fun fight we did for Shawn's birthday in 2010, which features his long awaited battle with Andreas "Andy Long" Nguyen:

Check out the first teaser and behind the scenes for Micah Moore's latest web series, "Mario Warfare"!

2012-02-13T20:40:00.001-08:00

Beat Down Boogie and Dogs of Chinatown director Micah Moore has recently began production on his latest web series, "Mario Warfare". After the successful run his previous series "Modern War Gear Solid" had, he's now taken his approach and direction towards the Mushroom Kingdom and its large cast of characters.

You can see the first teaser trailer, as well as two BTS featurettes below:

LBP Stunts member Emmanuel Manzanares was recently added to the cast of characters as he portrays "WaLuigi", alongside his twin Wario, the evil counterparts to the iconic Mario and Luigi. Micah has released some character posters, which you can view below:

MATTHEW SUMNER as Mario

JAROD KEARNEY as Luigi

BRIAN LEE as Inspector Toad

ALENA KOCH as Princess Peach

EMMANUEL MANZANARES as WaLuigi

Feel free to support and visit Beat Down Boogie at their website, facebook, and youtube:

http://www.beatdownboogie.com/

https://www.facebook.com/beatdownboogie

http://www.youtube.com/beatdownboogie

Check out the review of "Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco" featured on Kiai Kick!

2012-02-13T19:57:00.000-08:00

We had a great film blogger by the name of Michael S. Moore recently review "Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco" on his martial arts cinema site "Kiai Kick". You can check it out here:

http://kiaikick.com/2012/02/02/indie-kick-review-yo-soy-un-hombre-loco-i-am-a-crazy-man/

Mr. Moore writes some fab reviews and editorials on his site, so please check them out and support!

Also, we'd like to take the time to feature two new posters for "Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco" and "Those Who Go To Hell" done by the fabulously talented Kennedy Dwyre, an up and coming graphic design artist from Canada:

YO SOY UN HOMBRE LOCO

THOSE WHO GO TO HELL

We're very grateful for Kennedy and her free time to produce some kick ass posters for us!

Those Who Go To Hell, Episode 3 is now live!

2012-01-30T16:41:00.001-08:00

You can view the third episode here:

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*DISCLAIMER*
WARNING - THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SCENES OF MATURE LANGUAGE AND VIOLENCE - THIS ONLINE SERIES IS NOT FOR YOUNGER AUDIENCES - YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED.

This is PART THREE of a FOUR PART series of online releases for an INCOMPLETE feature film. Be advised that there are rough, incomplete, or missing scenes from EACH episode. We have edited each episode as close as we could to the original script. Please keep an open mind, and enjoy. We thank you all for watching.

This footage was originally all shot in 2007/2008. A Panasonic DVX100B was the primary camera (which is a Mini DV tape-based camera) and the footage has been up-converted to 720p quality.

SYNOPSIS:

Daniel Vicente (Shawn Bernal) is Chicago's most feared hit man whose life has been disciplined by an assassin's creed of solitude and tradition. Serving as the right hand man of Patrick Keller (Chad Sheveland), the second most powerful crime lord in Chicago, Daniel has assisted Patrick into the power and status that he holds. However, when an unexpected double cross occurs during the assassination of a well-known council leader, Daniel finds himself the prime target of the fearsome Madame Lo (Allison Carvalho), leader of the triads. After finding out that Patrick approved the hit on him, Daniel is left stunned and angered. Confused, betrayed, and left with no explanation, Daniel must confront old friends and past demons, while questioning his own creed to find out who he can trust, why he was double crossed, and to ultimately find the reason of his existence.

A film by Emmanuel Manzanares

WRITTEN, PRODUCED, EDITED, SHOT, and DIRECTED by Emmanuel Manzanares

STUNT COORDINATION/FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY by Emmanuel Manzanares

STARRING
Shawn Bernal (as Daniel Vicente)
Chad Sheveland (as Patrick Keller)
James Bezy (as Brendon Gideon)
Allison Carvalho (as Madame Gillian Lo)
Bill Thomas (as Detective David Lambert)

FEATURING
Keith Min (as Shin Seok-Won)
Jon Truei (as Timothy Leung)
Fernando "Jay" Huerto (as Jessie Mendoza)
Emmanuel Manzanares (as Roberto Aguilar)
Anthony J. Reddix (as Jeremiah Benson)
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You can view the previous two episodes here:

EPISODE TWO

EPISODE ONE

LBP Stunts member Emmanuel Manzanares interviewed and featured on Chicago DIY-FILM Magazine!

2012-01-20T21:40:00.000-08:00

Last December, local art/film online magazine Chicago DIY-Film, interviewed LBP Stunts member Emmanuel Manzanares after the screening of "Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco" at the 2011 Chicago Filipino Film Festival. To view the full interview, follow the link below:

http://diy-film.com/2012/01/16/lbp-stunts-chicago’s-emmanuel-manzanares-a-crazy-man/

You can view the short film here:

Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco (I Am a Crazy Man) from LBP Stunts Chicago on Vimeo.

You can view Emmanuel's youtube page here, where it showcases his stunt performer reel, as well as other works he has performed or directed:

Brendon Huor vs. Andy Le - Shaw Bros. Style Fight Scene!

2012-01-09T16:00:00.000-08:00

We did a re-edit on a fight from one of our earlier shorts which featured LBP Stunts member Brendon Huor, and Andy Le. This time we took their fight scene and presented it as a classic Shaw Bros. type scene, complete with effects and classic music. We hope you enjoy, and wish Brendon a happy birthday today!

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Kung Fu Style Fight Demo for Brendon Huor and Andy Le.

Fight Choreography and Action Direction by Emmanuel Manzanares.
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http://www.youtube.com/martialclub

Those Who Go To Hell, Episode Two is now live!

2012-01-02T09:09:00.000-08:00

View the second episode here:

You can watch the first episode here:

*DISCLAIMER*
WARNING - THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SCENES OF MATURE LANGUAGE AND VIOLENCE - THIS ONLINE SERIES IS NOT FOR YOUNGER AUDIENCES - YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED.

This is PART TWO of a FOUR PART series of online releases for an INCOMPLETE feature film. Be advised that there are rough, incomplete, or missing scenes from EACH episode. We have edited each episode as close as we could to the original script. Please keep an open mind, and enjoy. We thank you all for watching.

This footage was originally all shot in 2007/2008. A Panasonic DVX100B was the primary camera (which is a Mini DV tape-based camera) and the footage has been up-converted to 720p quality.

SYNOPSIS:

Daniel Vicente (Shawn Bernal) is Chicago's most feared hit man whose life has been disciplined by an assassin's creed of solitude and tradition. Serving as the right hand man of Patrick Keller (Chad Sheveland), the second most powerful crime lord in Chicago, Daniel has assisted Patrick into the power and status that he holds. However, when an unexpected double cross occurs during the assassination of a well-known council leader, Daniel finds himself the prime target of the fearsome Madame Lo (Allison Carvalho), leader of the triads. After finding out that Patrick approved the hit on him, Daniel is left stunned and angered. Confused, betrayed, and left with no explanation, Daniel must confront old friends and past demons, while questioning his own creed to find out who he can trust, why he was double crossed, and to ultimately find the reason of his existence.

A film by Emmanuel Manzanares

WRITTEN, PRODUCED, EDITED, SHOT, and DIRECTED by Emmanuel Manzanares

STUNT COORDINATION/FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY by Emmanuel Manzanares

STARRING
Shawn Bernal (as Daniel Vicente)
Chad Sheveland (as Patrick Keller)
James Bezy (as Brendon Gideon)
Javier Hidalgo (as Alejandro Fernandez)
Allison Carvalho (as Madame Gillian Lo)
Matt Ukena (as Ricardo Contreras)
Bill Thomas (as Detective David Lambert)

FEATURING
Keith Min (as Shin Seok-Won)
Jon Truei (as Timothy Leung)
Emmanuel Manzanares (as Roberto Aguilar)
Anthony J. Reddix (as Jeremiah Benson)
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Those Who Go To Hell, Episode One is now live!

2012-01-01T14:02:00.000-08:00

You can watch the first episode here, episode two premieres later this month!

*DISCLAIMER*
This is PART ONE of a FOUR PART series of online releases for an INCOMPLETE feature film. Be advised that there are rough, incomplete, or missing scenes from EACH episode. We have edited each episode as close as we could to the original script. Please keep an open mind, and enjoy. We thank you all for watching.

This footage was originally all shot in 2007/2008. A Panasonic DVX100B was the primary camera (which is a Mini DV tape-based camera) and the footage has been up-converted to 720p quality.

SYNOPSIS:

Daniel Vicente (Shawn Bernal) is Chicago's most feared hit man whose life has been disciplined by an assassin's creed of solitude and tradition. Serving as the right hand man of Patrick Keller (Chad Sheveland), the second most powerful crime lord in Chicago, Daniel has assisted Patrick into the power and status that he holds. However, when an unexpected double cross occurs during the assassination of a well-known council leader, Daniel finds himself the prime target of the fearsome Madame Lo (Allison Carvalho), leader of the triads. After finding out that Patrick approved the hit on him, Daniel is left stunned and angered. Confused, betrayed, and left with no explanation, Daniel must confront old friends and past demons, while questioning his own creed to find out who he can trust, why he was double crossed, and to ultimately find the reason of his existence.

A film by Emmanuel Manzanares

WRITTEN, PRODUCED, EDITED, SHOT, and DIRECTED by Emmanuel Manzanares

STUNT COORDINATION/FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY by Emmanuel Manzanares

STARRING
Shawn Bernal (as Daniel Vicente)
Chad Sheveland (as Patrick Keller)http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
James Bezy (as Brendon Gideon)
Javier Hidalgo (as Alejandro Fernandez)

FEATURING
Anthony Paape (as Jonathan Ray)
Steven Fung (as William Chen)
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http://lbpstuntschicago.blogspot.com/

LBP Stunts Chicago's Feature Film, "Those Who Go To Hell" to be released online as a 4 part episodic series beginning Jan. 1st, 2012!

2011-12-28T22:13:00.000-08:00

Back in November of 2007, LBP Stunts Chicago set out to create their first feature film, with no principal budget, but full of local acting talent, the crew being the stunt team itself, and extra stunt talent flown out from across the country.

At the end of 2009, the team wrapped production after a hard, 3 year ordeal attempting to get the film done.

However, due to budget constraints, location issues, scheduling issues with actors and crew, the film was sadly never completed, and eventually, after a long discussion and brief attempts to resume filming that ultimately failed, it was finally decided to let it rest.

After a 2 year hiatus, with many of the team finally becoming union and professional stuntmen and women, LBP decided to edit the remaining footage left, and piece it together based on the original script, and release it online as the original 4 part episodic series it was intended to be.

Beginning January 1st, 2012, we will finally release a "workprint" (meaning incomplete) version of our feature film online, in 4 episodes:

The first episode and second episode will be released in January 2012.

The third episode will be released on February 2012

Finally, the fourth and last episode will be released sometime in either March/April 2012.

Again, this will be considered an incomplete version, with approx. only 85% of the film done, there are still some scenes missing or incomplete. We will do our best to ensure the original integrity of the story stays together, but we warn you that many of the scenes will be considered rough, at best.

We thank all of our supporters, cast, and crew, for their time, efforts, dedication, and talent. We hope that by viewing this film, the public will see what amazing talent we were blessed to work with, and how creative we had to be with NO budget at all, but only sheer talent and creativity from all parties.

To view the final trailer for this film, go here:

Those Who Go To Hell 2nd Promotional Trailer (Martial Arts Noir Feature) from LBP Stunts Chicago on Vimeo.

We hope you all enjoy once it premieres, and we again, thank each and every one of you for all the support throughout the years. Please also take the time to view some of the work done by the cast and crew, as well as our excellent stunt team:

THE STUNT PEOPLE
http://thestuntpeople.com/

ERIC JACOBUS

SHAUN FINNEY

DENNIS RUEL

FERNANDO "JAY" HUERTO

PAUL DRECHSLER-MARTELL

SCOTT HOFFMAN

JOSE PACHECO

LEO KEI ANGELOS
http://www.youtube.com/leokeiangelos

JON TRUEI

Check out our latest short, "Boogie Woogie Feng Shui No. 5" featuring the talents of the Thousand Pounds Action Company!

2011-12-05T16:51:00.000-08:00

Back in June, Emmanuel went out to collaborate and work with his fellow stunt peers out in Los Angeles, including the Thousand Pounds Action Company, whom have previously been working with LBP Stunts members (and now current Thousand Pounds members) Brendon Huor and Mickey Facchinello. After returning back to Chicago, Emmanuel quickly put out the first of 3 collaborations with the Thousand Pounds team, 1KLBP (Thousand Lazy Brown Pounds) and From Man to Man (Da Uomo a Uomo) Vol. 1.

Finally, after much time spent working, Emmanuel has compiled and released the last video collaboration, based on and adapted from 4 different anime fight sequences (Cowboy Bebop, Ninja Scroll, Samurai Champloo, and Sword of the Stranger) and compiled into a live action anime music video entitled "Boogie Woogie Feng Shui No. 5".

View it here:

Because of Youtube Copyright Laws, the video was previously shown in public, but has now been blocked until further notice, due to the popular songs used in the short piece, which are owned by UMG. Understandably, the owners have the right to take down our work as they see fit, but this is why we have posted the piece on Vimeo for all to see, uncut, and with no blockades. Thanks to the support of the Thousand Pounds Action Company and our combined fan bases, we have already received postings and reviews from other news sites, listed below:

MARTIAL ARTS MOVIE JUNKIE
http://martialartsmoviejunkie.com/movie-news/indie-fighters-throw-it-down-anime-style/

KALIBRE ONLINE
http://kalibreonline.com/2011/12/05/boogie-woogie-feng-shui-no-5/

ENTERTAINMENT BUDDHA
http://www.entertainmentbuddha.com/lbp-stuntsthousand-pounds-combine-forces-to-recreate-iconic-anime-fights/

SCOTT'S INTROSPECTION SECTION
http://www.scottsmindfield.com/2011/12/music-video-lbp-stunts-chicago-boogie.html#more

We are definitely appreciative of the support, and only ask that you go out and support these sites as well! Excellent work done by all.

Finally, in case you missed our first two collaborations, here they are:

1KLBP (THOUSAND LAZY BROWN POUNDS)

FROM MAN TO MAN (DA UOMO A UOMO) VOL. 1

Check out our featured fight demo on the Entertainment Buddha website!

2011-11-28T00:00:00.000-08:00

We recently shot with Adam Lyons, who has worked with both Corridor Digital and FreddieW on these projects:

Adam also does some film making on his spare time, and reached out to us to film a short fight scene to test out his Sony FS100 Camera. Shawn and Emmanuel obliged, and this is the end result:

Entertainment Buddha was so kind to feature it on its front page today, and here is the article:

http://www.entertainmentbuddha.com/lbp-stunts-chicago-tests-out-the-sony-fs100-with-impressive-fight-scene/

You can also keep up with Entertainment Buddha on Facebook at:

https://www.facebook.com/EntertainmentBuddha

They are a great little indie site, and definitely are worth keeping up with. We thank you guys for supporting us and doing awesome work!

To view Emmanuel and Shawn's stunt reels, you can do so here:

Batman: Arkham City style test fight featuring LBP Stunts member Mickey Facchinello!

2011-11-16T18:55:00.000-08:00

Thousand Pounds Fight Team recently choreographed and shot a quick fight test inspired by the fighting system featured in the hit SONY PS3 video game "Batman: Arkham City". The featured fighter is LBP Stunts member Mickey Facchinello, playing as Catwoman. View the video here:

The video has also been recently plugged on the popular game site, Kotaku. View the article here:

http://kotaku.com/5860803/this-woman-does-a-pretty-convincing-batman+style-beatdown

For more info about the Thousand Pounds Fight Team, visit their website at:

http://www.thousandpoundsaction.com/

You can also check out Mickey's demo reel here:

Entertainment Buddha Film Site showcases "Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco" on their front page with a featured article!

2011-11-09T00:19:00.000-08:00

The independent film site "Entertainment Buddha" recently showcased a featured front page article on their site discussing "Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco", and gave it a great review! You can view the article here:

http://www.entertainmentbuddha.com/yo-soy-un-hombre-loco-is-a-martial-arts-ballet-of-stunt-fighting/

Many thanks to the president and editors of the Entertainment Buddha site, which is a great site for film news, and any other assorted entertainment news. We truly appreciate it!

Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco has been nominated for the Comcast Short Film award at the 2011Chicago Filipino-American Film Festival!

2011-11-02T16:10:00.000-07:00

Our short film "Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco", has been recently accepted and nominated for the Comcast Short Film award at the 2011 Chicago Filipino American Film Festival! If you are in the Chicago land area and would like to support the film, here is the info:

2011 CFAFF SHORT FILM PROGRAM
DATE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH
TIME: 4:00PM
LOCATION: PORTAGE THEATER
ADDRESS: 4050 N. Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60641.
TICKETS: $10

Emmanuel Manzanares and Shawn Bernal will be in attendance, and we also hope to see you there! For more info about the festival, please visit the festival homepage and check out this national commercial now airing across the Comcast network:

http://cfaff.org/

Thank you to everyone for their support!

Check out our latest work, "Triangle" featuring Keith Min and Alex Hashioka!

2011-10-17T10:49:00.000-07:00

"Triangle" was originally a short film project for Keith Min, which featured Alex Hashioka and Shawn Bernal. The original concept was a 3 man conflict/fight between Keith and Shawn (playing gang enforcers) against a thief (Alex Hashioka) that was running out of time on his unpaid debt.

Because of the location issues with the owner of our fight location, we sadly had to scrap the project. Also, due to everyone's busy schedules, we couldn't find a time to rework it in a different area.

Though the project is unfinished, we're happy to present to you the last rough cut made, and hopefully we will find time and resources in the future to redo the project in the future. Enjoy it for what it is, and thank you for watching:

We also wanted to report that the Thousand Pounds Action Company has recently surpassed the 1 Million Views mark on Youtube with their short film project "Naruto Shippuden: Dreamers Fight Part One". If you haven't seen the first part to their excellent film based in the popular Naruto universe, you can view it here:

Finally, our good friends at The Stunt People have been busy raising some extra funds for their next feature film "Rise and Fail", which is currently in post-production. If you'd like to donate what you can, you can easily donate some extra cash into their guerrilla production at their indiegogo page:

http://www.indiegogo.com/RISEANDFAIL

View the trailer for Rise and Fail here:

Check out LBP Stunts member Brendon Huor in the latest short film by the Thousand Pounds Action Company, Naruto Shippuden: Dreamer's Fight PART ONE!

2011-09-26T13:39:00.000-07:00

SYNOPSIS:

The story takes place after the Pain saga, with Naruto becoming the acknowledged village hero he's always sought out to be. Seeing Naruto become steps closer to his dream, Rock lee decides he too, must continue to grow and push his training even harder. Feeling unfulfilled in his regiment, Lee decides to challenge Naruto to a no holds barred duel in hopes to reignite his passion to become the best ninja he can be. Naruto accepts the challenge from his close friend and with this the fight is set!

Will Naruto's constant growth and Nine Tailed Fox spirit overwhelm the hardworking, hand-to-hand fighter? Or will Lee again, push his body to the limits to become the more powerful opponent?

Thousand Pounds Fight Team brings you Naruto Shippuden: Dreamer's Fight.

You can view the short film here:

CREDITS

Directed by
CHRISTOPHER C. COWAN

Starring
DONALD MILLS (as NARUTO UZUMAKI)
BRENDON HUOR (as ROCK LEE)

Stunt Coordinator
Fight Choreographer
JAMES YOUNG

Asst. Director
HAILE MAHMOUD

Featuring
SETH AUSTIN (NARUTO CLONE 1)
JAMES YOUNG (NARUTO CLONE 2)

Story by
CHRISTOPHER C. COWAN
HAILE MAHMOUD

Fight Consultants
VONZELL CARTER
DARREN BAILEY
DAVID "DAX" BAUER

Director of Photography
CHRISTOPHER C. COWAN

Camera Operator
STEPHEN JAMES MURRAY

Japanese Translator/Voice of Naruto Uzumaki
HAILE MAHMOUD

Wire Rigging by
NICK BENSEMAN

Makeup Artist
ROSE LOPEZ

Editor/VFX
CHRISTOPHER C. COWAN

Produced by
CHRISTOPHER C. COWAN
RAY MARTINEZ

Shot on a CANON EOS 7D

Music excerpted from
NARUTO: SHIPPUDEN ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
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Please take a moment to visit and subscribe to the Thousand Pounds Action Company at their website and on Facebook:

THOUSAND POUNDS ACTION COMPANY

FACEBOOK

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You can view the demo reels of Donald Mills and Brendon Huor here:

Check out LBP Stunts member Jessie Bayani in a new short done by The Second City Network, as well as our featured article in Reel Chicago!

2011-08-31T10:39:00.000-07:00

The Second City recently released a short comedic piece entitled "Birth Control Ninja" which features members of Chicago's Extreme Kung Fu School, which also includes LBP Stunts member Jessie Bayani. The fight choreography featured in this short was done by Andrew Hempfling. You can view it here:

You can also check out Jessie Bayani's demo reel here:

Also, Ruth Ratny of Reel Chicago featured another short article about LBP's two award wins at 2011 the Action On Film International Film Festival. You can view the article here:

http://reelchicago.com/article/chicago-connection-shorts-screen-black-harvest-fest

Many thanks to Ruth as always for the exposure and time!

Finally, Alex Hashioka recently directed and did fight choreography for a recent comedic test fight between our two newest members, Justin Strack and Nate Hitpas. View it here:

Check out our latest short film concept, "From Man to Man (Da Uomo a Uomo) Vol. 1"!

2011-08-19T02:21:00.000-07:00

Originally shot back in June on location in Los Angeles, Emmanuel collaborated with the Thousand Pounds Fight Team as well as two other stunt peers to create his take on the "martial arts western". Taken from various inspirations and sources, the concept of the characters revolve around four different regular types of thematic characters normally seen in westerns, which are The Ranger, The Outlaw, The Priest, and The Man from Nowhere. Originally, the idea was handed down for possible work, but Emmanuel was allowed freedom to create the world and characters in his way, while keeping in some key looks and ideas that were required. Nonetheless, we hope you enjoy the concept, and you can view it here:

INTERNATIONAL VERSION

Check out our latest video "Impression" featuring Steve Izzi and Alex Hashioka!

2011-08-09T13:53:00.000-07:00

Our newest short video is a uncut excerpt of the yet to be completed short film "Midnight Club: Side A". The video features Steve Izzi and Alex Hashioka square off in downtown Chicago, and though the completed short is more of an exercise in style and flash, this fight excerpt is much more serious, focusing more on the choreography and connections between the two fighters. Nonetheless, we had a great time working with Steve (who came with Jim Ng a few months ago) and we hope you enjoy the video. You can view it here:

Check out Mickey Facchinello's newest demo reel, as well as Brendon Huor in the latest T-Mobile commercial!!

2011-08-06T09:37:00.000-07:00

LBP Stunts member Mickey Facchinello just released her newest demo reel today, featuring a variety of weapons works, falls, and fight performance, as well as some martial arts tricking. You can check it out here:

Mickey expresses many thanks to all involved in helping the creation of the reel, including Vlad Rimburg, Manny Manzanares, Chris Cowan and Thousand Pounds Action Team, Justin Yu, Lu Junchang, Keith Min, Brendon Huor, Seth Austin, Adam Phelps, and Christopher Yu.

Also today, T-Mobile released their newest national commercial online, which features LBP member Brendon Huor alongside LXD's Travis Wong as "Fruit Ninjas" with T-Mobile's Carly Foulkes. You can view it here:

Finally, Emmanuel has posted a small training session turned video with his fellow peers from Aero Chicago Parkour. They shot it 2 nights ago during some park training over basic fundamentals. You can view it here:

Scott Erikson's "Asians on Film" interviews LBP members Shawn Bernal and Emmanuel Manzanares about "Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco"!

2011-08-03T22:52:00.000-07:00

Los Angeles local Scott Eriksson runs and edits a fantastic website/blog about Asian-American films and actors, known as Asiansonfilm.com and his goal is to bring more light to some fantastic new and existing talent for Asian-American cinema. He recently contacted Shawn and Emmanuel while they were in Pasadena for the Action on Film Awards Dinner, and managed to quickly interview them about the concept for "Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco" and their brief history. You can view the interview below:

To view Scott's full article, follow this link:

http://www.asiansonfilm.com/2011/08/shawn-bernal-manny-manzanares-interview-yo-soy-un-hombre-loco/

Scott is a great guy, with a real passion for pursuing the indie film scene and he does his best to bring a proper light to Asian-American cinema. Emmanuel and Shawn were very grateful and impressed with Scott's professionalism and warm personality, and they recommend you view his site, as well as all the fab interviews he has done on the Asian-American film community. You can view his site here:

Asians on Film

We thank Scott and his team for their time and efforts, and hope to meet them again soon! Thank you!

'Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco" took home 2 awards out of 4 nominations from the 2011 Action On Film Fest!

2011-08-02T00:20:00.000-07:00

The 2011 Action On Film International Film Festival has passed over the weekend, with LBP members Emmanuel Manzanares, Shawn Bernal, and Anthony J. Reddix in attendance for the awards ceremony, the results are in! And they are:

WINNER

*BEST FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY (SHORT FILM)
*BEST MARTIAL ARTS ACTION SEQUENCE (SHORT FILM)

Emmanuel and Shawn did not win for their nominations as Male Action Performer of the Year, or Breakout Action Star for Short Film, but were very grateful and happy to be nominated alongside some extremely talented performers, and wishes the winners Will Yun Lee and Alex Diaz the best! Many thanks to festival director Del Weston, as well as those whom attended the screening, and were so kind on the awards night! We thank you all! You can view the full results of the 2011 Action on Film International Film Festival here:

https://www.aoffest.com/pdf/AOF-2011-Film-Video-Award-Winners.pdf

Here are some photos from Saturday night's awards dinner (Photos taken by Pamela V. Bernal):

Loco will be running its festival circuit soon, and we are revamping the short with original music to send over to the bigger fests as well. As always, you can view the film here:

Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco (I Am a Crazy Man) from LBP Stunts Chicago on Vimeo.

OFFICIAL SELECTION 2011

ACTION ON FILM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

2011 ACTION ON FILM WINNER

*BEST FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY (SHORT FILM)

*BEST MARTIAL ARTS ACTION SEQUENCE (SHORT FILM)

2011 ACTION ON FILM NOMINEE

*MALE ACTION PERFORMER OF THE YEAR - EMMANUEL MANZANARES

*MALE BREAKOUT ACTION STAR (SHORT FILM) - SHAWN BERNAL

Synopsis:

"A renegade assassin aspires to be the best in the league, but he must first defeat number one.."

Shot in 3 days, 20 hours total. Originally shot in November 2010.

A short film by Vlad Rimburg

Starring

Shawn Bernal as Number 1

Emmanuel Manzanares as Number 2

Featuring

Jessie Bayani

Pamela V. Bernal

Keith Min

Alexander Hashioka-Oatfield

Vlad Rimburg

Written and Directed by Vlad Rimburg

Edited by

Emmanuel Manzanares and Vlad Rimburg

Fight Choreography and Fight Coordination

Vlad Rimburg and Emmanuel Manzanares

Camera and Sound

Vlad Rimburg

Anthony J. Reddix

Emmanuel Manzanares

Color Correction by

Emmanuel Manzanares and Kana Ito

Produced by LBP Stunts Chicago

Special Thanks

Shawn Bernal

Anthony J. Reddix

Vladislav Rimburg

Emmanuel Manzanares

Alex Meglei

LBP Stunts Chicago

Dan "The Professor" Cabrera

The Cast and Crew

Vladislav Rimburg

LBP Stunts Chicago

C 2011

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http://lbpstuntschicago.blogspot.com/

http://www.youtube.com/vjvlad

"Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco" has been accepted and nominated with 4 awards at the 2011 Action On Film International Film Festival!

2011-07-12T21:12:00.000-07:00

PROMOTIONAL POSTER CREATED BY STEVEN YU

The 2011 Action On Film International Film Festival has recently released their festival screening dates as well as award nominations, and the collaborative short film done by LBP Stunts and Vlad Rimburg, "Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco" has not only been chosen to be featured at the festival, but also is up for award nominations in 4 categories!

The categories are:

1. BEST FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY - SHORT
2. BEST ACTION SEQUENCE - MARTIAL ARTS SHORT
3. BREAKOUT MALE ACTION STAR - SHORT - SHAWN BERNAL
4. MALE ACTION PERFORMER OF THE YEAR - EMMANUEL MANZANARES

The film will be screening on JULY 26TH, at 7:30PM AT THE ACADEMY 5 THEATRE (KEEP IN MIND THE DATES/TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, SO KEEP LOOKING OUT FOR ANY UPDATES!)

We would definitely like to thank Del Weston and his committee for giving us the opportunity to be featured, and as well as their graciousness for nominating us!

Please check out the AOF Website for more info about the fest, including scheduling and tickets:

http://aoffest.com/

But really, we would definitely like to take the time to thank our wonderful stunt team and the individual members that took the time out to help, perform, collaborate, and promote the project, as well as director Vlad Rimburg. That being said, we ask that you take the time to check out the demo reels of all those involved, and really give it up to them and our crew for making this project happen in such a short turnaround. We could not have done it without the knowledge and experience that our team has, as well as the fabulous individuals that help to push the team's skills to where we all are today, and beyond. WE THANK YOU ALL!

ALEXANDER HASHIOKA-OATFIELD (HENCHMAN 1)

KEITH MIN (HENCHMAN 2)

JESSIE BAYANI (HENCHMAN 3)

VLAD RIMBURG CHOREOGRAPHY REEL (MOB BOSS/DIRECTOR/HEAD FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER AND FIGHT COORDINATOR/WRITER)

LBP STUNTS CHICAGO TEAM DEMO REEL

SHAWN BERNAL (NUMBER 1/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)

EMMANUEL MANZANARES (NUMBER 2/HOMBRE LOCO/EDITOR/CO-FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER AND FIGHT COORDINATOR/STUNT COORDINATOR)

As always, if you cannot make the festival, you can view our film online here:

FOR INTERNATIONAL VIEWERS:

Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco (I Am a Crazy Man) from LBP Stunts Chicago on Vimeo.

View our featured articles on Reel Chicago and Kung Fu Cinema in regards to "Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco"!

2011-07-05T01:47:00.001-07:00

Ruth L. Ratny recently posted an article in regards to our short film, "Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco" and how it will be featured at this year's Action On Film Festival. Go here to view it:

http://reelchicago.com/article/lbp-stunts-first-film-showcase-action-fest

Also, we have been featured by the fine folks at Kung Fu Cinema.com, thanks to Albert Valentin:

http://www.kungfucinema.com/lbp-stunts-chicagos-yo-soy-un-hombre-loco-online-17987

If you have not seen our short film, you can do so here:

Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco (I Am a Crazy Man) from LBP Stunts Chicago on Vimeo.

Check out our collaboration with the Thousand Pounds Fight Team, as well our featured article for "Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco" on Kung Fu Cinema!

2011-07-01T02:56:00.000-07:00

Having been in a fervent editing mode as of recent, Emmanuel has been hard at work editing all the different short fights and tests he did while out in LA with Vlad Rimburg. As of now, there have been two released. One with the Thousand Pounds Fight Team, and the other with Vlad Rimburg and Jeffrey Griffith.

The collaboration with Thousand Pounds is fully directed and edited by Emmanuel, as well as being the main fight choreographer, but also featuring choreography from Vlad Rimburg. Entitled "1KLBP (Thousand Lazy Brown Pounds)", you can view it here:

1KLBP (Thousand Lazy Brown Pounds) from LBP Stunts Chicago on Vimeo.

The other collaboration with Vlad Rimburg features Jeffrey Griffith, and is a short test fight directed by Vlad, but shot and edited entirely by Emmanuel. You can also view it here:

Betrayal (Anime Inspired Test Fight) from LBP Stunts Chicago on Vimeo.

Please feel free to check out the latest trailer by Thousand Pounds, for their upcoming short film, "Naruto Shippuden: Dreamers Fight":

You can also check out Jeffrey Griffith's stunt reel here:

Finally, our short film collab "Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco" was recently featured on the Kung Fu Cinema website by Albert Valentin. You can view it here:

http://www.kungfucinema.com/lbp-stunts-chicagos-yo-soy-un-hombre-loco-online-17987

We thank the support we've been receiving as of late, and we thank everyone for continuing to watch and spread the word of this film! We have recently submitted the film to the 2011 Action on Film Festival, where it was also recently accepted! We hope to have more info about its festival as time goes on, as well as releasing more videos from Emmanuel's trip to LA. Thank you again for all of your support, and we will update soon!

Vote for "Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco" to be a featured short film at the 2011 Palo Alto International Film Festival!

2011-06-24T00:37:00.000-07:00

We recently submitted our short film collaboration with Vlad Rimburg entitled "Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco (I am a Crazy Man)" to be in the running as a featured short film during the 2011 Palo Alto International Film Festival. In order to be featured, the festival committee will choose a grand prize winner and three additional short films based on the amount of votes gained throughout the voting period.

VOTING BEGINS FRIDAY JUNE 23rd AND LASTS UNTIL THURSDAY, JUNE 30th. Winners will be announced on THURSDAY, JULY 7th.

YOU CAN VOTE VIA THREE METHODS:

1. LOGIN USING YOUR FB ACCOUNT
2. LOGIN USING YOUR TWITTER ACCOUNT
3. SMS/TEXT "TH 6GW5SF" TO THE NUMBER "66337"

You can vote for and view the short film via the link here:

http://www.talenthouse.com/creativeinvites/preview/abc46a0bc476589ffb73a48ec7732506/190

Please spread the word! The grand prize is an all access pass to the festival, as well as a copy of Adobe Creative Suite 5.5. Either way, it would mean a great deal to have the short film exposed to a wider audience, and we'd love your support! Thank you all for your time, effort, and support, and we will update soon! Cheers!

Watch the short film collaboration "Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco (I Am a Crazy Man)" between LBP Stunts Chicago and Vlad Rimburg!

2011-06-19T11:31:00.000-07:00

After many long months of editing, we are finally able to present our collaboration with action director Vladislav Rimburg. It is a 10 min short film entitled "Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco (I Am a Crazy Man)". You can view it here:

For those outside of the United States, we have realized the film is blocked on Youtube. However, you can view the film on Vimeo unrestricted:

Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco (I Am a Crazy Man) from LBP Stunts Chicago on Vimeo.

SYNOPSIS:

"A renegade assassin aspires to be the best in the league, but he must first defeat number one.."

Shot in 3 days, 20 hours total. Originally shot in November 2010.

A short film by Vlad Rimburg

STARRING
Shawn Bernal as Number 1
Emmanuel Manzanares as Number 2

FEATURING
Jessie Bayani
Pamela V. Bernal
Keith Min
Alexander Hashioka-Oatfield
Vlad Rimburg

Written and Directed by Vlad Rimburg

EDITED BY
Emmanuel Manzanares and Vlad Rimburg

Fight Choreography and Fight Coordination
Vlad Rimburg and Emmanuel Manzanares

CAMERA and SOUND
Vlad Rimburg
Anthony J. Reddix
Emmanuel Manzanares

COLOR CORRECTION BY
Emmanuel Manzanares and Kana Ito

Produced by LBP Stunts Chicago

SPECIAL THANKS
Shawn Bernal
Anthony J. Reddix
Vladislav Rimburg
Emmanuel Manzanares
Alex Meglei
LBP Stunts Chicago
Dan "The Professor" Cabrera
The Cast and Crew

Vladislav Rimburg
LBP Stunts Chicago
C 2011
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You can view Vlad Rimburg's action direction/fight coordination reel here:

Check out LBP Stunts members Brendon Huor and Mickey Facchinello featured in 2 new videos, including a Naruto Shippuden Fan Film!

2011-05-23T02:18:00.000-07:00

LBP Stunts member Brendon Huor and the Thousand Pounds Action Company have finally released their long awaited full trailer for their upcoming 20 minute long short film based on the universe and characters of "Naruto: Shippuden". Brendon Huor plays as Rock Lee, pitting himself with a fight against Naruto Uzumaki, played by Donald Mills. You can view the trailer here:

LBP Stunts member Mickey Facchinello has also released a new video, this one directed and choreographed by our good friend Vlad Rimburg. The short was inspired by the final fight scene in the Guy Ritchie film "Snatch". It features Chris Yu, Adam Phelps, and Brendon Huor as fighters. View it here:

You can view Brendon's and Mickey's demo reels here:

BRENDON HUOR

MICKEY FACCHINELLO

Andy Long Action Reel 2011!

2011-05-19T10:49:00.000-07:00

Our resident German affiliate, Andreas "Andy Long" Nguyen has released his latest action reel, which showcases not only a huge depth of improvement in skill, performance, and fight choreography, but overall sets such a high bar, that many could only hope to emulate. We're proud to share his reel, and even more grateful for the time we spent working together with him. We're also grateful he has showcased some of the work we did with him! By far, the next time we meet, there will be more big things to come! We wish you all the best Andy, you deserve it! View the reel here:

Also, we've recently released an older DSLR test featuring Manny and Alex, when they helped Tony Reddix test out his Canon 60D on day of purchase. They shot this test in about 2 hours, and had some fun in the end. View it here:

There will soon be more updates as the month ends. Big things to come over the summer!

Check out LBP Stunts member Brendon Huor in a new promo fight for "Double Dragon"!

2011-04-23T02:12:00.000-07:00

Our good friend Vlad Rimburg recently created a promo fight around the classic 80s video game franchise "Double Dragon", starring LBP Stunts member Brendon Huor and fellow Sideswipe member Donald Mills. The fight is just a taste for an upcoming short based on the story and characters of the NES classic, "Double Dragon 3". View the fight here:

You can see more of Vlad's work here:

http://www.youtube.com/vjvlad

New video "Fight to Survive" is up! Also, a small intro tease to the next LBP Stunts short project, "Midnight Club: Side A"

2011-04-19T22:54:00.000-07:00

First off, we had the great opportunity about 2 weeks ago to welcome our NYC stuntpeers Jim Ng and Steve Izzi, whom came to visit to train, shoot a project, and other assorted fun. We had a great time with them within the week and a half they stayed, but we definitely got to shoot a fun project that will take some time to edit. It's our first time utilizing the limited yet able capabilities of the Canon Rebel T2i DSLR camera, but we had a blast using it nonetheless.

So without further ado, here's the video we shot on Jim's last day here in Chicago, which we decided to go for more of a nostalgic look and feel to it. We hope you enjoy! (and get inspired to sing a long, haha):

Within the video, we show segments of the intro for our newest upcoming short film project, entitled "MIDNIGHT CLUB: SIDE A"

MUSIC: "A combination of sounds, with beauty, form, and expression of emotion."

FIGHT: "A confrontation between opposing groups in which each attempts to harm or gain power over the other, with bodily force or weapons"

MIXTAPE: "A compilation of songs recorded in a specific order."

The concept behind Midnight Club: Side A, is that of merging music, visual narrative, and action performance into a visual mixtape of sorts. Music will be transitioned between 3 different realms of fighting and fight scenes, and each fight will transition accordingly based on the music's tempo or transition being used. Each fight represents a style of "fighting", from HK style, to anime/video game style, to American style, and is rooted in the concept of traditional aspects of each art, and how they go against their newer, sleeker, younger generational counterparts.
The short film is a homage to music, fighting, and visual stylization. It will be released sometime this June.

Thanks again for the great support, and we hope you enjoy the video! Feel free to check out our website, as well as our new "official" youtube channel, which is a more concise and cleaner version to show our work and spread around. You can view both links here:

LBP Stunts Chicago Official Homepage - https://sites.google.com/site/lbpstuntschicago/home

LBP Stunts Chicago Official Youtube Channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/lbpstuntschicago

We'll update again soon enough, thank you!

Mass new video updates!!

2011-04-02T02:02:00.000-07:00

There's quite a few videos to post over the past month or so, all either featuring members of the team or our friends and affiliates, so let's get you updated!

First off, a recent Red Bull spec commercial was released which features the head of Sideswipe, Matt Mullins, as well as Seth Austin, Donald Mills, and LBP Stunts member Brendon Huor. You can view the video here:

Recently, Aero Chicago Parkour was interviewed as a community by local news station WTTW Chicago. You can view the excellent segment about Aero Chicago Parkour here:

In conjunction with Aero's post, the premiere freerunning team in the US, Tempest Freerunning, has released an amazing promo video for their brand new parkour/freerunning training facility located in Los Angeles. Many of the US's top freerunners are showcased, including Chicago's own Michael "Frosti" Zernow, and Ninja Warrior contestant Levi Meeuwenberg. View it here:

Also be sure to check out Frosti and Levi's performances with Team Tempest on a featured segment for "Jump City: Seattle" via the Conan O' Brien show:

For those who missed our comedy segment with Xzibit on an episode of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition last year, you can view it here:

Finally, we recently tested out some new choreography involving martial arts "tricking" which will be used for a future project being shot later this summer. View the pre-viz here:

Thanks for all the support and viewings! Though this year has been slow in terms of output, we are hard at work and continually cooking up something new to show later in the year. We hope to update again soon enough, thank you and keep watching!

New LBP Stunts Chicago demo reel is up!

2011-03-14T23:57:00.000-07:00

First things, the team actually has up a new team channel, which you can visit here:

http://www.youtube.com/lbpstuntschicago

The purpose of this is for our official site, and to give prospective viewers a more streamlined approach to viewing the work we have done on our own and with other collaborators. Instead of re-uploading a ton of videos, we have instead linked and categorized our work on the channel so that it is easily viewable and also links back to the original creators or collaborators we may have worked with. We will continue to update the "spidermexican" channel, mostly for viewer hits and all our fans, but the new "lbpstuntschicago" channel is now strictly for professional use only. Feel free to subscribe and support!

Our new team reel is up, which you can view here:

Also, the final round of Ultra Combos done by the Thousand Pounds fight team is up, which you can view here:

You can check out LBP member Brendon Huor in a local LA commercial for COX Communications, along with Mike Moh from the XMA World HQ. The commercial was coordinated by Arnold Chon.

Members of Aero Chicago Parkour created a video last year which effectively captures the carefree and magnetic spirit of the Parkour/Freerunning community in Chicago. The video was shot and directed by local director and traceur Grant R. Lechner. If you haven't witnessed it yet, you can view it here:

New videos featuring members Alex "Fresh" Meglei, Brendon Huor, and Mickey Facchinello!

2011-02-14T14:56:00.000-08:00

First off, Alex "Fresh" Meglei has a new demo reel up, which you can view here:

Second, LBP members Brendon Huor and Mickey Facchinello are featured in the latest video by LA based fight team, Thousand Pounds. In the videos, the team showcase a live action version of the ultra combo system used in the video game "Street Fighter IV". View it here:

PART 1:

PART 2:

You can view Brendon and Mickey's demo reels here:

BRENDON HUOR

MICKEY FACCHINELLO

Finally, Eric Jacobus of The Stunt People has released his long awaited collaboration with Andreas "Andy Long" Nguyen. View it here:

Check out Brendon Huor's 2011 Demo Reel, as well as other new videos by our peers!

2011-01-18T22:11:00.000-08:00

First off, we have team member Brendon Huor's newest reel to present, which you can view here:

Second, we have a great new showreel to present from our good friends in Canada, Team 2X. Our buddy Jonny Caines is part of this fantastic team of martial arts trickers, live performers, and stunt performers. Check out their brand new showreel here:

Also don't forget to check out Jonny's reel here:

JONNY CAINES

Finally, we have 2 videos to post. One is practice/tricking footage from two of our newer training partners, Justin Strack and Nate Hitpas, and another is from two of our good friends in New York and Germany, Kenny Wong and Thomas Hacikoglu. View them here:

JUSTIN VS NATE

Nate Vs. Justin - Stunt Practice Footage from LBP Stunts Chicago on Vimeo.

KENNY VS THOMAS

You can view Kenny and Thomas' demo reels here:

KENNY WONG

THOMAS HACIKOGLU

New short film/fight demo, "Magnetic" now online!

2011-01-10T03:12:00.000-08:00

View our newest short film/fight demo, "Magnetic" below:

Magnetic from LBP Stunts Chicago on Vimeo.

A rogue agent is tracked down by a rookie who is more than what he seems.

Originally a fight demo for Jessie Bayani, this was turned into a longer project.

"Magnetic"

Starring

Jessie Bayani as the Rookie Agent (Light Suit)
Alexander Hashioka-Oatfield as the Rogue Agent (Dark Suit)

Shot, Edited, and Directed by
Emmanuel Manzanares

Fight Choreography
Fight Coordination by
Emmanuel Manzanares

Music by
Trent Reznor
Atticus Ross

Excerpts taken from the motion picture soundtrack of "The Social Network", All Rights Reserved.

C 2011 LBP Stunts Chicago

Keith Min hosting new Tai-Chi Seminar on Sunday, Jan. 16th!

2011-01-06T01:31:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year everyone! Apologies for not updating the blog. Here's some quick updates:

1. For those in the Chicagoland Area whom are interested, LBP Stunts member Keith Min is holding another Hsing-I and Tai Chi kung fu seminar at LA Boxing (located at 8 East 9th St, Chicago IL) from 1pm - 3pm on Sunday, January 16th. Keith will be going over basic Hsing-I applications, as well as going over the Lao Jia (old form) of Tai Chi. The seminar consists of:

-Warm up
-Form/Applications
-Self Defense Drills
-Chi-Kung exercises/cool down

The cost is $40. Feel free to contact Keith at:

708.334.7631
keith.min83@gmail.com

2. No new videos as of late, but we will be releasing some short films in the coming weeks, as well as some demo reels. Here's a preview:

MAGNETIC

"A rouge agent is tracked down by a rookie who is more than what he seems."

YO SOY UN HOMBRE LOCO (I AM A CRAZY MAN)

"A renegade assassin aspires to be the best in the league, but he must first defeat number one.."

3. Finally, our fantastic friends and peers at The Stunt People collaborated with another fantastic group, Skyward Stunts, and have created an epic short film known as:

View it here:

Lemonade Jeff and the Masters of Illusion from Shaun Finney on Vimeo.

To view the demo reels of everyone involved, go here:

SHAUN FINNEY (EDITOR/DIRECTOR)

ERIC JACOBUS

JEFFREY GRIFFITH

Check out 2 new demo reels from our team members, Mickey Facchinello and Jessie Bayani!

2010-11-21T04:57:00.000-08:00

LBP Stunts members Mickey Facchinello and Jessie Bayani both have action reels available to view, which you can do so here:

MICKEY FACCHINELLO

JESSIE BAYANI

We also recently took the time during last week's stunt practice to test out and experiment with costumes and stylized movements for a possible short fight project we may shoot next year with Shawn Bernal as Kato. This was Shawn's last stunt practice before going off to the Philippines for the month of December to celebrate his marriage and honeymoon. We wish him a safe and exciting time. You can view the video here:

Costume Fun with Kato! (Fight Practice 11.18.2010) from LBP Stunts Chicago on Vimeo.

Finally, the Sideswipe demo team which includes team members Brendon Huor and Mickey Facchinello, have been performing in Las Vegas recently at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino. Their performances run from Nov. 21st - Dec. 31st. If your in the area, come out and support this fantastic team as they perform a blend of martial arts, acrobatics, and stage performance. Order your tickets here:

https://res.tropicanalv.com/cgi-bin/lansaweb?procfun+netsls+netsls+tkt+funcparms+IOFRWW%28A010%29%3ASIDESWIPE

Check out Sideswipe's demo here:

Check out Brendon Huor featured in Nerf's newest commerical!

2010-11-01T02:46:00.000-07:00

LBP Stunts member Brendon Huor and his fellow Sideswipe teammates Craig Henningsen and Seth Austin recently were tapped to film a quick promo commercial for Nerf's latest product line of action based foam weapons. You can view the commercial here:

Support Brendon Huor and his fellow team members by attending Sideswipe Live on Nov. 5th/6th!

2010-10-25T23:06:00.001-07:00

LBP Stunts member Brendon Huor and his fellow teammates on the SideSwipe Pro Martial Arts Demo Team will be performing at the Sportsmen's Lodge Event Center in Studio City, CA on November 5th and 6th! Please come out and support this fantastic performance team as they perform their unique blend of extreme martial arts, tumbling, parkour/freerunning, and stage performance to create an amazing act that any family can enjoy.

To view a sampler of their stage performances, check out their promo video:

If you'd like to attend and reserve tickets, you may do so here:

https://www.martialartstechnologies.com/buytickets?tournamentID=23

To recap the performance info:

SIDESWIPE LIVE
WHERE:
Sportsmen's Lodge Event Center
12833 Ventura Blvd
Studio City, CA
WHEN:
Friday Nov. 5th 7:30pm
Saturday Nov 6th 12:30pm

To check out more videos, pictures, and information about Sideswipe Pro, please visit their website at:

http://www.sideswipepro.com

Check out LBP Stunts Chicago featured on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition!

2010-10-25T09:06:00.000-07:00

Back in September, the team was called to do a comedic fight scene for the 8th Season of ABC Television's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" against one of the guest designers, Xzibit. However, the producers of the show felt it was too violent for a family friendly show, and instead we switched the scene around on the fly to accommodate the purpose of the episode. It's a very quick segment we shot, but thanks to the great producers of the show and Xzibit, we had a fun time working on it. The segment we were featured in was during "Day 5". You can view it here:

http://abc.go.com/watch/extreme-makeover-home-edition/SH559052/VD5592264/arboleda-family

We also had made a pre-viz video for the producers with the original concept of the segment they wanted. You can view the video here:

EM:HE Xzibit Blocking Tape from LBP Stunts Chicago on Vimeo.

Hsing-I Kung Fu Seminar hosted by Keith Min, Sunday, October 17th!

2010-10-11T21:53:00.000-07:00

This is for serious inquiries only, but for those in the Chicagoland area whom are interested..

LBP Stunts member Keith Min is hosting an basic introduction to Hsing-I Kung Fu, this Sunday, October 17th, from 10am to 12pm at LA Boxing. The price for the seminar is $35 (which is CHEAP for a general martial arts seminar). LA Boxing is located at:

LA Boxing South Loop
8 E. 9th Street, Unit E Chicago, IL 60605

Keith has been studying various martial arts since the age of 7 years old, with training in various kung fu styles such as Shaolin 5 Animals (Southern), Hsing-I, Ba gua, and Wing Chun, as well as Wrestling, Boxing, and Muay Thai Kickboxing, Keith has had extensive training for over 12 years.

The seminar consists of going over the basic fundamentals of Hsing-I Kung Fu, which emphasize striking and defending simultaneously, as well as retaining a liner, yet balanced stance and base to move/attack/defend from. Keith will also go over basic applications, and why the fundamental stances and forms are key to building power and applying them for practical use. For a basic historical account of Hsing-I, refer to this article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hsing_I

Keith has also chosen videos showcasing forms and applications of Hsing-I that he will discuss and go over:

This would be a fantastic opportunity to come and learn a great martial art from a great teacher. Keith is very passionate about Kung Fu, and is great at showing individuals how to use their body, no matter what size, age, or gender you are. Please come out and show your support!

Again, the seminar info is:

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 2010
INTRO TO HSING-I KUNG FU BASIC FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS
LOCATION: LA BOXING SOUTH LOOP GYM
ADDRESS: 8 E. 9th Street, Unit E Chicago, IL 60605
TIME: 10AM - 12PM
PRICE: $35

You may contact Keith for more info about the seminar at:

PHONE - 708.334.7631

EMAIL - keith.min83@gmail.com

Keith is also available for private lessons. Please contact him for more info.

If you would like to see Keith in action utilizing his martial arts skills for stunt performance, you can view his stunt reel here:

Check out Brendon Huor in the latest video directed by Vlad Rimburg!

2010-10-05T19:17:00.000-07:00

The latest video was shot and action directed by Vlad Rimburg, with fight choreography by Vlad, Brendon, and Adam Phelps from the Zero Gravity Stunt Team.

View it here:

Also, check out Brendon's new "quick" action reel here:

and if you'd like to view more of Vlad Rimburg's work, check out his fight coordination/action direction reel here:

LBP Invades Toronto, Vol. 3!

2010-09-24T14:17:00.000-07:00

Recently, Emmanuel and Tony drove out to Toronto, Canada to check out some films being shown at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF 2010) and to also meet up with fellow stunt peers DL Macdonald, Dennis Lafond, Tyler Williams, and Jonny Caines. They only had one day to shoot together, so in 5 hours, they came up with and shot two fights. You can view it here:

LBP Invades Toronto, Vol. 3! from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

You can view the demo reels and sites for each performer below:

DL Macdonald

Dennis Lafond

Tyler Williams

Jonny Caines

Watch Brendon Huor in the new teaser of "Naruto Shippuden: Dreamers Fight"!

2010-09-10T21:58:00.000-07:00

Watch here:

The fan film is by the same team that brought you, "Street Fighter: Beginning's End". You can view that original video here:

Brendon is also featured alongside Donald Mills in Vlad Rimburg's latest short fight, Part 1: Chapter A. The short fight is a homage to Takashi Miike's "Crows Zero". View it here:

Finally, we had the opportunity to work with the fight choreographer of "Street Fighter: Beginnings End" and "Naruto Shippuden: Dreamers Fight" when he visited our stunt practice recently. It was only a short time, but we shot some small footage:

More Fight Practices from Stunt Training!

2010-09-10T21:51:00.000-07:00

We've been working together to train the newer members the basics of fight choreography and stunt performance with some drills. Here's the results of a few week's practice:

Color Correction Re-Edit of Shawn Bernal vs. Craig Henningsen!

2010-08-04T00:26:00.001-07:00

Re-worked and practiced up on some coloring effects on an old project we did for Sideswipe performance team member Craig Henningsen. You can view the re-edit here:

Shawn Bernal vs. Craig Henningsen (Color Correction Test Re-Edit) from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

For more info about the Sideswipe performance team, please visit their website:

http://www.sideswipepro.com/

To view Craig's demo reel, visit his homepage at:

http://www.craighenningsen.com/

LBP Stunts Beginner's Fight Practices

2010-08-04T00:03:00.000-07:00

We have some new training partners that have been visiting us recently at the gym, and have been running them through some basic fight practices with some of the senior members. Check out their progress here:

Fight Practice 1 - 07.22.2010

LBP Beginners Fight Practice (07.22.2010) from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

Fight Practice 2 - 07.29.2010

LBP Beginners Fight Practice (07.29.2010) from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

Support The Production Of Beat Down Boogie!

2010-07-05T22:29:00.000-07:00

Director Micah Moore and Producer Blake Faucette have re-started the fire to push out and create their newest feature project, "Beat Down Boogie". While the concept has been out for some time now, Micah has decided to push out Beat Down with some great viral videos, online support, and action based tutorials to gain funding, support, and hopefully some backing to kick start this unique and one of a kind creation. LBP members Emmanuel Manzanares and Shawn Bernal were invited out to Raleigh, NC along with Eric Jacobus of The Stunt People to discuss the project in terms of characters and stunt sequences, and managed to shoot some quick concept fight scenes while working with Micah and Blake. You can view the practice session video here:

As stated, there are viral videos and action tutorials going to be made to hype up the project and gain support. You can view some of the first ones here:

Sugar/Breakaway Glass Tutorial

Street Fighter Production Concept Viral Video

View more info about Beat Down Boogie, and support the film by subscribing and joining the fan page on Facebook here:

Beat Down Boogie Site
http://www.beatdownboogie.com/

Youtube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/beatdownboogie

Beat Down Boogie Blog
http://www.beatdownboogie.com/blog/

Flickr Photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beatdownboogie

Twitter
http://twitter.com/beatdownboogie

Aero Chicago Parkour's 2010 Chicago Colossal Jam Video Is Up!

2010-06-28T20:10:00.001-07:00

From June 25th - 27th, about 100 traceurs jammed from Oz Park to UIC to the Vietnam Memorial, Millennium/Grant Park, Field Museum, Daley Plaza, and ending at Ohio Street Beach. This video really only chronicles day 2 at UIC, but it was a blast nonetheless! Big thanks to everyone at Aero Chicago Parkour for handling the hectic weekend, and hope you all enjoy the video! View below:

Aero Chicago Parkour 2010 Chicago Colossal Jam from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

Weapons Fight Practice with LBP members Shawn Bernal and Alex Hashioka!

2010-06-14T21:39:00.000-07:00

At last week's practice, the team finally decided to mix up some hand to hand and weapons choreography together, along with building a "set" to create some dimensional fighting. After 2 hours of shooting, here's the result:

Shawn Vs. Alex Fight Practice (Weapons Choreography) 06.10.10 from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo

Mickey Facchinello's Fight Practice With LBP Stunts Chicago!

2010-06-06T22:15:00.000-07:00

Mickey's been training with us for a few sessions now, and we ran her through another fight practice on camera. Check it here:

Mickey Facchinello Fight Practice (LBP Stunt Practice 06.03.20) from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

Find out more info about Mickey here:
http://www.sideswipepro.com/Theatricks/cast/mfacchinello.htm

and view her martial arts demo reel here:

Mickey Facchinello's Martial Arts Reel from Michaela Facchinello on Vimeo.

New LBP Fight Practice Based On The Hit PS3 Video Game, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves!

2010-05-21T05:25:00.000-07:00

About a month ago, we decided to do a fun exercise where the team takes an already existing product (such as a movie, tv show, or video game) and attempts to create a unique scenario and create some fight choreography around that either emulates the style of that product, or creates a new twist on it. One stunt practice later, the team decided to attempt to create a fight and action scenario for the hit Playstation 3 video game, "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves". Shot in about 5 hours, we tried our best to do the game justice in our own way, and had a lot of fun doing so in the process. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did performing it! View it here:

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Fight Practice (LBP Stunt Practice 04.15.2010) from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

Also, we have a new training partner, courtesy of a referral through Brendon Huor. Mickey Facchinello came out to train with LBP and learn the basics of stunt work and fight choreography, so we trained her a bit in some basic fundamentals and shot her first test fight with her. You can view that here:

Mickey Vs. Alex (LBP Fight Practice 05.20.2010) from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

Mickey plans to train with LBP consistently, so we hope to definitely shoot some bigger and better things once she starts training with us more. We're excited to have her!

Speaking of Brendon, you can check out his brand new action reel here:

Enjoy everyone! We'll update again soon enough.

New Music Video Featuring Members of Aero Chicago Parkour and LBP Stunts Member Alex Meglei!

2010-04-28T19:24:00.001-07:00

This is a music video montage directed and edited by Anne Hirschmann for her class at Depaul University. She incorporated some folks from Aero Chicago Parkour along with LBP Stunts member Alex "Fresh" Meglei, whom helped her to shoot and coordinate the action. She shot this on a Canon 7D. Enjoy!

Shot on a Canon 7D, 720p 24 frames HD
18 - 135mm EF-S Lens

Parkour/Freerunning Stunts by
Aero Chicago Parkour
Alex "Fresh" Meglei

Action Coordinated By
Aero Chicago Parkour
Alex "Fresh" Meglei
Emmanuel Manzanares

Shot, Edited, and Directed by Anne Hirschmann

Digital Mirror MV Feat. Aero Chicago Parkour (Canon 7D Shoot) from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

LBP Homepage Is Up!

2010-04-27T11:05:00.000-07:00

We have a new homepage, courtesy of googlesites. It's not much, but it clearly outlines what we're about, what we can offer to productions, and the stunt training we do and offer. It also gives some info on our team, and showcases the work we do! Please take some time to visit and check it out, thank you!

You can visit it here: https://sites.google.com/site/lbpstuntschicago/home

Fight Choreography Test at LBP Stunt Practice with the Canon 7D!

2010-04-24T21:58:00.000-07:00

We got a hold of the Canon 7D again, and this time for stunt practice, we tested the audio capabilities as well as the video with different sets of lenses thanks to Keith Min. Here's the result of our shoot:

Canon 7D Fight Choreography Test at LBP Stunt Practice (04.22.2010) from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

Some background info on the stuff we used for the camera:

Shot on a Canon 7D, 1080p, 24 frames HD

Shot with
18 - 55mm EF lens
75 - 300 mm EF lens
50mm EF lens
ISO Range from 2000 - 3200

Aero Chicago Parkour Canon 7D Camera Test!

2010-04-19T23:51:00.000-07:00

Check out this quick chase scene that LBP Stunt Team director Emmanuel Manzanares shot, action coordinated, and edited with members of Aero Chicago Parkour to test out the action capabilities of the Canon 7D camera:

Parkoo Chase (Canon 7D Camera Test) from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

Aero UIC Beginner's Jam Video Now Featured on APK Website!

2010-04-12T23:13:00.000-07:00

Ryan "Cloud" Cousins was gracious enough to write up an article and post the Aero Beginner's Jam video up on the APK (American Parkour) website and youtube channel. You can view the write up here:

http://www.americanparkour.com/content/view/5274/1/

And view the video here:

To find out more info about Parkour/Freerunning in the Chicago land area, please visit the forums at the Aero Chicago Parkour website:

http://www.chicagoparkour.net

To find about more info about Parkour/Freerunning all around the nation, please visit the American Parkour Alliance website:

http://www.americanparkour.com

For more info on Ryan "Cloud" Cousins, please visit these sites:

http://www.raytraceur.com

http://www.youtube.com/user/Clorinth

You can view his short parkour/freerunning reel here:

Aero Chicago Parkour March 27th UIC Beginners Jam Video!

2010-03-30T02:24:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday was the first big Chicago jam for Aero Chicago Parkour, which is normally called a "Beginners Jam" to bring out folks of all types and ages to come out and learn the basics of Parkour/Freerunning. This jam was important because not only was this the first major Chicago jam without founder Ryan "Cloud" Cousins at the helm, but also the last jam of fellow traceur, Jacob "Rayxna" Carlson, whom will be attending a religious mission for 2 years in Fresno. Emmanuel and the rest of Aero Chicago Parkour dedicate the video to Jacob Carlson for his commitment and service to the community, and he will be dearly missed. We hope to welcome him home soon enough, in 2 years. This jam could have not been possible without him, or the help of fellow LBP member Alex "Fresh" Meglei, who came out to help Jacob lead the jam along with his fellow traceurs. A big thanks to both Jacob and Alex for being good leaders for the community and helping out with this jam that included nearly 100 traceurs attending.

The music heard in the video is predominately from the Samurai Champloo soundtrack, with songs by Jun Seba, aka Nujabes, whom is a indie hip-hop DJ from Japan that recently passed away last month. If you like the music heard in this video, please take some time out to support this wonderful artist and continue to spread his music. You can find out more info about Nujabes and his music here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nujabes

Without further ado, here's the video:

Aero Chicago Parkour March 27th 2010 UIC Beginners Jam from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

Enjoy!

For more info about Parkour and Freerunning, as well as info about Parkour jams, training areas, and Parkour classes, please visit:

Aero Chicago Parkour

You can view Alex's 2009 Parkour/Freerunning sampler here:

Last LBP Stunt Practice With Brendon Huor!

2010-03-26T12:15:00.000-07:00

Brendon Huor came out for his last LBP stunt practice, before he ships out to Los Angeles in April. Of course, we'll probably see him again sometime sooner than later, but nonetheless, the entire team had a blast working with and training with him this past month. Thank you for everything Brendon! Best of luck to you in LA! You can view the last practice video here, which features Jessie Bayani and Emmanuel Manzanares, and was shot by Anthony J. Reddix:

Last LBP Stunt Practice With Brendon Huor - 03.25.2010 from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

Lazy Stunt Practice with Brendon Huor..

2010-03-19T16:51:00.000-07:00

We had another stunt practice with Brendon Huor, and though we originally had a more substantial video planned, plans fell through and we ended up having to save it for next week. Though we were eager to try something new, it was soon clear everyone was too tired and lazy to really do anything substantial, so we just opted to do whatever and have some fun. You can view the video here:

A Very Lazy LBP Stunt Practice With Brendon Huor - 03.18.2010 from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

Final LBP Collaboration with Andy Long of the Mag-Fighters!

2010-03-19T00:41:00.000-07:00

Andreas "Andy Long" Nguyen left Chicago on March 2nd, and we finally have the last collaborative piece that LBP did with him ready to show. You can view it here:

So Long! Andy.. Long? from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

We all had an amazing time with Andy in Chicago and the feeling was bittersweet seeing him leaving. After getting to work and know more about this amazing individual, we can only hope to meet again and collaborate on even larger projects one day. We at LBP wish him the best on the rest of his stateside trip, going back home to Germany. We miss you so much Andy! But we will all see you again, soon enough. Until next time, Mr. Long!

2 New LBP Stunt Practice Videos Featuring Brendon Huor!

2010-03-14T04:45:00.000-07:00

Brendon Huor came out again to visit for the past 2 LBP Stunt Practices, and shot numerous fights with Alex Hashioka, Keith Min, and Shawn Bernal. You can view the videos below:

LBP Stunt Practice With Brendon Huor - 5.4.2010 from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

LBP Stunt Practice With Brendon Huor - 03.11.2010 from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

A very big thanks to Brendon, whom we hope to collaborate and train with some more. Hopefully by this week, the last video between LBP and Andy Long should be out! Thank you for your support!

You can view Alex Hashioka's 2010 Stunt Reel here:

For more info about Alex Hashioka, please visit:
http://www.chicagostuntman.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/urbanhashman
http://www.asylumstunts.com

You can view Keith Min's 2010 Stunt Reel here:

For more info about Keith Min, please visit:
http://www.youtube.com/keithmin83

You can view Shawn Bernal's 2010 stunt reel here:

For more info about Shawn Bernal, please visit:
http://www.youtube.com/shawnbernal

You can view Brendon Huor's 2008 sampler at:

For more info about Brendon Huor, please visit:
http://www.thehuors.com
http://www.youtube.com/brendonhuor
http://www.sideswipepro.com/

New Short Fight Between Andy Long and Alex Hashioka, Plus Stunt Training With Brendon Huor!

2010-03-02T02:32:00.000-08:00

This was the last weekend that Andy was staying with us, so we shot quite a few things, and were also able to train with Brendon Huor in Naperville. First things first, we shot a short fight between Alex Hashioka and Andy, which you can see here:

Andy Keeps It Real from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

We shot one last big fight between Andy, Alex Hashioka, Shawn Bernal, and Keith Min, which will be posted sometime later this week.

You can view Alex's stunt reel here:

You can view Andy's demo reel here:

This past Sunday, Andy and Emmanuel met up with Brendon Huor in Naperville, IL to do some stunt/fight choreography training. Brendon is one of the chief instructors at Sharkey's Karate Studio in Naperville, IL, a member of the Sideswipe Demo Team led by Matt Mullins, and also a 3 time world champion on the NASKA Circuit. He asked Andy and Emmanuel to train with him and everyone had a blast training together, resulting in more silly gags than actual stunts, which was fine by them. You can witness the fun here:

Stunt Training With Brendon Huor and Andy Long from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

For more info about Brendon and Sharkey's Karate Studio, visit these links:

Sharkey's Karate Studio

Brendon and Dayna Huor

New Night Time Fight Choreography Test With Andy Long and Keith Min Shot Near Chicago's Lake Shore Drive!

2010-02-25T11:20:00.000-08:00

After hanging out with Andy Long all day, Keith and Emmanuel decided to do a quick night shoot test fight (mostly because it was freezing) near Chicago's Lake Shore Drive, which is a massive roadway that runs along Lake Michigan and Chicago's skyline. We shot on Ohio Street Beach, and did it quick in case we would be kicked out. But we managed to finish, and here it is:

Andy Vs. Keith - Martial Arts Fight Choreography Test 6 from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

Andy one has one last weekend with us, and we hope to close off his amazing trip with a bang. We hope you look forward to it!

Visit Andy and his team at:
http://www.mag-fighters.de

4 New Fight Videos and Stunt Practice with Andy Long, Jim Ng, and Asylum Stunts!

2010-02-20T03:42:00.000-08:00

Within the past week, LBP has collaborated with Andy Long, Jim "Jester" Ng from New York, and members of Asylum Stunts on 4 new videos, all of which you can check out here:

Jim Ng Stalks Andy Long

Andy Vs. Jim - Martial Arts Fight Choreography Test 4

LBP/Asylum Stunt Practice With Andy Long and Jim Ng

Shawn Vs. Jim - Martial Arts Fight Choreography Test 5

Please visit our wonderful and talented peers at their respective websites:

http://www.asylumstunts.com

View Jim's demo reel here:

http://www.youtube.com/nyczjester

http://www.mag-fighters.de

New Test Fight Featuring Andy Long Vs. Keith Min! Also, A New Canon 7D Test Done By Our Good Friend Dennis Ruel!

2010-02-16T10:58:00.000-08:00

Andy Long, Keith Min, and Emmanuel Manzanares met up yesterday in Chicago's downtown during a blistery cold day, and decided to shoot an impromptu test fight where Andy tries to surprise attack Keith while he's out. Needless to say, that was the wrong decision. You can view the video here:

The color corrected look was another experiment done by Emmanuel as requested by Andy. We apologize if it's a bit dark! The next one won't be as extreme. We hope you enjoy!

Visit Andy and his stunt team in Germany, the "Magnificent Fighters", here:
http://www.mag-fighters.de

Our good friends in San Francisco, Dennis Ruel, Steven Yu, and Jose Montesinos, collaborated with Vlad Rimburg recently and did some tests on Dennis' new Canon 7D camera. The tests are to showcase look, as well as slow motion/speed ramping ala the film "300" and "Watchmen". You can view the video here:

You can view Dennis' action reel here:

Visit Dennis at his website:
http://www.dennisruel.com

Andy Long of the Mag-Fighters Stunt Team Visits LBP in Chicago!

2010-02-13T18:25:00.000-08:00

Andreas "Andy Long" Nguyen from the Magnificent Fighters Stunt Team in Germany, has been making a US tour to work with the local independent stunt teams in NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles, and for 3 weeks, he will be staying with Shawn Bernal and Emmanuel Manzanares in Chicago.

Recently landing last Thursday, and already quick to start shooting, Andy and LBP have already made 2 short videos. There will be more mini-short films and test fights to come within the next 3 weeks. Enjoy!

You can view Andy's Stunt Reel here:

Andy Long - Demoreel 2008 from Andreas Nguyen on Vimeo.

and view the Mag-Fighters Stunt Team Demo Reel here:

Mag-Fighters - Teaser 2010 from Andreas Nguyen on Vimeo.

Please visit Andy Long and the Mag-Fighters Stunt Team at their website:
http://www.mag-fighters.de/

2nd Promotional Trailer for LBP's Feature Film, "Those Who Go To Hell"!

2010-02-10T19:21:00.001-08:00

Emmanuel has recently released the second promotional trailer to "Those Who Go To Hell", which you can view here:

Synopsis:
Daniel Vicente (Shawn Bernal) is Chicago's most feared hit man whose life has been disciplined by an assassin's creed of solitude and tradition. Serving as the right hand man of Patrick Keller (Chad Sheveland), the second most powerful crime lord in Chicago, Daniel has assisted Patrick into the power and status that he holds. However, when an unexpected double cross occurs during the assassination of a well-known council leader, Daniel finds himself the prime target of the fearsome Madame Lo (Allison Carvalho), leader of the triads. After finding out that Patrick approved the hit on him, Daniel is left stunned and angered. Confused, betrayed, and left with no explanation, Daniel must confront old friends and past demons, while questioning his own creed to find out who he can trust, why he was double crossed, and to ultimately find the reason of his existence.

Credits:
A film by Emmanuel Manzanares

Written, Produced, Edited, Shot, and Directed by Emmanuel Manzanares

Fight Choreography by Emmanuel Manzanares

Additional Fight Choreography by
Lazy Brown Productions
The Stunt People
Fernando Huerto
Alexander Hashioka-Oatfield
Hyphen Movies

Starring
Shawn Bernal
Chad Sheveland
James Bezy
Allison Carvalho
Matt Ukena
Bill Thomas
Anthony J. Reddix
Keith Min
Javier Hidalgo

Featuring
Eric Jacobus
Dennis Ruel
Fernando Huerto
Jon Truei
Steven Fung
Emmanuel Manzanares

Please visit our peers, whom all were involved during the acting and fight/stunt sequences, on their respective websites:

The Stunt People

http://www.thestuntpeople.com

Jabronie Pictures

http://www.jabroniepictures.com

Jon Truei

Jon Truei and The Conquistadors

Hyphen Movies Stunt Team

http://www.hyphenmovies.com

Leo Kei Angelos

Leo and the Redeemer Stunt Team

2010 LBP Members Stunt Reels

2010-01-25T03:06:00.000-08:00

These are the new LBP stunt reels, edited by Emmanuel Manzanares. After some projects happening the spring, they will be updated slightly, or made just a tad bit lengthier. Either way, we hope you enjoy!

Emmanuel Manzanares

Emmanuel Manzanares 2010 Stunt Reel from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

Shawn Bernal

Shawn Bernal 2010 Stunt Reel from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

Keith Min

Keith Min 2010 Stunt Reel from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

Alexander Hashioka-Oatfield

Alexander Hashioka-Oatfield 2010 Stunt Reel from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

Check out LBP Member Alex Meglei In a New Commercial, and New Videos From our Good Friends at VJ Films and FlatCOIN Productions!

2010-01-09T18:20:00.000-08:00

During the month of December, LBP member Alex Meglei was called in to do a small promo for a local company called "Enamor". They were creating design packages for local news and online stations, which feature some Parkour action. Aero Chicago Parkour group leader Jacob "Rayxna" Carlson is also featured in the promos. You can view them below:

Parkour from Jesse Hibbs on Vimeo.

Parkour Lower 3rd from Jesse Hibbs on Vimeo.

You can view Alex's 2009 parkour/freerunning sampler here:

You can view videos and samplers by Aero Chicago Parkour here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ChicagoParkour

Also, we'd like to showcase some more work from our peers in Los Angeles and Germany:

First up is Vlad Rimburg, who runs a production team called "VJ Films". He recently put out a compilation of his stunt coordination, fight choreography, and action directing work from the past couple of years. Vlad has worked with numerous members of The Stunt People, Reel Kick Stunt Team, and 87Eleven Stunt Team. You can view the video here:

You can view Vlad Rimburg's demo reel here:

Finally, our good friends at FlatCOIN Productions, run by Ulrik Bruchholz, have released a 2010 demo reel showcasing action and fight scenes either choreographed by the team, or directed by them. You can view both videos here:

fC - Action Reel 2010 from Ulrik Bruchholz on Vimeo.

fC - Fight Reel 2010 from Ulrik Bruchholz on Vimeo.

You can visit Ulrik and his team at:

http://www.flatcoin.com/

New 2010 LBP Stunt Team Demo Reel!

2010-01-01T21:43:00.000-08:00

First off, we'd like to wish you all a very happy new year! To coincide with the new year, Emmanuel got right to work on a new demo reel for the team, which you can view here:

Lazy Brown Productions 2010 Martial Arts Action/Stunt Demo Reel from Emmanuel Manzanares on Vimeo.

Keeping it short and simple, we opted to showcase a taste of what types of fight choreography and action design we have to offer, and just a small sampling of our skills. We hope you enjoy! From the whole team, we wish you all a prosperous and happy new year! Thank you all for your continuing support!